Cookies are small text files that are transferred to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser to enable us to recognise your computer and help us to track visitors to our site. We use first-person tracking visitor cookies that enable us to better understand the products and services that will be most suitable to you and to optimise the design of the site based on how our customers and visitors use it.

The cookies we use will also recognise repeat visitors to the site and in conjunction with other information we hold on our customers will attempt to record specific browsing information against an individual profile. This information allows Monarch to accurately identify your behaviours and needs, allowing us to easily tailor offers and information which may be of interest to you. We will only send marketing emails when you have given us permission to do so. We give you the option to unsubscribe from our emails should you wish to.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but, if you wish, you can set your browser to prevent it from accepting cookies. The ‘help’ portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. We are in the process of assessing how to implement a feature to allow you can opt out of cookies being set on our website giving you more options to opt out in the future.

Sometimes we use third-party cookies to track our online advertising activity and your response to this. This technology uses non-personal information about your visits to our site and the sites upon which we advertise, in order to deliver relevant advertisements and for us to learn which banner adverts bring users to our website. The information collected and used in this instance is not personally identifiable.

The cookies we use do not detect any information that is stored on your computer.The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store.

COOKIE name COOKIE Description
VISITED Stores a yes/no value. Tells the website if you have been on the site today.
CATEGORY_INFO Stores the category info on the page, that allows to display pages more quickly.
COMPARE The items that you have in the Compare Products list.
CURRENCY Your preferred currency
CUSTOMER An encrypted version of your customer id with the store.
CUSTOMER_AUTH An indicator if you are currently logged into the store.
CUSTOMER_INFO An encrypted version of the customer group you belong to.
CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDS Stores the Customer Segment ID
EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE A flag, which indicates whether caching is disabled or not.
FRONTEND You sesssion ID on the server.
GUEST-VIEW Allows guests to edit their orders.
LAST_CATEGORY The last category you visited.
LAST_PRODUCT The most recent product you have viewed.
NEWMESSAGE Indicates whether a new message has been received.
NO_CACHE Indicates whether it is allowed to use cache.
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART A link to information about your cart and viewing history if you have asked the site.
POLL The ID of any polls you have recently voted in.
POLLN Information on what polls you have voted on.
RECENTLYCOMPARED The items that you have recently compared.
STF Information on products you have emailed to friends.
STORE The store view or language you have selected.
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies.
VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS The products that you have recently viewed.
WISHLIST An encrypted list of products added to your Wishlist.
WISHLIST_CNT The number of items in your Wishlist.