This is the Cookie Policy for AFORS,
accessible at https://afors.com

What Are Cookies

As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies. Cookies are just tiny information files that are downloaded to your computer, they are to improve your overall user experience. This page describes what information they store, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, however this will downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.

For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. In most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. If you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use, it is recommended that you leave on all cookies .

Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser help for how to do this). Please be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The Cookies We Set

• Account related cookies

  If you create an account with us then we will use a cookie for the management of the sign up process and general administration.

• Login related cookies

  We use a cookie when you are logged in so that the site can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. This cookie is typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.

• Email newsletters related cookies

  This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.

• Orders processing related cookies

  This site offers e-commerce and payment facilities, some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.

• Forms related cookies

  When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

• Site preferences cookies

  In order to provide you with a great user experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.

Third Party Cookies

In some cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

• This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to 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 optimisation our users appreciate the most.

• The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses cookies to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you.

  For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.

• We use adverts to offset the costs of running this site and provide funding for further development. The behavioural advertising cookies used by this site are designed to ensure that we provide you with the most relevant adverts where possible by anonymously tracking your interests and presenting similar things that may be of interest.

• We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site which allow you to connect with your social networks in various ways. For these to work, social media sites, including; Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp and many others, will set cookies on your device via our site. These may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

More Information

Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.

However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:

• Email: contact@afors.com