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This Cookies Policy sets out the basis on which we, Pearl Aromas, use cookies and similar technologies on or in relation to our website, pearlaromas.com (our website).
This Cookies Policy is effective from 4th February 2021.
‘Essential’ cookies are automatically placed on your computer or device when you access our website or take certain actions on our website. ‘Non-essential’ cookies and other technologies are only placed on your computer or device if you have consented to us doing so. You consent to us placing non-essential cookies on your computer or device by continuing to use our website with your browser settings to accept cookies.
For information on the difference between essential and non-essential cookies, see the section below entitled About cookies.
For information on how you consent and how you can withdraw your consent to us placing non-essential cookies and other technologies on your computer or device, see the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies.
Cookies are small data files sent by a website’s server to a web browser, processor memory or hard drive and stored there. They can be used for a range of different purposes, such as customising a website for a particular user, helping a user navigate a website, improving that user’s website experience, and storing that user’s preferences and login information.
Cookies can be classified as either ‘essential’ or ‘non-essential’.
Essential cookies: these are cookies that are either:
Non-essential cookies: these are any cookies that do not fall within the definition of essential cookies, such as cookies used to analyse your behaviour on a website (‘analytical’ cookies) or cookies used to display advertisements to you (‘advertising’ cookies).
Cookies can be classified as either ‘session’ or ‘persistent’, depending on how long they last after they are placed on your browser.
Session cookies: session cookies last for as long as you keep your browser open. They expire when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies: persistent cookies expire at a fixed point in time or if you manually delete them from your browser, whichever occurs first.
Cookies can be classified as ‘first party’ or ‘third party’.
First party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by our website domain.
Third party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by third party website domains.
If you require further information about cookies in general, please visit All About Cookies.
We use the following cookies on or in relation to our website:
Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Statistic Cookies
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
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| Name of Cookie | Essential or Non-essential? | Type of cookie | First or Third party? | Session or Persistent? | Expiry? | Purpose |
| cookies.js | Essential | Functional | Third Party | Session | - | Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. This ensures that the cookie consent box will not be presented again upon re-entry. |
| wc_cart_hash_# | Essential | Functional | First Party | Persistent | - | Unclassified |
| wc_fragments_# | Essential | Functional | First Party | Session | - | Unclassified |
| _ga | Non-Essential | Analytical | First Party | Session | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website |
| _ga_# | Non-Essential | Analytical | First Party | Session | 2 years | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. |
| mailchimp_landing_site | Non-Essential | Analytical | Third Party | Session | 27 days | Used to register how the user entered the website - This function is provided by Mailchimp |
| _fbp | Non-Essential | Marketing | Third Party | Session | 3 months | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. |
| fr | Non-Essential | Marketing | Third Party | Session | 3 months | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. |
| tr | Non-Essential | Marketing | Third Party | Session | - | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. |
These are cookies which are strictly necessary for our website to be able to operate or to provide you with a service on our website which you have requested. We use the following essential cookies on our website:
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| Name of Cookie | Essential or Non-essential? | Type of cookie | First or Third party? | Session or Persistent? | Expiry? | Purpose |
| cookies.js | Essential | Functional | Third Party | Session | - | Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. This ensures that the cookie consent box will not be presented again upon re-entry. |
| wc_cart_hash_# | Essential | Functional | First Party | Persistent | - | Unclassified |
| wc_fragments_# | Essential | Functional | First Party | Session | - | Unclassified |
We use the following types of non-essential cookies on our website:
– Functional cookies
– Analytical (or performance) cookies
– Targeting (or advertising) cookies
Functional cookies
These are cookies that are designed for purposes such as enhancing a website’s functionality. These are either not strictly essential for the website or functionality which you have requested to work, or are cookies which serve non-essential purposes in addition to their essential purpose. We use the following functional cookies on our website:
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| Name of Cookie | Essential or Non-essential? | Type of cookie | First or Third party? | Session or Persistent? | Expiry? | Purpose |
| _ga | Non-Essential | Analytical | First Party | Session | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website |
| _ga_# | Non-Essential | Analytical | First Party | Session | 2 years | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. |
| mailchimp_landing_site | Non-Essential | Analytical | Third Party | Session | 27 days | Used to register how the user entered the website - This function is provided by Mailchimp |
| _fbp | Non-Essential | Marketing | Third Party | Session | 3 months | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. |
| fr | Non-Essential | Marketing | Third Party | Session | 3 months | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. |
| tr | Non-Essential | Marketing | Third Party | Session | - | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. |
How to opt-in or out of functional cookies
See the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies.
Processing information about you contained in or obtained from functional cookies.
Legal basis for processing: we process information about you contained in or obtained from functional cookies in our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation). We will only process such personal information if you have consented to us placing cookies on your computer or device.
Legitimate interests: improving your website experience and providing and enhancing the website functionality you have requested.
