Cookie Policy

Introduction

This page sets out the cookie policy of ‘The Cardamom Pods website’ ("we", "us" or "our") and explains how we use cookies (and other similar technologies such as web beacons) on our websites and in our emails to you. We may amend our cookie policy at any time and all changes will be made on this page. The changes will take effect once they have been posted on the website. Therefore, you should review these terms on a regular basis.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers, which are transferred to your computer's hard drive or mobile device when you visit the website (with your agreement where required by applicable law). The cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit or to another website that recognises that cookie. You can change which cookies you accept via your browser settings.

'Web beacons' are small transparent images embedded in our website and our emails to you, which typically work in conjunction with cookies to identify website visitors and user behaviour.

We use the term 'cookies' to refer to cookies and other similar technologies described above.

How we use cookies

We may collect information about your computer, including your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration purposes. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns and does not identify you as an individual.

We may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file.

Our website also uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This information helps us analyses our website usage and how web pages are performing, as well as helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

The information that we collect from cookies is considered to be personal data (in some jurisdictions) for further details about how this information may be used, please see our Privacy Statement available online.

Cookies & Analytics

Different types of cookies are used for different purposes on our website. These are split into four key groups:

Strictly necessary cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our websites or use a shopping cart. Without these cookies, certain services you have asked for cannot be provided, and website functionality will be significantly impaired.

Performance cookies: They allow us to collect information about how you use our website, for example, to count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it, as well as for error management . This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous. If you choose not to accept these cookies, there may be some loss in site functionality.

Functionality cookies: These are used to remember choices you have made and recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Advertising cookies: Used to understand your interests and improve content and advertisement display on websites from both The Cardamom Pods and third parties. For example, they might be used to deliver adverts that are relevant to you, to measure effectiveness of advertising campaigns, or to limit the number of times you see a particular advert.

Third party cookies: Our website may link through to other websites which may also use cookies. The Cardamom Pods pages may also contain social media buttons and/or plugins including but not limited to Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Google Plus. In addition, if you share a link to The Cardamom Pods page, the social media site you share it on may set a cookie on your browser. Cookies set by companies other than The Cardamom Pods are third party cookies. We don’t control the setting of these cookies, so you’ll need to check third party websites for information on how to manage them.

Your settings

You can further control which cookies you accept via your browser settings, which allow you to block the setting of some or all cookies. Further information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org.

Please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our website.

If you would like to block the use of technologies such as web beacons/pixels, you can do this by setting your email programme to not automatically download images, or via your browser settings (you may need to download an 'add-on' to do this).

Notice of changes

The Cardamom Pods may change or update this Cookie Policy at any time: we will post the new version on our website. Please check this page to ensure that you are up to date with any changes.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or complaints about this privacy policy or our treatment of your Personal Information, or would like to exercise any of your rights, please contact us at thecardamompods@hotmail.com

Remember that you can unsubscribe from our marketing emails at any time by using the 'unsubscribe' link at the bottom of each email from us. However, if you believe you have received an unwanted, unsolicited email sent from The Cardamom Pods or which claims to be sent from us, please forward a copy of that email.