What are cookies?
As with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies. A cookie is a small text file that a website can store on your computer to help keep track of different things, for example if you want to stay logged into a website, or your preferences within a website. They are designed to improve experience of using the web site. By continuing to browse our site you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
How we use cookies…
Cookies are unique identifiers that we transfer to your computer or device to enable us to recognise you. We use cookies for various purposes, including:
- Identifying you when you sign-in to our site. This allows us to provide you with personalised content and to remember your log-in details (if you choose that option)
- Keeping track of items stored in your shopping basket.
- Improving security.
- Track the pages you visit via Google Analytics.
We may use selected third party Remarketing services to advertise Shout out Safety across the Internet, in particular on the Google Display Network.
Third party Remarketing services will display ads to you based on what parts of the Shout out Safety website you have viewed by placing a cookie on your web browser.
The cookies these services use will not in any way identify you or give access to your computer or mobile device.
The cookie is used to indicate to other websites that “This person visited a particular page, so show them ads relating to that page.”
Remarketing allows us to tailor our marketing to better suit your needs and only display ads that are relevant to you.
If you do not wish to see ads from Shout out Safety you can opt out in several ways:
1. Opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
2. Opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
How to check cookies are enabled on your PC…
To use this web site effectively, you will need to make sure that cookies are enabled:
Google Chrome
- Click on the spanner icon (top menu in browser) and select ‘Settings’
- Click the ‘Under the Bonnet’ tab on the left, then select the ‘Content settings’ button
- Under the cookies section, choose the option that best suits your needs.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Click on ‘Tools’ (top menu in browser) and select ‘Internet options’
- Click on the ‘Privacy’ tab
- Move the privacy slider to the level of privacy you require. Settings above Medium will disable cookies.
Mozilla Firefox
- Click on ‘Tools’ (top menu in browser) and select ‘Options’
- Select the Privacy icon
- In the history section choose ‘Use custom settings for history’ from the dropdown menu
- Cookies can be enabled or disabled by clicking on the appropriate check boxes.
Safari
- Click on the Cog icon (top menu in browser) and select ‘Preferences’
- Click on Privacy tab and choose the option that best suits your needs.
Opera
- Click on the ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window and select ‘Preferences’
- Select the ‘Advanced’ tab and choose Cookies from the list on the left
- Choose the option that best suits your needs.
How to check cookies are enabled on your MAC
Safari on OSX
- Click on ‘Safari’ at the top of your browser window and select ‘Preferences’
- Click on the ‘Privacy’ tab
- Adjust the level of cookie acceptance here.
Firefox
- Click on ‘Firefox’ at the top of your browser window and select ‘Preferences’
- Select the Privacy icon
- In the history section choose ‘Use custom settings for history’ from the dropdown menu
- Cookies can be enabled or disabled by clicking on the appropriate check boxes.
Opera
- Click on ‘Opera’ at the top of your browser window and select ‘Preferences’
- Select the ‘Advanced’ tab and choose Cookies from the list on the left
- Choose the option that best suits your needs.
Third party cookies
We also use cookies provided by trusted third parties, to help us take payments for any courses in a secure way. By using our site you agree that we may place these types of cookies on your device or computer.
More information…
Hopefully the information on this page has helped. As was previously mentioned, if you aren’t sure whether you need a particular feature or function it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case disabling them does interact with one of the features you use on our site. However, if you are still looking for more information then please contact us or see the Wikipedia article on cookies.