For further information on how we use the information gathered from our use of functional cookies, please see the section entitled Our use of automated decision making and profiling in our privacy policy, which is available here.
Analytical (or performance) cookies
Analytical (or performance) cookies track and gather data about what a user does on a website. These cookies are not essential for our website or its functionality to work. We use the following analytical cookies on our website:
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| Name of Cookie | Essential or Non-essential? | Type of cookie | First or Third party? | Session or Persistent? | Expiry? | Purpose |
| _ga | Non-Essential | Analytical | First Party | Session | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website |
| _ga_# | Non-Essential | Analytical | First Party | Session | 2 years | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. |
| mailchimp_landing_site | Non-Essential | Analytical | Third Party | Session | 27 days | Used to register how the user entered the website - This function is provided by Mailchimp |
We also embed web beacons in our marketing emails and on our website. Web beacons are small GIF image files which enable us to track your receipt of our marketing emails, how often you view our adverts or website pages, your location, IP address and browser information. Web beacons are activated whenever you open a marketing email or access a page on our website which contains a web beacon. Web beacons transmit data when you view them but are not capable of accessing any other information on your computer. Web beacons are not stored on your hard drive unless you download a GIF image containing them.
Some (but not all) browsers enable you to restrict the use of web beacons by either preventing them from sending information back to their source (for example, when you choose browser settings that block cookies and trackers), or by not accessing the images containing them (for example, if you select a ‘do not display images (in emails)’ setting in your email server).
How to opt-in or out
See the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies
Legal basis for processing: we process the information we gather from the use of web beacons in our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation).
Legitimate interest: analysing the effectiveness of our email marketing campaigns. For further information on how we use the information gathered from our use of web beacons, including automated decision making and profiling please see the section entitled Our use of automated decision making and profiling in our privacy policy, which is available here.
We use Facebook Pixel on our website. Facebook Pixel is a tracking code which allows us to track and monitor the success of advertisements we use on Facebook and to improve the effectiveness of those advertisements by recording information such as the device you used to access our website and the actions you took on our website using cookies. We may also use Facebook Pixel to create retargeting advertisements and custom audiences for our advertisements on Facebook and on our website.
Facebook aggregates data gathered from our use of Facebook Pixel on our website with data it gathers from other sources, in order to improve and target advertisements displayed on its website or via its services, to improve its systems and to provide measurement services to third parties which use Facebook’s advertising services. You can find out more about how Facebook handles information they collect from you and other individuals by accessing their privacy policy, which is available here.
How to opt-in or out
See the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies
Legal basis for processing: we process the information we gather from the use of web beacons in our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation).
Legitimate interest: analysing the effectiveness of our advertisements on Facebook. For further information on how we use the information gathered from our use of Facebook Pixel please see the section entitled Our use of automated decision making and profiling in our privacy policy, which is available here.
Consent: you give your consent to the purposes for which we process your information using Facebook Pixel by clicking I accept the purposes for which you use advertising cookies in our cookie tool. For further information on how we use the information gathered from our use of Facebook Pixel please see the section entitled Our use of automated decision making and profiling in our privacy policy, which is available here.
There are a number of different ways in which you can accept or reject some or all cookies. Some of the main methods of doing so are described below:
You are welcome to block the use of some or all of the cookies we use on our website. However, please be aware that doing so may impair our website and its functionality or may even render some or all of it unusable.
You should also be aware that clearing all cookies from your browser will also delete any cookies that are storing your preferences, for example, whether you have accepted cookies on a website or any cookies that are blocking other cookies.
You can find more detailed information about cookies and adjust your browser settings by visiting All About Cookies.
Browser settings
You can accept or reject some or all cookies (for example, blocking all third-party cookies) by adjusting your browser settings. If you do not know how to do this, the links below set out information about how to change your browser settings for some of the most commonly used web browsers:
Some browsers, such as Chrome and Firefox, allow you to change your settings to browse in ‘incognito’ mode, limiting the amount of data placed on your machine and automatically deleting any persistent cookies placed on your device when you finish your browsing session. There are also many third party applications which you can add to your browser to block or manage cookies.
Existing cookies
To clear cookies that have previously been placed on your browser, you should select the option to clear your browsing history and ensure that the option to delete or clear cookies are included when you do so.
Google Ad settings
You can manage and opt out of personalisation of advertisements by Google by visiting Google’s ad settings page here and by:
Alternatively, you can install a free browser plugin here.
Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the browser add-on which is available here.
Disconnect for Facebook
You can install a browser add-on tool called ‘Disconnect Facebook pixel and FB tracking’. This will stop Facebook tracking you on third party websites. You can install them too here:
European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance Tool
You can opt-out of Facebook and other companies that participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe from showing you interest-based ads by visiting here, selecting your country, clicking ‘Your Ad Choices’, then locating Facebook (and any other companies you want to block) and selecting the ‘Off’ option.
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