Cookie Policy

ZIPPO COOKIE POLICY

When you visit our website www.zippo.ie, some cookies or other tracking technologies may be stored on your device (computer, tablet or smartphone).

This Cookie Policy contains information on what cookies are, the type of cookies used by ZIPPO on the website www.zippo.ie, the purposes of such use, and your choices regarding cookies.

This Cookie Policy should be read together with ZIPPO Consumer Data Protection Notice and Terms of Use.

WHAT ARE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

Cookies are small text files which contain an amount of data generated when you browse on a website and installed in your internet browser.

The other tracking technologies, such as web beacons, pixels or clear gifs, work similarly to cookies.

Cookies and other tracking technologies are used to monitor your activity on the website by enabling us (through first party cookies) or thirds (through third party cookies) to collect information about how you use the website and enhance the way it works and your visit on our website.

There are two types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies.

  • Session cookies are temporary and therefore automatically deleted from your device every time you close your browser;
  • Persistent cookies remain on your device for a period of time specified in the cookie and are activated every time you visit the website which installed it.

WHAT TYPE OF COOKIES DO WE USE AND FOR WHICH PURPOSE?

We use 2 types of cookies: strictly necessary cookies, for which we do not require your consent, and third-party cookies, for which we require your consent.

If you do not consent to the implementation of third-party cookies, these cookies will not be implemented in your browser. If so, some of the functionalities of the site may not be accessible, and your browsing experience lessened.

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are necessary for the proper operation of the services provided on the website.

They are used to provide the basic functionalities of the website, such as the operation of the shopping cart, the ability to create a personal client account, or remember the information you have provided on the website.

In particular, we use a cookie to allow you to place orders on our online shop and benefit from the features of your account. This cookie has a 24 hours lifespan from its implementation on your device.

We also use the following cookies:

  • The “PHPSESSID” cookie for security reasons. This cookie is a session cookie and is therefore deleted when you close your browser;
  • A cookie allowing the administrators of the website to access the Backoffice information. This cookie has a 480 hours lifespan.
  • A cookie allowing our cookie banner to hide. This cookie has a 1-year lifespan.

If you disable these cookies, you will no longer be able to use these features and the website might not work as efficiently as it should.

Third-party cookies

In some cases, we use third parties to manage our cookies.

To this respect, we use the “Google Analytics” service provided by google Inc. this service uses cookies (“_gat”, “_ga” and “_gid”) to analyze your use of our website (duration of your browsing on each page, frequency of visits on the website per user…). These cookies have a 1 minute, 2-year and a 24-hour lifespan from their implementation on your device respectively. All information collected is transferred and stored on a Google Inc server located in the United-States.

To learn more about how Google Analytics works and the way Google Inc processes such data, please refer to Google Inc’s Privacy policy.

Third parties may also use their own cookies or other tracking technologies to collect information about your activity on the website, in particular to provide you with personalized advertisements on their own websites.

Some social network cookies might also be installed on your device to allow you to interact on social networks, such as Facebook or Twitter.

We are in no way involved on the implementation and functioning of such cookies and have no access or control overs such third-party cookies. These cookies are subject to their own cookie policies, which are accessible on each third-party website and to which we invite you to refer to.

We are therefore not responsible for the data collected by these cookies and cannot provide you with further information regarding the nature of information collected by these third-party cookies.

YOUR CHOICE REGARDING COOKIES

As indicated above, we request your consent to the implementation of third-party cookies directly from the cookie banner which is accessible during your first visit to the home page of our website.

If you do not click on the “I accept” button, such third-party cookies will not be implemented on your browser.

You also have other options to control or limit how we or third parties use cookies:

  • You can choose to delete all or some cookies from your device through your browser settings;
  • You can choose to prevent cookies from being installed on your device through your browser settings.

To learn more on how to manage cookies usage from your browser, please follow the following links for each browser:

Please note that if you choose to block or de-activate some or all cookies we use, our website might not work properly, and you might not be able to enjoy all of the services and functionalities provided through the use of cookies.

If you want to learn more about cookies and how to manage them, please visit the following websites: www.youronlinechoices.eu and www.allaboutcookies.org.

CONTACT US

If you have any question, comment or concern regarding this Cookie Policy and the way ZIPPO uses cookies and other tracking technologies, please contact us at: Zippo GmbH, Groendahlscher Weg 87, 46446 Emmerich am Rhein, Germany

Or send us an email.