BEKO WEBSITE COOKIE POLICY

This Cookie Policy applies to- Beko APAC IBC Co., Ltd -websites that link to it (collectively, the “Sites”). 

We use cookies on the Sites. A cookie is a small file that is downloaded on your device when you access a webpage on the Sites.  The cookie contains information about you and your visit to the Sites.  Cookies are widely used to make websites work, to distinguish unique users, and learn how users interact with the websites.  The table below provides an overview of the cookies we use and why we use them. 

 Information we collect by using cookies 

Cookies, in addition to web beacons and similar technologies we may use, help us understand your activity on the Sites. By using cookies, we collect information about you automatically, such as the type of web browser or mobile device, your operating system, your IP address, the URL of the landing page and the referring website, the time and date of using the Sites, and the search terms used by you to reach the Sites."

 Strictly necessary cookies

The following cookies are essential for the Sites to function, for example, to secure the Sites or to provide a service you requested.  These are “session cookies” (cookies that expire at the end of each user session) and “persistent cookies” (cookies that stay on your device after your session).

Cookie name Purpose 

sesID This cookie is used to identify the user's each unique session on the site and relates the visitor's unique session to server-side data. The cookie will expire at the end of the session (when you close your browser).

__cfduid This cookie is assoiated with sites that use CloudFlare for speeding up page load time. According to CloudFlare, it is used to override any security restrictions based on the IP address the visitor is coming from. It does not contain any user identification information.

AKA_A2 This cookie is used for the purpose of facilitating and providing Sites content, optimizing its efficiency. It does not contain specific user data.

You can disable these cookies by changing the settings of your browser.  Note, however, that if you block the placing and accessing of these strictly necessary cookies, you will not be able to use the Sites or we may not be able to provide the requested service.

 Functionality, Performance and Targeting Cookies 

The use of the following cookies enables us to follow users over time to improve the structure of our Sites and provide more relevant content.  The Sites also use third-party cookies for web analytics purposes (e.g., to manage and improve the performance and design of the website.  As these cookies are not essential for our Sites to function, we only set these cookies with your consent.  The Sites use session and persistent cookies for these purposes. 

Cookie name Purpose

Google Analytics The Sites use Google Analytics in order to track where our visitors come from and what parts of the Sites they use most.  This helps us to make improvements to enhance your experience when using the website.  The Google Analytics cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the Sites from and the pages they visited.  More info on Google Analytics can be found at https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies.

Google Tag Manager This website uses the Google Tag Manager. This service allows website tags to be managed through an interface. The Google Tag Manager only implements tags. This means that no cookies are used and no personal data is collected. The Google Tag Manager triggers other tags, which in turn collect data if necessary. However, the Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been made at domain or cookie level, it remains valid for all tracking tags if they are implemented with the Google Tag Manager.

IDE Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.

Uid DoubleClick UID cookies are used for serving targeted advertisements that are relevant to users across the web. Targeted advertisements may be displayed to users based on previous visits to a website. These cookies measure the conversion rate of ads presented to the user.

__ar_v4 This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick advertising service from Google. It helps with tracking conversion rates for ads.

Facebook This cookie will help deliver our advertising to people who have already visited our Sites when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook Advertising. More info on Facebook can be found at https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/

_gcl_au This cookie helps us to understand how a user to our Sites use the Sites by generating analytical data.

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This cookie is used to perform server-side redirection to reduce the loads on the server. This helps to speed up the loading times of the website.

_hjid Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the random user ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID.            

_hjIncludedInSample Hotjar cookie. This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels.   

_hjMinimizedPolls      Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site.

_hjShownFeedbackMessage                This cookie is set when a visitor minimizes or completes Incoming Feedback. This is done so that the Incoming Feedback will load as minimized immediately if they navigate to another page where it is set to show.       

mbox Cookie set by Adobe SiteCatalyst analytics software - used for measuring the performance of page content using A/B split testing

complianceCookie This cookie is related to whether a user accepts cookies. If user clicks “Accept / Continue” on the cookie banner at the footer, this cookie is activated.

cache_str This cookie is used for cache controlling according to user behaviors.

refUrl This is cookie related to the URL that refers user to current URL.

RT This cookie is used for Sign-in with Linkedin.

Check A simple test value used to determine if a visitor supports cookies. Set each time a visitor requests a page.

How to Manage Cookies

You can accept or reject cookies. Cookie banner on the website allows you to accept or reject cookies. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.  

Cookies can be accepted by clicking “Continue” or rejected by clicking “X” present in the cookie banner on the website. If you choose to reject cookies, you will not be able to experience the full functionality of the website. Once you accept cookies via cookie banner and decided to reject you can set or amend your web browser controls to reject cookies. For more information on how to do this, please consult: http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

How to Contact Us 

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This Cookie Policy was last updated on 22.11.2019.