About Our Cookies

About Our Cookies

Like most websites this website uses cookies. You can find information about cookies and how we use them below.

What are cookies?
Cookies are small files stored in your web browser to help the website interact with you. Without cookies, every time you visit a new page the website thinks you are a new visitor. This would mean for example shopping baskets would empty each time you clicked onto a new page. If you would like to read more about cookies , Wikipedia has a detailed article.

What if I do not want cookies stored on my browser?
You can block cookies via your web browser. You can find out specific instructions for your browser via Google. Please note though we provide no guarantee against unexpected results should you choose to block cookies on this website.

What cookies do you store on my browser?
Details of the cookies we use on this site are listed below:

  • _ga - Type of cookie: Analytical | First or third party: First party | Session or persistent: Persistent – 2 years | Purpose: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses Our Website.
  • _gat - Type of cookie: Analytical | First or third party: First party | Session or persistent: Session | Purpose: Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
  • _gid - Type of cookie: Analytical | First or third party: First party | Session or persistent: Session | Purpose: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses Our Website.
  • collect - Type of cookie: Targeting | First or third party: Third party | Session or persistent: Session | Purpose: Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.
  • Cookie - DRAGONFLY CREATIVE - Cookie Policy This Cookie Policy sets out the basis on which we, Dragonfly Creative Limited, use cookies on and in relation to our website: www.dragonfly-creative.co.uk. This Cookie Policy is effective from 10 February 2020 Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. We use the following cookies: • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. • Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose. (You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them below) Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 2 years. *How to accept or reject cookies* There are a number of different ways in which you can accept or reject some or all cookies. You are also able to withdraw your consent at any time. Some of the main methods of doing so are described below. You are welcome to block the use of some or all of the cookies we use on Our Website. However, please be aware that doing so may impair Our Website and its functionality or may even render some or all of it unusable. You should also be aware that clearing all cookies from your browser will also delete any cookies that are storing your preferences, for example, whether you have accepted cookies on a website or any cookies that are blocking other cookies. You can accept or reject some or all cookies (for example, blocking all third party cookies) by adjusting your browser settings. If you do not know how to do this, the links below set out information about how to change your browser settings for some of the most commonly used web browsers: • Google Chrome- https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en • Mozilla Firefox- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences • Microsoft Internet Explorer- https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies • Apple Safari- https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=en_GB To clear cookies that have previously been placed on your browser, you should select the option to clear your browsing history and ensure that the option to delete or clear cookies is included when you do so.
  • CookieMessage - This records the answer you gave regarding accepting our cookies. Without this the cookie notification would pop up every time you went to a new page. Expires in 180 days
  • PHPSESSID - Allows the website to function correctly such as retaining a shopping basket. Expires when browser shutdown.
  • PHPSESSID - Type of cookie: Necessary | First or third party: First party | Session or persistent: Session | Purpose: Preserves user session state across page requests. |

Occasionally the way third-party add-ons store cookies change. Because of this the list above may not always contain an exhaustive list of the cookies which are saved. We do regularly audit the cookies stored as a result of visiting our website.