Our privacy and cookies policy
What this privacy and cookie policy covers
This policy explains how Cickers:
- treats personal information that is collected on our website, including information relating to your use of our websites, and
- how we use cookies to provide services to you or to improve your use of our websites.
Personal information is information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, address, email address, phone number and so on, and which is not normally publicly available.
This policy only applies to this Cickers website. So if a link on this website takes you to the website of a third party you should refer to the privacy policy relating to that website to understand how your personal information is managed by that third party or how they use cookies.
Information collection and use
Non-registered users
This website uses cookies to help this website function, and to track how visitors to the site use it. This is so we can plan and deliver the best content for the people who visit. More information about cookies and how to control the cookies we use can be found further down the page.
Through the use of cookies, we will receive information from your computer such as your IP address (the unique number that identifies your computer when you use the internet) and we will record this information.
We will use the information that we obtain for the following general purposes: to contact you if you email us and to monitor the performance of our website.
Information sharing and disclosure
Cickers will never sell or share your personal information with any third party except:
- when we have your permission,
- as part of any legal proceedings or regulatory investigation, or
- as otherwise required by law.
Cookies
We use three different types of cookies to help our websites work well. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we may put on your computer. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of the website and this helps us to provide you with a good experience when you visit our website and also allows us to improve our site.
The main categories of cookies that we use are:
1. Cookies that are necessary to run the site
Our sites use some cookies which are essential to keeping the site working and provide the services you need. These include cookies that enable you to stay logged in for an entire visit to the site, though we don’t need you to login to view the site at this time.
2. Cookies which help us improve the site – analytics cookies and web beacons
We use cookies to help us see how people are using our sites. These are known as ‘analytics cookies’, ‘tracking cookies’ or ‘web beacons’.
We use analytics cookies:
- to see what website content is popular and how people are using the site as they allow us to track users movement through our websites. This type of information is amalgamated so that we can build up a picture of how the site is performing.
- to make sure we offer you a consistent service. For example, if we are testing new website content we use cookies to remember what content you have seen.
In addition, if we email you, we may place a tiny tag (also known as ‘tracking pixel’ or ‘web beacon’) on the email we send out. These do not collect any personal information, but they let us know how many people are opening and reading our emails so that we can choose more popular content.
The information we collect using analytics cookies is anonymous and does not involve collecting the name or address of any user. The analytics cookies that we use only operate through our websites so they and the data they collect are not shared with anyone else.
3. Cookies which help us get value for money from advertising
We use an Amazon.co.uk affiliate program on this website. This helps us get money from your purchases at Amazon.co.uk. To do so we place links with codes in them that will allow Amazon.co.uk to identify you as coming from this Cickers website, and if you purchase items from Amazon.co.uk we can be sent a small percentage of the price you pay for goods.
The cookies we specifically use when you visit our site
By continuing to use our website you will have been deemed to have agreed to our use of cookies subject to any preferences you may have indicated to us or any overriding browser settings you may have.
How you can control the cookies used and placed on your computer
We use analytic cookies from Google Analytics. You can control our use these by clicking on the following links. Please note that if you prevent the use of cookies using either of these systems, you will no longer be included in any tracking data.
Google Analytics
You can control the use and placing of any cookies on your computer through the settings you select on your internet browser. To do this, please check with your specific internet web browser for the settings.
Changes to this privacy policy
We may update this policy at any time.
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has more information about cookies use on their website.