Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
Our business partners and we use technologies, including cookies, to collect information about you for various purposes, including:
- Strictly necessary
- Functional
- Statistical
- Marketing
A cookie is sent to your computer, tablet, or smartphone that uniquely identifies your browser. A "cookie" is a small file containing a string of characters sent to your computer when you visit a website. They can identify your device and remember details of your previous visits to improve your user experience. A cookie is not a program that can contain harmful malware or virus. Most websites use cookies, including ours.
For what purposes do we use cookies?
We use cookies to enable site functionality and ensure the security of our website, as well as to improve the quality of our service and to understand bet how people use our sites. We do this by storing user preferences in cookies and tracking user trends and patterns of how people navigate our sites.
In addition to our cookies, our website contains cookies from third parties, such as social media services, analytics providers, and advertising technology providers. Some third parties process cookie data for their purposes as data controllers (e.g., social media services and Google). The third parties’ terms apply to such cookies. E.g. Google’s privacy policy is available here.
The time a cookie is stored on your devices and browsers varies. The lifetime is calculated according to your last visit to the website. When a cookie expires, it is automatically deleted. All our cookies’ lifetimes are specified in our cookie pop-up window.
What kind of information do we collect?
Strictly necessary cookies
We use strictly necessary cookies to make our website navigable by activating basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure website areas. Necessary cookies include, for example, Crasman Stage and Google Tag Manager, which we need to run to allow our site functionality. Without these cookies, the website would not be able to work properly.
Functional cookies
We use functional cookies to make it possible to save information that changes the way the website appears or acts — for instance, your preferred language, region, or shopping cart.
Statistical cookies
We use statistical cookies to analyze how users use and interact with the website. Statistical cookies collect and report information such as:
- The time of the visit to the website, the pages visited, and the time spent on each website
- The site through which the website was accessed
- Device type (mobile phone, tablet, computer)
- Web browser type
- Operating system type
- Network location and IP address
- eCommerce actions
Marketing cookies
Our website uses marketing cookies to track visitors across websites. We use a marketing automation system, which uses cookies to collect information about how users use the site. The data collected by these cookies is used to compile reports, help improve the site and make advertising messages more relevant to users.
We also use cookies for advertising to display relevant and interesting ads to the individual user, and in some cases, based on the user’s interest. These cookies may include third-party advertisers such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and other ad networks.
Unclassified cookies
We are in the process of classifying unclassified cookies with the providers of the individual cookies.
How to manage cookies?
Upon your first visit to a WeldEye website, you will see a cookie notice pop-up. By clicking ‘Accept,’ s you give your consent for all purposes mentioned above. You can also choose to specify the purposes you consent to by ticking the checkbox next to the purpose and clicking ‘Save settings.’
You may withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the small icon at the bottom left corner of the website.
You can prevent the use of cookies by clicking “Decline all” on the cookie notice being shown to you. You can also block the use of cookies from your browser settings. Please note that blocking cookies may affect the functionality of the website.
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, you may contact us by email at [email protected].