This privacy and cookies notice applies to the processing of personal data including information we collect and store via cookies, as explained below and references in this policy to Yomer OÜ (also “we” “us” or “our”) should be interpreted accordingly.
Cookies are small amounts of information in the form of text files sent by websites to computers, mobile phones or other devices when you visit a website. They allow companies to do various things, such as tailoring content, personalizing website visits, and ensuring the security of any online experience. Cookies typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the “lifetime” of the cookie, and a randomly generated unique number or other value. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.
Cookies may come in different formats. Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain in your browser until you leave a website. Persistent cookies remain in your browser for a longer period of time. Third-party cookies are cookies that are loaded onto your browser by third-parties. Third-party cookies are usually a type of persistent cookie and are stored until you delete them or they expire based on the time period set in each cookie. For more information see http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
When you create or log in to an online account you agree to a cookie banner which provides a link to the Privacy policy and Cookies policy. Otherwise, by continuing to use our website, content, products or services, you agree to the use of cookies as described in this notice. You should be aware that when you access or use our content, products and services, we may collect information from the devices you use to access/receive Yomer content, products and services by using cookies.
If you’d like to learn how to manage these cookies and choose whether or not to receive information of different types, please see the section “How to control cookies” below.
The types of information we process and where it comes from:
We use both “session cookies” and “persistent cookies.” Please be aware that cookies may be used on our platform whether or not you have created an account or submitted information to us. As we feature the products and services of our affiliate partners for sale throughout the website, it is important for us to understand statistics on how many of the visitors to our website actually make a purchase – it is this kind of data that such cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we and our partners can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising costs and provide you with more relevant and customized product and service recommendations to purchase. We use adverts to offset the costs of running the website and to provide funding for further development. The behavioral advertising cookies used by this website are designed to ensure that we provide you with the most relevant advertisements where possible by anonymously tracking your interests and presenting similar things that you may like. These types of cookies simply allow us to provide you with content that we feel may be of interest to you.
We use session and persistent cookies for the following reasons:
First-party cookies are the cookies that we set for Yomer.com, third-party cookies are cookies that come from different domains. When you visit our website, you may also receive cookies from third-parties. The information collected by such third-party cookies is governed by their privacy policies. Additionally, third-parties companies advertise on our behalf and within the website and affiliate tracking cookies allow us to see if website visitors have come to the website through one of our partner websites and let our partner websites know that certain visitors arrived there via the website so that we can credit them appropriately and, where applicable, allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.
We may also use “social media” cookies to personalize your interaction with third-party social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook where our Website uses such features. Such cookies recognize users of these social media sites when you view social media content on our website. They also allow you to quickly share content across media, through the use of simple “sharing” buttons.
We use third-party cookies for the following reasons:
We respect your right to privacy and are therefore happy to provide you with tools to manage the cookies you receive from our services.
Some cookies are essential to the performance of our platform (you cannot opt-out from these cookies if you wish to use our platform). Below you will find a list of some of the third-party cookies used by Yomer. For those users who would prefer not to receive non-essential cookies, we have provided an “opt-out” option for you to select. Your browser may also allow you to block the storage of cookies on your computer; For more information related to your cookie settings, please use the “Help” option located within your browser. Generally, you may change your cookie settings within the “options” or “preferences” tab.
Additionally, the following links may be helpful if you wish to opt-out of any cookies:
The cookies we use are designed to optimize your experience using our platform if you do not wish to receive cookies, most online browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. Please note that if you choose to refuse cookies some portions of the platform may not function properly. If you use our services without blocking cookies you are actually consenting to the cookies.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie name | Part Type | Lifespan | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| CookieConsent | First Party | 1 year | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain |
| cookiescriptaccept | First Party | 1 year | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain |
| cookie-popup | First Party | 1 year | This cookie is used for newsletter subscription popup notification. |
| _ga | First Party, Third Party | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gid | First Party, Third Party | Session | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gat | First Party, Third Party | Session | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
| ads/ga-audiences | Third-Party | Session | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to users based on the visitor’s online behavior across websites. |
| bcookie | Third-Party | 2 years | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| bscookie | Third-Party | 2 years | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| fr | Third-Party | 3 Months | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. |
| tr | Third-Party | Session | This cookie is used as part of Google Tag Manager for Google Analytics |
In addition to cookies, we may use web beacons, pixel tags, and other tracking technologies on the website to help customize our website and improve your experience. A “web beacon” or “pixel tag” is a tiny object or image embedded in a web page or email. They are used to track the number of users who have visited particular pages and viewed emails and acquire other statistical data. They collect only a limited set of data, such as a cookie number, time and date of a page or email view, and a description of the page or email on which they reside. Web beacons and pixel tags cannot be declined. However, you can limit their use by controlling the cookies that interact with them.
We retain your information in accordance with our data retention, deletion and security policies. These set out the criteria we use to determine how long we keep your information, what measures we put in place to keep your information safe and secure. When deciding what to retain, we consider what information we need to best provide you with products, goods and services, manage your relationship with us, meet our statutory obligations and meet our customers’ and previous customers reasonable expectations. Most of our cookies expire within 30 days, although our analytics cookies may persist for between 2 and 10 years.
We use cookies to ensure that our platform functions as intended and to provide you with any services that you may have requested. Additionally, we use cookies based on your consent, where required by law, as stated within the Privacy Policy.
If you wish to make a complaint about how we use your information, please contact our support team and we will do our best to help.
We will occasionally update our privacy and cookies notice. We will post a notice of any material changes on our website prior to implementing the changes, and, where appropriate, notify you using any of the contact details we hold for you for this purpose. This may include phone, SMS, e-mail, post or interactive social media. We encourage you to periodically review our notice to be informed of how we use your information.
If you have any questions, comments and queries regarding this cookie policy are welcomed and should be addressed to hello@yomer.com.