The Behind The Arras Cookie Jar
What are cookies?
Cookies are tiny bits of code left on your computer.
There are two main types of cookie:
Application cookies are used on
sites where, for example, you need to log in, search for products, buy
and pay for items. They keep track of who you are, your details such as
address and what you have in your basket and your payment details.
Tracking cookies can also be used by third party advertisers. We do not
need nor do we use such cookies. 
The second main type are analytical cookies
which are the cookies we use through software from Piwik. This software
allows us to see how many visitors we have had and which pages were
visited along with other information such as the operating systems and
browsers people are using and whether the site is being viewed on mobile
phones, tablets or computers. It also tells us how many new and
returning visitors we have.
This allows us to modify and tailor the site to
ensure that we are providing the information people want and that that
information is accessible to everyone.
No personal information is collected and individuals
cannot be identified, nor is any information passed to third parties or
advertisers. The cookies, which take up negligible space on computers,
provide purely statistical data for use by ourselves and that
information is completely anonymous.
If you wish to change your cookie settings then help
in your browser will explain how you can do it (visitors to our site
used ten different browsers in the first week of July, 2013 if you are
interested)
The settings can be changed at any time. The usual
general settings are: accept cookies from third parties, which
effectively means cookies from anyone; accept cookies just from the site
you are visiting; or accept no cookies which will make it impossible to
log in to many sites or make any purchases.