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We’re changing www.mirabooks.co.uk so it is easier for you to manage the cookies we use. We want you to have a clear understanding of what cookies we have and what they are used for and how they can be managed.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifying information, but they do enable us to relate your use of our site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided to us.
When someone visits www.mirabooks.co.uk we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website www.mirabooks.co.uk. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why:
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | More information |
| Google Analytics |
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Click here for an overview of privacy at Google |
| Mira Books Blue Fire Reader | Reader | This cookie is placed only when you are using the Mira Books website via a mobile device and/or tablet. This simply registers the fact that we have told you about the BlueFire Reader that is available for mobile/Tablet devices, so we can then prevent the message from being shown again at a later date. |
Click here for an overview of privacy at Mira Books |
| Mira Books site cookie acceptance | CookieCheck |
This cookie is used to record if a user has accepted the use of cookies on the Mira Books website |
Click here for an overview of privacy at Mira Books |
| Mira Books email. | This cookie is stored on your computer when you login to the Mira Books website, either directly or via the facebook login button on our website. This cookie purely stores your email address and nothing else. This is just so we can recognise you when you return to the website at a later date and tailor the website to show offers/content that is more relevant to you. |
Click here for an overview of privacy at Mira Books | |
| Affiliate Tracking | This cookie is used when you arrive to Mira Books via one of our affiliates. Some affiliates will be paid a commission if you purchase something from us. Hence this cookie (which contains no personal information) simply allows us to calculate how much the affiliates will be paid. |
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| Facebook Login | facebook.com | These cookies are placed only when you use the “login via facebook” option. This cookie is placed by facebook’s login process, but as this is initiated by us, we thought we’d let you know. |
Click here for an overview of privacy at Facebook |
| decdna | decdna.net | This cookie is used by us simply so we can accurately report on the order that we get from the website, they are only placed at the time of ordering and do not contain any personal details at all, just information about the books that have been purchased. |
Click here for an overview of 247 Real Media privacy policy |
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googleads. |
doubleclick.net |
This cookie is also used by us simply so we can accurately report on the order that we get from the website, they are only placed at the time of ordering and do not contain any personal details at all, just information about the books that have been purchased.
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Click here for an overview of privacy at google |
| Addthis.com |
loc |
We also use a product called addthis, which allows you to use a host of sharing/bookmarking facilities such as facebook,twitter, linkedIn, etc. Again these do not hold any private data, it only stores cookies during the normal running of this service. | Click here for an overview of the privacy policy at addthis |
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
YouTube cookies
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. To find out more please visit YouTube’s embedding videos information page.
Search engine
The search engine on our website is designed to be as powerful and easy to use as the popular search engine Google. The search is made possible by a piece of hardware (a search ‘appliance’) supplied by Google that is plugged into our server and continuously indexes the content on our site. All search requests are handled by the appliance and the information is not passed on to any third party, including Google.
Targeting
'Targeting' cookies are linked to services provided by third parties, such as 'Like' buttons and 'Share' buttons. The third party provides these services in return for recognising that you have visited our website.
We use 'Targeting' cookies to…
- Link to social networks like Facebook, who may subsequently use information about your visit to target advertising to you on other websites
- Provide advertising agencies with information on your visit so that they can present you with adverts that you may be interested in
You can control whether or not these cookies are used, but preventing them may stop us from offering you some services. All of these cookies are managed by third parties, and you may alternatively use the third parties' own tools to prevent these cookies.
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