1.    WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are a small text file that allow us to recognize you.

A cookie is a small text file which is transferred on to your computer, smartphone or tablet via your web browser. Cookies are transferred on to your device’s permanent storage when you visit our website to enable our own system to recognize you when you visit our website again, to enable us to improve your use of our website, to generate web analytics and to deliver relevant advertisements.

Cookies may be temporary (or “session”) cookies, which are only in use while you visit our website and are deleted when you close your browser, or permanent cookies, which stay on your device’s permanent storage after you leave our website until you delete them manually or your browser deletes them after a period of time.

In this Cookie Notice, the term “cookies” also refers to similar technologies that allow us or third parties to analyze a user’s browsing and device data.

2.    WHAT DO WE USE COOKIES FOR?

This Cookie Notice should be read along with Belron’s Privacy Policy, which describes how Belron collects, uses and discloses personal information collected through its websites, as well as the rights websites visitors have with respect to their personal information.

Our websites use the following types of cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are necessary to enable our website to work properly so that you can complete your booking correctly. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off with our cookie consent tool. If you wish to reject our own cookies, you can configure your browser to do so, but please be aware that if you do, certain functionality of the website may not be available and your use of the website may therefore be diminished.

Functional cookies

These cookies are used to recognize and remember your preferences as you use our website and perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.

 Analytics cookies

These cookies are used to compile aggregate information about the areas of our website which are visited most frequently by users and to track our own advertising. This information is used to enhance the content of our website and make your use of the website easier and to inform us of the success of our own advertising elsewhere on the internet.

Targeting cookies

These cookies are used to deliver website visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages they visited before and analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaign.

3.    COOKIES AND YOUR PRIVACY

You can accept or refuse cookies.

Consent tool

At any time, you can customize your cookie preferences by using our Cookie Consent tool. By refusing certain types of cookies, the quality of your browsing experience on our website may be reduced and the content you view may not be tailored to your interests.

Cookies that are not strictly necessary for the proper functioning and security of our websites will be deactivated on your first visit.

Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled, nor can the tool be used to block cookies on third-party websites linked from our website.

The tool will record your preferences and will ask for consent every six (6) months.  

You can access the Cookie Consent tool anytime from the “Manage my Cookies” link on our website footer.

Using your browser

Most web browser settings are set for you to accept both our own cookies and third-party cookies. However, you can adjust those default settings in your browser (in relation to both our own cookies and those of third parties).

Browser settings can be changed in your tool bar.

If you wish to reject our own cookies, you can configure your browser to do so, but please be aware that if you do, certain functionality of the website may not be available, and your use of the website may therefore be diminished.

Social media buttons

We incorporate scripts from domains outside our control into our sites in order to implement social media buttons, including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, and connect them to the relevant social networks and external sites. If you click on any of these buttons, these sites will be registering that action and may use that information. You should check the respective policies of each of these sites to see how exactly they use your information and to find out how to opt out of, or delete, such information.

Delete cookies

You can delete cookies stored on your device by clearing your browsing history and selecting cookies data. Consult your browser’s user guide to find out more information on how to delete cookies manually.

Your cookie preferences are modified in real time through our Cookie Consent tool. However, changing your preferences does not erase information already stored by cookies that have been accepted previsouly.

4.    Changes to this Notice

We reserve the right to modify this Cookie Notice from time to time. If we make any changes to this Cookie Notice, we will change the “Last Update” date above, post the updated Cookie Notice on this page and ask you to re-consent to our changed use of cookies.

5.    Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns or complaints regarding this Cookie Notice, please contact our Privacy Officer at: privacy@belroncanada.com.