Sandy Cheeks (we, our or Sandy Cheeks) may use cookies and other similar tracking technologies to support the performance and useability of our website.

Please read this policy to understand why Sandy Cheeks may use cookies and other similar tracking technologies, including how you may control their use. 

What are cookies, and what do they do?

Cookies are small files containing letters and numbers that a website places on a visitor's device that can track and log information about the site visitor, such as their IP address, browser type, and browsing activity. 

The information obtained by Cookies can be used to accomplish many important functions. For example, remember user preferences or count the number of website visitors.

What are the types of cookies used?

First-party cookies

These cookies are generated by the website visited and give the website operator the ability to collect data about a user's website visit, allowing the website to recall the user's preferences, such as the language, region settings, colour, or font size.

Third-party cookies

These cookies are generated by the operators of third-party websites. These cookies are frequently used for advertising purposes. 

Session cookies

These cookies are temporary and only valid when using the Sandy Cheeks website. They will not remain on the user's device following the ending of the browser session.

Session cookies are often needed to support valuable website operations, such as delivering web pages in a timely and effective manner. 

Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies will stay on the user's device until removed or they reach their expiration date. Persistent cookies are frequently used to track a user’s movement around a website, identifying a user's behaviours, and enhance their website experience.

What sort of cookies may we use? 

Sandy Cheeks may use the following types of cookies: 

• Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential for the correct operation of the Sandy Cheeks website. For example, they include cookies that allow you to efficiently move from one page to another and allow an easy return to previously visited pages. These cookies also help Sandy Cheeks confirm that you have accepted our use of cookies and allow us to test different designs on our website.

• Performance cookies. These cookies provide Sandy Cheeks with the ability to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website. This information provides us with valuable data to help improve the performance of our website. Specifically, they allow Sandy Cheeks to appreciate the popularity of web pages on our website and help visitors effectively navigate around our website.

• Functional cookies. These cookies enable Sandy Cheeks to provide greater functionality and personalisation of our website. For example, these cookies help in identifying you when you revisit our website and personalise your experience by recalling the preferences you applied.

• Advertising or marketing cookies. These cookies may be used by Sandy Cheeks to track your activity on our website, which may include the web pages you visited, the interest you have shown in the website content, and the hyperlinks you clicked. Sandy Cheeks may also use these cookies to personalise the advertising and content we deliver to you, and we may share the information with third parties to provide specific ads. 

Tracking technologies

Sandy Cheeks may use similar tracking technologies to cookies on our websites, such as tracking pixels and web beacons, to enhance your website experience. 

A web beacon or tracking pixel is a piece of code positioned on a website or email to track users' activities when they visit a website or send emails.

Linking to third-party websites
The Sandy Cheeks website may include links for your convenience. If you click on a link, it will take you to a third-party website that may use cookies. 

Please note that Sandy Cheeks has no control over how third-parties use or set their cookies. Therefore, we recommend that you check every third-party website you visit to understand how they use cookies and how you can control their use. 

How can you control cookies?

The majority of internet web browsers provide the functionality to control cookies. We provide hyperlinks to the most commonly used browsers, where you can manage your cookie preferences.

• Microsoft Edge cookies information

• Internet Explorer cookies information

• Chrome cookies information

• Firefox cookies information

• Safari cookies information 

• Opera cookies information

To learn more about disabling, deleting, and blocking cookies, please visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

If you choose to block or disable the cookies used by Sandy Cheeks on our website, this may change its operation and cause certain functions of our website to not perform as expected. Sandy Cheeks recommends that you accept the cookies used on our website. 

Policy changes 

We may make changes to this policy if there are changes to the cookies we use for legal, regulatory, or other business reasons. 

We recommend that you review this policy regularly to stay informed of any changes.

Contact us

If you would like further information about our use of cookies or have any other questions, you can email us at Ellie@sandycheeks.co.uk.