What are cookies?
Our website makes use of 'cookies'. We use them to record the details of the items as you add them to your basket. Once you select 'Place order' the details are passed to the secure server for processing. The cookie information lasts only for the duration of your browser session, i.e., on closing your browser, the information disappears.
The 'help' information for your browser will explain how you can control the use of cookies. However, for our website to function correctly the cookie facility must be enabled.
Visitors to our website
When someone visits The Guardian Gadgets website 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 gadgets.guardianoffers.co.uk. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source.
Use of cookies by the The Guardian Gadgets site
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | More Information |
| Google Analytics | _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz |
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 | Click here for an overview of privacy at Google |