Cookies and Privacy
The Privacy Policy for this blog / website
Visiting our blog / website
This privacy policy applies to all visitors that choose to browse and visit this blog - website. When you visit our website we collect various items of information from you when you visit this site, if you fill out a form, subscribe to a newsletter, or if you place an order.
If you place an order or register on this website, as appropriate, you may be requested to enter your name, an email address, a mailing address, or a contact telephone number. You may also visit and browse this website anonymously.
What do you use the information for?
Any of the information that we collect from your visit may be used for the following:
• To personalise you experience (which helps us to respond better to your individual needs)
• To allow us to improve our website (we strive to continuously improve your overall website experience)
• To provide you with relevant email mailings that we feel may be of interest to you (via an opt- in method)
• To provide visitors with targeted and relevant advertisements from ourselves as well as third party vendors.
This includes third party advertising vendors including Amazon and Google
Do we use computer cookies?
Yes, this blog / website uses cookies. We (as well as our third party vendors) use cookies to improve the visitors (users) experience whilst visiting and browsing the website. Cookies enables us to recognise your browser and capture and retain certain amounts of information. The cookies can be used to compile aggregate data with regards to site traffic and site interaction by visitors, so that we can offer an overall better user experience in the future.
The “third party vendors” that we feature within this blog / website including those of Amazon and Google, also use cookies to serve adds (advertisements) based on a users prior visit (s) to this website. Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve adds to users that are based on their visit to this website and / or other sites across the internet.
About the DoubleClick cookie:
This is a cookie that is used by Google in adverts that are served on the websites of its partners, such as websites that display Adsense ads, or participating in Google certified ad networks. When users visit a partners website (including this site) and either view or click- on an ad, a cookie may be dropper on the user’s browser. Users can opt- out of using the DoubleClick cookie for targeted interest- based advertising by visiting Google’s Ad Settings
More information on the DoubleClick cookie can be obtained on the Google Ad Support Website.
More information on Google’s Privacy Policy can be viewed here.
More information on cookies
Our website uses both 1st party as well as 3rd party type “cookies”.
In general the 1st party cookies allow us to find out and understand how people are using our site.
The 3rd party cookies are usually related to the advertisements, with 3rd party vendors opting to show you targeted ads that may be of relevance to you. These may include “sponsored” ads provided by Google’s Adsense and Youtube programmes, Chitika, Infolinks, RevenueHits, and Amazon Associates.
This website provides useful information and tools on how to change your settings to block / delete cookies.
What about other tracking cookies? Can they be disabled if needed?
When you use this website, (as with other web sites) other tracking cookies may be stored to your computers hard- drive or flash drive (as used by tablets, smart phones, and Ipads ©) by external vendors and partners when this website uses referral and affiliate programs, sponsored ad’s, or other types of adverts. These such cookies are used for referral and tracking purposes, and will typically expire after a period of 30- 60 days, though some may remain for longer.
These cookies contain no personal details about you and they can be disabled by changing your browser preferences. You may set up your computer to reject cookies by the privacy settings for your web browser, (this is usually located under the Tools menu. Choose Options, then Privacy) although, in that case, you may not be able to use certain features on our site. You can read more details and information on what a computer cookie is and does here.
Amazon Associates Programme
This blog / website is an authorised participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, this is an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk. Amazon may choose to pay us a commission fee for any product purchased via a referral from this site.
Google Adsense Programme / Other Affiliate Programmes
We may choose to display or place Google Adsense (Adwords) advertisments on this site. These will be from third party vendors and advertisement networks.
In addition we may place ads / links for affiliate partners through the affiliatewindow marketing programme.
Clicks and links by visitors may result in a commission payment to ourselves.
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