Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to a user's device - be it a computer, smartphone or tablet - when visiting certain websites. These files help the website to store and retrieve information about the user's behaviour or device and, depending on the data they contain and how the device is used, can be used to identify the user. The main purposes for using cookies include: to ensure that websites work properly and to store your preferences, such as language or font size, and to analyse your interaction with the website to collect anonymous statistics, including information about pages viewed and time spent on our site.
What types of cookies do we use?
Depending on the management organisation
- Own cookies: These cookies are sent to your device from our servers or domains from which we provide you with the service you have requested.
- Third party cookies: These cookies are sent to your computer from servers or domains that are not under our control, but are managed by other partner organisations. For example, the use of external plug-ins from Google may be accompanied by the sending of cookies. For more information, see: How Google uses cookies. Information collected by external Google plug-ins on our website, including user IP addresses, may be transmitted to and stored on Google servers. The management of this information is entirely under the jurisdiction of Google. These cookies do not provide personal data about the user unless the user has an active Google session, in which case they are linked to their Google account. For more information, see: Types of cookies used by Google and Google's Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy.
Depending on their period of activity
- Session cookies: these are temporary cookies that remain in your browser until you leave the website and are not stored on your computer's hard drive. The data collected through these cookies is used to analyse web traffic. This in turn helps us to improve the user experience by optimising the content of the website and making it more user-friendly.
- Persistent cookies: these cookies are stored on your hard drive and are read by our website on each repeat visit. Persistent cookies have a set expiry date. Once this expiry date has passed, they will no longer be valid. We usually use these cookies to simplify the shopping and registration process.
According to their intended use
- Technical cookies: these cookies are necessary for the correct browsing and functionality of our website. For example, they help to manage traffic and communication, provide access to restricted areas, place orders, ensure security, store content and enable sharing videos or other materials via social networks, etc.
- Personalised cookies: these cookies allow access to the service with predefined characteristics depending on various criteria, such as the language or type of browser used, region settings, etc.
- Analytical cookies: these cookies allow us to determine the number of users and to carry out measurements and statistical analyses on the use of the services offered. This is done by analysing the traffic on our website in order to improve our products and services.
- Advertising cookies: designed to optimise the management of the advertising planes placed on our website.
- Behavioural advertising cookies: these cookies store data on user behaviour collected through continuous observation. This allows us to better understand your internet surfing habits and provide you with adverts that match your navigation profile.
How do I deactivate or activate cookies in my browser?
When you click on links on this website, cookies may be set. We recommend that you read the cookie policy of the relevant resources after visiting this page.
You can choose which cookies will be used on this site using your browser settings. For example:
At cyclegearuk.com we do not store personal data about our users, other than your IP address as set out above, unless you choose to voluntarily register to receive goods and services we offer or to receive promotional materials and information that may be of interest to you.