Cookie Policy

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.  If you continue without changing your settings, we’ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the Wool and Crafts website.  However, if you would like to, you can change your cookie settings at any time.  For information on how to change your cookie settings or block cookies altogether please see http://www.aboutcookies.org/

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your hard drive by your web browser when you visit a website.   We use cookies so as to be able to build up a profile of your interests and preferences and this may be used by us to make your visits to our site more enjoyable.  Our cookies also enable us to enhance your visitor experience by storing information about the products and services that you select between visits so that we can provide you with focused information each time you visit our website.

In May 2012, the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations came into force in the UK. The regulations make it clear that all UK websites need to gain consent from people visiting the site to store ‘cookies’ on their computers

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent cookies being stored, however if you do turn cookies off this will limit the service that we are able to provide to you.  If you wish to change your cookie settings or block cookies altogether please see http://www.aboutcookies.org/

Types of Cookie used by us:

Strictly Necessary Cookies:

These cookies let you navigate around our website and use essential features like secure areas and shopping baskets.  These cookies don’t gather any information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet.

We use these Strictly Necessary cookies to remember things like information you’ve entered on forms when you navigate to different pages in a single web browser session and remember when you have seen a single use page so we don’t show it to you again and again.

Performance Cookies:

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages.  These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.  It is only used to improve how a website works.

We use performance cookies to understand how our website is used by our customers and to help us improve the website by measuring any errors that occur

Functionality Cookies:

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name) and provide enhanced, more personal features.

We use ‘Functionality’ cookies to show you when you’re logged in to the website.  You can control whether or not these cookies are used, but preventing them may mean we can’t offer you some services, and will reduce the support we can offer you.  It is also possible that preventing these cookie stops us remembering that you didn’t want a specific service.

Remember, if you wish to change your cookie settings or block cookies altogether please see http://www.aboutcookies.org/