Cookies
Introduction
At TJ Hughes we want to make sure that the website we operate looks as good as possible but also is easy for you to use. To help us to do this, our website uses cookies.
Cookies help us to assess how you use our website and also how we can improve our website. This means we have the information we need to regularly evaluate whether our website really meets your needs. Some of the cookies we use improve the functionality of our website, so if you choose to disable cookies on your browser, you might find that you can't access some aspects of our website, or that parts of the website don't function in the way that you might expect them to.
Please see the "How We Use Cookies" section above for more specific details about how we use cookies.
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a small text file of letters and numbers that we place on your computer if you agree. Cookies allow us to recognise that you have visited our website before and remember your preferences.
Cookies can help us to remember your website login so that you don't need to type it into the website every time you return, or to remember the goods that you have clicked to purchase on one page so that they are added to your basket.
Cookies also help us to collect information about the way you use our website which helps us to ensure any advertising that you see is relevant and useful to you. Cookies also help us to serve ads to you for relevant products or content related to your browsing history.
How We Use Cookies
Our website uses 15 cookies. These cookies allow us 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 to improve our website. We are required by law to provide you with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies that we use and if this page does not answer all of your queries you should contact us. We also use third parties which may add cookies for remarketing purposes (to show you products which may be of interest to you) when you visit our website. If you would like to opt out of these services, please review below on how to opt out of these cookies on your browser.
Our cookies do not store information which could be used to identify you personally, such as your contact details.
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/Performance Cookies
They 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. We use Google Analytics to help us evaluate your use of the Site, a service which transmits website traffic data to google servers. Further details of how Google uses data when you use our site can we found at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/
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 and Advertising 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 stop receiving marketing messages from us at any time through your preferences or by emailing us at GDPR@tjhughes.co.uk. To stop direct marketing messages you can also click on the "unsubscribe" link in any marketing email you receive from us.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie Name | Purpose |
|---|---|
| vscommerce | A session identifier cookie that disappears after the browser is closed. This is a unique ID that references the database entry holding information such as the basket contents, logged in status and other information. |
| VSReferrer | An identifier that stores that website that referred you |
| VSCurrency | An identifier that references the currency the prices are displayed in. |
| VSVatPrices | An identifier that references if prices are shown inclusive or exclusive of VAT. |
| VSCategoryGroup | An identifier that references the last top level category visited. |
| VSCourierID | An identifier that references the courier the customer has selected. |
| VSCountryID | An identifier that references the country the customer has selected. |
| VSWishlistId | An identifier that references the database entry holding the visitors wishlist on the website when they are not logged in. |
| VSWishlistToken | An identifier that references the database entry holding the visitors wishlist on the website when they are not logged in. |
| vs_login | Secure login token if the visitor selected for the website to remember them. |
| Google Analytics | Non-personal information used to track a visitors route through the website. This is used to find at which point customers have abandoned the checkout process and is used to improve the website. You can read more information on the cookies used by Google Analytics uses on its information page |
| VSMultisiteIPRedirected | An identifier that flags if we have automatically redirected the visitor to a more appropriate version of the site depending on their location. |
| locale_prefix | An identifier used to keep a visitor on a specific version of the website. |
| vsa | An anonymous identifier used for VSAnalytics - a tool to analyse the health of the Visualsoft platform. This is not linked to any personal information. |
| vre_did |
An anonymous identifier used to improve recommendations from the Visualsoft platform. |
3rd Party Cookies
The information set out in "How We Use Cookies" relates to the cookies that we set on our website. In addition to these cookies, our website also uses third party cookies which are set by a domain other than our website.
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.
Our website uses Third Party Cookies from the providers found in the table below, if you require further information about what those cookies are or how they are used, you should contact those providers directly.
| 3rd Party Name | Additional Information |
|---|---|
| Facebook |
You can choose to share content from our site with others via the social networks listed on the left, and so you may be sent cookies from these websites. |
| Trust Pilot | Our customers are able to review our service via Trustpilot, an online consumer watchdog portal, and to facilitate this Trustpilot may send you cookies. |
| We utilise the online advertising services of the third party companies listed on the left, and each of their sites use may set cookies to help identify which adverts are clicked on/interacted with. |
How Do I Block Cookies?
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website. Precisely how cookies are blocked will depend upon the browser that you use. If you would like further information please contact us.
What Will Happen If I Disable Cookies?
If you choose to disable access to cookies on your browser you may not experience the best version of our website.
Information on how to disable cookies in popular web browsers can be found below:
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