Cookie Policy

This Cookies Policy sets out the basis on which we, Aka Traders Limited, use cookies and similar technologies on or in relation to our website, http://starphoneparts.com/ (our website). This Cookies Policy is effective from insert the date when this cookies policy takes effect. 

‘Essential’ cookies are automatically placed on your computer or device when you access our website or take certain actions on our website. ‘Non-essential’ cookies and other technologies are only placed on your computer or device if you have consented to us doing so. For information on the difference between essential and non-essential cookies, see the section below entitled About cookies. 

For information on how you consent and how you can withdraw your consent to us placing non-essential cookies and other technologies on your computer or device, see the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies. 

CONTENT 

  1.  About cookies 
  2. List of cookies used 
  3. Essential cookies 
  4. Non-essential cookies 
  5. Web beacons 
  6. How to accept or reject cookies 
  7. Copyright, credit and logo 

 

ABOUT COOKIES 

COOKIES DEFINITION 

Cookies are small data files sent by a website’s server to a web browser, processor memory or hard drive and stored there. They can be used for a range of different purposes, such as customizing a website for a particular user, helping a user navigate a website, improving that user’s website experience, and storing that user’s preferences and login information. 

 

WHAT ARE ESSENTIAL & NON-ESSENTIAL COOKIES 

Cookies can be classified as either ‘essential’ or ‘non-essential’. 

Essential cookies  are cookies that are either: 

  • used solely to carry out or facilitate the transmission of communications over a network; or 
  • strictly necessary to provide an online service (e.g. our website or a service on our website) which you have requested. 

Non-essential cookies are any cookies that do not fall within the definition of essential cookies, such as cookies used to analyse your behavior on a website (‘analytical’ cookies) or cookies used to display advertisements to you (‘advertising’ cookies). 

 

SESSION COOKIES AND PERSISTENT COOKIES 

Cookies can be classified as either ‘session’ or ‘persistent’, depending on how long they last after they are placed on your browser. 

Session cookies: session cookies last for as long as you keep your browser open. They expire when you close your browser. 

Persistent cookies: persistent cookies expire at a fixed point in time or if you manually delete them from your browser, whichever occurs first. 

 

FIRST AND THIRD PARTY COOKIES 

Cookies can be classified as ‘first party’ or ‘third party’. 

First party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by our website domain. 

Third party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by third party website domains. 

If you require further information about cookies in general, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org 

 

LIST OF COOKIES USED 

WE USE THE FOLLOWING COOKIES ON OR IN RELATION TO OUR WEBSITE: 

COOKIE NAMES 

TYPE OF COOKIE 

FIRST OR THIRD PARTY 

CAN BE BLOCKED 

SESSION OR PERSISTENT 

EXPIRY TIME 

PURPOSE 

wp_woocommerce_session_XXX 

Essentials 

Third party 

 

Persistent 

1531198016.8328 

 

PHPSESSID 

Essentials 

Third party 

 

Session 

 

 

wordpress_test_cookie 

Essentials 

Third party 

 

Session 

 

 

WHAT ESSENTIAL COOKIES DO WE USE? 

These are cookies which are strictly necessary for our website to be able to operate or to provide you with a service on our website which you have requested. We use the following essential cookies on our website: 

  • first party session cookies to remember your input when you fill in an online form over several pages on our website. These cookies are: external_no_cache, front-end, 
  • first party session cookies for remembering the items you have placed in your shopping cart. These cookies are: Persistent_shopping_cart 
  • first party session cookies to identify and authenticate you when you log into our website so you do not need to repeatedly enter your login information. These cookies are: front-end_cid 
  • first party persistent cookies to recognize whether you have accepted the use of cookies on our website. These cookies are: cookieAlertClosedFlag and cookieAlertState. These cookies expire after 1 year 
  • third party session cookies to collect, display and format relevant content across pages. These cookies are: Channel ID. 
  • third party session cookies to identify a user’s session on the server. The session being an area on the server that is used to store data to preserve a user’s state across pages requests. These cookies are: JSESSSIONID, ASP.NET_SessionID 

Legal basis for processing: we process information about you contained in or obtained from essential cookies in our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation). 

Legitimate interests: ensuring our site functions properly and providing you with online services you have requested. 

 

HOW YOU CAN OPT OUT OF ESSENTIAL COOKIES 

Most browsers allow you to block all cookies, including essential cookies. Please note, however, that if you block all cookies, parts of our website and its functionality may not work or display properly. 

You can delete existing cookies from your browser by clearing your browsing data and ensuring that the option to delete cookies is selected. 

For more detailed information on how to accept and reject cookies, including guidance for specific browsers, please see the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies 

 

WHAT NON-ESSENTIAL COOKIES DO WE USE? 

