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Here you can see which cookies can be sent by hollandandbarrett.nl to your device and for what purpose we use the cookies. You can set your browser to refuse cookies (see the ‘Help’ menu of your browser for more information on how to do this), but keep in mind that if you do this, certain personalized features of this website will not can be provided to you.
What is a cookie?
“Cookies” are text files with small amounts of information that are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. This information is then sent back to the original website or to another website that recognizes the cookie in question on each subsequent visit. Cookies are useful because it allows a website to recognize the user’s device.
Cookies are also essential for the functioning of certain parts of the site and we use them to collect information about how the site is used, such as how many people visit the website and come back again and which products are viewed. We also use ‘Pixels’ or ‘Transparent GIF files’ to manage our online advertisements. This helps us to find out which advertisements are most effective to attract users to our website. The information collected in this way is anonymous and contains no information that personally identifies you.
There are two types of cookies that can be used:
Permanent cookies – these cookies remain on a user’s device for the period specified in the cookie. Every time the user visits the website that has created those specific cookies, they are activated.
Session cookies – these cookies allow the owner of the website to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and ends when he closes the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. After you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
Cookies do many things, such as allowing you to efficiently navigate between pages, remembering your preferences and generally improving your user experience. They can also help ensure that the advertisements that you see online fit in well with you and your interests.
You can find more information about cookies on www.aboutcookies.org and https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/
Cookies used on our website
Below is an overview per category of all cookies used on the website.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies enable services that you have specifically requested. These cookies are always active, whether or not they have been authorized.
These cookies are essential to enable you to move within the website and to use its functions, such as access to secure areas of the Website. Without these cookies, services that you have requested, such as the shopping cart or e-invoicing, cannot be delivered.
Analysis of cookies
These cookies collect anonymous information about the pages visited. By using the Website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.
These cookies collect information about how visitors use the website; for example, which pages visitors go to most often, which pages they go to next, and whether they receive error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. The information is only used to improve the functioning of the website.
Functionality cookies
These cookies remember choices you make to improve your experience. By using the Website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.
These cookies allow the website to remember the choices you make (such as your username, language or the region in which you are located) and offer improved, more personal functions. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to the text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can adjust. They can also be used to provide services that you have requested, such as watching a video or responding to a blog. The information these cookies collect can be made anonymous and the cookies cannot follow your surfing behavior on other websites.
Targeting or advertising cookies
These cookies collect information about your surfing behavior to ensure that the advertisements that are shown are adapted to you and your inter