What are cookies?
Cookies are small files placed on your computer's hard drive, or in your browser memory when you visit a website.
What do cookies do?
Cookies help to make the interaction between users and websites faster and easier. For example, they can remember your preferences, login details or information you supply as you move through an application process. What cookies don't do is store any personal or confidential information about you.
Cookies are important for things like online shopping – for example they'll remember the items in your shopping basket and make sure they stay there until you complete your transaction.
In a similar way, when you decide to buy on neccontract.com, cookies help our site remember the information you give us as you move through your application. 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 our customers use 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.
Some of our cookies enable us to learn which advertisements bring customers to our website. This helps us manage our advertising spend by only using adverts and websites that prove to be effective.
Are cookies safe?
Yes, cookies are small text files. They cannot look into your computer or read any personal information or other material on your hard drive. Cookies cannot carry viruses or install anything harmful on your computer.
Why should I keep cookies switched on?
We would like you to keep cookies active on your computer during your visits to our website because parts of the site rely on them to work properly.
The types of cookies we use
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
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Performance cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
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Functional cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Targeting cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
How do I turn cookies off?
It is usually possible to stop your browser accepting cookies, or to stop it accepting cookies from a particular website.
All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings will typically be found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your browser.
We recommend that you do not block all cookies because parts of our website rely on them to work properly.
If you prefer not to receive cookies then you will not be able to purchase items because we rely on cookies to function effectively.
In that case you are welcome to contact us by telephone to purchase an item you have seen on our website.
Cookie acceptance
By using our website, you consent to our use of our strictly necessary cookies. Please use the button below to change your cookie setting preferences.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website.
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