Cookie Policy
We use cookies here at Netlogistics Limited T/A Alfa Accessories to improve and customise your experience of our website. They help us to understand who our customers are and what you like to buy or browse, which in turn helps us create a more exciting shopping experience for you. Cookies are not harmful to you or your computer/device.
By continuing to browse our site, you consent to our placing cookies on your computer (unless you have chosen to disable them via your browser (see below). However, if you do not allow cookies on your computer you will not be able to fully access and make purchases on our website.
We are continuously making further improvements and changes to the ways we use cookies and we will keep this page updated with the cookies we use.
Our customer’s privacy is extremely important to us and the cookies we use will in no way allow us access to your computer. We do not store any details relating to you or your credit cards using cookies. We use cookies to record the areas of the site that you have visited and for how long, which provides us with useful usage information that helps us make our site more accessible to our users in line with their needs. The use of cookies helps us to improve the quality of service that we provide.
Please also refer to our Privacy Policy.
What are Cookies?
A cookie is a piece of data which is a small file of letters and numbers that is stored on the internet user’s browser, or the hard drive of their computer, if they agree. The information the cookie contains is set by a website's server and it can be used when the user visits the website. Cookies are designed to remember things that an internet user has done whilst on a website in the past, which can include putting products in a basket, logging in, or clicking on links. Cookies are not dangerous. They are not computer programs and cannot be used to circulate viruses. The cookies we use on our website are used in many ways, including:
- To keep a record of the products you've put in your shopping bag for the next time you visit;
- To make personalised product recommendations, based upon the previous times you've shopped on the website;
- To remember your preferences;
- To find out what the website doesn't do well and make improvements to it in the future;
- To allow you to share pages with social networks like Facebook; and
- To make sure advertising on other websites is relevant to you.
Types of Cookies
- Session (or Transient) Cookies Session cookies are stored in your computer's memory for the length of your browsing session. They become inaccessible after the session has been inactive for a time and are automatically deleted from your computer when the browser is closed. They allow you to move from page to page without having to log-in repeatedly.
- Persistent (or Permanent) Cookies Persistent cookies are stored on the user's computer memory and are not deleted when the browser is closed. They are used to keep your preferences for the website, so that they will be remembered for next time you visit the website. They are also used to collect information about the number of visitors, the average time spent on a particular page and analyse shopping behaviour on the website. This information is used to find out how the well the website works and where it can be improved.
- Flash Cookies (or Locally Shared Objects) You will probably have Adobe Flash installed on your computer. Many websites that contain Flash can also store small files on your computer that are used in the same way as cookies.
- Websites choose to use Flash Cookies as these can hold more information than regular cookies. When you delete cookies via your browser, your Flash cookies are unlikely to be affected. A website may therefore still recognise your preferences if it used a Flash cookie to save them initially.
- Third-party cookies
- works with selected companies to provide additional content and services, for example reviews. These companies may also set cookies on our behalf.
- Advertising on other websites Cookies are used to advertise relevant products to you on other websites, based on the products and categories you looked at on Netlogistics Limited T/A Alfa Accessories .
For these adverts, our third party providers may use software that can set a cookie to your browser, this will enable us to monitor whether you see the adverts, click on them and buy from our website. Cookies are placed on your computer if your browser is set to allow these. If you wish to ‘turn off’ cookies, then please check your browser’s help files for guidance on how to do so. The Help section is usually found in the Menu bar at the top of the browser. Some browsers provide help if the F1 key is pressed. However, you may lose some of the functionality of this website.
The data contained in the cookie used in these adverts is anonymous and doesn't contain any of your personal details.
Sharing with social networks
If you use the buttons that allow you to share products and content with your friends via social networks like twitter and Facebook, these companies may set a cookie on your computer memory. Find out more about these here:
- https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
- http://twitter.com/privacy
- http://www.google.com/intl/en-GB/policies/privacy/
1. Cookies used by Netlogistics Limited T/A Alfa Accessories (1st Party Cookies)
| Cookie Name | Cookie Description |
|---|---|
| USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE | Indicates if a customer is allowed to use cookies. |
| external_no_cache | A flag that indicates if caching is disabled. |
| persistent_shopping_cart | The session key. |
| Stf | If product links were sent to friends, stores the timestamps in the format: $timeStamp1, $timestamp2, ..., $timestampN. |
| pollN | A poll ID that indicates if a vote has occurred. |
| frontend | Session ID |
| guest-view | Allows guests to edit their orders. |
2. Google Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics to track how people use this website in order to manage and improve the site. This information is collected anonymously and cannot be used to identify you.
Like many services, Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to track visitor interactions. These cookies are used to store information, such as what time a visit occurred, whether the visitor has been to the site before, and what site referred the visitor to the web page. Browsers do not share first-party cookies across domains.
Further information on Google Analytics is available via the following links:
We also use Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting which is based upon data from Google Display Advertising. We use aggregate data provided by this service (such as age, gender and interests) to better understand our website audience and adjust our communications appropriately whilst also improving the site.
If you would like to opt out of Google Demographics and Interest Reporting please change your Google settings at https://www.google.com/settings/. Alternatively you can choose to opt out of Google Analytics altogether by downloading an opt-out browser add on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/
| Cookie Name | Cookie Description |
|---|---|
| _utma | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| _utmt | Used to throttle request rate. |
| _utmb | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| _utmc | Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. |
| _utmz | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| _utmv | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
3. Cookies used by Netlogistics Limited T/A Alfa Accessories (3rd Party Cookies).
Please note that these third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) use cookies, over which we have no control.
| Cookie Name | Cookie Description |
|---|---|
| cookieAlertClosedFlag | The cookie cookieAlertClosedFlag (which lasts one year) shows whether the computer accepts the direction of previous cookies. It allows computers to be recognised by a website so that whatever change you make, article you select or data you introduce, the page is remembered. |
| cookieAlertState | Keeps the decision on whether or not to allow cookies or not |
What happens if I opt out of all cookies?
If you opted out of all cookies set by Netlogistics Limited T/A Alfa Accessories and associated websites, then you will not be able to place an order on our website. You will, however, still be able to browse our website.
If you disable Flash cookies, you will not be able to watch some of the videos on Netlogistics Limited T/A Alfa Accessories
How do I opt out of cookies?
You can manage the cookies that you allow on your computer through the internet browser that you use.
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. As mentioned above, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site, in particular you will not be able to place orders.
