COOKIES POLICY
What is B4MX’s Cookie Policy?
At B4MX, we always respect our customers’ privacy and personal information and we take this matter very seriously. We have worked very hard to earn our customers’ trust and keeping it is our top priority. That’s why we comply with the obligations that are laid out under data protection laws. We want you to know exactly how we use cookies on the website. We recommend that you read this cookie policy carefully.
Can B4MX change its Cookie Policy?
Any changes to our cookie policy will be posted clearly on our website. We do this because we always want our customers to know exactly what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small text file of letters and numbers that is stored in your computer, tablet, mobile or other device. A cookie allows applications to distinguish your device from other users’ devices. The information stored in a cookie may relate to your browsing habits on our website, or a unique identification number so that the website can “remember” you on your return visit. Generally speaking, cookies do not contain personal information from which you can be identified, unless you have furnished such information to the website.
Why do we use Cookies?
We use cookies to help us remember details of your visits to the website including, but not limited to, technical information about your visit e.g. time of first and last visit, session identifiers and device identity information. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you use the website/app and allows us to improve our website/app.
Do Cookies hold my Personal Data?
Generally speaking, cookies do not contain personal data unless you have already given this information to the website/app.
What Type of Cookies does the website Use and For What Purposes?
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 into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
- Testing Cookies – These are anonymous cookies that are used to randomly serve variants of content and to maintain a visitor’s view of that content.
- Analytical/performance cookies - They 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/Tracking 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. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
- Cookie Type ----- Essential
- Cookie Name ----- XSRF-TOKEN
- Purpose ----- This cookie contains a unique hash, which is used to prevent hack attacks on the website, protecting from Cross-site request forgery.
- Expiry Date ----- 26 hours
- Cookie Type ----- Tracking
- Cookie Name ----- Google Universal Analytics
- Purpose ----- Collects information about how visitors use the Websites, which website the user came from, the number of each user’s visits and how long a user stays on the Websites.
- Expiry Date ----- 2 years
- Cookie Type ----- Essential
- Cookie Name ----- Session cookies
- Purpose ----- This cookie contains information about the current website session. It is used by PHP Framework, Laravel which we use to provide this Service.
- Expiry Date ----- 26 hours
- Cookie Type ----- Functionality
- Cookie Name ----- remember_web
- Purpose ----- The "remember_web" cookie (aka the "remember me" cookie), is generated by the Service when you select the "Remember me" checkbox on the login page. This cookie remembers your login credentials, to let you quickly log in if the session logged you out. If you log out, it’s deleted.
- Expiry Date ----- 5 years
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
Our website also uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ('Google'). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyse how users use the websites.
If you consent the use of cookies on our websites, the information generated by the Google Analytics cookie about your use of the websites (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the websites, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
Further information on Google Analytics can be found here:
https://support.google.com/analytics/topic/2919631.
Can I block or delete Cookies?
Yes you can if that is what you choose to do. Please note that if you choose to opt-out of receiving cookies, you may lose some features and/or functionality of the website/app.
How to disable Cookies?
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent cookies being stored. Please note, if you do turn cookies off this will limit the service that we are able to provide to you and may affect your visitor experience. You can instruct your browser, by changing its options to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the website/app you visit. Our system will automatically issue cookies when you log in to the website/app unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies. www.allaboutcookies.org provides good simple instructions on how to manage cookies on the different types of web browsers.
If you do not want these cookies on your device, you can change your cookie settings at any time through your web browser settings. We have supplied links to several of the more popular browsers for procedures on how to view and disable cookies.
To block Google Analytics cookies specifically, you can install the “Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on” provided by Google here https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