We use the following types of non-essential cookies on our website: 

  • Analytical (or performance) cookies 
  • Targeting (or advertising) cookies 

ANALYTICAL (OR PERFORMANCE) COOKIES 

Analytical (or performance) cookies track and gather data about what a user does on a website. These cookies are not essential for our website or its functionality to work. We use the following analytical cookies on our website: 

We use Google Analytics cookies on our website. Google Analytics cookies help us understand how you engage and interact with our website, including how you came to our website, which pages you visited, for how long and what you clicked on and your location (based on your IP address) 

The Google Analytics cookies used on our website are: __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmt_UA-57167184-1, __utmz, IDE, NID. These cookies are session and persistent cookies and expiry dates for each of these cookies can be found in the above List of Cookies Used table 

In addition to Google Analytics, we also use the below additional cookies used by other advertising and marketing companies: 

 

  • first party session and persistent cookies to analyse users’ access to and use of our website and its features. These cookies are: __atuvc, __atuvs, and expriry dates for each of these cookies can be found in the above List of Cookies Used table 
  • third party session and persistent cookies to analyse users’ access to and use of our website and its features. These cookies are: loc, SEUNCY, musuiduvcTapAd_DIDTapAd_TSbkdcbkumatchaddthiswfivefivecSess, Uuid2, TDCPM, TDID, ckooptbku, _cc_aud, _cc_cc, _cc_dc, _cc_idAcswam-sync, wui, AFFICHE_W, clid and expriry dates for each of these cookies can be found in the above List of Cookies Used table 

 

The information we collect using analytical cookies is collected on an anonymised basis. 

 

MORE INFORMATION 

Google Analytics cookies are classified as first party cookies as they are set by our website domain, although Google collects and processes information from our use of Google Analytics. To find out more about how Google handles information collected from Google Analytics, see Google Analytics’ privacy policy, which is available here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245 

For information on how Google uses data from cookies it uses, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ 

HOW TO OPT IN OR OUT FROM ANALYTICAL COOKIES 

See the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies 

To opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites in general, you can do so here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout 

Processing information about you contained in or obtained from analytical cookies 

Legal basis for processing: we process information about you contained in or obtained from analytical cookies in our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation). 

Legitimate interests:analyzing how individuals use our website to help us improve our website and business. For further information on how we use the information gathered from our use of analytical cookies, including profiling, please see the section entitled Our use of automated decision making and profiling in our privacy policy, which is available here: http://starphoneparts.com/privacy-policy 

 

WHAT NON-ESSENTIAL COOKIES DO WE USE? 

We use the following types of non-essential cookies on our website: 

  • Analytical (or performance) cookies 
  • Targeting (or advertising) cookies 

ANALYTICAL (OR PERFORMANCE) COOKIES 

Analytical (or performance) cookies track and gather data about what a user does on a website. These cookies are not essential for our website or its functionality to work. We use the following analytical cookies on our website: 

We use Google Analytics cookies on our website. Google Analytics cookies help us understand how you engage and interact with our website, including how you came to our website, which pages you visited, for how long and what you clicked on and your location (based on your IP address) 

The Google Analytics cookies used on our website are: __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmt_UA-57167184-1, __utmz, IDE, NID. These cookies are session and persistent cookies and expiry dates for each of these cookies can be found in the above List of Cookies Used table 

In addition to Google Analytics, we also use the below additional cookies used by other advertising and marketing companies: 

 

  • first party session and persistent cookies to analyse users’ access to and use of our website and its features. These cookies are: __atuvc, __atuvsand expriry dates for each of these cookies can be found in the above List of Cookies Used table 
  • third party session and persistent cookies to analyse users’ access to and use of our website and its features. These cookies are: loc, SEUNCY, musuiduvcTapAd_DIDTapAd_TSbkdcbkumatchaddthiswfivefivecSess, Uuid2, TDCPM, TDID, ckooptbku, _cc_aud, _cc_cc, _cc_dc, _cc_idAcswam-sync, wui, AFFICHE_W, clid and expriry dates for each of these cookies can be found in the above List of Cookies Used table 

 

The information we collect using analytical cookies is collected on an anonymised basis. 

 

MORE INFORMATION 

Google Analytics cookies are classified as first party cookies as they are set by our website domain, although Google collects and processes information from our use of Google Analytics. To find out more about how Google handles information collected from Google Analytics, see Google Analytics’ privacy policy, which is available here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245 

For information on how Google uses data from cookies it uses, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ 

 

HOW TO OPT IN OR OUT FROM ANALYTICAL COOKIES 

See the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies 

To opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites in general, you can do so here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout 

Processing information about you contained in or obtained from analytical cookies 

Legal basis for processing: we process information about you contained in or obtained from analytical cookies in our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation). 

