What are cookies and how do they work?
A cookie is a text file containing information that can be remembered by a web browser. While a user is browsing a website, small pieces of data are saved to your computer. Cookies are simply a string of text and numbers and therefore cannot contain any viruses or malicious software or harm your computer. Some cookies are stored until you close your browser (session cookies) and others may last for several weeks or more (persistent cookies)
How do Chemist Direct use cookies?
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential in order to enable Chemist Direct to provide services you have asked for such as remembering products you have placed in your shopping basket.
Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use Chemist Direct. These cookies do not collect any information that allows us to identify a customer and is only used so that we can improve how our website works. We use Google Analytics to help us understand our website traffic and visitors, and provide us information about how we can improve the site for the customers benefit. You can find out more about Google's privacy policies at: http://www.google.co.uk/policies/privacy/
Targeting and Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver adverts that are relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the amount of times you see an advertisement as well as measuring the effectiveness of the campaign. They are placed by advertising networks or affiliates with our permission. These cookies remember that you have visited Chemist Direct and send the information back to that organisation.
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| Struq |
These cookies are placed by Struq and provide you with personalised adverts when you visit other selected websites. This advertising is based on your own browsing history. The data collected in this cookie is completely anonymous and does not contain any of your personal details. The data stored can only be seen by the relevant teams at Chemist Direct. |
| Peerius |
These cookies are placed by Peerius and provide recommendations on the Chemist Direct site based on your own browsing history. The data collected in this cookie is completely anonymous and does not contain any of your personal details. |
| Affiliate Window |
These cookies are used to track sales that have come in via an affiliate network link operated by our partner Affiliate Window. No confidential information is taken. For more information about Affiliate Window's Privacy Policy visit: www.affiliatewindow.com. |
| Social Sharing |
Chemist Direct offer the opportunity to 'share' our site content with your friends through social networks, in doing this you may be sent cookies from these sites. Chemist Direct do not control the distribution of these cookies and we recommend you check their sites for more information about their cookies.
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How to Restrict or Block Cookies
If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our website, or any other website you can do so through your browser settings. The 'help' function should tell you how. To find out more about cookies, how they work and how you can manage them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org
However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including the strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all of the parts or functions of Chemist Direct. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so it will refuse cookies our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit.