Cookies Policy

Last updated: 26 April 2018

1. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you access websites on the internet. They help users navigate around our website and allow us to tailor the content of our site to fit your needs and preferences. None of the cookies we use collect your personal information such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, or email addresses, and they cannot be used to identify you as an individual.

Typically, cookies collect anonymous identifiers associated with your device, browser, referring site URLs, time or usage information, website preferences and settings, among other data. For more general 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 which you expect.

Non-Essential Cookies

These cookies are not required for our website to function or behave as expected. They include cookies related to:

  • Marketing: These gather information about your browsing patterns and behaviour to target you with advertisements that are more likely to interest you.
  • Statistics: These help us gather 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 came across the website, for example, through which search engine or link.

Details of Cookies on Our Website

Cookie TypePurposeDurationThird Party
Analytical (Google Analytics)Used to distinguish usersPersistent, lasts 730 daysGoogle Analytics
AdvertisementEncrypted Facebook ID and browser ID for targeted adsPersistent, lasts 90 daysFacebook
Essential (Cloudflare mandatory cookie)Identifies individual clients behind a shared IP and applies security settingsPersistent, lasts 365 daysCloudflare
Forum CookiesUsed to authorise you when you re-visit a community and provide requested services like theme changes or shopping cart usageSession cookieForum service

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several 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 the website’s 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 purposes and referrals
  • 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

Please note that we do not sell any information collected via cookies under any circumstances.