Cookie Policy

This website https://www.kingfisherdirect.co.uk/ (“Our Site”) uses Cookies and similar technologies in order to distinguish you from other users. By using Cookies, we are able to provide you with a better experience and to improve Our Site by better understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it.

1. Definitions and Interpretation
1.1 In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

“Cookie” means a small file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site;
“Cookie Law” means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and, where applicable, the UK GDPR;
“personal data” means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (the “Data Protection Legislation”); and
“We/Us/Our” means Kingfisher Direct Ltd

2. How Does Our Site Use Cookies?
2.1 Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products and services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
2.2 By using Our Site, you may also receive certain third party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. Third party Cookies are used on Our Site for advertising and marketing purposes. For more details, please refer to section 4 below.
2.3 All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following types of Cookie:

2.3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
A Cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of Our Site, supporting functions such as logging in, your shopping basket, and payment transactions.

2.3.2 Analytics Cookies
It is important for Us to understand how you use Our Site, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable us to gather this information, helping Us to improve Our Site and your experience of it.

2.3.3 Functionality Cookies
Functionality Cookies enable Us to provide additional functions to you on Our Site such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences. Some functionality Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all necessarily fall into that category.

2.3.4 Targeting Cookies
It is important for Us to know when and how often you visit Our Site, and which parts of it you have used (including which pages you have visited, and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this information helps us to better understand you and, in turn, to make Our Site and advertising more relevant to your interests. Some information gathered by targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties.

2.3.5 Third Party Cookies
Third party Cookies are not placed by Us; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to Us and/or to you. Third party Cookies may be used by advertising services to serve up tailored advertising to you on Our Site, or by third parties providing analytics services to Us (these Cookies will work in the same way as analytics Cookies described above).

2.3.6 Persistent Cookies
Any of the above types of Cookie may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.

2.3.7 Session Cookies
Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

2.4 Cookies on Our Site are not permanent and will expire as indicated in the table below.
2.5 For more details of the personal data that We collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
2.6 For more specific details of the Cookies that We use, please refer to the table below.

3. What Cookies Does Our Site Use?
3.1 The following Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:

Name of Cookie	Domain	Type	Description	Duration
hubspotutk	.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Functional	This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. This cookie is used for the functionality of website chat-box function.	session
mage-messages	www.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Functional	This cookie is set by the provider Magento. This cookie is used to track error messages and other notifications that are shown to the user, such as the cookie consent message, and various error messages. The message is deleted from the cookie after it is shown to the shopper.	1 day
PHPSESSID	.www.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Necessary	This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed.	1 hour
mage-cache-sessid	www.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Other	This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to cleanup the local cache storage. When the cookie is removed by the backend application, the admin cleans up local storage, and sets the cookie value to true.	1 day
recently_viewed_product	www.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Other	This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to stores product IDs of recently viewed products for easy navigation.	1 day
recently_viewed_product_previous	www.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Other	This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to stores product IDs of recently previously viewed products for easy navigation.	1 day
recently_compared_product	www.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Other	This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to stores product IDs of recently compared products.	1 day
recently_compared_product_previous	www.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Other	This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to store product IDs of previously compared products for easy navigation.	1 day
product_data_storage	www.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Other	This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to stores configuration for product data related to Recently Viewed / Compared Products.	1 day
product_data_storage	kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Other	This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to stores configuration for product data related to Recently Viewed / Compared Products.	Never
recently_compared_product_previous	kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Other	This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to store product IDs of previously compared products for easy navigation.	Never
recently_viewed_product	kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Other	This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to stores product IDs of recently viewed products for easy navigation.	Never
recently_compared_product	kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Other	This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to stores product IDs of recently compared products.	Never
recently_viewed_product_previous	kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Other	This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to stores product IDs of recently previously viewed products for easy navigation.	Never
form_key	www.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Performance	This cookie is used to track the form submissions and for facilitating content caching on browser to make pages load faster.	Session
mage-cache-storage	www.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Performance	This cookie is set by Magento. This cookie is used for caching content on the browser to make pages load faster.	1 day
mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation	www.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Performance	This cookie is set by Magento. This cookie is used for caching content on the browser to make pages load faster.	1 day
_gat	.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Performance	This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to restrain request rate and thus limit the collection of data on high traffic sites.	1 minute
mage-cache-storage	kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Performance	This cookie is set by Magento. This cookie is used for caching content on the browser to make pages load faster.	Never
mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation	kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Performance	This cookie is set by Magento. This cookie is used for caching content on the browser to make pages load faster.	Never

3.2 Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytic. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the products and services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, however whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.

3.3 The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) analytics Cookies to gather the required information.
3.4 The analytics service used by Our Site uses the following analytics Cookies:

Name of Cookie	Domain	Description	Duration
_ga	.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.	2 years
_gid	.kingfisherdirect.co.uk	Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.	1 day

5. Changes to this Cookie Policy
5.1 We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time. If We do so, details of the changes will be highlighted at the top of this page. Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of Our Site after the changes have been made. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.
5.2 In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

6. Further Information
6.1 If you would like to know more about how We use Cookies, please contact Us at info@kingfisherdirect.co.uk, by telephone on 01777 858009, or by post at Randall Park Way, Hallcroft, Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 7WF.
6.2 For more information about privacy, data protection and our terms and conditions, please reads our Privacy policy.