The Military and Outdoor website, www.militaryandoutdoor.co.uk (the "Website") is operated by Military and Outdoor. This policy of the use of cookies on our Site ("Cookies Policy") is intended to be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and our consumer Terms and Conditions. Please see our Privacy Policy for further information regarding what we do (and don't do) with your personally identifiable information and our view of the importance of protecting your privacy.
We have set forth the following Cookies Policy to explain the types of cookies and other technologies used on our Website and our platform, as well as what those cookies are used for. Please note that we are unable to offer our Website or our Services without serving some of our own cookies and/or similar technologies on your device. You therefore consent to our use of Military and Outdoor cookies when you use our Website and Services. You may, however, be able to avoid certain cookies by configuring your browser settings or opting-out directly with a relevant third party, which we set out in more detail below.
This Cookies Policy is organised as follows:
1. What are Cookies?
2. First Party and Third Party Cookies
3. Session and Persistent Cookies
4. Other Technologies
5. Cookies on the Military and Outdoor Website
6. Cookie Transparency
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files located in your browser directory. When a website is accessed, a cookie that is placed on a device will send information to the browser. Cookies are extremely common and used on a number of websites. This is because cookies allow the website publisher to do useful things; for example, a cookie would permit a website operator to find out whether a computer (and probably its user) has visited the site previously. In general, the purpose of cookies is to improve the performance of the website and the user's experience in using that website, though cookies may also serve advertisements (which we explain below). For a more thorough explanation of what cookies are and how they operate, please read the All About Cookies website.
2. First Party and Third Party Cookies
We may place Military and Outdoor cookies on your device through our Website. Cookies placed by us are called first party cookies. First party cookies are cookies that are specific to the Website that created them (in this case, www.Military and Outdoor.co.uk or any sub-domain to this). Their use enables us to operate an efficient service and to track the patterns of behaviour of visitors to the Website.
It may be possible that at some time we will allow third parties to place cookies on your device. Third party cookies allow the Website to serve you cookies that seek to make advertisements more relevant to you by tailoring the advertisement to your user preferences (such as by the type of deals you have purchased from the Website). The difference between a first party cookie and a third party cookie relates to the control of the party who serves the cookie. While we allow third parties access to the Website to place these cookies on users' devices, we do not retain control over the information supplied by the cookies, nor do we retain access to that data. This information is controlled wholly by that third-party in accordance with their respective privacy policy.
3. Session and Persistent Cookies
Our Website may place session and persistent cookies on your device. Whereas a first party and third party cookie relate to the party controlling the initial placement of the cookie on your device, the difference between a session and a persistent cookie relates to the length of time a cookie will last. Session cookies are cookies that typically last until you close your internet browser or logout of session. When you end your browser session, the cookie expires. A common example of a session cookie is a cookie that Military and Outdoor may place on your device when making a purchase on our Site. When you see a deal that you would like to purchase, you click "Buy Now!" and are directed to a new webpage. Without a session cookie remembering the deal you intend to purchase, our Website would not capable of "remembering" the deal you selected when you moved to the check-out page.
Persistent cookies, as the name implies, are continuous and will last after you close your browser. This allows for quicker and often more convenient access to our Website. For example, a persistent cookie which our Website reads from your device is the city you are subscribed to. This ensures that once the cookie has been placed, when you access the Website in the future you are automatically directed to your relevant city page.
4. Other Technologies
There are other technologies that perform a similar function to cookies. These include web beacons and clear gifs. These technologies are often used in conjunction with cookies to help a Website operator understand its users better. We primarily use these technologies in our Newsletters. We use these technologies when we send you our Newsletter so that we can track when you open an email and what you click within that email. When you open an email and/or click on an email sent from Military and Outdoor, there will be a brief redirect of this information via a statistics server which we operate. This data is then used to measure the effectiveness of our email campaigns and to allow us to better target our marketing to you and the services we provide.
5. Cookies and Other Technologies on the Military and Outdoor Site
Our Website may serve you cookies and similar technologies in a number of ways and for a variety of purposes. In general, these include:
- To enable and streamline the basic functioning of the Website and Services across multiple webpages and browser sessions;
- To simplify your use of our Website and Services
- To monitor, analyse and improve the performance and effectiveness of our Website and our Services; and
- To serve you advertisements that are customised and relevant to you.
5.1. Local Site/Session and User Tracking Cookies
Local site/session cookies are cookies placed by Military and Outdoor servers (and occasionally third parties) to track Website use across a particular session. They are mainly stored in your browser and expire at the end of your browser session (though can last for longer as we've set out in the table below). User tracking cookies are first party cookies that track the ID and user settings of the user upon entering and using the Website. We view these cookies as helpful to the functioning of our Website and may place them on your device to improve the usability of the Website and our services to you.
