During your visit to our online stores, Ombits stores various types of information. We do this so that we can provide you with the most optimal shopping experience. If you have not yet given permission for our website to use cookies, a banner will be shown. By using our website you agree to our use of cookies. We understand that it is important to know what data is involved and how we obtain this information. Below you will find all necessary information regarding the cookies and related technologies that we use.
What are cookies?
Okay, you now know that we use cookies on our website. But what exactly are cookies? Cookies are small pieces of information (simple text files) that we send to your browser, which sends them back to our server when you visit our website again. In addition to cookies, there are also similar technologies that achieve the same result.
Why do we use cookies?
When you visit an online store, you naturally want it to work flawlessly and smoothly. In order to offer you this shopping experience, it is necessary to use cookies and similar technologies. Cookies help us with the following:
- Making it easy to surf within the online store.
- That when you visit our online store, you are not always asked for or required to enter the same information.
- A well-functioning shopping cart.
- Measuring how our online store is used and thus identifying areas for improvement.
- Showing advertisements and recommendations based on your interests.
- Recognize which device you use to visit our online store.
Which cookies does Ombits use?
To achieve the aforementioned points, we use functional/necessary cookies, analytical cookies and marketing cookies.
Functional/necessary cookies
These cookies ensure the properly functioning basis of our online store, such as placing items in your shopping cart and paying for your order. In addition, these cookies help with the following:
- Remembering and saving items that you place in your shopping cart.
- Saving your browser settings, so that you can optimally view our online store.
- An even load on the website, so that it is easily accessible and works optimally.
- Detecting possible abuse or possible problems in the online store, such as multiple failed payment attempts in a row.
The data collected is retained until the end of the session (when the browser is closed) or for a maximum of 1 year.
Analytical cookies
With the help of third parties, these ensure that we collect relevant information about the use of our online store. By measuring this, we can continue to improve our online store. Information collected is:
- Your IP address.
- Technical characteristics, such as your browser data, the resolution of your computer screen and which device you use.
- From which page you arrived at our online store.
- When and for how long you use and visit our online store.
- Whether you use the functionalities of our online store.
- Which pages you visit in our online store.
The collected data will be kept for a maximum of two years.
Marketing cookies
We use marketing cookies on our online store. Third parties can also place marketing cookies on our online store. In addition, we also place marketing cookies on third-party websites. We can combine the information from these marketing cookies. We do this so that we can provide you with the most relevant offers possible based on your online surfing, search and purchasing behavior. With these marketing cookies we also keep track of which advertisements you have seen. Marketing cookies help with:
- Keep track of which advertisements you have already seen.
- Keep track of how many times you have seen an advertisement.
- Preventing you from seeing the same ad too often.
- Keep track of whether you click on an ad.
- Keep track of whether you place an order after seeing or clicking an advertisement.
- Combine your online surfing, search and purchasing behavior, regardless of which device you use.
- Estimate your advertising interests and, by combining your characteristics, tailor the advertisements we show you (via our website and third-party websites) accordingly.
Advertising networks and media agencies act as intermediaries for online stores and advertisers. The marketing cookies of these parties make it possible that:
- we can show you advertisements from third parties;
- our advertising partners can combine your preferences at bol.com with information they collect during your visit to other websites.
The collected data will be kept for a maximum of two years.
Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies are also placed via our online store. The privacy and cookie policy of the relevant company applies to the use of these cookies and similar technologies. You can find this on the websites of these companies:
Google Analytics, Google Adwords, Google Tag manager, Facebook Pixel, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Trusted Shops quality mark, Webshop Quality Mark – Kiyoh, Shop2Market.
Adjust browser settings
If you prefer that websites do not store cookies on your computer, you can adjust your browser settings. You will then be warned before cookies are placed. You can also adjust your settings so that your browser refuses all cookies or only third-party cookies. You can delete cookies that have already been placed. You must keep in mind that you have to set the settings in each browser separately on each device you use.
If you decide not to have cookies placed or to have them placed to a limited extent, some functions of our online store may no longer function properly. It may also happen that some parts of the online store are lost or can no longer be consulted at all.
Refusing cookies does not mean that you will no longer see advertisements. The advertisements shown are then simply no longer adapted to your interests and are repeated more often.
How can you set your browser?
If you only want to delete the cookie history, you can see below how you can do this per browser.
Chrome
- Click on the 3 dots at the top right. Then click History > History > Clear browsing data.
- When you are in the 'Clear browsing data' menu, you can choose at the top whether you want to clear the browsing data from the first use up to and including only the last hour. Below that, you can choose which items of your browsing data you want to clear. In any case, you must check 'Cookies and other site data'.
- Then press the 'Clear data' button.
Safari
- Go to Safari > Preferences > Privacy > Delete saved cookies and data > manage website data > delete.
Firefox
- Click on the three lines at the top right of your Firefox browser. Click Options > Privacy > Delete individual cookies.
- Click 'Remove all'.
Microsoft Edge
- Click on the three dots at the top right and choose settings. Under 'Clear browsing data' you can choose 'Choose what you want to clear'.
- Select the cookies (often pre-selected) and press the 'clear' button.
Internet Explorer
- Click on the gear at the top right and choose internet options and the 'General' tab.
- Under 'Browsing history', click 'delete'.
- If you do not want to delete everything, you can also check only 'Cookies and website data'.
If you want to adjust your browser settings, you can consult a manual online for each browser below. You can of course also use the help function of your browser.
- Chrome ( https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en )
- Safari ( https://support.apple.com/nl-nl/HT201265 )
- Firefox ( https://support.mozilla.org/nl/kb/cookies-delete-data-wisen-websites-saved )
- Internet Explorer Edge ( https:///privacy.microsoft.com/nl-nl/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy )
Ombits privacy policy
As you have read above, personal data is also processed for certain cookies. It is important that you know how this is done, what is processed and that it is done safely. You can find information about this in our privacy policy.
Finally
Our cookie policy may change from time to time, for example when our website changes or relevant legislation changes. The version on our website is always up to date and you can always find and consult it at the bottom of our website.
Date of last modification: 24-05-2018.