Cookies Policy

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Cookie Policy for NotTheShadows

This is the Cookie Policy for NotTheShadows, accessible from www.nottheshadows.com

What Are Cookies

As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny

files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what

information they gather, 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 may downgrade

or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no

industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and

features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure

whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

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). 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 cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.

 Login related cookies

We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents

you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are 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 or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure

that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.

 Surveys related cookies

From time to time we offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting

insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may

use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with

accurate results after you change pages.

 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 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 special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section

details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

 Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can

continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long

you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve

the site for you.

 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

optimisations our users appreciate the most.

 We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with

your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites

including; {List the social networks whose features you have integrated with your site?:12},

will set cookies through our site which 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.

For more general information on cookies, please read the Cookies Policy article.

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

preferred contact methods:

 Email: nottheshadows@gmail.com