Cookie Policy
Managing Your Privacy Preferences
What Are Cookies?
Small text files that help our website function properly, remember your preferences, and improve your experience.
You're in Control
Choose which cookies to accept or reject. Change your preferences anytime through your browser or cookie settings.
Your Privacy Matters
We use cookies responsibly to enhance your experience while respecting your privacy and data protection rights.
Introduction
Welcome to Tamed Ocean's Cookie Policy. This policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website to provide you with the best possible experience while respecting your privacy.
Effective Date: November 26, 2024
Last Updated: November 26, 2024
What This Policy Covers
This Cookie Policy explains:
- What cookies are and how they work
- The types of cookies we use on our website
- What information cookies collect and why
- How you can manage your cookie preferences
- Your rights regarding cookies and tracking
Your Choice: You have full control over which cookies you accept. You can change your preferences at any time through our cookie consent banner or your browser settings.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files containing tiny amounts of information that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. These files are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie.
How Cookies Work
- You Visit Our Website: When you load our website in your browser, our server sends cookies to your device
- Cookie Storage: Your browser stores these small text files on your computer, phone, or tablet
- Information Retrieval: When you return to our site, your browser sends the cookies back to our server
- Enhanced Experience: The information in cookies helps us recognize you and personalize your experience
Why We Use Cookies
Cookies help us:
- Make Our Website Function: Enable core features like shopping cart, checkout, and account login
- Remember Your Preferences: Store settings like language, currency, and display preferences
- Improve Performance: Understand how visitors use our site to make improvements
- Enhance Security: Detect and prevent fraudulent activity and protect your data
- Provide Better Service: Deliver more relevant content and personalized experience
- Analyze Website Usage: Measure traffic and understand visitor behavior
What Cookies Don't Do
Cookies themselves cannot:
- Run programs or deliver viruses to your device
- Access your hard drive or read files from your computer
- Personally identify you unless you've provided personal information
- Be used by themselves to identify you across different websites
How We Use Cookies
Like most online services, Tamed Ocean uses both first-party and third-party cookies for several legitimate purposes:
First-Party Cookies
These are cookies set directly by Tamed Ocean when you visit our website:
- Essential for Operation: Enable core website functionality
- Your Preferences: Remember your settings and choices
- Shopping Experience: Maintain your cart contents and checkout process
- Account Management: Keep you logged into your account
- Security: Protect against fraudulent activity
Privacy Note: First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function properly. They do not collect personally identifiable data unless you've chosen to provide it (such as when creating an account).
Third-Party Cookies
These are cookies set by external services we use to enhance our website:
- Analytics Services: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website
- Payment Processors: Enable secure payment transactions
- Advertising Partners: Show you relevant advertisements based on your interests
- Social Media Platforms: Enable social sharing features
- Customer Support Tools: Provide live chat and support services
Purpose of Cookie Use
The third-party cookies on our website are mainly used for:
- Understanding website performance and identifying areas for improvement
- Analyzing how you interact with our website to enhance user experience
- Keeping our services secure and preventing fraud
- Providing advertisements relevant to your interests
- Speeding up your future interactions with our website
- Delivering better and improved overall user experience
Types of Cookies We Use
We categorize cookies based on their purpose and function. Below is a detailed breakdown of each type:
1. Necessary Cookies (Essential)
These cookies are essential for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled in our systems. They're usually only set in response to actions you take, such as setting privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
Important: Necessary cookies do not store any personally identifiable information. They're required to enable basic site features like secure login and consent preference management.
Necessary Cookies We Use:
| Cookie Name | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| cookieyes-consent | 1 year | Remembers your cookie consent preferences so they're respected on subsequent visits |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | Session | WordPress cookie that helps determine if your browser can display emojis properly |
| __stripe_mid | 1 year | Stripe payment processor cookie for fraud prevention and device recognition |
| __stripe_sid | 1 hour | Stripe session identifier for secure payment processing |
| m | 1 year 1 month | Stripe fraud prevention cookie to identify device used to access website |
2. Analytics Cookies (Performance)
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us identify what's working well and where we need to improve.
What Analytics Cookies Do:
- Count the number of visitors to our website
- Track how visitors move around the site
- Identify which pages are most and least popular
- Measure bounce rate and time spent on pages
- Understand where traffic comes from (search engines, social media, etc.)
- Help us improve website navigation and content
Privacy Protection: Analytics cookies collect data in aggregate form. Information is anonymized and cannot be used to identify individual visitors.
Analytics Cookies We Use:
| Cookie Name | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 1 year 1 month | Google Analytics cookie to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data. Stores information anonymously |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month | Google Analytics cookie to store and count page views |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Google Tag Manager cookie to measure advertisement efficiency |
| sbjs_current | Session | Sourcebuster cookie to identify visit source and enhance visitor experience |
| sbjs_first | Session | Sourcebuster cookie to identify first visit source and user actions |
| sbjs_current_add | Session | Sourcebuster cookie storing additional current visit information |
| sbjs_first_add | Session | Sourcebuster cookie storing additional first visit information |
| sbjs_udata | Session | Sourcebuster cookie storing user data for analytics |
| sbjs_session | 1 hour | Sourcebuster cookie tracking session data |
| sbjs_migrations | Session | Sourcebuster cookie for version tracking |
3. Advertisement Cookies (Marketing)
Advertisement cookies are used to deliver more relevant advertisements and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They track your browsing activity across different websites.
