Cookie policy
To ensure that our website works well and you can enjoy shopping, we use cookies.
Cookies collect information that is necessary for the proper function of a website. Cookies from our website are safe because they do not collect personal information and are safe for your PC, laptop, phone or tablet.
Thanks to cookies, you do not have to enter or download the same information repeatedly when you visit again. Moreover, they help us understand how you use our site and how we can make things better and more customer-friendly. In addition, we use them to a limited extent for marketing purposes (see below).
We also use JavaScript. With this, we can do beautiful things, sometimes in combination with cookies and (web) beacons. Examples are remembering your shopping basket or showing your previously-viewed products.
Accepting cookies
If you want to use our website in its full glory, then you need to accept our cookies. You then opt for the Personal package. If you do not agree, then you are going for the Standard Package.
Personal cookie package
If you accept our cookies you will experience a more personal online shopping experience:
- • You only see advertisements for products that you really want.
- • Our website works the way you expect.
- • You log in safely. And we remember your login details, so you do not have to do that yourself.
- • We save what was in your shopping basket from your last visit. • We use third-party cookies to remember your interests. For example, we and third parties show you advertisements that are based on your preferences.
- • We use analytical cookies to see how we can make the website better.
Standard cookie package
If you don’t accept our cookies, simple functions of the website work properly:
- • Our website works the way you expect.
- • You log in safely. And we remember your login details, so you do not have to do that yourself.
- • We save what was in your shopping basket from your last visit.
- • We show you ads that are not based on your interests and product preferences.
- • We use analytical cookies to see how we can make the website better.
The use of cookies is safe in itself. No personal information, such as a telephone number or an e-mail address, can be derived from cookies. As a result, cookies cannot be used for e-mail and telemarketing campaigns.
Deleting or disabling cookies
You can of course also disable our cookies and JavaScript. Keep in mind that our website will then not work optimally. How you can disable or delete cookies is explained here:
- • Chrome
- • Firefox
- • Edge
- • Safari (iOS)
Which cookies do we use for what?
We think it is very important that you know which cookies our website uses and for what purposes. You can read more about that below:
Functional - Cookies that let our website function normally
We use cookies for:
- o remembering products that you add to your shopping cart when shopping online
- o remembering information that you enter on the various pages when paying or ordering, so that you do not have to enter your details again
- o forwarding information from one page to the next page, for example if you have to enter a lot of data when ordering online
- o saving your preferences, such as the language, location, the desired number of search results, etc.
- o storing settings for optimal video display, such as the desired buffer size and the resolution of your screen
- o reading out your browser settings in order to be able to show our website optimally on your screen
- o detecting abuse of our website and services, for example by tracking a number of consecutive failed log-in attempts
- o the uniform loading of the website, so that the site remains accessible
- o offering the option of saving log-in data so that you do not have to enter it again
- o being able to determine which version of the website you see
Statistics/Analysis - Cookies to measure the use of our website
To determine which parts of the website are most interesting to our visitors, we continuously try to measure how many visitors are on our website and what they are viewing. We use cookies for this.
We use the collected information for statistics. Through these statistics, we are able to make the structure, navigation and content of the website as user-friendly as possible for you. We do not link the statistics and other reports to persons.
We use cookies for:
- o tracking the number of visitors on our website and web pages
- o keeping track of the time each visitor spends on our web pages
- o determining the order in which a visitor visits the various pages of the website
- o assessing which parts of our site need improvement
Advertisements - Cookies for displaying advertisements
Our website focuses on the sale of antique and vintage fireplace accessories. To stimulate sales, we place advertisements on various other websites. We try to match the advertisements as well as possible to your interests. Advertising space is purchased from ad networks. They act as intermediaries between website owners and advertisers.
The cookies make it possible:
- o to keep track of which advertisements you have already seen in order to prevent you from seeing the same thing often
- o to measure how many visitors click on the advertisement for the purpose of settlement with the party from which the advertising space is purchased
Interests - Cookies to show personal information
Our goal is to provide visitors to our website with the most relevant information possible. We therefore try to adapt our site to every visitor as much as possible. Not only through the content of our website, but also through the advertisements that are shown outside the website.
In order to be able to make these adjustments, we try to get an idea of your interests based on your visit to our website. Based on these interests, we adapt the content of our website for different groups of customers.
If such cookies are not used, this does not mean that you will no longer see advertisements from us. The ads are just no longer tailored to your interests then.
The cookies make it possible:
- o for the website to register your visit to make an estimate of your interests
- o to check whether you click on an advertisement
- o to use third-party services to show you advertisements
Social media: Cookies to share content from our website via social media
The products or blogs from our website can be shared via buttons on social media. For these buttons to function, social media cookies from the social media parties are used, so that they recognize you when you want to share a product or article.
The cookies make it possible:
- o for logged-in users of selected social media can share certain content from our website directly.
For the cookies that the social media sites place and the possible data they collect with them, we refer to the statements of these parties on their own websites. Note that these statements can change regularly. Our website has no influence on this.
Finally
We will occasionally update this information, for example because our website or the rules surrounding cookies change. We may change the content of the statements and the cookies included in the lists at any time and without prior notice. You can consult this web page for the latest version. Should you have any questions and/or comments, please contact our Data Protection Officer: [email protected]