Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, telephone or other device that allows George Oakes or a third party to recognize you, containing details of your browsing history on that website. Cookies are necessary to make browsing easier and more user-friendly, and do not damage your computer. Although this policy refers to the general term ‘cookie’, which is the principal method used by this website to store information, the browser’s local storage space is also used for the same purpose as cookies. As a result, all the information included in this section is likewise applicable to this local storage system.
Cookies are an essential part of the way our website works. The main aim of our cookies is to enhance your browsing experience – by remembering things such as your preferences (language, country, etc.) whilst browsing and for future visits. The information collected by cookies also enables us to improve the website thanks to estimates regarding usage figures and patterns. We can also adapt the website to users’ personal interests and speed up the search process, etc. If we have obtained your prior consent, we may occasionally use cookies, tags and other similar devices that enable us to show you, either from our own or third party websites, advertisements based on the analysis of your browsing habits
Cookies might be used for the following purposes:
George Oakes uses both session cookies and persistent cookies.
A session cookie is used to identify a particular visit to our Website. These cookies expire after a short time, or when you close your web browser after using our Website. We use these cookies to identify you during a single browsing session, such as when you log into our Website.
A persistent cookie will remain on your devices for a set period of time specified in the cookie. We use these cookies where we need to identify you over a longer period of time. For example, we would use a persistent cookie if you asked that we keep you signed in.
We do not use our cookies to store sensitive personal data such as your address, password and credit or debit card details.
The information stored in our website cookies is used exclusively by us, except for those identified below as “third party cookies” which are used and managed by external organisations to provide services requested by us in order to improve our services and enhance your experience when browsing our website. These “third party cookies” are used mainly to obtain access statistics and guarantee any payment operations made.
If you wish to prevent cookies from being used on this website, and taking into consideration the limitations described above, you must disable the use of cookies on your browser and then delete the cookies associated with this website and that have been saved on your browser. You may opt to prevent the use of cookies at any time.
You may restrict, block or delete the cookies on this website at any time by modifying your browser configuration in accordance with the instructions given. Although each browser is parameterized differently, cookie configuration is normally located on the “Preferences” or “Tools” menu. For more info on browser cookie settings, go to the “Help” menu on your browser. Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this website and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
This site 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.
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
• This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
• We also use social media buttons and/or plug-ins on this site that allows you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; Facebook will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods