Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy for McQuaide Watches

This is the Cookie Policy for www.mcquaide.co.uk.

What are cookies?

As is common practice this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your on-site experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, although this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the site’s functionality.

For more general information on cookies see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie.

How we use cookies

We use cookies for the reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without disabling some of the functionality and features on this site. It is recommended that you enable all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not, in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

Disabling cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting your browser settings (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site, so we recommend you do not disable cookies.

The cookies we set

  • Account-related cookies

If you create an account with us, we use cookies to help manage the sign-up process, and account administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out, however in some cases, they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences.

  • Log-in related cookies

We use cookies when you are logged in to remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out, to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.

  • Email-related cookies

This site offers email subscription services, and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered, and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.

  • Order processing-related cookies

This site offers e-commerce facilities. Some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages, so that we can process it properly.

  • Forms-related cookies

When you submit data to through a webform such as those found on Contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

  • Site preferences cookies

In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember those preferences we set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.

Third party cookies

In certain cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

  • This site uses Google Analytics, one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web, to help us understand how you use the site, and to improve your on-site experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit, so we can continue to offer you engaging content.

For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see https://support.google.com/analytics.

  • From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent on-site experience, whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.

  • As we sell products it's important for us to record how many of of our site visitors make purchases, and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This allows us to make business decisions including about our advertising and products, to ensure the best possible products and prices.

  • We use certain adverts to promote this site and enable its further development. The behavioural advertising cookies used by this site are designed to ensure we provide you with the most relevant adverts where possible, by anonymously tracking your interests and presenting content that may be of interest to you.

  • Several affiliate partners advertise on our behalf. Affiliate tracking cookies allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately, and where applicable allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.

More Information

Hopefully that has clarified our use of cookies to you. As previously mentioned, you aren't sure whether you need a website feature or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled, in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. 

If you are require more information on our use of cookies, you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:

  • Email: info@mcquaide.co.uk

  • By visiting this link: www.mcquaide.co.uk