Cookie Policy
ZIPPO - COOKIE POLICY
When you visit our website www.zippo.de, cookies or other tracking technologies may be stored on your device (computer, tablet or smartphone).
This cookie policy contains information about this, such as what cookies are, what types of cookies ZIPPO uses on the website www.zippo.de, why we use them and which cookies you can accept or reject.
This cookie policy should be read together with the ZIPPO-privacy statement and terms of use.
WHAT ARE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
Cookies are small text files that contain some data that are generated when you browse a website and that are installed in your internet browser.
The other tracking technologies such as web beacons, pixels or clear gifs work in the same way as cookies.
Cookies and other tracking technologies are used to track your activities on the website by (via first-party cookies) or third parties (via third-party cookies) collecting information about your use of the website and how it works and to improve your visit to our website.
There are two types of cookies: "session cookies" and "persistent cookies".
- Session cookies are temporary and therefore are automatically removed from your device when you close the browser.
- Persistent cookies remain on your device for a period specified in the cookie and are activated every time you visit the website on which they are installed.
WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES DO WE USE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
We use 2 types of cookies: strictly necessary cookies, for which we do not need your permission, and third-party cookies, for which we need your permission.
If you do not agree to the implementation of third-party cookies, these cookies will not be implemented in your browser. If that is the case, some functions of the website may not be available and your browsing experience may be limited.
- Absolutely necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the services offered on the website.
They are used to provide the basic functions of the website, e.g. how the shopping cart works, the ability to create a personal customer account or to access the information you have provided on the website.
We use in particular a cookie with which you can place orders in our online store and benefit from the functions of your account. This cookie has a lifespan of 24 hours, starting with the implementation on your device.
We also use the following cookies:
- The cookie "PHPSESSID" for security reasons. This is a session cookie and is removed when you close the browser.
- A cookie with which website administrators have access to backoffice information. This cookie has a lifespan of 480 hours.
- A cookie with which our cookie banner can be hidden. This cookie has a lifespan of one year.
If you disable these cookies, you will no longer be able to use these functions and the website may not work as efficiently as it should.
- Third-party cookies
In some cases we use third parties to manage our cookies.
In this context we make use of the "Google Analytics" service from Google Inc. This service uses cookies ("_gat", "_ga" and "_gid"), to analyze your use of our website (duration of browsing on each page, frequency of visits to the website per user ...). These cookies have a duration of 1 minute, 2 years and 24 hours from their implementation on your device. All collected information is transferred to and stored on a server of Google Inc in the USA.
For more information on how Google Analytics works and how Google Inc. processes such data, we refer you to the privacy statement of Google Inc.
Third parties can use their own cookies or other tracking technologies to collect information about your activities on the website, in particular to offer you personalized ads on their own websites.
Some social network cookies can also be installed on your device, so that you can communicate on social networks such as Facebook or Twitter.
We are in no way involved in the implementation and operation of such cookies and have no access to and no control over such third-party cookies. These cookies are subject to their own cookie policy that is available on every third-party website and to which we refer you.
We are therefore not responsible for the data collected by these cookies and cannot give you any further information about the type of information collected by these third-party cookies.
YOUR CONSENT FOR COOKIES
As mentioned above, we ask your permission for the implementation of third-party cookies directly via the cookie banner that appears during your first visit to the homepage of our website.
If you do not click on the "I agree" button, such third-party cookies will not be implemented in your browser.
You also have other options to determine or limit how we or third parties use cookies:
- You can remove all or some cookies from your device via your browser settings.
- You can prevent cookies from being installed on your device via your browser settings.
To find out how you can manage the use of cookies in your browser, follow the links below for the respective browser:
- Internet Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
- Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Cookies
- Opera: http://help.opera.com/Linux/10.50/en/cookies.html
Please note that if you decide to block or deactivate some or all cookies, our website may not function correctly and you may not be able to use all our services and the functions that are made possible by the use of cookies.
For more information about our cookies and your settings, we refer you to the following websites: www.youronlinechoices.eu and www.allaboutcookies.org.
CONTACT US
If you have questions, comments or complaints about this cookie policy or questions about the type of use of cookies and other tracking technologies by ZIPPO, you can contact us via Zippo GmbH, Groendahlscher Weg 87, 46446 Emmerich am Rhein, Germany
Or send us an email via the contact form.