Cookie Policy

This policy outlines the rules for storing and accessing information on the user’s device using Cookies files, used to perform electronic services requested by the user, by Crystal Bathroom LTD.

I.Definitions

1. Administrator – refers to Crystal Bathroom LTD, which provides electronic services and stores and accesses information on the user’s device.
2. Cookies – refers to computer data, in particular small text files, saved and stored on devices through which the user uses the Service’s website.
3. Own Cookies – refers to Cookies placed by the Administrator, related to the provision of electronic services by the Administrator through the Service.
4. External Cookies – refers to Cookies placed by the Administrator’s partners, through the Service’s website.
5. Service – refers to the website or application under which the Administrator operates the online service, operating(s) in the domain(s) crystalbathroom.ie.
6. Device – refers to the electronic device through which the user accesses the Service.
7. User – refers to the entity for whom, in accordance with the Terms and Conditions and applicable law, electronic services may be provided or an agreement on the provision of electronic services may be concluded.
   
   

II.Types of Cookies Used

1. Cookies used by the administrator are safe for the user’s device. It is not possible to access viruses or other unwanted software or malware through this route. These files allow to identify the software used by the user and to tailor the service individually to each user. Cookies typically contain the name of the domain from which they come, the time they are stored on the device, and the assigned value.
2. The administrator uses two types of cookies:
3. Session Cookies: They are stored on the user’s device and remain there until the end of the browser’s session. The saved information is then permanently deleted from the device’s memory. The session cookie mechanism does not allow for the retrieval of any personal data or any confidential information from the user’s device.
4. Persistent Cookies: They are stored on the user’s device and remain there until they are deleted. The end of the browser’s session or the deactivation of the device does not result in their removal from the user’s device. The persistent cookie mechanism does not allow for the retrieval of any personal data or any confidential information from the user’s device.
5. The user has the option to limit or disable access to cookies to their device. If this option is used, use of the service will be possible, except for functions that naturally require cookies.
   
   

III. Purposes for which Cookies are used

1. The administrator uses Own Cookies for the following purposes:

1)     Site Configuration

1. a) Adapting the content of the Service’s web pages to the User’s preferences and optimizing the use of the Service’s web pages;
2. b) Recognizing the User’s device and its location and appropriately displaying the web page, customized to their individual needs;
3. c) Remembering settings selected by the User and personalizing the User interface, such as the selected language or region from which the User originates;
4. d) Remembering the history of visited pages on the site for content recommendations;
5. e) Font size, web page appearance, etc.

2)     User authentication in the service and maintaining the user’s session in the service

1. a) Maintaining the User’s session in the Service (after logging in), so that the User does not have to enter the login and password on each subpage of the Service;
2. b) Proper configuration of selected Service functions, in particular verifying the authenticity of the browser session;
3. c) Optimizing and increasing the performance of services provided by the Administrator.

3)     Processes necessary for full functionality of web pages

1. a) Adapting the content of the Service’s web pages to the User’s preferences and optimizing the use of the Service’s web pages. In particular, these files allow to recognize the basic parameters of the User’s Device and appropriately display the web page, customized to their individual needs;
2. b) Proper handling of the affiliate program, in particular verifying the source of redirects of Users to Service’s web pages.

4)     Remembering user location

1. a) Proper configuration of selected Service functions, in particular adapting the information provided to the User based on their location.

5)     Analysis and research and viewership audit

1. a) Creating anonymous statistics that help understand how Users use the Service’s web pages, which enables them to improve their structure and content.

6)     Advertising services

1. a) Adapting the presentation of advertisements to the User’s interests and the manner in which they use the Service’s web pages.

2.The Service Administrator uses Third-Party Cookies for the following purposes:

1. a) Collecting general and anonymous static data through analytical tools:
2. b) Google Analytics [cookie administrator: Google Inc located in the USA]

2)     Presenting ads tailored to the User’s preferences using an online advertising tool:

1. a) Google AdSense [cookie administrator: Google Inc located in the USA]

3)     Logging into the service using an account from another service:

1. a) Facebook Connect [cookie administrator: Facebook Inc located in the USA or Facebook Ireland located in Ireland]
2. b) Google [cookie administrator: Google Inc located in the USA]

4)     Using interactive features to popularize the service through social media:

1. a) google.com [cookie administrator: Google Inc located in the USA]
2. b) com [cookie administrator: Facebook Inc located in the USA or Facebook Ireland located in Ireland]
3. c) Pinterest [cookie administrator: Pinterest, Inc. located in the USA]
   
   

   IV. Possibilities to specify the conditions of storage or access by Cookies

1)     The user can independently change their cookie settings at any time, specifying the conditions for their storage and accessing the cookies from the user’s device. The user can change the settings referred to in the previous sentence through the browser settings or the service configuration. These settings can be changed so as to block the automatic handling of cookies in the browser settings or to inform about their placement on the user’s device each time. Detailed information about the possibilities and methods of handling cookies is available in the software settings (browser).

2)     The user can delete cookies at any time using the available functions in the internet browser they use.

3)     Limiting the use of cookies may affect some of the functionality available on the service’s website.