What are cookies and what does Stretching.shop use them for?
A cookie is a small text file made up of numbers and letters that are stored in your browser or on your computer when you visit a website. We use cookies on Stretching.shop to improve your experience and our services through increased functionality on the website.
There are two different types of cookies: session cookies and set cookies also called persistent cookies. A session cookie is automatically deleted if you turn off your browser and helps the website recognize you while you are active. In this way, the website will be able to remember what you have put in your shopping basket when you go from one page to another, and the messages you have seen so that you do not have to respond several times to the same thing. Fixed cookies are sent from Stretching.shop and are stored for a longer period of time on your hard drive. These make it possible for the website to automatically recognize you the next time you are active on Stretching.shop, and make your entire visit easier by remembering some of your previous choices and information.
Of course, you can visit stretching.shop without accepting cookies, but we ask that you be aware that this may negatively affect your experience on the website, as functions that depend on cookies disappear.
How can I say no to cookies?
You can choose not to accept cookies by changing your browser settings. At Stretching.shop we cannot disable cookies for you, but we describe below how to proceed in the most common browsers:
Google Chrome
Click on the link to access the cookie settings in Google Chrome:
chrome://settings/content/cookies? Search = cookies
MozillaFirefox
- Click the menu button (three vertical lines one above the other, in the upper right corner of the browser) and select Settings.
- Select the Privacy and Security panel.
- Select from the small drop-down menu under History: Use custom history settings.
- Check or uncheck the boxes for the settings you want.
- Close the about: preferences page. All changes made are saved automatically.
internet explorer 11
- Select Tools in the browser (the little gear at the top right) and then Internet Options.
Select the Privacy tab and then - Advanced in the “Settings” section. Select the settings you want for cookies. Click OK when you’re done.
Cookies for web analysis and marketing services
Cookies allow us to analyze the use of our services and make informed decisions that lead to their development and improvement. We use third-party cookies from web analytics services such as Google Analytics and Visual Website Optimizer to know the number of visitors to Stretching.shop and your behavior and analyze the information we collect through these services on a global basis. The web analytics services we use are very demanding in terms of data protection, both from us at Stretching.shop and from the outside world, and to further protect your identity, we only send an abbreviated and anonymized version of your address IP to these services, so that your exact position is not revealed. Please also note that we never send personal information, such as your name or address, through cookies,
At Stretching.shop we also use third-party cookies and pixels to enable services such as Facebook, Instagram, Google, Criteo, and Youtube to present you with marketing related to your interests on their own and external websites. You can contradict the cookies of these external services at any time by changing the settings of your browser or the accounts you have created on the services’ own web pages. Please note that opting out of cookies from these services may in some cases affect your user experience even outside of stretching.shop
