OUR WEBSITE USES COOKIES AND OTHER RELATED TECHNOLOGIES (FOR CONVENIENCE ALL TECHNOLOGIES ARE REFERRED TO AS "COOKIES"). COOKIES ARE ALSO PLACED BY THIRD PARTIES WE HAVE ENGAGED. IN THE DOCUMENT BELOW WE INFORM YOU ABOUT THE USE OF COOKIES ON OUR WEBSITE.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
A COOKIE IS A SMALL SIMPLE FILE THAT IS SENT ALONG WITH PAGES OF THIS WEBSITE AND STORED BY YOUR BROWSER ON THE HARD DRIVE OF YOUR COMPUTER OR ANOTHER DEVICE. THE INFORMATION STORED THEREIN MAY BE RETURNED TO OUR SERVERS OR TO THE SERVERS OF THE RELEVANT THIRD PARTIES DURING A SUBSEQUENT VISIT.
WHAT ARE SCRIPTS?
A SCRIPT IS A PIECE OF PROGRAM CODE THAT IS USED TO MAKE OUR WEBSITE FUNCTION PROPERLY AND INTERACTIVELY. THIS CODE IS EXECUTED ON OUR SERVER OR ON YOUR DEVICE.
WHAT IS A WEB BEACON?
A WEB BEACON (OR A PIXEL TAG) IS A SMALL, INVISIBLE PIECE OF TEXT OR IMAGE ON A WEBSITE THAT IS USED TO MONITOR TRAFFIC ON A WEBSITE. IN ORDER TO DO THIS, VARIOUS DATA ABOUT YOU IS STORED USING WEB BEACONS.
COOKIES
TECHNICAL OR FUNCTIONAL COOKIES
SOME COOKIES ENSURE THAT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE WEBSITE WORK PROPERLY AND THAT YOUR USER PREFERENCES REMAIN KNOWN. BY PLACING FUNCTIONAL COOKIES, WE MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE. THIS WAY, YOU DO NOT NEED TO REPEATEDLY ENTER THE SAME INFORMATION WHEN VISITING OUR WEBSITE AND, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ITEMS REMAIN IN YOUR SHOPPING CART UNTIL YOU HAVE PAID. WE MAY PLACE THESE COOKIES WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT.
STATISTICS COOKIES
WE USE STATISTICS COOKIES TO OPTIMIZE THE WEBSITE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR USERS. WITH THESE STATISTICS COOKIES WE GET INSIGHTS IN THE USAGE OF OUR WEBSITE. WE ASK YOUR PERMISSION TO PLACE STATISTICS COOKIES.
MARKETING/TRACKING COOKIES
MARKETING/TRACKING COOKIES ARE COOKIES OR ANY OTHER FORM OF LOCAL STORAGE, USED TO CREATE USER PROFILES TO DISPLAY ADVERTISING OR TO TRACK THE USER ON THIS WEBSITE OR ACROSS SEVERAL WEBSITES FOR SIMILAR MARKETING PURPOSES.
BECAUSE THESE COOKIES ARE MARKED AS TRACKING COOKIES, WE ASK YOUR PERMISSION TO PLACE THESE.
SOCIAL MEDIA
ON OUR WEBSITE, WE HAVE INCLUDED CONTENT TO PROMOTE WEB PAGES (E.G. “LIKE”, “PIN”) OR SHARE (E.G. “TWEET”) ON SOCIAL NETWORKS. THIS CONTENT IS EMBEDDED WITH CODE DERIVED FROM THIRD PARTIES AND PLACES COOKIES. THIS CONTENT MIGHT STORE AND PROCESS CERTAIN INFORMATION FOR PERSONALIZED ADVERTISING.
