Cookie Policy

1. INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE  

This Cookie Notice (“Notice”) explains how Planet Medical Ltd, a UK company (“Planet Medical,” “our,” “us,” or “we”) uses “cookies” or similar technologies on our website accessible at www.frommars.com (“Website”).  

When you first access our Website from certain jurisdictions, you will receive a message advising you that cookies and similar technologies are in use. By clicking “Accept all” you signify that you understand and agree to the use of these technologies, as described in this Notice.  In certain jurisdictions where you do not receive a message, your use of our Website will be deemed to be your consent to the placement of cookies on your computer or other devices.   

You do not have to accept cookies and consent can be withdrawn at any time (see How to Control Cookies, below).  If you prefer not to receive cookies through our Website, you can set your browser to either reject all or some cookies.  If you decide not to receive cookies through our Website, then your use of the Website may not be as efficient as it would be if the cookie were enabled, and some parts of the Website may not work at all.  

2. WHAT ARE COOKIES 

Cookies are small files containing a string of characters that we may store on your computer or mobile device when you access the Website.  When you access the Website again, the cookies allow us to recognize your browser.  Cookies may store your preferences and other information but cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. 

Cookies set by a website owner (in this case, Planet Medical) are called “first–party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the Website owner are called “third–party cookies”. Third-party cookies enable us to provide third-party features or functionality through the Website (e.g. advertising, social media functions and analytics). 

Cookies which expire and are automatically erased when you close your browser window are called “session cookies”.  We use session cookies to grant our users access to content and to enable actions such as remembering applications.  Cookies which have an expiration date in the distant future and remain in your browser until they expire, or you manually delete them are called “persistent cookies”.  We may use persistent cookies to better understand usage patterns so we can improve the Website for our users.  For example, we may use a persistent cookie to associate you with your user account or to remember your choices on the Website. 

3. THE COOKIES WE USE  

Cookies make the use of our Website easier by, among other things, saving your preferences.  Our cookies may enable us to relate your use of the Website to personal data that you previously provided.  

The information that we collect with cookies allows us to statistically analyze usage of the Website, and to improve and customize our content and other offerings.  However, we only disclose information collected with cookies to third parties on an aggregated basis without the use of any information that personally identifies you.  

The specific types of first-party and third-party cookies placed by our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below: 

Type of Cookies	Who serves these Cookies	How to Refuse
Strictly Necessary Cookies These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website.  They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website.	CloudFlare Hotjar	These cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the Website and therefore cannot be refused. They can be deleted or blocked using your browser settings, however (see How to Control Cookies, below).
Analytics Cookies These cookies allow us to gather analytics to improve the performance and functionality of our Website.  These analytics can include measurements on the number of users on the Website, how long they stay on the Website for, and what parts of the Website they visit.  We use this information in either aggregate form to help us to improve the way our Website works, or to personalize our Website to your interests.	Google Analytics	These cookies can be deleted or blocked using your browser settings (see How to Control Cookies, below). Alternatively, please follow the links below to review the third party’s privacy policy or to opt-out: Google Universal Analytics
Advertising Cookies These cookies are used to make the advertising displayed on our Website more relevant to you. These cookies prevent ads reappearing and ensure that ads are properly displayed. Certain third party cookies may track users over different websites are will provide ads relevant to your interests.	Bing	These cookies can be deleted or blocked using your browser settings (see How to Control Cookies, below). Alternatively, please follow the links below to opt-out: Bing
Social Media Cookies These cookies allow us to integrate social media functions into our Website and may also be used for advertising purposes.	Facebook	These cookies can be deleted or blocked using your browser settings (see How to Control Cookies, below). Alternatively, please follow the links below to opt-out: Facebook

4. HOW TO CONTROL COOKIES  

You do not have to accept cookies and consent can be withdrawn at any time, although you may not be able to use certain features of our Website.  You can do this by adjusting your cookie preferences by activating the settings on your browser that allows you to refuse all or some cookies.  

Please follow the links below to helpful information for the most popular browsers: 

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: link      

• Google Chrome: link    

• Mozilla Firefox: link    

• Apple Safari:  link      

In addition, you can exercise advertising cookie choices by visiting: 

• http://www.aboutads.info/choices/,    

• http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/; or 

• http://youronlinechoices.com/. 

5. WEB BEACONS 

As well as cookies, we use other technologies to recognize and track your use of our Website.  A web beacon (also known as a “tracking pixel” or “clear GIF”) is a clear graphic image (typically a one-pixel tag) that is delivered through a web browser or HTML e-mail, typically in conjunction with a cookie. 

Web beacons allows us, for example, to monitor how users move from one page within our Websites to another, to track access to our communications, to understand whether users have come to our Website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to measure how ads have been viewed and to improve site performance.   

6. TARGETING ADVERTISING  

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) use cookies, over which we have no control.  These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and service that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements.  

7. CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE 

Planet Medical reserves the right to amend this Notice in its discretion from time to time.