Cookies

How ksol.co.uk uses cookies

• Our website uses cookies.

  A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers downloaded on to a device when the user accesses certain websites. Cookies allow a website to recognise a user’s machine. For more information about cookies, how they work and what choices you can make through your own browser settings see http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

  Types of Cookies

  There are a number of different types of cookies; session cookies, persistent cookies, first party cookies and third party cookies.
  
  Session cookies – These cookies links your actions on a website to our data system and are used for a number of reasons such as remembering what you’ve put into your shopping basket while browsing the site. The session cookies expire as soon as the browser is closed so no information is stored permanently.
  
  Persistent cookies – These cookies remember your preferences or actions across a website and help us to provide you with information that is relevant to you in the future. The information collected can be used to track actions across multiple browser sessions and may be used to make advertising more relevant to you.
  
  First party cookies – These cookies are set and handled directly by KSOL.
  
  Third party cookies – These are cookies that we have no control over other than we use the third party site. The only third party site we use is SAGE and Google

  What Cookies do we Use

  Cookie	Type	Purpose
  ASPXANONYMOUS	Necessary	This cookie is issued by ASP.NET and contains a unique ID to help recognise when a anonymous user attempts to log in. This cookie contains no personally identifiable information.
  Google Analytics	Performance	We use Google Analytics tracking cookies to collect anonymous traffic data about your use of this website. This information is stored by Google and subject to their privacy policy, which can be viewedhere. Google Analytics collects information such as pages you visit on this site, the browser and operating system you use and time spent viewing pages. The purpose of this information is to help us improve the site for future visitors.

  How to Control Cookies

  Altering your cookie settings is a relatively simple task however the process does differ between browsers. Here’s how to access your cookie settings in the most popular browsers.

  Google Chrome: Click on the Tools menu and select Options. Click the Under the Bonnet tab and look for the Privacy section. Choose the Cookie settings tab From here you can change your settings as you see fit.

  Internet Explorer: Choose Tools and then Internet Options. Click the Privacy tab. From here you can change your settings as you see fit. (For specialised cookie settings, click on Advanced, click the Override cookies handling and change your settings).

  Mozilla Firefox: Click on Tools and then Options. Select Privacy. Select Cookies. From here you can change your settings as you see fit.

  Opera: Go to Tools in main menu. Go to Preferences at the bottom of the File menu (or press Alt+P to access them directly). Click Privacy. From here you can change your settings as you see fit.

  Safari: Choose Preferences from the Safari menu. Select the Security icon. Cookie settings will appear in the window. From here you can change your settings as you see fit.

  How to delete Cookies

  Deleting your cookie settings is also relatively easy but the process does differ between browsers. Here’s how to delete cookies in the most popular browsers.

   

  Google Chrome:

  • Click on the Tools menu and select Options.
  • Click the Under the Bonnet tab and look for the Privacy section.
  • Clear browsing data.
  • Delete cookies and other site data to delete all cookies from the list.
  • Clear browsing history to delete traces of which websites you’ve visited.
  • Select Clear download history to delete records of which files and programs you’ve downloaded.
  • Select Empty the cache to delete cached websites.

  Internet Explorer 9:

  • Choose Tools and then Safety..
  • Click Delete browsing history.
  • Tick the Cookies box and click Delete.

  Mozilla Firefox:

  • Click on Tools and then Options.
  • Select Privacy.
  • Select Show Cookies.
  • To remove a single cookie highlight it and click Remove cookies.
  • To remove all cookies click Remove all cookies.

  Opera:

  • Go to Tools in main menu.
  • Click Delete private data.

  Safari:

  • Choose Preferences from the Safari menu.
  • Select the Security icon.
  • Click Show cookies.
  • Select the cookies that you want to delete.
  • Click Delete.

  How to Change Cookie Settings

  You can manage the cookies on your machine by changing your browser settings.
  As explained in the What is a cookie? and What cookies do we use? tabs, some cookies we use are compulsory, and by using our website you agree to their use, and others are optional.