Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are tiny text files stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages. At Hamster Geek we use cookies to keep track of the options you have selected on the website and to remember you when you return to our site.

Cookies don’t harm your computer. Like other online companies, we use cookies to provide you with more relevant and useful information. We don’t store personally identifiable information such as credit card details in cookies we create, but we do use information gathered from cookies to help improve your experience of the site.

Cookies used on the website

Here is a list of how we use cookies on the Hamster Geek website:

Google analytics

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We use Google Analytics to carry out statistical analysis of page use, page interactions and paths through the Website to evaluate and develop our Website. This is known as ‘digital analytics’. We may also record certain information that customers provide during a Website purchase or other process.

This information allows us to understand individual behaviours and needs more accurately. For more information on how Google uses the data collected via this service, see here: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/

To opt out of being tracked via Google Analytics, you can also use Google’s opt-out browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Advertising cookies

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Website. These companies may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you.

Appendix

Cookie nameTypeData storedPurpose
_gaPersistent.hamstergeek.comGoogle analytics cookie – Used to distinguish users with an expiration time of 2 years.
_gidPersistent.hamstergeek.comCookie lasts 24 hours – Google Analytics – Used to distinguish users.