Cookie Policy

The Solarglide website (this “Site”) uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Site.

This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our Site and also allows us to improve our site. We measure visitor activity on our Site; however, we keep the information anonymous. This Policy provides you with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies and similar technologies we use, and our purposes for using them.

Your Consent

By continuing to use our Site, you are agreeing to the placement of cookies on your computer by us and our third party service providers. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully for details about why we use cookies and the information they collect from and about you.

If you do not wish to accept cookies in connection with your use of this Site, you must stop using our Site, disable cookies via your browser settings (see below), or disable cookies individually. Please note that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of our Site, and may prevent you from being able to access certain features on our Site.

Can I withdraw my consent?

If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you will need to delete your cookies using your internet browser settings, and disable cookies. Please note that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of our Site, and may prevent you from being able to access certain features on our Site.

Information about Cookies

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our site.

First and third-party cookies: whether a cookie is ‘first’ or ‘third’ party refers to the domain placing the cookie.

First-party cookies are those set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time (e.g., cookies placed by our Site).
Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the website being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that website, this would be a third-party cookie.

Persistent cookies: these cookies remain on a user’s device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.

Session cookies: these cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.

What cookies do we use and why?

We use cookies to collect information about visits to our Site to help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Site and allow us to improve our Site.

‘Strictly Necessary’ cookies let you move around the Site and use essential features like secure areas and shopping baskets. Without these cookies, we cannot provide the requested services.

We use these Strictly Necessary cookies to:

Identify you as being logged in to our Site and to authenticate you
Make sure you connect to the right service on our Site when we make any changes to the way the Site works
To add purchases to your shopping cart and remembering the product you have added within a browsing session when you get the checkout page
Identify that added items to the cart when you return to our Site
For security purposes
Make sure you connect to the right service on our Site when we make any changes to the way the Site works

Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the Site, so if you prevent these cookies we can’t guarantee how Site or the security on our Site will perform during your visit.

‘Performance’ cookies collect information about how you use our Site e.g. which pages you visit, and if you experience any errors. These cookies do not collect any information that could identify you and are only used to help us improve how our Site works, understand what interests our users and measure the effectiveness of our advertising.

We use performance cookies to:

Carry out web analytics: Provide statistics on how our Site is used
Perform affiliate tracking: Provide feedback to affiliated entities that one of our visitors also visited their Site
Obtain data on the number of users of the Site that have viewed a product
Help us improve the Site by measuring any errors that occur
Test different designs for the Site

Some of our performance cookies are managed for us by third parties. We do not allow the third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed above.

By using our Site, or expressing your consent as otherwise required by applicable law, you accept the use of ‘Performance’ cookies. Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the Site, so if you prevent them we cannot guarantee how our Site will perform for you.

‘Functionality’ cookies are used to provide services or to remember settings to improve your visit.

We use ‘Functionality’ cookies for such purposes as:

Remember settings you’ve applied such as layout, text size, preferences and colors
Remember if we’ve already asked you if you want to fill in a survey
Remember if you have engaged with a particular component or product list on the Site so that don’t show it again
Show you when you’re logged in to the Site
To provide and show embedded video content

Some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties. We do not allow the third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed above. For any cookies are managed by third parties, you should refer to the third parties’ own website privacy notifications and policies for further information.

‘Targeting’ cookies are used to track your visit to our Site and other websites, including the pages you have visited and the links you have followed, which allows third parties to display targeted ads to you on the websites you visit.

We do not use targeting cookies on this website.

Additional Information About Third Party Analytics and Providers:

Google Analytics: For Google’s Privacy Policy, please go to http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
Google has developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on for the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js). If you want to opt out of Google Analytics, you can download and install the add-on for your web browser here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
Google Plus One: For Google’s Privacy Policy, please go to http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
Microsoft: For further information, please go to https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/899918.
Vimeo: We use Vimeo to embed videos onto our website. These cookies are used by Vimeo to track information about how the Vimeo service is being used, so Vimeo can make improvements and report on performance. Info at https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy

How to delete and block our cookies

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our site.

Changing your cookie settings. Please note that internet browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the ‘Help’ option in your internet browser for more details.

For further information about deleting or blocking cookies, please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=2

More Information About Cookies

Cookies and You: https://cookiesandyou.com/

Information Commissioner’s Office: https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies/

Internet Advertising Bureau: http://www.youronlinechoices.eu