COLLECTION OF TECHNICAL DATA AND COOKIES
7.1 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.
7.2 The Site uses cookies to:
(a) distinguish you from other users of the website;
(b) remember searched locations for quick future reference by visitors; and
(c) save login information.
7.3 This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the website and also allows us to improve the website. By using the website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
7.4 We may use the following cookies:
(a) Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of the website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of the website.
(b) Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way the website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
(c) Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to the website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences.
(d) Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to the website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make the 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:
Session cookie. This cookie allows users to stay logged into the website whilst using it. This cookie is essential for the website as it enables us to manage communication between our servers. The session cookie contains the API key and an expiry time stamp. When the user logs out the cookie is destroyed.
Google Analytics Tracking. This cookie allows us to estimate our audience size view and analyse site usage. This cookie does not store information that can be used to identify individual users.
Google Adwords Remarketing Cookie. This cookie resides on the user’s computer and allows Google Adwords to show ads promoting The Sweet Lemon Bakeshop to previous site visitors.
7.5 By using this website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.
7.6 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 and do not collect any additional personal data.
7.7 You have the option to set your browser to either accept cookies openly, to notify you before accepting cookies, or to refuse cookies altogether. If you refuse cookies please note that certain website functionality, such as remembering your preferences, will not be available and you may not be able to access all or parts of the website.
7.8 Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 1 hour.