Cookies Policy

Last updated: 26 April 2018

1. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit websites on the internet. They help users navigate our website and allow us to tailor the content to suit your needs and preferences. None of the cookies we use collect your personal information such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, or email addresses, nor can they identify you as an individual. Instead, they collect anonymous identifiers related to your device, browser, referring site URLs, time or usage information, website preferences, and settings.

For more information about cookies, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following types of cookies on our website:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are:

  • Used only to make our website work properly; or
  • Strictly necessary for us to provide the services you expect.

Non-Essential Cookies

These cookies are not required for the website to function but help us improve your experience. They include:

  • Marketing Cookies: These gather information about your browsing patterns and behaviour to target you with advertisements that may interest you.
  • Statistics Cookies: These help us collect information about users on our website, such as when you first visited, how often you access it, and at what times. They also log how you found our website, for example, through a search engine or other link.

Examples of Cookies Used

Cookie TypePurposeDurationThird Party
Analytical (Google Analytics)Used to distinguish usersPersistent, lasts 730 daysGoogle Analytics
AdvertisementEncrypted Facebook ID and browser IDPersistent, lasts 90 daysFacebook
Essential (Cloudflare)Identifies individual clients behind shared IP and applies security settingsPersistent, lasts 365 daysFacebook
Forum CookiesUsed to authorise you when revisiting community and provide requested services like theme changes or cart usageSession cookieNone

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for various reasons, including but not limited to:

  • Assisting new visitors during the sign-up process
  • Allowing visitors to set website preferences
  • Enabling efficient navigation between pages
  • Running website functionality optimally and efficiently
  • Activating certain website features
  • Gathering information about visitor activity to understand how the website is used
  • Detecting and preventing fraudulent use of the website
  • Tracking how visitors arrive at our website for marketing and referral purposes
  • Delivering more relevant advertising to visitors on websites and mobile applications they visit
  • Conducting research and analytics to see how users interact with the website in aggregate

We do not sell any information collected via cookies under any circumstances.