Annie Haak Cookie Policy
Version: March 2020
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
The default cookies of our platform are classified as Exempt / Non-Exempt to help us meet the requirements of privacy regulations such as the GDPR.
We use the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log in to secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
- Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. We use both session and persistent cookies on our website.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Our website uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
Our website also uses DoubleClick tracking by Google, which helps us keep track of and gain statistics on our online advertising. For more information on DoubleClick cookies, please see the official Google Advertising Privacy page https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
As we sell products it's important for us to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to our site actually make a purchase and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.
You can find more information about the Google Analytics cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Google Analytics Cookies (Non-Exempt)
- __utma: Distinguishes shoppers and sessions. This cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there is no existing __utma The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
- __utmt: Used to throttle request rate.
- __utmb: Determines new sessions/visits. This cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there is no existing __utmb The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
- _utmz: Saves the traffic source or campaign that explains how the shopper reached your site. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes, and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
- __utmv: Stores visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVarmethod with a visitor-level custom variable. This cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
We do not share the information collected by the cookies with any third parties.
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 website.
When you first visit the Annie Haak website you will have the option of allowing Cookies or declining them, as well as more details about the cookies we are using, under 'Details',
When using our website, we share your interaction on the ANNIE HAAK Designs website with the following trusted third parties through the use of cookies. See the section on Third Party Cookies.
- Google Analytics
Google Data Privacy and Security Policy
https://support.google.com/analytics/topic/2919631?hl=en&ref_topic=1008008
Facebook Privacy Policy
https://www.facebook.com/business/gdpr
Rakuten Advertising Cookies (Third Party)
Cookie ID | Purpose | Expiry |
rmuld |
Targetting cookies used by Rakuten Advertising Affiliate Network. Rakuten Advertising Privacy Policy here |
Expires within 365 days |
Annie Haak Competitions
If you enter a competition run by Annie Haak Designs, we will only share your data with third parties if you have consented for us to do so at the time of entering the competition.
Marketing E-newsletters
We use Campaign Monitor to provide a platform for Annie Haak Designs to broadcast e-newsletters. This service uses tracking pixels to track your email activity. You can view the privacy policy of this service provider at https://www.campaignmonitor.com/policies/#privacy-policy. Please read the Annie Haak Privacy Policy for full details of what personal identifiable data is tracked.
Storing of your data
We may retain the data collected for longer than legally required if it is in our legitimate business interests and not prohibited by law. We will not use your data to contact you regarding marketing unless you have consented to it.
Contact Details
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us in the following ways:
Full name of legal entity: ANNIE HAAK Designs Ltd
Telephone: +44 (0)1730 231188
Email Address: [email protected]
Address: Annie Haak Designs,
Unit 2 Ridgeway Office Park,
Bedford Road, Petersfield,
Hampshire,
GU32 3QF