Cookie Policy

This document is meant to explain the types of cookies and other tracking technologies that Barkalot may place on your device when you are visiting our Website.

FAQs

Barkalot AB Reg. No. (559160-7527) ("Barkalot", "we", "us", "our") is the Controller of all Personal Data listed in this Privacy Policy (the "Policy"). In order to be fully transparent regarding where your Personal Data is stored and Processed, we will also provide a list of all our data Processors. This Policy provides information on how we handle Personal Data when you communicate with us, buy our products or visit our website www.barkalot.com (together the "Functions").

 

The intended recipient of the information provided in this policy is:

* Potential customers

* Customers

* Visitors of our website

A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.

The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device. See the section below on how to control cookies for more information on removing them before they expire.

Some cookies are necessary to allow you to browse our website, use its features, and access secure areas. The use of these cookies is essential for the website to work. For example, we use user-input cookies for the duration of a session to keep track of a user’s input when filling in forms that span several pages.

We also use functional cookies to remember choices you’ve made or information you’ve provided, such as your username, language, or the region you are in. This allows us to tailor your website experience specifically to your preferences. For example, authentication cookies are functional cookies that are used for the duration of a session (or persistent, if you agree to the “remember me” function) to allow users to authenticate themselves on subsequent visits or to gain access to authorized content across pages. The functional cookies we use include:

* User-centric security cookies to detect authentication abuses for a limited persistent duration, like repeated failed login attempts. These cookies are set for the specific task of increasing the security of the service.

* Multimedia content player session cookies (flash cookies) are used for the duration of a session to store technical data needed to play back video or audio content (e.g. image quality, network link speed, and buffering parameters).

* Load balancing session cookies are used for the duration of the session to identify the same server in the pool in order for the load balancer to redirect user requests appropriately.

* User interface customization persistent cookies are used to store a user’s preference regarding a service across web pages.

Barkalot is dedicated to user experience and we use many tools to help us improve our Webshop platform. To this end, we use reporting and analytics cookies to collect information about how you use our Website, and how often. These cookies only gather information for statistical purposes and only use pseudonymous cookie identifiers that do not directly identify you. The performance cookies we use include:

* First party analytics cookies - We use these cookies to estimate the number of unique visitors, to improve our Website, and to detect the most searched for words in search engines that lead to a webpage. These cookies are not used to target you with online marketing. We use these cookies to learn how our Website is performing and to make relevant improvements to improve your browsing experience.

* Third party analytics cookies - We also use Google Analytics and other third-party analytics providers listed below to help measure how users interact with our website content. These cookies “remember” what our users have done on previous pages and how they’ve interacted with the website. For more information on Google Analytics, visit Google’s information page. For instructions on how opt out of Google Analytics, see our Privacy Policy.

Advertising cookies are used on our website to tailor marketing to you and your interests and provide you with a more personalized service in the future. These cookies remember that you visited our website and we may share this information with third-parties, such as advertisers. Although these cookies can track your device’s visits to our website and other sites, they typically cannot personally identify you. Without these cookies, the advertisements that you see may be less relevant and interesting to you. Read more about how companies use cookies to conduct targeted or retargeted advertising here. We do not set advertising cookies through our merchants’ storefronts ourselves, though merchants may choose to do so independently.

Finally, Social and Content cookies are placed by many social media plugins (for example the Facebook ’like’ button), and other tools meant to provide or improve the content on a website (for example services that allow the playing of video files, or that create comments sections). We integrate these modules into our platform to improve the experience of browsing and interacting with our websites. Please note that some of these third party services place cookies that are also used for things like behavioural advertising, analytics, and/or market research.

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as www.allaboutcookies.org.

Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt-out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions in the “Behavioural Advertising” section in our Integrity Policy.

Do not track

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

🇪🇺 GDPR

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, click here to update your settings, download the information we have stored about you, or ask to remove all data and your account.

