3B Systems - Cookie Policy

Introduction

3B Systems (“we” or “us” or “our”) may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies when you visit our website, www.3bsystems.co.uk, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the “site”) to help customise the site and improve your experience.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Cookie Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “last updated” date of this Cookie Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Cookie Policy on the site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification.

What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that is used to distinguish you from other users when you visit our website. Cookies are placed on your computer (or other device such as a smart phone or tablet) and are essential to the effective operation of our website and enable you to shop online.

How do we use Cookies?

Cookies help us to provide you with a better customer experience when you browse our website. The information that is collected is used to measure the number of visitors to the website, and this helps us to make our website more useful to you.

We use two different types of cookies on our website, persistent cookies, and session cookies.

Session cookies are temporary files which are erased when you close your browser. When you restart your browser and go back to the site that created the cookie, the website will not recognize you. Persistent cookies are files that stay in one of your browser’s subfolders until you delete them manually or your browser deletes them based on the duration period contained within the persistent cookie’s file.

Cookie Types

We use the following cookies on our website:

• __zlcmid – Set by Zopim
• _fbc – Set by Facebook
• _fbp – Set by Facebook
• _ga – Set by Google Analytics
• _hjid – Set by HotJar
• frontend – Set by Magento 1.0
• frontend_cid – Set by Magento 1.0

Opt-out Information

By using and browsing the 3B Systems website, you are approving the use of cookies by 3B Systems in accordance with our cookie policy. If you have an objection to our use of cookies you must disable the cookies or stop using the site.

How to Disable Cookies

If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. Please note that disabling cookies might result in the website not operating properly. Here is more information about how to do this for some of the most popular browsers.

• Microsoft Internet Explorer:

If you’re still using Microsoft’s classic internet browser, you need to launch the browser and click on the little cog in the top-right corner and select internet options. Choose privacy tab and click the ‘advanced’ button.

On the next screen, select ‘block’ for both first-party and third-party cookies. Last but not least, you need to uncheck the ‘Always allow session cookies’.

Finally, you need to close the windows and then you have disabled IE cookies.

If you want to re-enable cookies in Internet Explorer, repeat the steps above, but this time select the ‘Accept’ options. Alternately, you can select the ‘Prompt’ option; this instructs your browser to ask you for permission to accept or decline cookies individually.

• Microsoft Edge:

If you’re using Windows 10, Microsoft Edge might be your browser of choice. Edge is the successor to Internet Explorer and if you want to disable cookies, you need to open Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots in the top-right corner. Click on settings and in the dropdown menu, click on Privacy & Security.

In the cookies section at the top, click on the ‘block all cookies’ option and you have disabled Microsoft Edge browser cookies.

If you want to re-enable the cookies, click on the ‘don’t block cookies’ option.

• Firefox:

Open Firefox and click on the three lines in the top-right of your screen and then click options. Choose the ‘Privacy & Security’ category on the left.

Click on the option to block ‘third-party cookies’ and ‘trackers’. Scroll down a little bit to find the ‘block cookies and site data’ option. Then select the ‘all cookies’ option and you have successfully blocked cookies from the Firefox browser.

To re-enable cookies, follow the same steps but select the ‘accept cookies and site data’ option.

• Safari:

If you are using a Mac and using MacOS, you might be using the Safari web browser by default. To disable cookies in Safari, launch the browser and click on ‘Safari’ I the top-left corner of your screen and select preferences.

Then navigate to privacy and select ‘block all cookies’ and confirm the warning message. You have successfully blocked all cookies on the Safari web browser.

To re-enable cookies in Safari, follow the same instructions then untick the ‘block all cookies’ option.

• Safari on iOS:

Safari also runs on Apple smartphones and tablets such as an iPhone and iPad. To disable cookies on the iOS version of Safari, the process is similar to the MacOS desktop method only you need to go to your settings app on your device instead of in the browser.

Open ‘settings’ on your iPhone or iPad and scroll down to the ‘Safari’ item. De-select the switch for ‘Block all cookies’ in order to disable cookies on iOS in your Safari browser.

• Google Chrome:

If you’re using Google Chrome, click on the three dots in the top-right corner of your screen and select ‘settings’. Scroll down to the very end of the page and click on the little ‘advanced’ link at the bottom of the page.

You will then see another long list of items and under the ‘privacy and security’ section, click on the ‘content settings’ option. To disable cookies, select the switch to off that is next to ‘allow sites to save and read cookie data (recommended)’ and you have now blocked cookies in Google Chrome.

Should you want to re-enable cookies, follow the same process as above to get to the ‘content settings’ option and simply select the switch to on that is next to ‘allow sites to save and read cookie data (recommended)’.