Introduction
Our website, https://www.wmfs.net (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related services and
technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed
by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on
our website.
1. What Are Cookies
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your
browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may
be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
This page describes what information they gather, how we use them and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of our site’s functionality.
For more general information on cookies, please read “What Are Cookies”.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that, if you have no concerns about our use of cookies, you accept them, however, you have the right to decline but it may affect your access to our site, or how it displays or functions.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and
interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to
monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences
remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way,
you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website, it remembers your preferences and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Statistics cookies
We use statistics cookies to optimise the website experience for our users. With these statistics
cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics
cookies.
5.3 Marketing/Tracking cookies
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user
profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for
similar marketing purposes. These may be placed by us, or by a third-party service.
5.4 Social media
On our website, we have included content from Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and
LinkedIn to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and LinkedIn. This content is embedded with code derived
from Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and LinkedIn and places cookies.
This content might store and process certain information for personalised advertising. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and LinkedIn are located in the United States.
5.5 Disabling Cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify
that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet
browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about
these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the
cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website
again.
6. The Cookies We Set
6.1 Functional
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _lscache_vary | www.wmfs.net | Litespeed sets this cookie to provide the prevention of cached pages. | 2 days | Functional |
| hasLogoShrunk | www.wmfs.net | We set this cookie to shrink down the logo on our website after you’ve scrolled down a page for the first time, so you can see our content better. | N/A | Functional |
| lastScrollDate | www.wmfs.net | We set this cookie to assist with the ‘hasLogoShrunk’ cookie and remember the date you last visited. | 1 day | Functional |
| rc::c / _grecaptcha | google.com | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | 6 months | Functional |
| cmplz_cookie_data | www.wmfs.net | This cookie is set by our cookie preference software to remember the preferences you specified when you gave consent, or removed consent, for cookies on our website. | session | Functional |
| cmplz_policy_id | www.wmfs.net | Complianz, our cookie plugin, sets this cookie to keep track of accepted cookie policy IDs. | 100 days | Functional |
| wc_cart_hash_* | WooCommerce | Store items in shopping cart | session | Functional |
| __stripe_mid | www.wmfs.net / Stripe | We use Stripe for payment processing on our website. This cookie is used by Stripe to provide fraud prevention | 1 year | Functional |
| __stripe_sid | www.wmfs.net / Stripe | We use Stripe for payment processing on our website. This cookie is used by Stripe to provide fraud prevention | 30 minutes | Functional |
6.2 Preferences
We currently do not operate any preference cookies on our website.
6.3 Statistics
These cookies are those we set for statistical or analytics purposes. These help us track user activity on our website so we can improve the site and your experience on it.
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga_* | .wmfs.net | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | 1 year | Analytics |
| _ga | .wmfs.net | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 2 years | Analytics |
| _pk_id* | .wmfs.net | Used by Matomo, a site analytics plugin, to track visitors, sessions and site usage data. | 13 months | Analytics |
| _pk_ses* | .wmfs.net | Used by Matomo, a site analytics plugin, to track visitors, sessions and site usage data. | session | Analytics |
| MATOMO_SESSID | .wmfs.net | Used by Matomo, a site analytics plugin, to track visitors, sessions and site usage data. | session | Analytics |
6.4 Advertisement
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NID | .translate-pa.googleapis.com | NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads. Functionally, it’s what allows the user of features on our website such as Google Maps, Google Translate and Google Fonts. If you do not accept this cookie, you cannot use those features as intended. | 6 months | Advertisement |
6.5 Other third-party services used on our website
| Service | Why | Description | Applicable policies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Fonts | To serve certain fonts of text on our website | We use fonts, provided by Adobe, in areas of our website. | https://www.adobe.com/uk/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html |
| Google Fonts | To serve certain fonts of text on our website | We use fonts, provided by Google Font service, in areas of our website. | https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| YouTube | To embed video content on our website | We use YouTube for embedding videos linked from our own YouTube channel, or those of others that are relevant to the content on our website. | https://policies.google.com/privacy |
7. Third-party cookies or software
We use cookies and software provided by trusted third parties. The following section details, from the above tables, which third-party cookies you might encounter on our website.
- this site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web to help us understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your 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 produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page
- 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 experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most
- to provide maps on some areas of our site, our site uses Google Maps. The use of Google Maps sets the NID cookie on your device.
- to provide some of the fonts our website uses, we use Google Fonts. The use of Google Fonts sets the NID cookie on your device.
- to provide some of the fonts our website uses, we use Adobe Fonts.
8. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about
cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences”, you consent to us using the categories of
cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable
the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
6. More Information
Hopefully, this policy makes our use of cookies clear and how you can find out more information about them. To speak to us about our use of cookies or to get further information please contact us:
- Email: datamanager@wmfs.net
- Phone: 03300 589 000
More information about our Organisational Privacy Policy