Cookie Policy
Introduction to cookie policy
In order
to provide our services, our website uses cookies and other technologies to
collect data about its use to distinguish your usage preferences from those of
other users. This helps us to offer you excellent shopping and browsing experience when you visit our website and also allows
us to optimise the website. The data also allows us to improve our services.
Therefore, when you visit our website, cookies or similar technologies will be
placed on your computer, smartphones or other gadget.
The table
below lists cookies we use, what they do and what personal data they collect
about you. Personal data means data which identifies or can be used to identify
you as an individual, including your IP address.
For more
information please read out Privacy Policy as well our below information about cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies
are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone or other
device browser when you visit our website. They are used to carry bits of
useful information about your interaction with the website. Cookies contain a
string of text or "unique identifier" that acts like a label. When a
website sees the string of text it set in a cookie, it knows the browser is one
it has seen before and will load quickly. A cookie file is stored on your
device and allows us, or our third party partners (see below) to recognise you
and make your visit easier and more useful to you when you revisit our website.
If you
delete the cookies, use a different computer or open a new web browser, the
website you are accessing will treat you as if you have arrived for the first
time. It will take a bit longer to load and new cookies will be stored on your
gadget.
Cookies
allow us to tailor the content on our website to fit the needs of our visitors
and improve their experience. Without certain cookies enabled, we are unable to
guarantee your experience will be as intended. We use cookies to obtain
information about your visits and about the gadget you use to access our
website including operating system and browser type. And depending on the
cookie, the reporting of statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and
patterns as well as location.
Types of cookies
The length
of time a cookie stays on your device depends on its type.
Session cookies: temporary cookies that
only exist when you are on our website until you close your browser. Session
cookies help our website remember your previous preferences, avoiding the need
to re-enter information when you go back to a page. These cookies help us
improve user experience on our website.
Essential cookies: These are local cookies
essential for running our website. We recommend this type of cookie is not
disabled because they allow us remember your cookie preferences, help us
operate affiliate and customer accounts and help us detect faults so we can fix
them quickly.
Persistent cookies: these remain on your
device after you leave our website and are used to remember your preferences
like remembering your “username” the next time you visit. These cookies help us
identify you as a unique visitor.
Third party website cookies
Our website may link through to third party websites that may also use cookies over which we have no control. We recommend that you check the privacy and cookies policies of those websites for information about the cookies they may use and the collection of personal data. We can’t accept any responsibility for any content contained in these third party websites. This may include content of advert banners.
How we use cookies
You will find below the name, purpose and validity of the cookies that our website uses:
Name | Website | Expires | Purpose |
Local Cookies | |||
CookieConsent | HetoGrowShop.com | 1 year | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain |
AWSALB | mcafeesecure.com | Session | McAfee SECURE certified site is tested and certified to be free of malware, viruses, phishing scams, and other things that can harm you and your computer. They use Amazon Web Services to host their system. Using the AWSALB cookie, they can seamlessly deploy their service from multiple services using a load balancer so that the cookie only records which server cluster serves you. |
_gat | HetoGrowShop.com | 1 minute | Google Analytics. Limits the collection of data on high traffic sites. |
_ga | HetoGrowShop.com | 1 day | Google Analytics: used to anonymously distinguish individual website visitors by assigning them a randomly generated number. It tracks how the website is used to allow us to make improvements. No personal data is collected. For more information about the information gathered using Google Analytics please visit http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html |
_gid | HetoGrowShop.com | 1 day | Google Analytics used to distinguish users. Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
NGN, USD, GBP, EUR | HetoGrowShop.com | Session | define the currency in which prices will are shown |
en-gb | HetoGrowShop.com | Session | defines language web page will load |
PHPSESSID | HetoGrowShop.com | Session | Keeps track of sessions. This cookie allows information to be shared internally amongst pages of the website. It ensures we're able to display the most relevant information to you |
Third-party Cookies | |||
mfesecure_visit | mcafeesecure.com | Session | McAfee trust mark code execution. Every McAfee SECURE certified site has been tested and certified to be free of malware, viruses, phishing scams, and other things that can harm you and your computer. It counts web page views anonymously and shows visitors the McAfee Trust badge. |
mfesecure_visit | mcafeesecure.com | Session | McAfee trust mark code execution. Every McAfee SECURE certified site has been tested and certified to be free of malware, viruses, phishing scams, and other things that can harm you and your computer. It counts web page views anonymously and shows visitors the McAfee Trust badge. |
YSC | .youtube.com | Session | This cookie is used when watching embedded Youtube videos on the website. |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | .youtube.com | 8 months | cookie that YouTube sets that measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old. |
PREF | .youtube.com | 10 years | This cookie stores your preferences and other information, in particular preferred language, how many search results you wish to be shown on your page, and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. |
GPS | .youtube.com | Session | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location |
Facebook ‘pixel’ | Facebook.com | 1 month | Analytics tool that allows us to measure the effectiveness of social advertising. For further information about the Facebook Pixel please see: |
