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What is a cokkie?
A cookie is a small text file in which a website, an application, or other platforms store your surfing or usage information on your computer, tablet, smart phone, or other similar devices, acting as a tag that identifies your device. Cookies are necessary to facilitate surfing, learn how users interact with platforms, and improve them etc. They are also used to serve ads to the user based on their preferences, as well as for other purposes detailed below. Cookies do not damage your computer or device.
They are used to determine how you use the web site/ mobile application/ mobile site, including the determination of how you use the web site/ mobile application/ mobile site, such as where and through which devices you are connecting to electronic commerce platforms operated by Altobeh Textile, which content you are displaying via web site/ mobile application/ mobile site and the duration of your visit.
They are used to offer contents and ads which are more relevant to your interests and you; in other words, to provide targeted advertisements/promotions. Altobeh Textile matches the information obtained through cookies with your other personal data, offers you more relevant content, personalized campaigns and products, and no longer provides content or opportunities that you have previously expressed as no focus of interests.
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What types of cookies are there?
According to their owners, cookies can be divided into the following categories:
- First-party cookies: Cookies sent to the user's computer or device from an equipment or domain managed by the publisher that provides the platform or service requested by the user.
- Third-party cookies: These are cookies sent to the user's computer or device from equipment or domain names not managed by the publisher, and by another organization that processes data through cookies.
Cookies can be classified according to their purposes as follows:
- Strictly necessary cookies (technical): These are the cookies that allow the user to benefit from different options such as surfing in a web page, platform or application and controlling the traffic there; identifying the data or session; accessing to the restricted sections, or the contents; remembering the components of orders; performing purchasing for an order; managing payments; controlling fraud in connection with the security of the service; using security elements while surfing; requesting registration or participation in an event; storing content for video or audio broadcast; activating dynamic content (e.g. text or image loading animation) or sharing content on social networks. Strictly necessary technical cookies are downloaded by default when viewing the platform or providing the service requested by the user is allowed.
- Function or customization cookies: These cookies allow the user to remember particular information such as the language, enabling the user to have access to a service or platform with specific features which may differentiate his/her experience from the others'; the number of results to be shown when the user searches for something and the view or content of the service based on the type of browser or the location where the user has access to the service. Failure to accept these cookies may cause the website to run slowly or offer recommendations that are not sufficiently customized.
- Analytics cookies: cookies that allow users to calculate the number of users, the sections that users visit on the platform, and the way they interact with them to perform usage measurements and statistical analysis of users in order to have improvements by analyzing usage data arising from users ' use of our platform or service.
- Behavioral advertising cookies: cookies that allow you to create a specific profile to show ads according to the user's surfing habits and store user behavior information obtained by constant observation of these habits. These cookies enable the easiest possible management of ad spaces that the editor adds directly or in collaboration with third parties.
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Why are cookies used on our platform?
Cookies are an integral part of the functioning of our platform. The main purpose of our cookies is to make your surfing experience more convenient and efficient. For example, they are used to remember your preferences (language, country, etc.) during surfing and future visits. Cookies are used to continuously improve our services and platform, as well as to provide customized ads based on your surfing habits.
The information collected in cookies makes a prediction based on statistical data and usage patterns (number of visits, most visited sections, duration of visits, etc.) and allows us to optimize our platform, to statistically know how users interact with the website so as to improve our services, and thus adapting the platform according to your individual interests, and speeding up searches, etc.
Altobeh Textile may also make use of cookies to offer you ads that may be of interest to you in order to activate “advertising technology”. Advertising technology uses information about your previous visits to the website/mobile application/mobile site and the websites/mobile/mobile site applications that Altobeh Textile place ads on in order to offer you specific ads.
In some circumstances, cookies may be used to obtain information that allows us to display ads based on an analysis of your surfing behavior on our Platform, on third-party platforms, or in any other environment (products visited, sections reviewed, etc.).
However, sensitive information such as password, debit card or credit card information is never stored in the cookies we use.
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How can I manage the use of cookies on this platform?
In the cookies configuration panel that you can always have access through our platform, you may find all the information about the cookies used by this Platform to manage the activation and deactivation of non compulsory cookies as well as about the purpose, duration and management (first or third party) of these cookies.
Alternatively, if you are surfing in the internet, you can disable the use of cookies in your browser. The steps for this procedure in the most commonly used browsers are as follows:
You can disable the use of cookies at any time.
Please note that cookie configuration panel management and the option to reject cookies are unique to each browser you use. In other words, if you prefer to configure cookies in a specific way on one device and want to apply similar settings in another browser, you need to enable the same option on that second device.
As an additional step, with respect to the third parties intending to offer ads based on your interests, please also note that certain third parties may be a member of some of the following self-regulating programs about online behavioral ads of particular third parties and each has its own voluntary disclaimer options:
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Who uses the information stored in cookies?
The information retained in our platform's cookies is only used by us, with the exception of those used and managed by external organizations to provide services aimed at improving our services and the experience of the user surfing in our platform and defined as "Third party cookies" under Part 2. You can always find more information about the cookie configuration panel on our platform.
Altobeh Tekstil, unless it has received your explicit consent, (you give explicit consent by joining our site, filling out a form related to our services, etc.) cannot use cookies to obtain your personal information (e.g. name, address, email, phone, etc.) We use cookies to help you surf on our website, analyze web pages flow, measure our content and ads, and improve the security of our website. Cookies also helps to speed up your surfing on altobeh.com. In addition, we use them to collect statistical information so that we can understand how our visitors use our site and improve its design and practicability.