Legitimate interests:analyzing how individuals use our website to help us improve our website and business. For further information on how we use the information gathered from our use of analytical cookies, including profiling, please see the section entitled Our use of automated decision making and profiling in our privacy policy, which is available here: http://starphoneparts.com/privacy-policy 

 

DO WE USE WEB BEACONS? 

Yes, we also embed web beacons in our marketing emails. 

Web beacons are small GIF image files which enable us to track your receipt of our marketing emails, how often you view our adverts, your location, IP address and browser information. Web beacons are activated whenever you open a marketing email which contains a web beacon. Web beacons transmit data when you view them but are not capable of accessing any other information on your computer. Web beacons are not stored on your hard drive unless you download a GIF image containing them. 

Some (but not all) browsers enable you to restrict the use of web beacons by either preventing them from sending information back to their source (for example, when you choose browser settings that block cookies and trackers), or by not accessing the images containing them (for example, if you select a ‘do not display images (in emails) setting in your email application. 

HOW TO OPT IN OR OUT 

See the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies 

Legal basis for processing: we process the information we gather from the use of web beacons in our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation). 

Legitimate interest: analyzing the effectiveness of our email marketing campaigns. For further information on how we use the information gathered from our use of web beacons, including profiling please see the section entitled Our use of automated decision making and profiling in our privacy policy, which is available here: [insert link to privacy policy 

HOW TO ACCEPT OR REJECT COOKIES FROM OUR WEBSITE 

There are a number of different ways in which you can accept or reject some or all cookies and similar technologies. Some of the main methods of doing so are described below: 

You are welcome to block the use of some or all of the cookies we use on our website. However, please be aware that doing so may impair our website and its functionality or may even render some or all of it unusable. 

You should also be aware that clearing all cookies from your browser will also delete any cookies that are storing your preferences, for example, whether you have accepted cookies on a website or any cookies that are blocking other cookies. 

You can find more detailed information about cookies and adjusting your browser settings by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org 

ACCEPTING OR REJECTING COOKIES 

BROWSER SETTINGS 

You can accept or reject some or all cookies (for example, blocking all third party cookies) by adjusting your browser settings. If you do not know how to do this, the links below set out information about how to change your browser settings for some of the most commonly used web browsers: 

Some browsers, such as Chrome and Firefox, allow you to change your settings to browse in ‘incognito’ mode, limiting the amount of data placed on your machine and automatically deleting any persistent cookies placed on your device when you finish your browsing session. There are also many third party applications which you can add to your browser to block or manage cookies. 

EXISTING COOKIES 

To clear cookies that have previously been placed on your browser, you should select the option to clear your browsing history and ensure that the option to delete or clear cookies is included when you do so. 

GOOGLE AD SETTINGS 

You can manage and opt out of personalization of advertisements by Google by visiting Google’s ad settings page here https://adssettings.google.com/ and by: 

  • unticking the button entitled ‘Also use Google Account activity and information to personalize ads on these websites and apps and store that data in your Google Account’; and 
  • switching the ‘Ads Personalization’ setting off (i.e. by ensuring the switch at the top of the page is set to the left/grey and not the right/blue). 

Alternatively, you can install a free browser plugin here: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996 

GOOGLE ANALYTICS OPT-OUT BROWSER ADD-ON 

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the browser add-on which is available here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout 

WEB BEACONS 

You can opt in to us using web beacons in our marketing emails by signing up for our newsletter subscription at either account creation, checkout or by entering your e-mail and clicking subscribe at the bottom of any page on our website. All options clearly outline that by subscribing you agree to the use of web beacons and contain a link to our privacy policy. 

You can opt out of our use of web beacons in our marketing emails by unsubscribing at anytime by using the link provided in our e-newsletters, contacting us on info@starphoneparts.com asking us to be removed from the mailing list and by choosing to not subscribe to our mailing list. 

EUROPEAN INTERACTIVE DIGITAL ADVERTISING ALLIANCE TOOL 

You can opt out of Facebook and other companies that participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe from showing you interest based ads by visiting http://www.youronlinechoices.com, selecting your country, clicking ‘Your Ad Choices’, then locating Facebook (and any other companies you want to block) and selecting the ‘Off’ option. 

Copyright, credit and logo 

This Cookies Policy is based on a template provided by GDPR Privacy Policy. For further information, please visit https://gdprprivacypolicy.org 

The copyright in this Cookies Policy is either owned by, or licensed to, us and is protected by copyright laws around the world and copyright protection software. All intellectual property rights in this document are reserved. Where we display the GDPR Privacy Policy logo on our website, this is used to indicate that we have adopted a privacy policy template provided by GDPR Privacy Policy as the basis for this Privacy Policy. 

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