bku | .bluekai.com | 6 months | BlueKai installs a tracker cookie on your device which collects data on your browsing habits on different websites using the tracker’s unique ID number. We use this data to profile visitors to our website for marketing strategy analytics. |
bkdc | .bluekai.com | 6 months | Set to register anonymised user data (IP address, geolocation, etc.) as well as aggregate anonymous activities to enable marketers to provide more targeted online advertising. |
__atuvs | .addthis.com | Session | Ensures that the updated counter is displayed to the user if a page is shared with the social sharing service, AddThis. |
ouid | .addthis.com | 1 year | AddThis is a social sharing tool that allows you to share the site content on social media or by email. They track interactions with the embedded sharing buttons and monitor its usage. |
uid | .addthis.com | 1 year | creates a unique user id and is used to make it possible for the user to share content across social networks and provide statistics to various providers. |
mus | .addthis.com | 1 year | This cookie is used by the social links sharing service “AddThis” in order to give visitors the option to recommend our website content on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. |
loc | .addthis.com | 1 year | |
uvc | .addthis.com | 1 year | Detects how often the social sharing service, AddThis, encounters the same user. |
__atuvc | .addthis.com | 1 year | Updates the counter of social sharing features. |
_cc_aud | .crwdcntrl.net | 9 months | Collects anonymous statistical data related to the user's website visits, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. The purpose is to segment the website's users according to factors such as demographics and geographical location, in order to enable media and marketing agencies to structure and understand their target groups to enable customised online advertising. |
_cc_cc | .crwdcntrl.net | 9 months | Collects anonymous statistical data related to the user's website visits, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. The purpose is to segment the website's users according to factors such as demographics and geographical location, in order to enable media and marketing agencies to structure and understand their target groups to enable customised online advertising. |
_cc_id | .crwdcntrl.net | 9 months | Collects anonymous statistical data related to the user's website visits, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. The purpose is to segment the website's users according to factors such as demographics and geographical location, in order to enable media and marketing agencies to structure and understand their target groups to enable customised online advertising. |
_cc_dc | .crwdcntrl.net | 9 months | Collects anonymous statistical data related to the user's website visits, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. The purpose is to segment the website's users according to factors such as demographics and geographical location, in order to enable media and marketing agencies to structure and understand their target groups to enable customised online advertising. |
SEUNCY | .semasio.net | 6 months | Registers a unique ID that identifies the user's device for return visits. |
TapAd_DID | .tapad.com | 2 months | Used to determine what type of devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs etc.) is used by a user. |
TapAd_TS | .tapad.com | 2 months | Used to determine what type of devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs etc.) is used by a user. |
IDE | .doubleclick.net | 1 year | This cookie is used for re-targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online adverts. |
How we control cookies
You give
us permission to use these cookies. However, your web browser allows you to
change your cookie settings, block cookies and / or delete existing cookies at
any time. These settings can usually be found in the 'Options' or
'Preferences' menu of your web browser.
You can set your browser to delete cookies when you finish browsing. Cookies help you get the most out of our website. But you can set up your browser to delete or refuse some or all of them, or to notify you when you are sent a cookie and therefore choose whether or not to accept it. You may also delete or refuse, some or all of the cookies, on our website at anytime.
Note that if you do delete some or all your cookies, some features on our website,
such as remembering your username, may not work and your experience on our
website may be affected. Unless you’ve adjusted your browser settings so
that they’ll delete or refuse cookies, cookies will be issued or reissued when
you visit our website.
If you don't delete cookies, you can
set "opt out" cookies on your browser. Each type of tracker will
usually have an opt-out. If you do decide to delete or refuse cookies but
subsequently decide that you would in fact like to allow cookies, you should
adjust your browser settings and continue using our website. Cookies will then
be sent to and from our website.
If your
computer is shared with others, you should either set your browser to refuse
cookies before accessing our website or clear cookies stored by the browser
every time you close your browser to avoid your email address or other details
being displayed in the log on field to a subsequent user of our website.
For your
convenience we’ve provided links to the cookie management page for the most popular
web browsers:
More information about cookies
For more information on how businesses use cookies, cookie opt out, and how to manage cookies you can visit the following third party websites:
Our Privacy Statement
Personal
data, as defined in our Privacy Policy is
collected by the cookies we use, and these are listed in the tables above. The
policy explains why we collect this data, what we do with it, our legal basis
for collection and information about your rights under data protection law.
For all
questions regarding the protection of personal data, you can always contact us.
Personal data collected on our website
We process
the following personal data:
- First
Name
- Last
name
- E-mail
address
- Phone
- VAT
number
- Company
- Street
& house number
- Address
- Postal
Code
- Country
We process
your personal data to be able to offer you our services.
Newsletters
You may
also permit us to process your personal data for sending newsletters with
information about our products and services, as well as our business partners.
You have the right to withdraw this consent at any time, after which you will
no longer receive newsletters.
Unless you have adjusted your browser settings so that it will refuse cookies, you will receive cookies as soon as you visit our website. The cookies that will be issued will be applied in accordance with the terms of this Cookie Policy.
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