In order to give you the most relevant experience on our website and to allow it to function correctly we use ‘cookies’. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer that perform many useful tasks, such as allowing us to keep track of what is in your basket and remembering you when you return to our website. By using our website you are confirming that you consent to our use of cookies on your computer in accordance with our Cookie Policy.
Cookie Policy
What is a cookie?
A cookie is simply a small text file which a website may send to your computer to store. It can be thought of as an identification card which helps to identify you to a website when you return. At no point do our cookies or those of our third parties store your personal payment information.
Cookies play an essential role in making the interaction between customer and website a smoother, faster process.
What sort of cookies do we use?
Our website uses cookies in the following ways:
1. Essential Cookies
Certain cookies are essential for the operation and functionality of our website. For example, cookies are set to enable us to correctly process customer activity such as orders, catalogue requests, email subscriptions and registrations. Cookies also enable the use of the site search and navigation tools on our website.
2. Performance Cookies
Other cookies are used to help us monitor the performance of our website. This enables us to identify and resolve any problems and therefore provide a better online shopping experience.
3. Third Party Cookies
We have relationships with carefully selected and monitored suppliers, such as Google Analytics, who may also set cookies during your visit. These cookies are used by us to monitor our website traffic and performance, and also for remarketing purposes. None of our third parties collect any personal data from which they would be able to identify individual customers.
On this website, data is collected and stored by the econda Shop Monitor, a web analytics service of the provider econda GmbH, as well as by Criteo, a web analysis service of Criteo SA, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These usage profiles serve to analyze the visitor behavior and are evaluated for the improvement and appropriate design of our offer. Cookies can be used. These are small text files which are stored locally on the computer of the site visitor, thus enabling a re-recognition when visiting our website again. The pseudonymized usage profiles are not combined with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym without a separate consent from the data subject. Data collection and storage for the purposes of web analysis can be countered at any time with effect for the future by using this link to revoke the storage of your data:
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files which are stored on your computer and which allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, in the case of the activation of the IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address will be previously abridged by Google within the Member States of the European Union or in other Contracting States of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the US and abbreviated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website usage and internet usage against the website operator. The IP address provided by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to fully utilize all the functions of this website. In addition, you may prevent Google from tracking the data (including your IP address) generated by the cookie and your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as the processing of this data by Google, by clicking on the link below Tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en) download and install the available browser plugin. For more information on terms of use and privacy, please visit:
We would like to point out that Google Analytics has the code "_gaq.push (['_ gat._anonymizeIp']);" In order to ensure an anonymous detection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). We also use Google Analytics to evaluate data from AdWords and the double-click cookie for statistical purposes. If you do not want this, you can disable it using Ad Manager (http://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/?hl=en).
Disabling cookies
It is possible to opt out of cookies by disabling them via your browser’s cookie settings. However, please be aware that doing so may result in some parts of our website not functioning properly and may prevent you submitting an order via our website.
Please note that cookies are computer specific and not website specific, so if you log on to a website from a different computer, the cookie settings on that computer will apply.
The following is a guide on how to enable and disable cookies on your computer via your internet browser:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
• Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select 'Internet Options' • In the options window navigate to the 'Privacy' tab • To enable cookies: Set the slider to ‘Medium’ or below • To disable cookies: Move the slider to the top to block all cookies • Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Explorer. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Internet Explorer, refer to the following page from Microsoft: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Mozilla Firefox
• Click on 'Tools' at the browser menu and select ‘Options’ • Select the ‘Privacy’ panel • To enable cookies: Check ‘Accept cookies for sites’ • To disable cookies: Uncheck at ‘Accept cookies for sites’ • Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Firefox. For more information, refer to the following page from Mozilla: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Enabling%20and%20disabling%20cookies
Google Chrome
• Click on the ‘wrench’ icon on the browser (usually found top-right corner) to open the tools menu • From the Tools menu select ‘Options’ • Click the ‘Under the Hood’ tab from the menu on the left. • In the ‘Privacy’ section, select the ‘Content settings’ button • To enable cookies: select ‘Allow local data to be set’ option • To disable cookies: select ‘Block all cookies’ option • Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Chrome. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Chrome, refer to the following page from Google: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
Safari on OSX
• Click on 'Safari' at the menu bar and select the 'Preferences' option • Click on 'Security' • To enable cookies: In the 'Accept cookies' section select 'Only from site you navigate to' • To disable cookies: In the ‘Accept cookies’ section select ‘Never’ • Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Safari. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Safari, refer to the following page from Apple: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/3.0/en/9277.html
Opera
• Click on 'Setting’ at the browser menu and select 'Settings' • Select ‘Quick Preferences’ • To enable cookies: check “Enable Cookies” • To disable cookies: uncheck “Enable Cookies” • Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Opera. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Opera, refer to the following page from Opera Software: www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/
To find out how to opt out of behaviourally targeted advertising cookies, users based in the European Union should visit www.youronlinechoices.eu
For additional information on how to manage cookies, please click on the link: www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies
