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Like most websites, we use 'cookies' to enhance your experience, gather general visitor information, and track visits to our website. Please refer to the 'Do we use cookies' section below for information about cookies and how we use them.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

• To personalize your experience (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
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• To send periodic emails

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested by the customer.

Information may be held until such a time that it will no be longer required. You may withdraw consent to the processing of your data at any time by contacting us.

If you have a complaint regarding the processing of your data, please notify us (via the Contact Us page) or contact the Information Commissioner's Office.

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or access your personal information.

We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our payment gateway providers databases to be only accessed as stated above.

After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will be kept on file for more than 60 days in order to maintain subscriptions.

Do we use cookies?

Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information

We use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart and understand and save your preferences for future visits.

If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. Like most websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of our services may not function properly. However, you can still place orders over the telephone or by contacting customer service.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information, unless we provide you with advanced notice. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Data is processed and stored in the EU and in some cases, countries outside of the EU including but not limited to the United States of America.

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Changes to our Privacy Policy

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Cookies Statement

In line with most major web sites, this site uses cookies to enable users to use specific functions on the website, and to track usage of the site.

What data is stored in cookies?

This site uses cookies to store statistics about a user's visit so that we can improve the site's usability, and to store essential user-specific information such as login details and the items that you add to your shopping basket. This site assumes implied consent with regards to a user’s request to save a setting (e.g. country, login details, shopping cart change), and where cookies are automatically set, this is in compliance with our Terms and Conditions of use.

What cookies are used to store information?

This site uses cookies to store statistics about a user’s visit so that we can improve the site’s usability, and to store essential user-specific information such as login details and the items that you add to your shopping basket.

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