Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy contains important information as it sets out how we, GT B.V. (“GT”), handle personal data of our website visitors, app users and customers (members and non-members) (“user” or “you”) gathered through the use of cookies. Please read the GT Cookie Policy carefully. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
1 About GT
1.1 GT B.V. (“GT”, “we“, “us“ or “our“) attaches great importance to the protection of its users' privacy and personal information. We collect and use your personal data when you use our products and/or services. This GT Cookie Policy explains to you how we and other members of the GT website collect, use, save, share, transfer or otherwise process your personal data through the use of cookies and similar techniques when you, or in the case of business users any individuals acting on your behalf (your “Personnel”), use(s) our products and/or services, and the way we provide for you to access, update, delete and protect that information
1.2 References to Personnel below are relevant only to business users’ use of GT. Any references to “your” personal information shall be read as references to Personnel personal information for business users.
2 Scope
2.1 The scope of this Policy is limited to processing activities to which the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and its national implementation acts apply.
3 Responsibility
3.1 We will only process personal data in accordance with the applicable privacy legislation and as described in this Policy.
3.2 The website includes links to website of third parties. We are not responsible for the content of these websites, services provided by these third parties or their compliance with the applicable privacy legislation.
4 What are cookies?
4.1 Cookies are small text files that can be placed on your computer, tablet, smartphone or other electronic device with which you can use to surf the internet via a web browser (“device”). Websites or apps that use cookies can then place these cookies on your device via your web browser if you visit such website or use an app. Examples of web browsers are: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome and Opera.
4.2 After a cookie is placed on your device, your device can be recognised as you surf through the website via the same web browser or use an app. This will for instance enable the website or app to ‘remember’ your language settings, which pages you visited and the items in your shopping chart. If such cookies are placed by a third-party, such third-party can (also) recognise your device (third-party cookies). It is furthermore also possible that cookie information is afterwards shared with third-parties. For more information on cookies, please be referred to the website www.allaboutcookies.org.
4.3 Lifecycle cookies: after a cookie is placed on a device, it is only valid for a certain period.
a. After the validity period of a cookie lapses, the cookie is automatically removed by the web browser. The validity period varies per cookie. For example, some cookies are only valid during the browser session. Other cookies can also recognise your device if you visit the website or app during a new browser session, e.g. for a year after being placed on your device.
b. Early deletion/refusal of cookies: you can choose to delete a cookie manually before its validity period has lapsed. You can also decide to refuse cookies which may only be placed with your consent, in the first place. For more information on this, please see the section “How can you delete cookies or change your cookie setting?” below.
4.4 Similar techniques: in addition to cookies, other techniques are also used for similar purposes:
a. HTML5 Local Storage and Flash cookie: HTML5 Local Storage and local shared objects (LSOs, also called “Flash cookies”) can be used for the same purposes as cookies.
b. Web beacons: Web beacons (also called “tags”) are bits of programming code that can be included in web pages, emails, and ads. Web beacons can notify the user when those web pages, emails, or ads have been viewed or clicked on by you.
c. Embedded scripts: Embedded scripts (also called “Javascrips”), are bits of programming code that can be included in web pages to measure how those web pages are used by you, e.g. by registering which links you click on.
d. Device fingerprints: information collected about software or hardware of a device for identification and security purposes. This information is collected for two main purposes, namely (i) ensuring the security of your account by detecting hacking activities, security threats and related abnormal statuses of your account, and (ii) ensuring fair dealing and protecting your and our interests by detecting and blocking cybercrime or online deceptive activities.
e. Event tracking: an event is your interaction or activity with a page, which will be tracked through the tracker. This information is collected for the following main purpose, namely identifying which ads or pages have led to purchases and calculating the conversion rate in order to optimize performance levels.
5 What type of cookies do we use?
5.1 We use four types of cookies on this Site: (i) functional cookies, (ii) analytical cookies, (iii) affiliate cookies (iv) tracking cookies. More information on this is provided below.
5.2 Functional cookies:
a. Functional cookies are essential for the proper layout and navigation of a website, and for us to remember whether cookies have been allowed or refused. It concerns cookies (i) that are placed with the sole purpose of facilitating communication over an electronic communication network or (ii) that are strictly necessary for providing you with the information-society service as requested by you.
b. Functional cookies may be placed without your consent.
5.3 Analytical and affiliate cookies:
a. Analytical cookies are used to analyse and map the use of a certain website, so that the quality and/or effectiveness of the website can be improved.
b. Affiliate cookies are used to keep track of what ad leads to the purchase of a product/service, so that the party that has displayed this ad (the affiliate) can get a reward from the advertiser.
c. We do not need your consent to place cookies for obtaining information about the quality or effectiveness of a provided information-society service (analytical or affiliate cookies), if this will have little or no impact on your private life. In other cases, we will not place analytical or affiliate cookies without your consent.
5.4 Tracking cookies:
a. Tracking cookies are used to follow the behaviour of website visitors across multiple websites. If such cookies are placed by another party, these are called third party tracking cookies.
b. We will not place tracking cookies without your consent.
6 What cookies do we use?
6.1 On our Site, we use the following more or less cookies, depending on the functions you used:
a. tracking - used by the affiliate system
b. currency - used to define the currency in which product prices will be shown
c. language - used to define the language will load
d. PHPSESSID - this cookie could be with another name depending on the web server settings. It holds the ID of the customer session.
7 How can you delete cookies or change your cookie settings?
7.1 You can you change your cookie settings in general – for all websites you visit – via your browser settings. You can also change your cookie setting just for our Site.2 Within your browser you can change your cookie preferences and choose whether you wish to accept cookies or not. If differs per browser which sort of choices you can make, such as denying all third-party cookies. For further information on how you can change your browser settings, please be referred to: www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-control-cookies/3 You can change your cookie settings just for our Site below. Please be referred to the paragraph “What type of cookies and other techniques do we use?” for more information on the below types of cookies.
8 Contact details
8.1 For any questions, comments or requests, you may contact us via info@gt-bv.nl. Please let us know by e-mail.
9 Miscellaneous
9.1 GT is entitled at all times to delete your personal data without notice. In such a case, GT owes no compensation to you as a result of the termination of the account.
9.2 If provisions from this Cookie Policy are in conflict with the law, they will be replaced by provisions of the same purpose that reflect the original intention of the provision(s), all this to the extent legally permissible. In that case, the remaining provisions remain applicable unchanged.
9.3 GT reserves the right to change this Cookie Policy on a regular basis. Where required, GT will inform you of updates made to this Cookie Policy.
10 Definitions
10.1 In this Cookie Policy, the following definitions apply:
a.Website: *.gt-bv.nl and GT B.V.
b. All applicable privacy legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the relevant national implementation acts.
c. This present Cookie Policy.
10.2 Other terms that are defined in the applicable privacy legislation, such as ‘personal data’, (joint) controller, processor, data subject and processing will have the meaning as described in the applicable privacy legislation.