The EU announced new regulations about Cookies on 20th May 2011 stating that website owners must gain visitor’s consent if they want to use cookies on their sites.
On The Outdoorist we use cookies and we want to explain the cookies we use and why we use them. We don't use many cookies, our cookies are not intrusive and they do not track any personal information that would allow someone to identify you or your online activities.
Cookies are not a bad thing, they are a vital, necessary, useful and very helpful part of the internet, however, some people have used cookies to do things that allow an individual to be identified and to target them with information. We don't do this.
Because some people have abused cookies, the EU has made it law that all websites using cookies must inform the user about them and get their consent to use them.
On The Outdoorist we use three types of very simple cookies that are industry standard, widely used and do not track anything that would make any user of our site personally identifiable. The types of cookie we use are:
The following is a list of the actual cookies used on The Outdoorist
For more information about cookies and the EU Cookie Requlations, you can visit the sites below.