Cookie Policy

This is the Cookie Policy for Carol Tresor, accessible from caroltresor.com

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by your browser, following a request from a website’s server. Generally, only that server will be able to make sense of the contents of that cookie. Each cookie usually consists of some anonymous information such as a unique identifier. It allows a website to remember things like your preferences or what’s in your shopping basket.

Cookies are either ‘session’ or ‘persistent’ cookies, depending on how long they are stored for:

• Session cookies are only stored for the duration of your visit to a website and are deleted from your device when you close your browser – these are often used to remember the contents of your shopping basket, say.
• Persistent cookies are saved on your device for a fixed period of time after the browser has closed and are activated each time you visit the website where the cookie was generated – these are useful for preferences or tracking your visit.

Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (‘first party cookies’) or they may be set by other websites who run content on the page you are viewing (‘third party cookies’).

What type of cookies are there and which do we use?

Generally, the different types of cookies can be divided up into four classes – let's look at the details of those classes and the cookies we use on this site.

Essential or ‘Strictly Necessary’ Cookies

These are cookies which are essential for the smooth running of a website. Without these cookies, parts of a website would not function. These cookies do not track where you have been on the internet and do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing purposes.

Cookie	Name	Purpose	More Information
Persistent Set by us	HS-UID	This uses a unique, anonymous value to point to information on our server, such as your address and name, that you may supply to us while browsing the site and placing an order. We will never use this other than for the purposes of enhancing your browsing experience and for our own direct marketing.	You can remove this in your browser settings or by using certain browser plug-ins.
Session Set by us	HS-SID	A unique, anonymous value that is a 'session id', which allows us to maintain the contents of your shopping cart and your login status.	You can remove this in your browser settings or by using certain browser plug-ins.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies are used to remember your preferences on our websites, any login details and to provide enhanced, more personal features. Functional cookies do not track your internet usage or gather information which could be used for selling advertising.

Cookie	Name	Purpose	More Information
Persistent Set by us	HS-UID	This uses a unique, anonymous value to point to information on our server, such as your address and name, that you may supply to us while browsing the site and placing an order. We will never use this other than for the purposes of enhancing your browsing experience and for our own direct marketing.	You can remove this in your browser settings or by using certain browser plug-ins.
Persistent Set by us	HS-cookieWarnSeen	This is just a numeric value to keep track of whether you have seen the warning that this site uses cookies.	It's used to remove the warning about cookie use. Delete it to re-instate that warning.