COOKIE NOTICE
This Cookie Notice explains how we use tracking methods such as cookies (including pixels, SDKs, JavaScript, device identifiers, etc.).”) on the Trex website (the “Site”) at https://uk.trex.com. It is designed to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Site. Please take a moment to read and understand this Cookie Notice. This Cookie Notice should also be read in conjunction with our Privacy Notice and our Website Terms of Use.
Contents
1. What are cookies or similar technologies?
2. What is the difference between first party and third party cookies?
3. How long do cookies last?
4. Which cookies do we use on our Site?
5. Is consent needed to use cookies?
6. How do I refuse, block or delete cookies?
7. What about Google Chrome or other browser cookies?
8. Linking to third party sites
9. Does this notice change?
10. Do you have any feedback for us?
1. WHAT ARE COOKIES OR SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES?
Cookies are very small text files or pieces of code, which often include a unique identifier. When you visit a website, the website will request to store this text file on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Other information gathered through cookies may include the date and time of visits and how you are using our website.
We also use similar technologies to cookies known as “pixels” or “tags”. These technologies do a similar job to cookies, allowing website operators to count page views and understand how visitors interact with and respond to certain content on a webpage.
For the purposes of the remaining sections of this Cookie Notice, we refer to all cookies and similar technologies as “cookies”.
You should be aware that applications you use to access our Site, such as your website browser, may also place cookies on your device when visiting our Site, or other websites. An example of this would be where you sign in to Google Chrome using a Google Account (see Section 7 below). We do not have control over these third party cookies, so you will need to manage these cookies in the settings of the relevant applications.
2. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FIRST PARTY AND THIRD PARTY COOKIES?
We use “first party cookies” and “third party cookies” in connection with our Site. First party cookies are cookies placed by us to collect information about you. Third party cookies are cookies placed by third party website operators. Information about you collected by those third party cookies will be shared with the relevant third party. Please refer to the relevant third party website operator’s privacy notice for more details about the information they collect and how they use it.
There are additional types of cookies including:
· Session Cookies – temporary cookies that are stored on your device when you visit our site and expire when you close out our website.
· Persistent Cookies – cookies that linger after you close out our website. They can be set to expire in a period of time or can be deleted manually.
3. HOW LONG DO COOKIES LAST?
All cookies have expiration dates that determine how long they stay in your browser:
Session Cookies – these are temporary cookies that are placed on your device during your browsing session and then expire (and are automatically erased) whenever you close your browser.
Persistent Cookies – these are designed to last for a pre-defined period of time, which varies depending on the nature of the cookie. Persistent cookies stay in your browser until they reach their individual expiry date, or until you manually delete them (see Section 6 below).
4. WHICH COOKIES DO WE USE ON OUR SITE?
We use the following types of cookies:
Essential Cookies – Essential cookies are those cookies which a website could not operate without. Essential cookies include cookies such as login cookies and shopping cart cookies.
Functionality Cookies – These cookies recognise you when you return to a website, remember your preferences and provide enhanced, more personalised features. These cookies also help to provide you with content relevant to your locale, for example allowing you to see the Site in your preferred language.
Analytics/Performance Cookies – Analytics cookies, along with other information, allow websites to calculate the aggregate number of people using a website and which features of a website are most popular. This information is generally used to improve the website and the way visitors are able to move around it.
[Social Media Cookies –These cookies are used to personalise your interaction with social media, such as Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Such cookies recognise users of those social media sites when you view social media content on the website.
Targeting Cookies –Targeting cookies (also known as advertising cookies) help us to deliver our adverts when you visit other websites, such as news websites. This is known as ‘retargeting’. This technique helps to ensure that the ads you receive are more relevant to you and your interests. These cookies help to measure the effectiveness of an ad (for example, by reporting whether you have clicked on it) and can also limit the number of times that you see an ad (for example, if you see it twice but don’t click on it, you may not see it again). These cookies are usually placed by advertising networks that we and other advertisers work with to deliver ads. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other ad networks to show you relevant ads.
