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Cookie Policy

The purpose of our Cookies Policy is to help explain what they are, why you are collecting them, and what information cookies store.

RedBrain Ltd trading as shopping.fm, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 10434678 whose registered address is at Office 3, St Ann’s House, Guildford Road, Lightwater, Surrey, GU18 5RA hereinafter referred to as 'shopping.fm' or 'We' have created this cookie policy ('Cookie Policy') in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to disclosing to You the data that We collect about You electronically from Your use of our Site to access the shopping.fm Services. By using the Site to access the shopping.fm Services and agreeing to this Cookie Policy, You consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Cookie Policy. In this Cookie Policy, references to 'You' and 'Your' are references to an shopping.fm Member (or an shopping.fm Visitor as the case may be). Unless otherwise indicated, all definitions used in the shopping.fm Service Terms shall apply herein. We ask You to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Cookie Policy when you first visit our Site. When You use the Site to access the shopping.fm Services, You agree that this Cookie Policy applies to that use in addition to any other terms and conditions which may apply including those contained in the our Privacy Policy and the shopping.fm Service Terms by this reference (collectively called the shopping.fm Licence').We reserve the right to modify this Cookie Policy at any time without notice. Any changes We may make to this Cookie Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to You by SMS or by e-mail or when You next use the Site to access theshopping.fm Services, the new terms may be displayed on-screen (and You may be required to read and accept them to continue). You agree that shopping.fm will treat Your use of the Site to access the shopping.fm Services as acceptance of the terms herein including Your continued use subsequent to any changes.

  1. WHAT IS A COOKIE?

    A cookie is a small text file that some websites store via the browser on Your computer's hard drive or other mobile device when You visit or use them. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the Site to access the shopping.fm Services. Some expire at the end of Your session on the Site, others will remain on Your computer for a little longer. When You return to websites or visit websites that use the same cookies, these cookies and therefore Your browsing device, are recognised. Cookies do lots of different and useful jobs like letting You navigate between pages efficiently, remembering Your preferences and generally improving Your browsing experience. Cookies can also be used to customise areas of content online to be more relevant to You and Your interests. We use cookies on our Site to make Your browsing experience better. By using the Site, You accept our use of cookies.

  2. FIRST PARTY COOKIES

    First-party cookies are cookies set by the specific website You visit i.e. the website displayed in the URL window.

  3. THIRD PARTY COOKIES

    Third party cookies are set by third party services that appear on our pages. They are set by the operators of that service and are not in our control. They are set by e.g. Twitter, Facebook and other advertisers or file sharing platforms. They may use the information they obtain from Your use of their cookies to track Your browser across multiple websites; to build a profile of your web surfing; or, to target advertisements which may be of particular interest to You.

  4. THIRD PARTYCOOKIE USEFURTHER INFORMATION AND OPT-OPT DETAILS
    BingPeronalised advertisingOpt-out here
    CriteoPeronalised advertisingOpt-out here
    Krux DigitalPeronalised advertisingOpt-out here
    AdswizzPeronalised advertisingOpt-out here
    FacebookPeronalised advertisingOpt-out here
    PinterestPeronalised advertisingOpt-out here
    SnapchatPeronalised advertisingOpt-out here
    BranchPeronalised advertisingOpt-out here
    Google AdwordsPeronalised advertisingOpt-out here
    Google DoubleclickPeronalised advertisingOpt-out here
    Google AnalyticsAnalyticsOpt-out here
  5. COOKIE CATEGORIES

    The type of cookies used on websites can be put into 1 of 4 categories, based on the International Chamber of Commerce guide to cookie categories.

    1. Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential, as they enable You to move around a website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, the shopping.fm Services You have asked for (such as access to secure areas) cannot be provided. These cookies don't gather information about You that could be used for marketing or remembering where You have been on the internet. These cannot be restricted or blocked.

    2. Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how You use a website, for example which pages You go to most often and if You get any error messages from certain pages. These cookies do not gather information that identifies You. All information these cookies collect is anonymous and is only used to improve how a website works. These cookies are not used to target You with online advertising. Without these cookies we cannot learn how our Site is performing and make relevant improvements that could better Your browsing experience. These can be restricted or blocked.

