Cookie Policy

This website is operated by PEERLESS GLOBE LTD, a company registered in England and Wales. We supply socks in bulk to trade customers, including independent shops and online sellers, and also offer products directly to individual shoppers through our website for delivery to UK addresses.

Cookies may be used to support product browsing, shopping basket functions, order processing, website preferences and other features that are actually available on the site. The technologies in use can vary according to the website features and services enabled at a particular time.

Different cookies serve different purposes. Depending on how you use the website, cookies and similar technologies may help us to:

• Keep essential website functions available while you browse.
• Remember products added to your shopping basket during a session.
• Support checkout, order processing and basic website security.
• Remember preferences you have chosen, where that feature is available.
• Understand website performance and identify pages that may need improvement, where the relevant tools are enabled and permitted.
• Measure the performance of promotional activity, but only where such technologies are used lawfully and any required consent has been obtained.

We do not assume that every cookie category is active on every visit. Actual use depends on the site’s configuration, the services enabled and your choices.

Cookies are generally grouped by their purpose and how long they remain on your device. The following categories explain the types that may be relevant to an online retail website.

Some cookies are temporary and expire when you close your browser. Others remain on your device for a defined period or until you remove them. The exact period depends on the individual cookie and the service that sets it.

These are indicative descriptions rather than a definitive inventory of cookies on this website. We do not assign an exact expiry period to a cookie without checking its actual configuration.

Where a consent choice is stored, we will configure the consent mechanism to retain and renew that choice in accordance with applicable requirements. You should also be able to revisit your choice using the available preference controls.

Certain website functions may be supplied by external service providers. Depending on the features actually enabled, these may include website hosting, shopping functionality, payment processing, security services, analytics or campaign measurement.

A third-party service may use its own cookies or similar technologies to provide its service. Where this happens, the provider’s role, the information involved and the applicable privacy arrangements should be assessed against the specific service being used.

We do not treat a provider’s presence on a website as permission to activate every tracking feature it offers. Optional technologies that require consent must remain inactive until the appropriate consent has been obtained.

Third-party services may change their technical arrangements and retention periods. Please refer to the relevant provider’s privacy information for details of its own practices.

When UK law requires consent for a cookie or similar technology, we will seek your permission before placing or accessing it. Strictly necessary technologies may be used without consent where the relevant legal exemption applies.

Where a cookie preference tool is available, you should be able to accept or reject optional categories and make a more detailed choice where the tool supports it. Optional categories should not be enabled merely because you continue browsing or close a notice.

You may change or withdraw consent at any time through the available preference controls. Changing your choice affects future use of the relevant technologies, although it may not automatically remove cookies already stored on your device.

Most browsers let you view, remove or block cookies. The available controls differ between browsers and devices. You can usually find them under privacy, security or site settings.

• Review the cookies stored by the website.
• Delete existing cookies if you no longer want them stored.
• Block some or all cookies using your browser settings.
• Use private browsing where appropriate, bearing in mind that it does not necessarily block all tracking technologies.
• Return to the website’s cookie preference tool, if available, to update optional cookie choices.

Blocking strictly necessary cookies may affect shopping basket retention, sign-in, checkout or other website functions. If something stops working after you change your settings, you may need to allow the cookies required for that particular function.

Browser controls do not necessarily remove every type of local storage or other tracking technology. For a more complete review, use both your browser’s site settings and the website’s own preference controls where available.

Some cookies contain identifiers or information associated with a browser or device. Depending on how they are used, this information may constitute personal data under applicable law.

Where cookie-related information is personal data, we will handle it in accordance with applicable data protection requirements. The relevant purposes, legal basis, recipients, retention arrangements and individual rights should be explained in our Privacy Policy where applicable.

We aim to collect or use only information appropriate to the purpose of the relevant website function. Information should not be retained longer than necessary for the relevant purpose, subject to applicable legal obligations.

Cookie controls and data protection rights are related but distinct. Removing a cookie does not necessarily delete information already held in an order record or by a service provider. Any request concerning personal information should be handled through the appropriate privacy contact process.

We may update this policy when website features, cookie technologies, service providers or applicable legal requirements change.

The current version will be published on this page. Where a material change affects consent requirements or the purposes for which optional cookies are used, we will take the steps required by applicable law, which may include seeking consent again.

A policy update does not replace the need to obtain consent where consent is legally required. Nor does it retrospectively authorise optional tracking that should not have taken place.

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, how website preferences work or how to contact us about privacy matters, please use the details below.