cookie policy
Introduction
Our website uses cookies. We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website.
About cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
Cookies can be used by web servers to identity and track users as they navigate different pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.
Our cookies
We use only persistent on our website.
The names of the cookies that we use on our website, and the purposes for which they are used, are set out below:
We use CookieConsent to indicate whether the visitor has given a consent for the website to use cookies.where applicable we also use cookie PHPSESSID to keep track of the logged in user in order to allow access to the restricted area of the website.
Analytics cookies
We use Google Analytics to monitor traffic levels, search queries and visits to our website.
The analytics cookies used by our website have the following names: _utma, _utmb, _utmc and _utmz.
These cookies enable Google to determine whether you are a return visitor to the site, and to track the pages that you visit during your session.
Blocking cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:
In Internet Explorer (version 10) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy” and then “Advanced”;
in Firefox (version 24) you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, “Privacy”, selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, and unticking “Accept cookies from sites”; and in Chrome (version 29), you can block all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Content settings”, and then selecting “Block sites from setting any data” under the “Cookies” heading.
Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
If you block cookies, you might not be able to use all the features on our website.
Deleting cookies
You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:
In Internet Explorer (version 10), you must manually delete cookie files (you can find instructions for doing so at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835);
in Firefox (version 24), you can delete cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options” and “Privacy”, then selecting “Use custom settings for history”, clicking “Show Cookies”, and then clicking “Remove All Cookies”; and in Chrome (version 29), you can delete all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Clear browsing data”, and then selecting “Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data” before clicking “Clear browsing data”.
Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.
Our details
This website is owned and operated by County Square Shopping Centre.
Our principal place of business is County Square Shopping Centre, Ashford Kent, TN23 1YB.
You can contact us by writing to the business address given above, by email to [email protected] or by telephone on 01233 634001.