Our website uses cookies. We use cookies to make our offer user-friendly and to make browsing our website easier. They also allow us to measure how our site is used and how it can be further improved. Because we think it is important that you have control over your online privacy, we inform you here about our cookies.
Below you will find an explanation:
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your computer, tablet or cell phone when you visit the website. These cookies are placed on your computer by your browser and are not stored by Kobato. Cookies are unique per visitor and can only be read by a server in the domain that sent the cookie to your computer. In these cookies, information about your surfing behavior is stored. With the placement of cookies personal data is processed. The use of cookies allows a website to recognize you the next time you visit. This can be useful, for example, if you do not want to log in every time you visit the website or if your preferences, such as location and language settings, are remembered.
We use different types of cookies. Below you can read which cookies we use and how you can block, enable, disable or delete them.
FUNCTIONAL COOKIES
Functional cookies are necessary for a website to function properly or to make it easier for you to use the website. Think for example of storing your login details so you do not have to log in every time or cookies for our search function. Saving the contents of your shopping cart or closing the cookie notification also fall under functional cookies.
Use of permanent cookies: A permanent cookie allows us to recognize you when you visit our website again. The website can therefore be set specifically to your preferences. Even if you have given permission for the placing of cookies, we can remember this by means of a cookie. This saves you having to repeat your preferences each time you visit, thus saving you time and making our website more enjoyable to use. Permanent cookies can be deleted through the settings of your browser.
Use of session cookies: A session cookie allows us to see which parts of the website you have viewed with this visit. This enables us to adapt our service as much as possible to the surfing behavior of our visitors. These cookies are automatically deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
ANALYTICAL COOKIES
Analytical cookies allow us to measure website traffic. This allows us to know which website sections are popular, what information visitors are looking for and where we can improve our website. We continuously analyze and improve the website to make the experience for visitors as pleasant as possible and to improve our services. The statistics we collect cannot be traced back to individuals. This data is therefore always used anonymously.
Among other things, analytical cookies collect the following data:
Google Analytics: Through our website, a cookie is placed by the U.S. company Google, as part of the “Analytics” service. We use this service to track and get reports on how visitors use the website. Our purpose, in the sense of the GDPR (legitimate interest) is to improve our offer and the display of our website on different devices. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally required to do so, or to the extent that third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. We have no influence on this. We have not allowed Google to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services. Data processing takes place on the basis of the legal requirements of Article 6 Abs.1 a) (consent) and / or (legitimate interest) of the AVG. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google states that it adheres to the Privacy Shield principles and is affiliated with the Privacy Shield program of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This implies an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.
For more information on what Google does with the data collected, please see Google’s privacy statement.
We never provide the personal data you entered to Google. Read more about how we handle personal data in our privacy statement.
SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATION
On our website, we display content that you can promote/share via social networks via a button. For more information about the data that social media companies collect, please refer to their privacy statements. These may change regularly.
The information they collect is anonymized as much as possible. The information is transferred to and stored by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+, Instagram and LinkedIn on servers outside the Netherlands or outside the European Union. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Google+ claim to adhere to the Privacy Shield principles and are affiliated with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Privacy Shield program. This implies an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.
BLOCKING, ENABLING, DISABLING OR DELETING COOKIES
As smart as cookies are, you are still in control of your own computer, laptop or smartphone. If you have previously accepted our cookies, you will no longer see this message and must first delete our cookies. You can also choose to block cookies through your browser. If you block all cookies, websites may not work properly. It is better to selectively disable only the unwanted cookies. You can do this in your browser settings. This will also block cookies from other websites you visit. More information about enabling, disabling and deleting cookies can be found in the instructions and/or using the help function of your browser.
Some tracking cookies are placed by third parties who, among other things, display advertisements to you via our website. You can delete these cookies centrally via Your Online Choices so that they are not placed back on a third-party website.
Browser manufacturers provide Help pages on how to manage cookies in their products. See below for more information.
For other browsers, consult your browser manufacturer’s documentation.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES?
You can find more information about cookies on the following Consumer Federation websites:
Use the following links if you want to learn more about advertisers’ use of cookies: