What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that tracks our users’ navigation of the site and stores that information on the hard drives of their PC, mobile phone or other web-connected device. There is nothing malicious about the use of cookies – in fact they are essential for websites to operate efficiently and to the best expectations of their users. The information collected by cookies cannot be used to identify you personally.
Cookies allow us to understand our visitors’ habits and preferences, enabling Bright Components to customise its web services and provide an enhanced user experience. The use of cookies is standard in many industries and you will find them in use on most major websites. We may, for example, use cookies to store registration information so that you do not have to provide it to use on subsequent visits.
What do cookies do?
We use a number of different cookies on our website. Cookies can do a number of things: for example, letting you navigate between pages effectively, storing preferences and generally improving the experience of the website.
Cookies are essential for our website because without them we would not be able to process orders. As a customer you would find it extremely frustrating, if not impossible, to use the website. You would appear as a new customer every time you navigated to a different web page. You would also be logged out on every web page.
Examples of essential cookies we use on the site include:
- Saving basket contents as you navigate throughout the website and checkout process
- Remembering your account log in details so you can access your account information easily
Are cookies safe?
Yes, cookies are 100% safe. Cookies do not harm your computer, they do not contain any information that could be used by others to identify you personally and they do not contain any confidential information, such as your email address or payment details.
What Cookie Do We Use?
1. Strictly Necessary Cookies : These cookies are essential to enable you to move around our website and use its features, such as adding products to your basket, or logging into your account securely. Without these cookies, our website cannot work properly.
2. Functionality Cookies : These cookies allow us to remember the choices you make and your personalised features such as your login and password if you choose to save them.
3. Performance Cookies : We don’t use performance cookies.
4. Advertising Cookies : We don’t use advertising cookies.
Can I turn Cookies off?
We use cookies to make our website easier to use and so that we can provide the best possible service. Cookies are an essential part of how our website works, and to ensure it works properly for you, we recommend that they are enabled. If you disable cookies, some parts of the website will not work.
However, if you would like to disable or block cookies from this website you can do so via your browser settings.
How do I disable cookies via my browser?
Cookies can be disabled or removed from your computer using your browser settings. Please follow the instructions below to navigate to the settings on your browser in which you can disable cookies:
Manage cookies in Internet Explorer
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Manage cookies in Edge
https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy
Manage cookies Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Manage cookies in Google Chrome
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
Managing cookies in Safari
https://support.apple.com/kb/ph19214?locale=en_GB
Manage cookies in Opera
http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/
For any further information about our cookie policy, please contact us.