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<p><span>An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the web. Web servers, the computers that "serve up" web pages, automatically identify your computer by its IP address. We may link the information we record using tracking technologies to Personal Information we collect at the Site for our own internal marketing and advertising efforts. However, we do not share this Personal Information with third parties. In addition, we may use IP addresses and other tracking technologies to identify a visitor when we feel it is necessary to enforce the Site's policies, to protect the Site, our customers or others, or when we believe in good faith that the law or judicial requires it.<br /><br />Here are examples of Cookies we use:<br /><br />1) Session Cookies: These cookies allow our Site to link the actions of a user during a browser session. They are used for a variety of reasons such as remembering what a user has put into their shopping basket as they browse around a site. We use these cookies to speed up the Site and <span dir="ltr">allow you to use our site in a way that makes your browsing experience more convenient</span>These cookie are essential for our site to do the following.<br /><br />2) Persistent Cookies: These cookies are stored on a users’ device in between browser sessions which allows the preferences or actions of the user across a site to be remembered. Persistent cookies may be used for a variety of purposes including remembering users’ preferences , products, and choices when using our Site. <br /></span></p>
<p><span>3) First and Third Party Cookies: A ‘first’ or ‘third’ party cookie refers to the website or domain placing the cookie. First party cookies in basic terms are cookies set by our website visited by the user - the website displayed in the URL window (www.buynutritionals.co.uk). <br /><br />Third party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other www.buynutritionals.co.uk. If a user visits our website and a separate company sets a cookie through that website this would be a third party cookie. In this case we are using a third-party company called Google to use Analytics to collect anonymous traffic data for purposes of optimizing and tailoring our Site for you and other Site visitors. Analytics uses a technology called "tracer tags". These may also be referred to as "Clear GIFs" or "Web Beacons". This technology allows us to understand which pages you visit and collect information about how visitors use our Site. <br /><br />Want to know more about cookies? Visit the United Kingdom's Information Commissioners Office website at www.ico.org.uk/for_organisations/privacy_and_electronic_communications/the_guide/cookies<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></p>