Cookie Policy

About Our Cookies by direct NS

fromSriLanka requests your consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of the policy set out below.

What are cookies:

A cookie is a small file or a string of letters and numbers stored in your browser by websites that you visit. Cookies help to make the interaction between users and websites faster and easier. For example, when you use the fromSriLanka website, cookies help our site remember the information you provided during previous interactions to ensure you receive an optimised user experience. When you revisit a website, cookies also help the site to remember your preferences or registration details.

We also use cookies to help us understand how users utilise our website, for example the pages customers visit and the links they click on. This helps us make improvements and understand what visitors to our site are interested in.

What cookies don't do is store any personal or confidential information about you.

Agreeing to Our Cookie Policy

By using our website you agree to the use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy

Currently across https://www.fromsrilanka.com we make use of cookies to help manage our website, make our website easier to use and support the provision of relevant information and functionality to you to improve your visitor experience, as well as provide us with information about how our website is used so that we can make sure it is as up-to-date, relevant and as error free as we can.

Cookies set across our website (whether set by our 3rd party partners or us), can be in the form of session cookies (lasting only as long as your visit to our website) or persistent cookies, and may use different technologies, such as JavaScript or Flash.

You can choose to manage the cookies we use on our website through your internet browser settings at any time. For more information about how to do this, and about cookies in general, you can visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org..

Cookies Used on Our Site

Managing and Turning off cookies

Please note that preventing cookies will impact on the functionality or performance of our website and will prevent you from using certain services provided through it. If you choose to do so, we cannot guarantee access to the services provided through our website or be sure how our website will perform during your visit.

If you have any further questions, would like any further clarification around our use of cookies please contact support@fromsrilanka.com

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Please be aware that if you disable cookies it will not be possible to place an order on the Screwfix website. To check the current status of cookies please click on your browser from the list below for step-by-step instructions:

Internet Explorer

1. Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select 'Internet options' , then click on the 'Privacy' tab
2. Ensure that your Privacy level is set to Medium or below, which will enable cookies in your browser. Settings above Medium will disable cookies.

Google Chrome

1. Click on 'Tools' (or menu icon 3 horizontal lines) - top right corner of browser and select Options or Settings
2. Click the ‘show advanced settings’ tab, locate the 'Privacy' section, and select the 'Content settings' button
3. Now select 'Allow local data to be set'

Safari

1. Click on 'Safari' at the top of your browser window and select the 'Preferences' option
2. Click on 'Security', then 'Accept cookies' and select 'Always'

Firefox

1. Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select Options, then select the Privacy icon
2. In the first drop down menu labelled 'Firefox will:' select 'Remember History'

Other

There are a number of other browsers available that will all have their own unique way of setting cookies, for assistance with these individual browsers please refer to their help section

Enable Cookies for fromSriLanka.com But Not Other Sites

It is possible to only accept Cookies when you are on the fromSriLanka.com site by adding our web address to a 'safe list'. Here's how to do this in different browsers:

Internet Explorer

1. Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select 'Internet options' , then click on the 'Privacy' tab
2. Under the 'Settings' menu slide the bar to the top, so that 'Block All Cookies' is selected
3. Click the 'Sites' button and enter https://www.fromsrilanka.com/ in the 'Address of website' bar, then select 'Allow'

Google Chrome

1. Click on 'Tools' (or menu icon 3 horizontal lines) - top right corner of browser and select Options or Settings
2. Click the 'show advanced settings' tab, locate the 'Privacy' section, and select the 'Content settings' button
3. Click the 'show advanced settings' tab, locate the 'Privacy' section, and select the 'Content settings' button
4. In the 'Hostname Pattern' field type https://www.fromsrilanka.com/ and ensure that the 'Behaviour' is set to 'Allow'

Safari

1. Click on 'Safari' at the top of your browser window and select the 'Preferences' option
2. Click on 'Security', then 'Accept cookies' and select 'Only from site you navigate to'

Firefox

1. Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select Options, then select the Privacy icon
2. In the first drop down menu labelled 'Firefox will:' select 'Use custom settings for history'
3. Click the 'Exceptions' button
4. In the 'Address of web site' field type https://www.fromsrilanka.com/ and click 'Allow'

Others

There are a number of other browsers available that will all have their own unique way of setting cookie exceptions, for assistance with these individual browsers please refer to their help section.