5.2. Website Performance
We may place, or we may permit a third party to place, cookies on your device in order to ensure the Website functions properly. This also helps us to monitor and analyse the performance of our Website. We may also use web beacons, clear gifs or similar technologies to measure Website usage and track the effectiveness of our campaigns.
We may use load-balancing cookies, which are cookies used by operators of large websites to help balance traffic across multiple servers.
5.3. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google that places cookies on your device. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address, which is where you are found on the internet) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. For more information about Google Analytics, please see their details about Cookies and Analytics, as well as their privacy policy for Google Analytics Google Analytics.
Moreover, you can opt-out of having these cookies placed on your device here.
5.4. Customer Service
We offer an FAQ section to assist users with questions they may have related to our Website and our Services, or other general issues users may be facing. This area of our Website may use cookies in order to provide you with better inforation and a better experience.
5.5. Third Party Advertisers
Third party advertisers serve you cookies that assist in making advertisements more interesting to you. They use cookies to keep track of, for example, the type of deals you have purchased from the Website, and then tailor advertisements to your user preferences. We may allow a number of carefully selected third parties to advertise on our Website or use information from cookies placed by our Website. While we allow third parties access to the Website to place these cookies on users' devices, we do not retain control over the information supplied by the cookies, nor do we retain access to that data.
The following are the third party advertisement cookies that may be placed on your device when using our Website.
Social Media YouTube: we may host YouTube content on our Website as we find it can enhance the user experience. If you view a page on our Website where we have embedded a YouTube video, YouTube may place a number of cookies on your device. Please visit YouTube's Privacy Policy for further information on the types of cookies served and the information collected.
Vimeo: Vimeo is a video-sharing platform and we may embed Vimeo videos on our Website. When we do so, Vimeo may serve cookies on your device. To learn more about Vimeo's privacy policy, please click here.
Facebook: We find our users enjoy sharing Military and Outdoor experiences via Facebook. If you are logged in to your Facebook account while using Military and Outdoor, Facebook may place cookies on your device in accordance with its privacy policy.
LinkedIn: LinkedIn provides a range of plugins that allow LinkedIn users to share and follow on the LinkedIn platform. If you are logged in to your LinkedIn account when you access our Website we may use this information to promote our Website. To learn more about the cookies on the LinkedIn platform, please visit their privacy policy , and in particular the section titled "Your Information Choices".
Twitter: Twitter provides a number of plugins that allow content that is sourced from Twitter to be included and embedded within a website. Use of a Twitter plugin, and in addition use of our Website while logged in to your Twitter account, may result in Twitter serving cookies to your device. Please read Twitter's privacy policy for additional information.
Google: Google Maps provides an interactive mapping solution that allows content publishers to embed customisable interactive maps within their webpages. Our Website may use Google Maps in order to provide detailed information regarding the location of a particular merchant, as well as to prevent malware. We use Google Maps because we believe it adds to your experience when using our Website. As a result of this, Google may serve you a cookie called "NID" (lasting for six months) and a cookie called "PREF" (lasting for two years). To view the combined Google privacy policy, including what cookies Google Maps may place on your device, please go here.
6.Cookie Transparency
We want our use of cookies and other technologies to be as transparent as possible. As discussed above, we are unable to offer our Website or our Services without the Military and Outdoor first party cookies and other technologies we have described above.
If you do not want to have cookies placed on your device by third parties, many of them offer ways to opt-out. Please note, however, that opting-out via third parties is outside of our control. Where possible, we have provided you with a link above that will explain to you how to opt-out of that third party serving you cookies.
Additionally, certain browsers will allow you to select how you would like the browser to respond to requests by third parties to serve your device a cookie. To limit the placing of cookies via your browser, please visit the following websites to learn directly how to prevent cookies from being placed on your device (depending on the browser you use): Firefox;Internet Explorer; Google Chrome; Bing; and Safari.
We reserve the right to amend this Cookies Policy, in whole or part, in our sole discretion. Any changes to our Cookies Policy will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised policy on the Website. This Policy was last updated on 8th January 2014 and is accurate as of that date. If following an amendment to this Cookies Policy you continue to use the Website or Services, you will be deemed to have consented to any and all such changes. If you do not agree with the terms of this Cookies Policy, as it may be amended from time to time, in whole or part, you must terminate your use of the Website and any Services offered by us.