As of February 27, 2020

What are cookies?

Cookies and similar technologies are very small text documents or pieces of code that often contain a unique identification code. When you visit a website or use a mobile application, a computer asks your computer or mobile device for permission to save this file on your computer or mobile device and gain access to information. Information collected through cookies and similar technologies may include the date and time of the visit and how you use a particular website or mobile application.

Why do we use cookies

Cookies make sure that during your visit of our online shop you remain logged in, all items remain stored in your shopping cart, you can shop safely and the website keeps running smoothly. The cookies also ensure that we can see how our website is used and how we can improve it. Furthermore, depending on your preferences our own cookies may be used to present you with targeted advertisements and those set by third parties.

When you first visit our site, we will ask your permission to set certain non-essential cookies and other similar technologies on your device. It is entirely up to you whether you consent or not (although some aspects of the site may not work as well if you don’t), and you can change your mind at any time. See "How to Manage Your Cookies"below for more details.

What type of cookies do we use?

Necessary cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off

in our systems.

  Some of the following actions can be performed by using these cookies.

- Store articles in a shopping cart for online purchases

- Save your cookie preferences for this website

- Saving language preferences

- Log in to our portal. We need to check whether you are logged in.

Performance/Analytics cookies

These cookies are used to gather statistical information about the use of our website, also called analytics cookies. We use this data for performance and website optimization.

Functional cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality for our website visitors. These cookies can be set by our external service providers or our own website. The following functionalities may or may not be activated when you accept this category.

- Live chat services

- Watch online videos

- Social media sharing buttons

- Login to our website with social media

Advertising / tracking cookies

These cookies are set by external advertising partners and are used for profiling and tracking data across multiple websites. If you accept these cookies, we may show our advertisements on other websites based on your user profile and preferences.

These cookies also save data about how many visitors have seen or clicked on our advertisements in order to optimize advertising campaigns.

Unclassified

These cookies are still in the classification process. They will show up in one on the following categories; Necessary, Performance, Functional or Advertising.

Social Media

If you visit a page which we maintain on a social media site such as Facebook, it is likely that cookies will also be set on your device. These cookies are set by the social media network and so, to change the cookies that you receive from these sites, even on our pages, you will need to change use the settings provided by the social media site.