    3. Functionality & Profile Cookies: These cookies allow a website to remember choices You make (such as Your user name, language or the region You are in) and tailor the website to provide enhanced features and content for You. For instance, they remember Your login details and allow You to watch videos. They also ensure the onsite marketing and experience is relevant to You. These cookies can also be used to remember changes You have made to text size, font and other parts of pages that You can customise. The information these cookies collect may be anonymous and they cannot track Your browsing activity on other websites. Without these cookies, a website cannot remember choices You have previously made or personalise Your browsing experience. These can be restricted or blocked.

    4. Targeting Cookies: These cookies gather information about Your browsing habits. They remember that You have visited a website and share this information with other organisations such as advertisers. They do this in order to provide You with adverts that are more relevant to You and Your interests. Although these cookies can track Your visits to other websites, they do not usually know who You are. Without these cookies, online advertisements You encounter will be less relevant to You and Your interests. These can be restricted or blocked.

  6. shopping.fm ONLINE USE OF COOKIES

    Cookies on our Site are used for many purposes including but not limited to:

    1. enabling a shopping.fm Member to Sign-Up on the Site;

    2. enabling a shopping.fm Member to avail of the shopping.fm Services;

    3. recognising Your computer when You visit our Site;

    4. improving the Site’s usability;

    5. analysing the use of our Site;

    6. administrating the Site;

    7. preventing fraud and improving the security of the Site;

    8. personalising our Site for You;

    9. to analyse the use of the Site through analytics software such as Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics, a popular web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. The information generated by the cookie about Your use of our Site will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google Analytics will use this information for the purpose of evaluating Your use of our Site, compiling reports on Site activity and behaviour – such as the typical length of stay on the Site or the average number of pages a user views or for the purpose of providing other services relating to Site activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google undertakes not to associate Your IP address with any other data held by Google. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

    Below is a full list of the cookies used by shopping.fm along with which cookie category they slot in to, whether they are first or third party, what their purpose is and when they expire on Your device:

    COOKIE NAMETYPE OF COOKIEFIRST OR THIRD PARTYPURPOSEEXPIRE
    __rbabidSTRICTLY NECESSARYFIRSTIdentifies you as a user for A/B testing3 weeks
    __cookieConsentSTRICTLY NECESSARYFIRSTIdentifies if you have agreeded to our cookie policy1 year
    __rbauthSTRICTLY NECESSARYFIRSTUsed for authentication1 year
    i18nextLngSTRICTLY NECESSARYFIRSTIdentifies what language you have selected1 year
    _gaTARGETINGTHIRD PARTYGoogle uses it as unique client identifier (Client ID) for Analytic System.2 years
    _gat_Analytics IDTARGETINGTHIRD PARTYUsed to throttle request rate to Google Analytics10 minutes
  7. HOW DO YOU OPT-OUT OF PERSONALISED ADVERTISING AND CONTROL OTHER COOKIE SETTINGS?

    • Browser settings. You can adjust your cookie preferences by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. The 'Help' feature on most browsers will tell you how to stop your browser from accepting new cookies. It should also tell you how to set up the browser to notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies entirely. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as flash cookies, by changing the add-ons settings or visiting the website of the browser manufacturer.

    • Networks. You can opt-out of third third-party cookies that track activity in connection with personalised advertising by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s consumer choice page (http://optout.aboutads.info) or the Network Advertising Initiative’s consumer choice page (http://optout.networkadvertising.org) or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance consumer choice page (http://youronlinechoices.eu). Please note that this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies.

    • Third parties. You can also adjust your third-party cookie preferences directly with the relevant third party. Please see 'Third party cookies’ above for further details.

    • Please see www.allaboutcookies.org for more information about how to manage and delete cookies on your particular browser.

  8. WANT TO RESTRICT OR BLOCK ANY COOKIES?

    By using our Site, You agree that We can place cookies on Your device, however, if You would like to restrict or block cookies used on our Site, You will need to change the browser settings in each browser You use and on each device You use to access the internet. Click here to see full instructions for all browsers.

    Please be aware that some of our shopping.fm Services will not function if Your browser does not accept the cookies.

    For Google Analytics cookies you can also stop Google from collecting your information by downloading and installing the Google Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

    More information about cookies can be found at: browser-by-browser instructions

    Internet Advertising Bureau: Guide to online advertising and privacy

    International Chamber of Commerce United Kingdom: ICC UK cookie guide

  9. CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT

    We keep our Cookie Policy under regular review. This Cookie Policy was last updated on 21st May 2018.