Cookie Policy
On this page we (The Essex Group) explain what cookies are and how they are used on this website.
What are Cookies
A cookie is a very small encrypted text file that can be placed by a website in a computer or any other internet enabled device when visited, if the user agrees. They allow the website to recognise your device and remember if you’ve been to the website before. Most websites use cookies as they cannot function effectively without them.
Further reading about what cookies are can be found here at www.whatarecookies.com
What do we use Cookies for?
We use cookies to recognise when you have returned to our website.
As mentioned previously, cookies allow websites to recognise you when you return to a website. For example if you place an item into the basket on our website and then close your browser, when you return to our website the item will still be in your basket as our website has recognised you from the cookie. If you had disabled cookies, when you return to the website your basket will be empty as our website will not have recognised you as there is no cookie. If you look at the list of cookies below the cookie that does this is called “Persistent_shopping_cart”.
We also use cookies to help us see what pages of our website you are navigating to and we use Google Analytics for this information. We use this to help us improve our site so that you as the user find it easy to navigate to the products you want. Below you will find a list of all cookies that are used on our site and here is a link to all of the cookies used by Google Analytics https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
COOKIE name |
COOKIE Description |
CART |
The association with your shopping cart. |
CATEGORY_INFO |
Stores the category info on the page, that allows to display pages more quickly. |
COMPARE |
The items that you have in the Compare Products list. |
CURRENCY |
Your preferred currency |
CUSTOMER |
An encrypted version of your customer id with the store. |
CUSTOMER_AUTH |
An indicator if you are currently logged into the store. |
CUSTOMER_INFO |
An encrypted version of the customer group you belong to. |
CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDS |
Stores the Customer Segment ID |
EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE |
A flag, which indicates whether caching is disabled or not. |
FRONTEND |
You sesssion ID on the server. |
GUEST-VIEW |
Allows guests to edit their orders. |
LAST_CATEGORY |
The last category you visited. |
LAST_PRODUCT |
The most recent product you have viewed. |
NEWMESSAGE |
Indicates whether a new message has been received. |
NO_CACHE |
Indicates whether it is allowed to use cache. |
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART |
A link to information about your cart and viewing history if you have asked the site. |
POLL |
The ID of any polls you have recently voted in. |
POLLN |
Information on what polls you have voted on. |
RECENTLYCOMPARED |
The items that you have recently compared. |
STF |
Information on products you have emailed to friends. |
STORE |
The store view or language you have selected. |
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE |
Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies. |
VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS |
The products that you have recently viewed. |
WISHLIST |
An encrypted list of products added to your Wishlist. |
WISHLIST_CNT |
The number of items in your Wishlist. |
Are Cookies Enabled on my Browser
By default most web browsers have cookies enabled but as the user, you can control whether cookies are allowed or not. You can alter the settings in your web browser. Follow this link which shows you how to do this dependent upon which web browser you are using.
http://www.whatarecookies.com/enable.asp
Can I delete cookies from my computer?
Yes you can! If you want to delete cookies from your computer follow this link which describes how to do it depending on which web browser you have.