Cookie Policy
What are cookies and why are they needed?
A "cookie" is a small text file that is downloaded to an "end device" (e.g. a computer or smartphone) when a user accesses a website. It allows the site to function correctly, recognize the user's device, and store some information about the user's preferences or past actions (e.g. language selection, font size, login, etc.), which are stored for a certain period of time so that you do not have to re-enter information. Cookies play an essential role in facilitating and improving the usability of websites, which is why, if deleted or blocked, some websites or certain of their functionalities may become inaccessible to users.
How do we use "cookies"?
We use "cookies" on the Casa Kakau e-shop (www.casakakau.com) to ensure its accessibility and usability, provide certain functionalities, improve its performance, and analyze information about user behavior when using it. The information collected by "cookies" on the pages of Casa Kakau (www.casakakau.com) is used in an aggregated form, which allows us to optimize the website pages, as well as improve their structure, functionality, and content. The Casa Kakau pages (www.casakakau.com) do not use information collected from "cookies" for detailed personalization and/or re-targeting the end user with advertising content.
What "cookies" do we use?
The following "cookies" are used on the Casa Kakau e-shop (www.casakakau.com):
| cookie name | cookie type | cookie purpose | cookie content | storage |
| PHPSESSID | essential | Avoid multiple logins within one browser session | identifier referring the current session to a settings table in the database | 180 days |
| JSESSIONID | essential | Maintain user session | Unique session identifier | Until browser session closes |
| cb-enabled | essential | Inform the user that the site uses cookies | Remembers previous user notification and does not display the cookie banner a second time | 365 days |
| _ga | statistical | Aggregated distinction of different user types | Unique session identifier | 2 years |
| _gat | statistical | Limit request rate | Maximum threshold value | Until browser session closes |
| _gid | statistical | Aggregated distinction of different user types | Unique identifier | Until browser session closes |
| collect | marketing | Aggregated distinction of different user types | Google Analytics identifier for used devices and behavior in aggregate form | Until browser session closes |
| rur | marketing | Aggregated distinction of different user types | Instagram identifier for used devices and behavior in aggregate form | Until browser session closes |
"Third-party cookies"
The links to other sites and/or embedded content from other sites (e.g. Instagram) contained on Casa Kakau (www.casakakau.com) pages may place "cookies" on your end device when you visit these sites or open content from them. In practice, such "cookies" are called "third-party cookies". Casa Kakau (www.casakakau.com) has no control over the generation and management of "third-party cookies". For more information on the purpose of using "third-party cookies" and their content, please refer to the privacy and cookie policies adopted by the respective third parties. Here you can find detailed information about Google Analytics' "cookie" policies: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies.
Managing "cookies"
Most commonly available browsing programs (browsers) by default allow "cookies" to be placed on the end device. If you prefer, you can change your browser settings so that existing "cookies" are deleted, or the placement of "cookies" (including "third-party cookies") is automatically blocked. Please note that if you choose to delete or block "cookies", this may affect the accessibility or functionalities of this website. More information about "cookies", including options for their management, can be found here: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/. You can use the Google Analytics "cookies" opt-out option, located at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/
