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Cookie Policy for UK Barefoot website

The Barefoot website www.barefoot.co.uk (the “Site”) uses cookies. Cookies are small data files which the Site places on your computer or handheld device. This policy helps to explain when and why cookies may be sent to you when you visit this Site and how you can block and delete cookies.

What are cookies and how do they work?

A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server and only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the site name and some digits and numbers.

Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (first party cookies) or they may be set by other websites who run content on the page you are viewing (third party cookies).

Most websites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that website to remember you, either for the duration of your visit (using a session cookie) or for repeat visits (using a persistent cookie).

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. If a website doesn’t use cookies, it will think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site – for example, when you enter your login details and move to another page it won’t recognize you and it won’t be able to keep you logged in.

The use of cookies on this Site: your choices

Under European Union law consent is needed in order to send cookies to your computer or mobile device unless the cookies are strictly necessary to provide services to you. By clicking the ‘Continue’ button on the information bar that appeared when you first visited the Web Site we are assuming that you consent to the use of cookies during your visit to the Site.

Unless the cookie is strictly necessary, it is possible to modify your browser so that it notifies you when cookies are sent to it or you can refuse cookies altogether. The Help function within your browser should tell you how.  You can also delete cookies that have already been set, although, please remember that if you do not consent to our functionality cookies, parts of our website may not work.

Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of desktop browsers.

The cookies that we use, and why

Cookies enable us to identify your device, or you when you have logged in. We use cookies that are strictly necessary to enable you to move around the Site or to provide certain basic features. We use cookies to enhance the functionality of the Site by storing your preferences, for example. We also use cookies to help us to improve the performance of our Site to provide you with a better user experience. We don’t sell the information collected by cookies, nor do we disclose the information to third parties, except where required by law.

The tables below explain what cookies we use on our Site, why we use them and whether they are  functionality or performance related cookies. Please note that any information collected by functionality and performance cookies on this website is done so anonymously. We also state whether a cookie is a persistent or session cookie.

Functionality cookies

Functionality cookies record information about choices you’ve made and allow us to tailor the website to you. These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your log in details) and customized preference settings (e.g. text size). We use a functionality cookie to store the information you provide when you tell us that you are of legal age to drink alcohol in your country.  This cookie is named “barefoot_agegate” and will be stored on your machine for a period of 14 days before it expires.  Using this cookie means that we do not need to ask your date of birth every time you visit the Site. 

These cookies are also used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or using a map, which is what we use them for on our website.

We use "performance" cookies to analyse your visiting patterns on our Site and other trends and statistics regarding your use of our Site and the sites from which you visited us (referrers).  Using these helps us deliver the best web experience for you and to understand what our readers are looking at so that we can produce more of the right kind of content These cookies are set by Google Analytics, Facebook, and WebTrends,

If you wish to restrict or block web browser cookies which are set on your device then you can do this through your browser settings.

We do not use cookies to track your Internet browsing activities before or after you visit the Site.