Cookie policy

Like any website around the world, www.pm-boutique.com also uses cookies. This Policy relates to the cookies we use and is supplemented by the Privacy Policy, which contains additional useful information, including the purposes and grounds of data processing, data transfer, your rights and others.

We try to be as clear and transparent as possible about our approach to the protection of your personal data.

What are cookies?

An HTTP cookie or cookie is a small file, often encoded, sent by a server to a web browser (user) and then sent back (unmodified) by the browser each time it accesses that server. The cookie will be stored on the computer, mobile terminal or other equipment of a user, which is used to access the Internet. The cookie is installed by the request issued by the user’s terminal to a server of the operator or to a server of a third party.

What are cookies used for?

These files mainly make it possible to recognize the user’s terminal and present the content in a relevant way, adapted to the user’s preferences.

Cookies provide users with a pleasant browsing experience and support our efforts to provide services tailored to users’ requirements and needs.

Cookies are also used in the preparation of aggregate anonymous statistics that help us observe and understand how a user uses our website, allowing us to improve the structure and content presented, without allowing the personal identification of the user.

What cookies do we use?

PM Boutique uses two types of cookies, respectively per session and fixed/permanent. Session cookies are temporary files that remain in the user’s terminal until the end of the browsing session.

Fixed/permanent cookies remain on the user’s terminal for a period determined by the cookie parameters or until they are manually deleted by the user.

How are cookies used by our website?

By accessing our website, the following types of cookies can be placed:

  • Strictly necessary cookies – these are used to make our activity on the website more efficient;
  • Performance cookies – these are used to analyze how our website works and help us to improve it;
  • Functionality cookies – these help to improve your experience;
  • Targeting /advertising cookies – these are used to exchange certain information with third parties that help us create advertisements, to know how you arrived at our website. We may also use cookies to identify which parts of the website you are interested in. We then use this information to show you advertisements and pages that we think may be of interest to you, to personalize the way we communicate with you, or to personalize the content of the communications we send you. Personalization of content means that it includes information that reflects the interest you have shown in the content of our website or offers or promotions that we think may be of interest to you and to improve the way we respond to your needs.

Cookies and/or similar technologies are essential for the proper functioning of the website, being set on your device when accessing the website or following actions performed on the website, as the case may be. You can configure your browser to block cookies, but in this case, certain sections of the website will not work properly.

Do cookies contain personal data?

Cookies store information in a small text file that allows a website to recognize a browser. The web server will recognize the browser until the cookie expires or is deleted . The cookie stores important information that helps to improve the browsing experience, for example the language settings in which you want to access a website, keeping a user logged in to your webmail account and others.

As a rule, cookies or similar technologies themselves do not request personal information in order to be used and, in many cases, do not personally identify Internet users. However,
there are situations when personal data can be collected through the use of cookies to facilitate certain functionalities for the user or to offer the user an experience more adapted to his preferences. Such data is encrypted in a way that makes it impossible for unauthorized persons to access it.

Block cookies

If you want to block cookies, some functionality of the website will be stopped, and this may generate certain malfunctions or errors in the use of our website. For example, blocking cookies may prevent you from shopping online or logging into your account.

How to manage or disable browser cookies

You can manage your cookie preferences from the pop -up window on our website or from your browser settings.

Most browsers allow you to:

  • see which cookies you have and delete them individually
  • block third-party cookies
  • block cookies of certain sites
  • block the setting of all cookies
  • to delete all cookies when you close your browser.

If you disable all (our) cookie modules in your browser settings, it is possible that certain sections or functions of our Website will not work , because your browser may prevent us from setting cookies that are necessary for the operation of the Website. Therefore, we recommend not to disable all cookies in your web browser.

In the list below you can find more information on how to disable cookies or how to manage cookie settings for the browser you are using:

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies

Safari: http://help.apple.com/safari/mac/8.0/#/sfri11471

Managing preferences regarding the placement of cookies

In general, an application used to access web pages allows cookies and/or similar technologies to be saved on the terminal by default, and they are stored for different periods of time.

These settings can be changed in such a way that the automatic administration of cookies is blocked by the web browser or that the user is informed every time cookies are sent to his terminal.

Limiting the use of cookies may affect certain functionalities of the website.

Why are cookies important to the Internet?

Cookies and/or similar technologies are central to the efficient functioning of the Internet, helping to generate a user-friendly browsing experience tailored to each user’s preferences and interests.

Rejecting or disabling cookies may make some websites or parts of them unusable. Deactivating cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive, in compliance with the law, online advertising – but only that it will no longer be able to take into account your preferences and interests, highlighted by your browsing behavior.

Examples of important uses of cookies, which do not require the authentication of a user through an account, are:

  • Content and services tailored to user preferences – categories of products and services
  • Offers tailored to users’ interests
  • Password retention
  • Retention of child protection filters regarding Internet content ( family mode options, safe search functions )
  • Advertising frequency limitation – limiting the number of times an advertisement is displayed for a specific user on a website
  • Providing relevant advertising to the user
  • Measuring, optimizing and adapting analytics features – such as confirming a certain level of traffic on a website, what type of content is viewed and how a user arrives at a website (eg via search engines , directly, through other websites, etc.). Websites carry out these analyzes of their use in order to improve their services both for their own benefit and for the benefit of users.

 

Security and privacy issues

In general, browsers have integrated privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, their validity period and automatic deletion after the user has visited a certain website.

Other security aspects related to cookies

  • Customizing your browser’s cookie settings to reflect a comfortable level of cookie security for you
  • If you are the only person using the computer, you can optionally set long expiration periods for the storage of browsing history and personal access data
  • If you share computer access, you may consider setting your browser to delete individual browsing data each time you close the browser. This is an option to access websites that place cookies and delete any visiting information when you close your browsing session

For the purpose of providing functionality, for analysis and for advertising, we use the services of the following third parties: Google Inc.

These third parties may set and use cookies and/or similar technologies on websites and applications operated by us, as well as on websites and applications other than those operated by us.

For information or requests regarding the use of cookies, you can write to us at the e-mail address privacy@pm-boutique.com.