Cookie Policy

Last updated September 24, 2020

This cookie policy explains what cookies are and how shop.philangles.co.uk ( “our website” ) uses them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by ceasing to use our website.

Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our privacy policy.

Your consent applies to the following domains: shop.philangles.co.uk

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when our website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make our website function properly, make our website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how our website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies?

As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are used mainly for understanding how our website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

What are the different types of cookie?

Essential: Some cookies are strictly necessary for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our website. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket and checkout securely.

Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well our website performs and where it needs improvement.

Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns.

The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.

Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms.

Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to our website.

What types of cookies do we use?

The below list details the cookies used in our website:

CookieTypeDescription
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessaryEssentialThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category 'Necessary'.
CookieLawInfoConsentEssentialThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether the visitor has “accepted” the cookie policy.
viewed_cookie_policyEssentialThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
wordpress_logged_in_[hash]EssentialWordPress uses this cookie to indicate when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use.
wordpress_test_cookieEssentialWordPress sets this cookie when you navigate to the login page. The cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow, or reject cookies.

*** As of 24th September 2020 and as shown in the above table our website only uses essential first party cookies which are strictly necessary. You will be unable to use our website should you choose to block these cookies using browser settings.

How can I manage cookies?

Different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.