Privacy and Cookies policy
Contact Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. It is Directions policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you on the site
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, and other websites we own and operate.
We request personal information only when we really need it to provide you with a service. We do so by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also tell you why we are collecting it and how it will be used.
We only retain the information collected for as long as necessary to provide the requested service. When we store data, we protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
We do not share personally identifiable information publicly or with third parties except as required by law.
Our website may have links to external websites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites and cannot accept responsibility for their respective privacy policies.
You are free to decline our request for personal information, understanding that we may not be able to provide some of the services you desire.
Your continued use of our website will be deemed acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, please contact us.
Cookie Policy
What are Cookies?
As is common practice on almost all professional websites, this website uses cookies, which are small files downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they collect, how we use it, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site's functionality.
How do we use Cookies?
We use cookies for various reasons, detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry-standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this website. It is recommended that you leave all cookies if you are unsure whether or not you need them if they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disable Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting your browser settings (see your browser help for how to do this). Please be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites you visit. Disabling cookies will generally result in the disabling of certain functionality and features of this website. It is therefore recommended that you do not disable cookies.
Cookies we set
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Account related Cookies:
if you create an account with us, we will use cookies for the management of the registration process and General Administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you leave the system, however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your website preferences when you leave.
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Login-related Cookies:
we use cookies when you are logged in, so we can remember that action. This saves you from having to log in every time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleaned when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when you log in.
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Cookies related to Email Newsletters:
this website offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications valid only for subscribed / non-subscribed users.
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Requests processing related cookies:
this website offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
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Cookies related to surveys:
from time to time, we offer surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting information, useful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already participated in a survey or to provide accurate results after pages have changed.
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Cookies related to forms:
when you submit data via a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember user details for future correspondence.
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Site preferences Cookies:
to provide you with a great experience on this site, we provide you with the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. To remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be called up whenever you interact with a page that is affected by your preferences.
Third-party Cookies
In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you may encounter through this website.
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This website uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the Web, to help us understand how you use the website and how we can improve your experience. These cookies may track items such as how much time you spend on the site and the pages you visit, so that we can continue to produce compelling content.
For more information about Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
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Third-party analytics are used to track and measure the use of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track items such as the time you spend on the site or the pages you visit, which helps us understand how we can improve the site for you.
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We periodically test new features and make subtle changes to the way the site presents itself. When we are still testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience while on the site, while we understand which optimizations our users appreciate the most.
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As we sell products, it is important for us to understand statistics about how many visitors to our website actually buy, and therefore this is the type of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can make accurate business forecasts that allow us to analyse our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.
More Information
Hopefully this is clarified and, as mentioned earlier, if there is something that you are not sure whether you need or not, it is generally safer to leave cookies enabled in case it interacts with one of the features you use on our website.