When you visit Vital Certificates or make use of our services you automatically receive one or more cookies. The primary purpose for our use of cookies is to ensure the optimal delivery of our services. In addition, we use third party cookies for statistics and to analyse user behaviour. This policy explains in more detail the types of cookies we use, the purposes for which we use them and how you can block and remove such cookies.
A cookie is a piece of information that is stored on your computer's hard drive and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.
If you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, this can usually be altered within your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access certain parts of our site.
Your browser may give you the ability to block or delete cookies should you wish to do so. Please see the ‘Help’ menu in your browser for further information. Please note that blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including our own. We therefore recommend that you permit the use of cookies when using our websites.
We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.
Our site makes use of both session and persistent cookies.
The table below sets out the various types of cookies we use in more detail, why we (or relevant third parties) use them, and includes information you can use to control and learn more about the cookies used on our site.
| Cookie Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Essential |
Essential cookies, as their name suggests, are vital to the proper functioning of the website. They enable us to remember your selections between pages, such as items that make up your order so that you do not need to re-enter these things. |
| Performance/User Experience |
We use cookies to make sure our website performs as it needs to, and to make sure it remembers your preferences (such as currency type) and previously entered information relating to an order. |
| Optimisation |
Optimisation cookies allow us to see and track anonymous use data such as click trends, so we can be certain the site offers you a consistently smooth, functional and pleasant experience. We use third party service providers to assist us with optimisation. One such provider is Optimizely; for more information on what sort of information is stored by these cookies, please follow this link. |
| Advertising |
Our website tries to serve |