What Advertisement Cookies Do:
- Show you advertisements based on your interests
- Limit the number of times you see the same advertisement
- Measure effectiveness of advertising campaigns
- Remember that you've visited our website
- Share information with advertisers about your visit
- Provide more relevant product recommendations
Your Control: You can opt out of advertisement cookies at any time through our cookie settings banner or your browser preferences. Opting out won't stop all advertisements but will make them less relevant to your interests.
Advertisement Cookies We Use:
| Cookie Name | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| IDE | 1 year 24 days | Google DoubleClick cookie storing information about how you use the website to present relevant ads |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | DoubleClick.net cookie to determine if your browser supports cookies |
Cookie Duration Types
Cookies can also be categorized by how long they remain on your device:
Session Cookies (Temporary):
- Exist only while you browse our website
- Automatically deleted when you close your browser
- Used for essential functions like shopping cart
- Do not collect information from your device
Persistent Cookies (Long-term):
- Remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them
- Help us recognize you as a returning visitor
- Remember your preferences across sessions
- Enable analytics and advertising functions
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have complete control over which cookies you accept. There are several ways to manage your cookie preferences:
1. Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner asking for your preferences:
- Choose Your Preferences: Select which types of cookies you want to accept or reject
- Necessary Cookies: These are always enabled as they're essential for the website to function
- Optional Cookies: Choose whether to accept analytics and advertising cookies
- Save Preferences: Your choices are stored and respected on future visits
Change Anytime: You can revisit and change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" button that appears on our website.
2. Browser Cookie Settings
All modern browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. You can:
- Block all cookies
- Block third-party cookies only
- Delete cookies after each browsing session
- Set exceptions for specific websites
- View and delete existing cookies
How to Manage Cookies in Different Browsers:
| Browser | Instructions |
|---|---|
| Google Chrome | Chrome Cookie Management Guide |
| Safari (Mac/iOS) | Safari Cookie Management Guide |
| Mozilla Firefox | Firefox Cookie Management Guide |
| Microsoft Edge | Edge Cookie Management Guide |
| Internet Explorer | IE Cookie Management Guide |
If you're using a different browser, please visit your browser's official help documentation for cookie management instructions.
3. Third-Party Opt-Out Tools
You can also opt out of certain types of cookies using industry-wide opt-out tools:
- Google Analytics Opt-Out:Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
- Online Advertising:Your Online Choices (UK)
- Network Advertising:NAI Opt-Out Tool
Impact of Blocking Cookies
Please Note: Blocking or deleting cookies may impact your experience on our website:
- Some features may not work properly
- You may need to re-enter information more frequently
- Personalization features will be limited
- You may see less relevant advertisements
- Shopping cart and checkout may be affected
Mobile Device Settings
If you're accessing our website from a mobile device, you can manage cookies through your device settings:
iOS (iPhone/iPad):
- Go to Settings → Safari → Privacy & Security
- Choose "Block All Cookies" or configure advanced settings
- Clear history and website data to remove existing cookies
Android:
- Open Chrome → Three dots menu → Settings → Privacy and Security
- Select "Cookies" to manage preferences
- Choose "Clear browsing data" to remove existing cookies
Your Rights Regarding Cookies
Under UK data protection law (UK GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), you have specific rights regarding cookies and online tracking:
Right to Information
You have the right to clear information about:
- What cookies are used on our website
- What data these cookies collect
- How we use cookie data
- Who we share cookie data with
- How long cookies remain on your device
Right to Choose
You have the right to:
- Accept or reject non-essential cookies
- Change your cookie preferences at any time
- Withdraw consent previously given
- Use our website with only essential cookies enabled
Right to Access
You have the right to:
- Request information about what data has been collected via cookies
- Ask how this data has been used
- Request a copy of data collected through cookies (where applicable)
Exercise Your Rights: To exercise any of these rights or for questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at info@tamedocean.co.uk
Consent Requirements
UK law requires that we obtain your consent before using non-essential cookies. We comply by:
- Providing clear cookie information before setting non-essential cookies
- Obtaining explicit consent through our cookie banner
- Not setting non-essential cookies until you've given consent
- Making it easy for you to withdraw consent at any time
- Respecting your choices across all your visits
Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other operational needs.
How We Notify You of Changes
When we make significant changes to this policy:
- We'll update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page
- We may display a notice on our website
- For material changes, we may email registered users
- We'll ask you to review and accept the updated policy
Your Continued Use
By continuing to use our website after changes take effect, you accept the updated Cookie Policy. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
Stay Informed: Bookmark this page and check back occasionally to ensure you're aware of any changes to our cookie practices.
Questions About Cookies?
If you have questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, we're here to help.
Contact Us
Tamed Ocean Ltd
64 Whitwell Drive
Burton-on-Trent
DE15 9WZ
United Kingdom
Email: info@tamedocean.co.uk
Phone: 07824034451
More Information
For more detailed information about how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.
Regulatory Authority
If you're not satisfied with our response to your cookie-related concerns, you can contact the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO):
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Website:https://ico.org.uk
Phone: 0303 123 1113
Need Help with Cookie Settings?
Our team is available to answer your questions about cookies, privacy, or any aspect of your Tamed Ocean experience.
Contact Privacy TeamEmail: info@tamedocean.co.uk | Phone: 07824034451
Your Privacy, Your Control, Your Choice
Last Updated: November 26, 2024 | Effective Date: November 26, 2024