What are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. Cookies help websites remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings. That can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. They play an important role in how users experience websites and enhance the overall browsing experience.
Why do we use Cookies?
We use cookies for several 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 our site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
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Essential Website Cookies:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
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Performance and Functionality Cookies:
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to its use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
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Analytics and Customization Cookies:
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you in order to enhance your experience. For example, they can tell us which pages visitors go to most often and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
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Advertising Cookies:
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They also perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
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Social Networking Cookies:
These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Website through third party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use both first-party and third-party cookies on our Website:
- First-party cookies: These are cookies that are set by our Website directly.
- Third-party cookies: These are cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the Website you are visiting.
List of Cookies We Collect
Here is a detailed list of the cookies that we use on our website:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Provider | Duration | Type |
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| _ga | Used to distinguish users | Google Analytics | 2 years | Analytics |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users | Google Analytics | 24 hours | Analytics |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate | Google Analytics | 1 minute | Analytics |
| PHPSESSID | Maintains user session | Stellar Studios | Session | Essential |
| cookie_consent | Remembers user's cookie consent preferences | Stellar Studios | 1 year | Essential |
How can you manage cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by activating or deactivating the appropriate cookie settings on your browser.
You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
Most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com .
Updates to this Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookies Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Where can you get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at Contact Us .