To see which individual cookies we use on our Site, and the purposes for which they are used, please visit our Cookie Preference Centre, where you can also review and manage your cookie consent preferences whenever you wish.
5. IS CONSENT NEEDED TO USE COOKIES?
Non-essential Cookies – We may only store and access non-essential cookies on your device with your permission. You are not obliged to give consent to our use of non-essential cookies. If you do give your consent and then change your mind, you can block or delete them (see Section 6 below).
Essential Cookies – Please note that we do not need your consent to store and access essential cookies on your device, although you can still block or delete them (see Section 6 below).
6. HOW DO I REFUSE, BLOCK OR DELETE COOKIES?
There are various ways that you can manage your cookie preferences, but please be aware that in order to use some parts of our Site you will need to allow certain essential or functional cookies. If you block or subsequently delete those cookies, some aspects of our Site may not work properly and you may not be able to access all or part of our Site.
Your options for managing your cookie preferences are set out below:
Through the Cookie Preference Centre on our Site
When you access our Site, we will provide you with control over which non-essential cookies you choose by allowing you (a) to provide consent for our use of non-essential cookies, (b) to reject our use of non-essential cookies and (c) to manage your cookie preferences. We may provide these options on subsequent visits to our Site, for example if you delete cookies from your browser or we need to request new consents from you.
When we seek your consent, you will either be able to provide consent for or reject all non-essential cookies that we would like to use, or you can tailor your cookie preferences (provide consent for some but not all non-essential cookies) using our Cookie Preference Centre. You can also change your preferences at any time by visiting our Cookie Preference Centre. You can reject non-essential cookies at any time by clicking ‘Reject all’.
Just as a reminder, where cookies are essential to the operation of our Site, we can use these without your consent and they cannot be managed using our Cookie Preference Centre.
Using your browser settings or other tools
You can block the use of cookies generally (not just in respect of our Site) by activating the relevant settings in your browser. For more information on cookie management and blocking or deleting cookies for a wide variety of browsers, visit https://allaboutcookies.org/.
Further, if you do not want to be tracked by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on (but this will only work on certain browsers). For further information on Google Analytics and its use of cookies, please consult the Google Analytics cookie policy.
7. WHAT ABOUT GOOGLE CHROME OR OTHER BROWSER COOKIES?
Separately to our use of Google Analytics cookies, when you access the Site via Google applications such as Google Chrome, Google may collect user information for the purpose of Google serving personalised advertising across your devices. Google is able to place these advertising cookies on the devices used by visitors to the Site because we use Google services to run the Site. However, these cookies are dropped for Google’s own purposes and as such we do not have any control over how or when they are dropped. You will need to opt out of receiving these cookies via your Google settings. For further information about these cookies please see: https://policies.google.com/technologies/types?hl=en-UK. Please note that other browsers may use similar tools.
8. WHAT TECHNOLOGIES ARE USED IN EMAILS?
Please note that any emails you receive from us may contain cookies to help us to see if recipients have opened an email and understand how recipients have interacted with it. Once you click on an email that contains a cookie, your contact information may subsequently be cross-referenced to the source email and/or the relevant cookie. If you have enabled images, cookies may be set on your computer or mobile device. Cookies will also be set if you click on any link within the email.
If you do not wish to accept cookies from any one of our emails, simply close the email before downloading any images or clicking on any links. You can also set your browser to restrict cookies or to reject them entirely. These settings will apply to all cookies whether included on websites or in emails.
In some instances, depending on your email or browser settings, cookies in an email may be automatically accepted (for example, when you've added an email address to your address book or safe senders list). Please refer to your email browser or device instructions for more information on this.
9. DOES THIS NOTICE CHANGE?
We may update our Cookie Notice from time to time. This might be for a number of reasons, such as to reflect a change in the law or to accommodate a change in our business practices and the way we use cookies. We recommend that you check here periodically for any changes to our Cookie Notice.
10. DO YOU HAVE FEEDBACK FOR US?
If you have any questions or feedback on our Cookie Notice, please contact us at privacy@trex.com.
