Cookie Policy

WHAT ARE COOKIES 

As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use that information and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored; however, this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the site’s functionality.

For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.

 

HOW WE USE COOKIES

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies, without completely disabling the functionality and features that they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave all cookies on if you are unsure of whether you need them or not, in case they are used to provide a service that you need.

 

DISABLING COOKIES 

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

THE COOKIES WE SET 

If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out. However, in some cases, they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.

We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out, to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.

This site offers newsletter or email subscription services. Therefore, cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications, which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users. 

This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages, so that we can process it properly.

From time to time we offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.

When you submit data through a form, such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

In order to provide you with a great experience on this site, we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page that is affected by your preferences.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES 

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

This site uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web, for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things, such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit, so that we can continue to produce engaging content.

For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site, so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track how long you spend on the site or pages you visit, which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.

From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience on our site, while we figure out which optimisations our users appreciate the most.

Due to the fact that  we sell products, it is important for us to understand certain statistics, such as how many of the visitors to our site actually make a purchase. Therefore, this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is also beneficial  to you, as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs, to ensure the best possible price.

The Google AdSense service that we use to serve advertising, makes use of a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web, as well as limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you.

For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.

We use adverts to offset the costs of running this site and provide funding for further development. The behavioural advertising cookies used by this site are designed to ensure that we provide you with the most relevant adverts where possible, by anonymously tracking your interests and presenting similar things that may be of interest.

In some cases, we may provide you with custom content based on what you tell us about yourself, either directly or indirectly, by linking a social media account. These types of cookies simply allow us to provide you with content that we feel may be of interest to you.

Several partners advertise on our behalf. Affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites. In this way,  we can credit them appropriately and, where applicable, allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.

We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work, the following social media sites, including Facebook and Instagram, will set cookies through our site. This may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

 

MORE INFORMATION

Hopefully that has clarified things for you and, as was previously mentioned, if there is something that you are unsure of  whether you need or not, it is usually safer to leave cookies enabled, in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods.

Email: support@afariskincare.com