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To make websites work properly sites sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device.   Most  websites do this - but they are obliged to tell you so that you can choose if you wish to use view their pages. As this website is set up for recreational/educational use and simply to help those keen on the activity / students, no information is gathered for commercial purposes by this site or shared with any other parties.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

How does Kayakingstuff.info use cookies?

This website simply looks to see which pages are being used in the interests of making sure the content within the site is useful to those visiting the site.  It is not used for any commercial purpose and it is not shared with any other parties.

Some cookies are essential for the website to function correctly on the various platforms different visitors use - for instance ;  your display preferences, such as contrast colour settings or font size - or if you have already replied to a survey pop-up that asks you if the content was helpful or not (so you won't be asked again).  Additionally cookies would be used to recall  if you have agreed (or not) to our use of cookies on this site.

Some of the links from this site may take visitors to sites outside Kayakingstuff.info’s control and you should check that you are content with any ‘cookie-control’ notices those sites may present on a first visit to them.

Some advertisers may use cookies to offer products or services - but these would generally only follow if a visitor had checked the content of any advertisements

Also, some videos embedded in our pages use a cookie to anonymously gather statistics on how you got there and what videos you visited.

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Enabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block these cookies, but if you do that some features of this site may not work as intended.

As previously stated the cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally and the pattern data is fully under our control. These cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described here.

                  

How to control cookies

                

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see http://www.aboutcookies.org.

You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.

All websites are required by EU law to ask visitors to accept cookies (or refuse them) from their site.  Many sites do not use cookies for any other reason than to ensure that the site works properly and as intended. You should not therefore be alarmed at this site asking for your approval before continuing.  

This site does not share any information about its website visitors with any other party

and does not store informtion about visitors to the site.

                               

The Cookie Law started as an EU Directive that was adopted by all EU countries in May 2011. The Directive gave individuals rights to refuse the use of cookies that reduce their online privacy. Each country then updated its own laws to comply. In the UK this meant an update to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.

                         

The Cookie Law is a piece of privacy legislation that requires websites to get consent from visitors to store or retrieve any information on a computer, smart-phone or tablet.

It was designed to protect online privacy, by making consumers aware of how information about them is collected and used online, and give them a choice to allow it or not.

Site Owners Start Complying

It started as an EU Directive that was adopted by all EU countries in May 2011. The Directive gave individuals rights to refuse the use of cookies that reduce their online privacy. Each country then updated its own laws to comply. In the UK this meant an update to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.