PLEASE READ THE PRIVACY STATEMENT OF THESE SOCIAL NETWORKS (WHICH CAN CHANGE REGULARLY) TO READ WHAT THEY DO WITH YOUR (PERSONAL) DATA WHICH THEY PROCESS USING THESE COOKIES. THE DATA THAT IS RETRIEVED IS ANONYMIZED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
THE WEBSITE USES COOKIE FILES USED TO MONITOR TRAFFIC ON THE WEBSITE, I.E. DATA ANALYTICS, INCLUDING GOOGLE ANALYTICS COOKIES BELONGING TO GOOGLE INC. (1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043, USA), IN SHORT GOOGLE. COOKIE FILES ARE SAVED ON THE USER’S COMPUTER AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO A GOOGLE SERVER IN THE US AND SAVED THERE. THEY ARE USED BY GOOGLE TO ANALYSE THE WAY IN WHICH THE WEBSITE IS USED BY THE USER, TO CREATE STATISTICS AND REPORTS ON THE WEBSITE FUNCTIONING. IN PARTICULAR, GOOGLE PREPARES REPORTS FOR THE CONTROLLER CONTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, E.G. AGE, AND ALSO FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES. USING COOKIES ALLOWS YOU TO DISPLAY PERSONALIZED ADS, RUN MARKETING CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE MORE INTERESTING TO THE USERS, AND AT THE SAME TIME MORE VALUABLE TO THE PUBLISHERS AND ADVERTISERS. GOOGLE ALSO USES CONVERSION COOKIE FILES THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO HELP ADVERTISERS TO DETERMINE HOW MANY PEOPLE CLICKING ON THEIR ADS HAVE ACTUALLY BOUGHT THEIR PRODUCTS. THESE FILES ALLOW THE ADVERTISERS TO SEE IF THE USER VISITED THE ADVERTISER’S WEBSITE AFTER CLICKING THE AD.
GOOGLE DOES NOT USE COLLECTED DATA TO IDENTIFY THE WEBSITE’S USER AND DOES NOT CONNECT SUCH INFORMATION TO ENABLE IDENTIFICATION. THE WEBSITE USES ANONYMIZATION OF IP ADDRESSES, WHICH MEANS THAT WITHIN THE EU MEMBER STATES OR OTHER COUNTRIES BEING PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT ON THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, IP ADDRESS OF THE WEBSITE’S USER SHALL BE FIRST SHORTENED BY GOOGLE. FULL IP ADDRESS IS TRANSFERRED TO GOOGLE IN THE US AND THERE IT IS SHORTENED ONLY IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES. WITH REGARD TO EXCEPTIONAL CASES IN WHICH PERSONAL DATA IS TRANSFERRED TO THE US, GOOGLE HAS EU-US PRIVACY SHIELD CERTIFICATION, HTTPS://WWW.PRIVACYSHIELD.GOV/EU-US-FRAMEWORK. IT MEANS THAT THIS ENTITY HAS UNDERTAKEN TO USE DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES BINDING WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION.
ARTICLE 6 (1) SENTENCE 1 LETTER F OF THE GDPR IS THE LEGAL BASIS FOR USING GOOGLE ANALYTICS I.E. THE LEGITIMATE INTEREST OF THE CONTROLLER CONSISTING IN CONDUCTING STUDIES AND STATISTICS.
GOOGLE ANALYTICS STORES THE COLLECTED DATA FOR 26 MONTHS.
SELECTION OF PROPER SETTINGS IN THE WEB BROWSER PREVENTS THE USING AND SAVING OF COOKIE FILES ON DEVICES USED BY THE WEBSITE’S USER WHILE BROWSING THE WEBSITE. WE ARE INFORMING YOU, HOWEVER, THAT IT MAY ENTAIL NOT BEING ABLE TO USE ALL THE WEBSITE’S FUNCTIONS. YOU CAN ALSO BLOCK GOOGLE FROM SAVING AND PROCESSING DATA GENERATED BY COOKIE FILES RELATED TO USING THE WEBSITE (INCLUDING IP ADDRESSES OF THE WEBSITE’S USERS). FOR THIS PURPOSE, YOU HAVE TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL PLUG-INS FOR THE BROWSER AVAILABLE UNDER THE FOLLOWING LINK: BROWSER ADD-ON TO DEACTIVATE GOOGLE ANALYTICS
GOOGLE ADWORDS REMARKETING
THE WEBSITE USES GOOGLE ADWORDS REMARKETING FUNCTIONS BY GOOGLE INC. (1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043, USA).
