Cookie Policy

What are cookies?
Like most websites, Alex Mason’s websites use cookies to collect information. Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or other devices (such as smart ‘phones or ‘tablets’) as you browse this website. They are used to ‘remember’ when your computer or device accesses our websites. Cookies are essential for the effective operation of our websites and to help you shop with us online. They are also used to tailor the products and services offered and advertised to you, both on our websites and elsewhere.

Information collected
Some cookies collect information about browsing and purchasing behaviour when you access this website via the same computer or device. This includes information about pages viewed, products purchased and your journey around a website. We do not use cookies to collect or record information on your name, address or other contact details. Alex Mason can use cookies to monitor your browsing and purchasing behaviour.

How are cookies managed?
The cookies stored on your computer or another device, when you access our websites, are designed by:

• Alex Mason, or on behalf of Alex Mason, and are necessary to enable you to make purchases on our website;
• third parties who participate with us in marketing programmes; and
• third parties who broadcast web banner advertisements on behalf of Alex Mason.

What are cookies used for?

The main purposes for which cookies are used are: -

1. For technical purposes essential to the effective operation of our websites, particularly in relation to online transactions and site navigation.

2. For Alex Mason to market to you, particularly web banner advertisements and targeted updates.

3. To enable Alex Mason to collect information about your browsing and shopping patterns, including monitoring the success of campaigns, competitions etc.

4. To enable Alex Mason to meet its contractual obligations to make payments to third parties when a product is purchased by someone who has visited our website from a site operated by those parties.

How do I disable cookies?
If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. How you can do this will depend on the browser you use. Further details on how to disable cookies for the most popular browsers are set out below: -

For Microsoft Internet Explorer:

1. Choose the menu “Tools” then “Internet Options”
2. Click on the “privacy” tab
3. Select the setting the appropriate setting

For Google Chrome:

1. Choose Settings> Advanced
2. Under “Privacy and security,” click “Content settings”.
3. Click “Cookies”

For Safari:

1. Choose Preferences > Privacy
2. Click on “Remove all Website Data”

For Mozilla Firefox:

1. Choose the menu “Tools” then “Options”
2. Click on the icon “privacy”
3. Find the menu “cookie” and select the relevant options

For Opera 6.0 and further:

1. Choose the menu Files”> “Preferences”
2. Privacy

What happens if I disable cookies?
This depends on which cookies you disable, but in general, the website may not operate properly if cookies are switched off. If you only disable third-party cookies, you will not be prevented from making purchases on our sites. If you disable all cookies, you may be unable to complete a purchase on our sites.