Cookie policy

We use cookies and similar tools across our websites to improve their performance and enhance your user experience. This policy explains how we do that.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files which a website may put on your computer or mobile device when you first visit a site or page. The cookie will help the website, or another website, to recognize your device the next time you visit. Web beacons or other similar files can also do the same thing. We use the term “cookies” in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way.

What sort of cookies does Kales use?

Generally, cookies used by www.kales.com perform up to two different functions. Kales uses both essential cookies and non-essential cookies. The essential cookies are essential for the operation of our website. The non-essential cookies are other cookies to analyze how our visitors use our websites and to monitor website performance. This allows Kales to provide a high quality experience by customizing our offering and quickly identifying and fixing any issues that arise.

Essential cookies

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PHPSESSID

General session cookie

Cookiebar

Save the choise of closing the cookiebar

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Non-essential cookies

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_utma, _utmb, _utmc and other _utmc-cookies

Cookies that are ussed by Google to track visitor statistics.

Google Analytics

Kales collects automatically generated information about your surfing behavior during the use of the website by using the open source Google Analytics, including but not limited to how frequently particular pages are viewed. This information includes your IP address, browser type (the computer to internet pages to view it) that you are using. We can never track IP address back to a particular user. We place these cookies for the purpose of understanding the behavior of visitors in order to improve www.kales.com

The information provided through the Google Analytics cookie is collected is transmitted to and stored by Google Analytics on servers in the United States. Google Analytics sets adhere to the Safe Harbor Principles, and is affiliated with the Safe Harbor program of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of Personal Data.

Are third party’s able to place cookies?

On kales.com employees can embed YouTube (and other video content) through which cookies are placed by YouTube. Furthermore the homepage contains a Facebook like button which places cookies. Kales doesn’t have advertisers who use cookies to serve you with advertisements that are supposed to be relevant.

Why Kales doesn’t ask permission?

Kales doesn’t ask permission for placing commercial cookies, even though the law requires so. We are aware of that. We do this because Kales is still looking for a user-friendly solution. Kales follows market developments closely and will take further action as soon as needed.

How can I block cookies?

In your browser, you can select which cookies should be accepted. You can use all or only certain cookies. It may be that if you reject all cookies, certain essential cookies will not work.

Contact

If you have any queries regarding this Cookie Policy please contact us by our contact form.