THE LEGAL BASIS FOR DATA PROCESSING OF THE WEBSITE’S USER IS ARTICLE 6 (1) SENTENCE 1 (F) OF GDPR, THAT IS A LEGALLY JUSTIFIED INTEREST OF THE CONTROLLER CONSISTING IN DIRECT MARKETING, CONDUCTING ANALYSES AND STATISTICS.
GOOGLE ADWORDS USES REMARKETING TECHNOLOGY WHICH ALLOWS THE CONTROLLER TO ADDRESS THE WEBSITE’S USERS (AND THUS PERSONS WHO HAVE VISITED THE WEBSITE AND THIS WAY BECOME INTERESTED IN THE OFFER PRESENTED THEREIN) WITH ADVERTISEMENTS PRESENTED ON WEBSITES OF GOOGLE PARTNERS. THE APPLIED COOKIE FILES ENABLE RECOGNITION OF THE WEBSITE’S USERS DURING THEIR VISITS ON WEBSITES OF OUR ADVERTISING PARTNERS, AS WELL AS DISPLAY OF ADVERTISEMENTS TAILORED TO THE INTEREST OF WEBSITE’S USERS. INTERESTS OF WEBSITE’S USERS ARE ALSO EXAMINED THROUGH COOKIE FILES.
DATA SAVED IN COOKIE FILES IS NOT, HOWEVER, USED BY GOOGLE ADWORDS TO CREATE PROFILES OF THE WEBSITE’S USERS, AND THUS, THEY ARE NOT USED TO CONNECT THEM WITH OTHER PERSONAL DATA.
YOU CAN BLOCK GOOGLE FROM USING COOKIE FILES BY VISITING WWW.GOOGLE.COM/PRIVACY/ADS. WE INFORM YOU, HOWEVER THAT IT MAY ENTAIL NOT BEING ABLE TO USE ALL THE WEBSITE’S FUNCTIONS.
CHANGE IN COOKIE SETTINGS
AS A RULE, WEB BROWSERS AS WELL AS OTHER SOFTWARE INSTALLED ON THE COMPUTER OR OTHER DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE NETWORK – BY DEFAULT ENABLES THE SAVING OF COOKIES ON SUCH A DEVICE. IN CONSEQUENCE, ENABLE THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ABOUT PERSONS VISITING THE WEBSITE. HOWEVER, BY CHANGING WEB BROWSER SETTINGS, THE CONSENT GIVEN TO USE COOKIES MAY, AT ANY TIME, BE MODIFIED OR WITHDRAWN BY THE USER OF THE WEBSITE. THIS MEANS THAT THE USER OF THE WEBSITE IS ABLE TO, E.G. PARTIALLY LIMIT THE SAVING OF COOKIES ON ITS DEVICE OR ENTIRELY DISABLE SUCH A POSSIBILITY. THE CONTROLLER INFORMS, HOWEVER, THAT REDUCING OR PREVENTING THE USE OF COOKIES MAY AFFECT SOME FUNCTIONALITIES AVAILABLE ON THE WEB PAGE OF THE STORE.
DETAILED INFORMATION ON CHANGING THE COOKIE SETTINGS AND THEIR UNASSISTED REMOVAL IN THE MOST POPULAR WEB BROWSERS IS AVAILABLE IN THE WEB BROWSER’S HELP SECTION AND AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES: IN CHROME, IN FIREFOX, IN INTERNET EXPLORER, IN OPERA, IN SAFARI AND OTHERS. THE STORE MAY CONTAIN LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES, E.G. INSTAGRAM. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RULES OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PRIVACY POLICY ON THESE WEBSITES. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU READ THE PRIVACY POLICY OF THESE WEBSITES AFTER ENTERING THEM.
