1. What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files or information saved on your computer or mobile device (such as a smartphone or tablet) when you visit our site. Cookies usually contain the name of the websites they come from, their ‘lifetime’ (such as how long the cookie will stay on your device), and a value that is a random number.
2. What Do We Use Cookies For?
We use cookies to make our Sites easier to use and to tailor to your interests and needs. Websites can read and write these cookie files, so that important information about you is remembered (such as remembering your preference settings) in order to be recognized and to offer you a more suitable website.
Cookies also help speed up your future activity on our Sites. In addition, we may use cookies to collect statistical information about the use of our Sites in order to understand how visitors use our Sites and to improve the design and usability of our Sites.
3. What Types of Cookies Do We Use?
We may use two types of cookies on our Sites, ‘session cookies’ and ‘persistent cookies’. Session cookies are temporary cookies and are only valid until you close your browser. Persistent cookies stay on your hard drive until you delete them or they expire (so how long the cookies stay on your device will depend on their ‘lifetime’).
Third Party Cookies
We may allow suppliers to save cookies on your devices on our behalf when you visit our Sites so that they can also provide their services. For more information about these cookies and how to control these cookies, please review the privacy policies of these third parties.
4. Which Cookies Do We Use?
Below we have listed the different types of cookies that we can use on our site. If the information we obtain through cookies is of the nature of personal information, the Privacy Policy, which complements this Cookie Policy, will be applied.
Important Cookies
Important cookies are absolutely necessary for the operation of our Sites and for you to be able to act on our Site and benefit from the services and features provided. In the absence of these important cookies, the Site will not be able to function as smoothly as we wish, and accordingly, we will not be able to provide the services and features you have requested from us.
Cookie Type | Explanation |
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Session | Session cookies are used to ensure the continuity of the session. |
Load Balancing | Load balancing cookies are used to reduce server load by distributing the load. |
User ID | User ID cookies are used for users to see only their own information. |
Security | Security cookies are used for security checks. |
Preference Cookies
Preference cookies collect information about your preferences and allow us to remember your language or other locale settings and customize our Site to suit you.
Cookie Type | Explanation |
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Language | It saves the language selected by the user and offers options accordingly. |
Location | It enables the approximate address (city, county, zip code) to be determined by the user’s IP address, and in this way, the user to automatically select his own country and display the retailers and promotion days in that region. |
Mobile | It is used to display the main website if the user is visiting the Site from a mobile device. (for example, that the device has Flash enabled), or that you are on a mobile site that does not need Flash. |
Source Site | The source site is saved so that the user’s preferences can be better understood. |
Last Visit and Departure | It is used to update users on what has changed since their last visit to our site and to better understand users’ preferences. |
Recently watched videos | Watch dates and titles of recently watched videos are recorded so that the user’s preferences can be better understood. |
Flash cookies | Enables audio and video contents to be played. |
Page History | Page history cookies are used to keep track of which sites users visit in which order. If the user encounters an error when visiting the Site, the cookie information is recorded in the log file for error reporting and resolution. |
Social Plugin Tracking Cookies
These types of cookies are used to track people who are members of social media networks or not, for market analysis and product development.
Cookie Type | Explanation |
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Such cookies allow Facebook members (or non-members) to be tracked for market analysis and product development. | |
These types of cookies are used to track people who are members of social media networks or not, for market analysis and product development. |
Analytics Cookies
Analytical cookies collect information about your use of the Site and help us improve the Site. For example, these types of cookies show which pages are visited the most on the Site, help record difficulties experienced within the Site, and show whether our advertisements are effective. This way, we understand the general trend, rather than how someone uses the Site.
Cookie Type | Explanation |
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Google Analytics | Such cookies allow the collection of all statistical data, thereby improving the presentation and use of the Site. By adding social statistics and interest data to these statistics, Google helps us better understand users. https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
Adobe Omniture | Such cookies allow the collection of all statistical data, thereby improving the presentation and use of the Site. |
Marketing Cookies
Advertising cookies are used for marketing purposes.
Cookie Type | Explanation |
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Advertisement | Delivery of behavioral and target-oriented advertisements |
Market Analysis | Conducting market analysis |
Campaign/ promotion | Calculating the impact of campaigns |
Fraud Detection | Detecting click cheats |
5. How Do I Control Cookies?
Most internet browsers are set to accept cookies automatically. However, in the vast majority of internet browsers, it is possible to choose settings such as blocking cookies or warning you before they are placed on your device.
In addition to the options above, you can reject, accept or remove cookies from the Site you use at any time by activating the settings. Information on how to enable, disable or remove cookies is available on the Help screen on the Internet browser provider’s website.
However, you should be aware that not all features of the Sites will work as intended if Cookies are disabled or removed. For example, you may not be able to visit some parts of the Site or access personalized data on the Site.
If you use different devices to view the Sites (your computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.), you should make sure that all your devices are set according to the same cookie options.
If you want all cookies left from the websites you visit to be cleared, you can download these three programs that delete tracking cookies by using the links below.
6. Pixel Labels
Some pages you visit on the site may collect information that can be shared with third parties that support our promotional activities and website development through tracking pixels (also called clear gifs). For example, in order for internet advertisements to be effective, the website usage information of users visiting our Sites may be shared with our third party advertising agency. However, this information collected through tracking pixels is not personally identifiable, but can be matched with your personal information.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding the Cookie Policy, please contact us at the address below.
Please ensure that the e-mails you send do not contain your credit card information or other private information, as our e-mail communications are not always secure.
8. Useful Links
Help with cookies specific to your browser:
- Internet Explorer – https://support.microsoft.com/en-GB/kb/278835
- Chrome – https://support.google.com/chrome/Detail/95647?hl=en-GB
- Firefox – https://support.mozilla.org/en-GB/kb/delete-browsing-search-download-history-firefox
- Safari – https://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042?locale=en-GB
- Opera – http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/