What Are Cookies?

We use the term cookie to describe cookies and similar technologies such as tags and pixels.

In the context of computers, cookies are small files that contain information about browsing activity.

Whenever you visit a website, the website sends a cookie to the device you’re using to access the website. Your device automatically stores the cookie in a file that’s located within your web browser.

When you revisit a site, the website will respond in a more personalized way, remembering your preferences, providing faster page load times and so forth.

Our Use of Cookies

We use Cookies for the following purposes:

• To improve the performance of our websites by understanding which parts work best and which are less successful.
• To enable us to collect information about how you and other people use our website.
• To improve your experience on our website, for example we use Cookies to remember the products you’ve put in your basket and to personalise your experience.

What Cookies do We Use?

We use the following Cookies:

• Strictly necessary Cookies. These are Cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They are necessary for the safety, security and integrity of the site. For example, they help support the structure of the pages that are displayed to you, help to improve navigation and allow you to return to pages you have previously visited. This type of Cookie only lasts for the duration of the time you are visiting the website. When you leave the website, they are deleted automatically.
• Performance Cookies or analytical Cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. The data is aggregated and anonymised, which means we cannot identify you as an individual.

Blocking or Restricting Cookies

You can stop Cookies being used on your device by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to block the deployment of all or some Cookies. Please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ to find out how. 

Please note, if you use your browser settings to block Cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our site or some parts of the site may not work correctly, eg the shopping basket.

Contact Us

If you have a question about this policy, please contact us by email to: enquiries@jillsmithart.co.uk