What are Cookies and how are they used?
The Citycom website (www.citycom.co.uk) uses cookies. A cookie is a small file containing letters and numbers that can be stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. They are created when you access certain websites. Cookies collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour in an anonymous form. They allow a website to recognise users when they return to a site. You can be assured that shopping with us is safe and secure.
We use cookies to monitor usage of this website. By using cookies we can see the products and services you are interested in when you browse this website. We use specialised analytics partners to gather certain information about how you browse, search and buy from the site. To do this we place cookies on your computer that collect information on our behalf. We use this information to constantly improve our services and your shopping experience.
Usage of certain cookies on our site is essential to it working fully. A number of important parts of this website will not function if cookies are not enabled.
You can also visit www.allaboutcookies.org for more information.
This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.
- Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. - Preferences Cookies
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in. - Statistics Cookies
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously. - Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers. - Unclassified CookiesUnclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
Controlling the use of Cookies
To get the most out of your experience with using our website cookies should be enabled. Most web browsers are automatically set to accept cookies with the standard installation settings. If cookies are not set to work on your browser the result could mean the performance of this website will be affected and will also restrict your usage of this website which may mean you are unable to buy anything from us.
You are able to check to see if cookies are enabled specifically for PCs by doing for following for each browser type:
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- Click on ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window (use the cog icon in IE 9.0) and select ‘Internet options’.
- Click on the ‘Privacy’ tab
- Under the Settings section check the level is set to Medium or below, which will enable cookies in your browser
- Settings above Medium will disable cookies and could cause the site to function not as we would expect.
Google Chrome
- Click on ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window and select Options
- Click the ‘Under the Hood’ tab, locate the ‘Privacy’ section, and select the ‘Content settings’ button
- Now select ‘Allow local data to be set’
Mozilla Firefox
- Click on ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window and select Options
- Then select the Privacy icon
- Click on Cookies, then select ‘allow sites to set cookies’
Safari
- Click on the Cog icon at the top of your browser window and select the ‘Preferences’ option
- Click on ‘Security’, check the option that says ‘Block third-party and advertising cookies’
- Click ‘Save’
Any other browsers not mentioned including Smart Phones and Tablets and Apple Macs?
If you use a browser not mentioned above or a mobile device such as a smart phone or tablet please use either their help section or own website to check the cookie settings.
Managing flash cookies
The most common types of cookies are HTTP cookies. You can control these using the mechanisms described above. As well as HTTP cookies, there are other technologies which work in a similar way to cookies called Flash Local Stored Objects (LSOs). Some parts of COOK’s website may use LSOs and these can be controlled manually by visiting the Adobe website: click here
LSOs may be used to store user preferences for media player functionality and without them some video content may not play properly.