Your Personal Information will be initially processed in Ireland and then will be transferred outside of Europe for storage and further processing, including to Canada and the United States. For more information on how data transfers comply with the GDPR, see Shopify’s GDPR Whitepaper: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/your-account/privacy/GDPR.

🇧🇷 🇺🇸 CCPA

If you are a resident of Brazil or California, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you (also known as the ‘Right to Know’), to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please click here.

If you would like to designate an authorized agent to submit these requests on your behalf, please contact us at the address below.

If you want to turn off marketing that takes place outside our platform, follow the steps below. Note that only you can manage these settings.

To turn off interest-based marketing from Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/edit/ - Under the heading "ad settings".

To turn off interest-based marketing from Google:
If you are not signed in to a Google Account visit https://adssettings.google.com/anonymous. Click the two blue buttons next to the headings to make them gray. In the boxes that appear, click on "Disable". 

If you're signed in to a Google Account: Visit https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated Click the blue button to the right of the title to make it gray. A box will now appear, click on "Disable".

We reserve the right to make changes in this Policy. If a change affects our obligations or your rights, we will inform you about the changes in advance in order to give you the possibility to accept the updated policy.

Our cookies

We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.

Cookies necessary for the functioning of the store

NameFunction
_abUsed in connection with access to admin.
_secure_session_idUsed in connection with navigation through a storefront.
cartUsed in connection with shopping cart.
cart_sigUsed in connection with checkout.
cart_tsUsed in connection with checkout.
checkout_tokenUsed in connection with checkout.
secretUsed in connection with checkout.
secure_customer_sigUsed in connection with customer login.
storefront_digestUsed in connection with customer login.
_shopify_uUsed to facilitate updating customer account information.
tracked_start_checkoutUsed in connection with checkout.

Reporting and analytics

NameFunction
_tracking_consentTracking preferences.
_landing_pageTrack landing pages
_orig_referrerTrack landing pages
_sShopify analytics.
_shopify_fsShopify analytics.
_shopify_sShopify analytics.
_shopify_sa_pShopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.
_shopify_sa_tShopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.
_shopify_yShopify analytics.
_yShopify analytics.
cookieconsent_statusTracking preferences.
cookieconsent_preferences_disabledTracking preferences.
_shopify_uniqShopify analytics.
_shopify_visitShopify analytics.

3rd Party Cookies Analytics

NameFunction
_gaGoogle Analytics. 2 years. Used to distinguish users
_gidGoogle Analytics. 24 hours. Used to distinguish users
_gatGoogle Analytics. 24 hours. Used to throttle request rate.
__atuvcAddThis, for user to share content from website. It stores an updated page share count.
__atuvsAddThis, for user to share content from website. It stores an updated page share count.
__utmaGoogle Analytics. 2 years. Used to distinguish users and sessions.
__cfduidCloudFlare. Used to identify trusted web traffic.

3rd Party Marketing Cookies

NameFunction
_gadsGoogle. Measures interactions with the ads on our domaian and preventing the same ads from being shown to you too many times.
IDEGoogle. Measures the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted to the user.
collect
GPSYoutube. Used to store location data.
PREFYoutube. Used to store and track visits across websites.
BizoIDLinkedIn. 6 Months. Ad Analysis.
_fbpFacebook. Used to distinguish and keep track of unique users.
_fbcFacebook. Only set when a user arrives at your website from an Ad

Additionally, we use pixels and tags from the following third parties, which may in turn place cookies:

Third PartyDescription and Privacy Policy
Facebook Custom AudiencesWe use Facebook Custom Audiences to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our websites. https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
HotjarWe use Hotjar to help measure how users interact with our websites. https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy.
Google AnalyticsWe use Google Analytics to help measure how users interact with our websites. https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google AdsWe use Google Ads to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our websites. https://policies.google.com/privacy
ManychatWe use Manychat to manage our relationships with our customers. https://manychat.com/privacy.html.
KlaviyoWe use Klaviyo to manage our relationships with our customers. https://www.klaviyo.com/privacy.