This is the Cookie Policy for the Sports Guardian website, accessible from http://www.sportsguardian.com.

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 site’s functionality.

For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.

We use cookies on a very limited basis as 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.

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 this site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

Orders processing related cookies
We store an identifier in a cookie on your device. These cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly. The information in these cookies is removed when you complete an order.

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.

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can monitor the site usage.

We do not send, share, record or track any data which can personally identify you through Google Analytics. We also anonymise your device’s IP address so you cannot be identified, tracked or followed.

For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

It’s important for us to understand statistics about how many visitors our site has during social media campaigns so that we can make sure the site is operating at peak performance and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track.

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 Facebook and Twitter, may 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.

Hopefully that has clarified things for you and, as 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.

However, if you are still looking for more information you can contact us by email at sales@sportsguardian.com