Goodfellow Cookies Notice
What are cookies?
Cookies and other similar tracking technologies are small text files or code placed on your device (e.g. computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website or view a message. Cookies allow a website or app to recognise a particular device.
Our use of cookies
We use cookies and other similar tracking technologies on our website. These help us recognise you and your device and store some information about your use of the website.
You can set your browser not to accept cookies and we tell you below how to remove cookies from your browser. However, if you do so, some of our website features may not function as a result.
We use cookies and other similar tracking technologies to:
- obtain information about your use of our website;
- carry out research and statistical analysis to help improve our content and services and to help us better understand our users’ requirements; and
- make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable.
For further information on our use of cookies and other similar tracking technologies, including the specific cookies we use, please see below.
Types of cookies
The cookies we place on your device may fall into the following categories:
- Session cookies—these allow our website to link your actions during a particular browser session. These expire each time you close your browser and do not remain on your device afterwards.
- Persistent cookies—these are stored on your device in between browser sessions. These allow your preferences or actions across our website to be remembered. These will remain on your device until they expire, or you delete them from your cache.
- Strictly necessary cookies—these cookies are essential for you to be able to navigate our website and use its features. Without these cookies, the services you have asked for could not be provided.
- Performance cookies—these cookies collect information about how you use our website, e.g. which pages you go to most often. These cookies do not collect personally identifiable information about you. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous and is only used to improve how our website works.
- Functionality cookies—these cookies allow our website to remember the choices you make (such as your username, language, last action and search preferences) and provide enhanced, more personal features. The information collected by these cookies is anonymous and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
- Targeting cookies—also known as advertising cookies, these cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement on our website and help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with our website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers.
The cookies we use
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:
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Cookie Name
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First or Third Party
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Cookie Type and Purpose
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Duration
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DismissBroadCastMessage
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First
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Strictly necessary - A cookie is set when a user dismisses the broadcast message banner at the top of the site. This is required so that the user does not continue to see it on every visit to the site.
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Session
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show-as-product-list-override
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First
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Strictly necessary - This cookie set when a user makes request to handle switching between grid and list views on the product repeaters. This is required so the desired view persists for the duration of the session
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Session
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SearchHistory
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First
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Strictly necessary - Keeps a history of the users search terms. Used to populate the drop down box when a user clicks into the search box.
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Session
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form-specific-filters-
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First
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Strictly necessary - Set when a user uses the form specific filters in grid view
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Session
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GFDeliveryCountry-SkipFutureConfimations
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First
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Strictly necessary - A cookie that is set when a user ticks the “Don’t show me this again” tickbox on delivery country confirmations.
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Session
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Other technologies in our newsletters
We also use pixels or web beacons in our email marketing communications. These pixels track whether our email was delivered and opened and whether links within the email were clicked. They also allow us to collect information such as your IP address, browser, email client type and other similar details. We use this information to measure the effectiveness of our marketing communications and for analytics.
You can always unsubscribe from our mailing list by using the unsubscribe link located at the bottom of our email communications or you can email us at: compliance@goodfellow.com.
Consent to use cookies
We will ask for your permission (consent) to place cookies or other similar tracking technologies on your device, except where these are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested.
There is a notice on our home page which describes how we use cookies and requests your consent before we place any non-essential cookies on your device.
How to turn off cookies
There are various ways to manage cookies related preferences and to provide and withdraw consent, where relevant:
You can manage preferences related to cookies from directly within your own device settings, for example, by preventing the use or storage of cookies.
Additionally, whenever the use of cookies is based on consent, you can provide or withdraw such consent by updating such preferences accordingly via the relevant consent-preferences widget accessible on the website.
It is also possible, via relevant browser or device features, to delete previously stored cookies, including those used to remember your initial consent choice.
Other cookies in the browser’s local memory may be cleared by deleting the browsing history.
With regard to any third-party cookies, you can manage their preferences and withdraw their consent via the related opt-out link (where provided), by using the means indicated in the third party's privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.
You can, for example, find information about how to manage cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses:
• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Edge
Location Tracker Settings
You may also manage certain categories of cookies used on mobile apps by opting out through relevant device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile devices, or tracking settings in general.
Advertising industry specific opt-outs
Notwithstanding the above, you may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. We therefore recommend that you make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.
The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.
Updates to the Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
The date at the bottom of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Contact
If you have questions or concerns regarding our use of cookies or other similar tracking technologies, you can contact us at: compliance@goodfellow.com.
This policy was last updated on: 22nd November 2021
