Why do we use cookies?

As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your device, 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 sites functionality.

We use cookies to improve things by:

  • remembering the things you select while on our website, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
  • remembering data you’ve given (for example, your address) so you don’t need to keep entering it measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs

We do not use cookies on this website that collect information about what other websites you visit (often referred to as privacy intrusive cookies).

Our cookies are not used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you. You can manage and delete these files as you wish.

Unless the law allows us to, we do not:

  • share any of the data we collect about you with others
  • use this data to identify individuals

How do we use Cookies?

We use cookies for a variety of reasons 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.

Which cookie providers are we using for necessary purposes?

We use these providers to collect information for necessary purposes.

The Cookies We Set:

  • Forms related cookies – when you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
  • Google Analytics – used to assess anonymous website use by visitors and allows us to improve the website.
  • Google Tag Manager – this allows us to collect marketing data for those that opt in.

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 continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
  • Third-party analytics are used to track and measure the usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.
  • As we sell products it’s important for us to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to our site actually make a purchase and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price

How do I manage cookie settings?

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by visiting

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You can stop cookies from being downloaded onto your computer or another device by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. If you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

To find out more or control and delete cookies as you wish, visit allaboutcookies.org

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.

More Information

Hopefully, that has clarified things for you and as was 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 then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:

Email: marketing@dataplan.co.uk

For further guidance on the use of personal information, visit the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) website