What's a cookie?
A "cookie" is a piece of information that is stored on your computer's hard drive if you agree to this and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.
We are required to obtain your consent for all non-essential cookies used on our website. You can block cookies (including essential cookies) at any time 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 essential cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards to how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.
Cookies are either:
Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or
Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.
Cookies can also be categorised as follows:
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 |
.Nop.Antiforgery | Strictly necessary cookie used by nopCommerce to prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks. |
.Nop.Authentication | Session cookie used by nopCommerce to keep track of a logged in user. |
.Nop.Culture | Strictly necessary cookie used by nopCommerce to store language selection. |
.Nop.Customer | Strictly necessary cookie used by nopCommerce to store reference to customer. |
.Nop.Session | Session cookie used by nopCommerce to identify a user during a session and keep track of their logon status, shopping basket and order submissions. |
ts | Strictly necessary cookie used with the Paypal payment function for making a safe transaction through PayPal. |
ts_c | Functional cookie used by Paypal to provide fraud prevention |
tsrce | Strictly necessary cookie used with the Paypal payment function for making a safe transaction through PayPal. |
17_az | Strictly necessary cookie used with the Paypal payment function for making a safe transaction through PayPal. |
At any time you can delete cookies from your browser or device and modify your settings if you do not accept cookies. This can be done in the privacy and security settings of your browser or device. For more information please visit the browser developer's website.
If you have any questions about the cookies that we use, feel free to email us at lesley.doig@nurturingflows.co.uk.