Information about Cookies
COOKIES
You may have heard about new legislation (the EU e-Privacy Directive) regarding small files called “cookies” which websites may place on your computer/tablet/mobile phone when browsing a website.
At Powerdirect we are committed to respecting your privacy when using our site so here is a brief explanation of cookies that we and other 3rd party websites may use in connection with your use of the site.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file which asks your web browser (eg Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari) permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once your browser agrees, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may however prevent you from taking full advantage of all of the functionality of this website.
Cookies used on this site
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Cookie name |
Purpose |
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PHPSESSID |
This is a temporary cookie that is deleted automatically deleted at the end of your browsing session that maintains information essential to use of the site (it contains no personal information about you) |
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basket |
This is a temporary cookie that contains information about products you are in the process of purchasing from our site – again it is deleted automatically when you close your browser |
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__umta |
This is a third party cookie set by Google Analytics which helps us analyse traffic to our website – it contains absolutely NO personal data about you |
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__umtc |
This is a third party cookie set by Google Analytics which helps us analyse traffic to our website – it contains absolutely NO personal data about you |
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__umtz |
This is a third party cookie set by Google Analytics which helps us analyse traffic to our website – it contains absolutely NO personal data about you |
Third Party Cookies
Sometimes, when you are referred to this website, you may have visited another third party site which has recommended us or our products. This third party website may have placed a cookie on your web browser which is used by us to track sales and reward third party sites that send traffic our way.
Note that third party websites are not covered by our privacy and cookie policies and we strongly recommend you view the privacy policies of 3rd party websites.
Your Consent:
By continuing to use this website you agree that we can place cookies on your computer's web browser for the purposes of a) the necessary technical functioning of the website (i.e. it may not work properly if cookies are disabled, for example you may not be able to purchase goods from this website if you do so) and b) cookies we use to improve our service to you and that we use to track the functioning and performance of our website.
If you do not wish to have cookies placed on your device by this website then there are two options ; either do not use this website (we’d really rather you didn’t do that of course!) or visit http://www.aboutcookies.org/ for help with how to disable cookies for your internet browser – note that doing impair the functionality of this website - for example we use a cookie to store the contents of your shopping basket so that you can keep browsing the site with out losing the contents of your shopping basket every time you visit a different page.
Summary
We hope this guide to cookies has been helpful and that it has allayed any concerns you might have had over what can be a quite technical and confusing issue. If you still have any concerns or want more information about cookies and related topics then you may find the below links helpful (please note we have no control over the content of third party websites)
- http://www.aboutcookies.org/ - A site set up by the Law Firm Pinsent Masons to help inform people about cookies
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie - The Wikipedia entry on Cookies
