Last update: 5.12.2016

COOKIE POLICY

By using this site, you agree that cookies are used as shown below. If you accept the use of cookies, you can take advantage of all the functions on our pages that require cookies. You can affect the use of cookies by using the various methods described below.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that is saved on your computer after you have visited an internet page. The text file contains a small amount of information that the internet server can read when you visit the same page for the next time. Cookies are advantageous for the user, because they help to use the site, for instance by way of remembering your user name, or your preferred language settings.

Why do we use cookies and what cookies do we use?

We use cookies in order for our site to be as user-friendly as possible and so that we will be able to offer our customers personalised information and services. By using cookies, we ensure that you don’t have to feed the same information each time that you visit our on-line shop. The cookies also improve the usability of the on-line shop – for instance, they speed up the ordering phase and help you find specific products more easily.

The cookies are used for different purposes on our website and in our applications:

Technical and operational cookies: Some of these cookies are necessary from the point of view of the site’s functioning, because with them the pages and your account function correctly. In addition, we remember your preferences and can help you to use our website and applications more easily. These type of cookies will remember, for instance, the country, language, your searches and the products that you have looked at before. We can also use the cookies to remember your login information so that you don’t have to enter your login each time you visit our site. However, your password is always encrypted.

Analytical cookies: With these cookies we collect information about how the visitors use finnishbabybox.com, what pages they visit, where they come from, from what pages they leave, what browser and terminal equipment they use, and what e-mails were opened and clicked. With the analytics, we can estimate what works and what doesn’t, improve our website and applications, and understand how effective our marketing is.

The analytical cookies used by our website: Google Analytics

Advertising cookies: We use both our own and third party cookies in order to show personalised advertisements on the web pages. This is known as re-targeting and it is based on the behaviour on line, such as what products and content pages you’ve viewed.

The advertisement cookies used by our website: Facebook Custom Audience, Intercom

How long are the cookies valid?

We use session-specific cookies that expire when the user closes the web browser. In addition, we use permanent cookies that stay on the user’s device for a certain period of time, or until the user removes them. The validity of permanent cookies varies between a few months and a few years.

How can I influence the use of cookies?

We want to be transparent and respect the choices made by the users in respect of cookies and other similar technologies. However, we hope that you consider the fact that if you decide to block cookies, or remove them; some of our website’s features may not work.

Here are some ways in which you can influence the use of cookies:

• By creating a new cookie profile: If the user empties the cookies from the website at regular intervals, the personalised identifier is changed and the profile connected with the earlier identifier is reset to zero.
• By blocking cookies: The user can block the cookies from the browser according to the manufacturer’s instructions (usually either in the Instructions, Tools or Edit menus). Blocking cookies may affect the functionality of the services.
• By blocking Google Analytics: The user can block the use by Google Analytics of the information from the website by installing here an attachment that blocks its use. This attachment prevents Javascript used by Google Analytics (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sending the visiting information from the website.
• Social media cookies: The social media service providers use cookies, attachments and buttons to collect information about our services. The purpose and extent of the social media service providers’ information collecting, and the uses and connected rights, together with information about changing the data protection settings, are shown in the data protection clauses of each social media service.
• Advertising cookies: With the Your Online Choices service you can get acquainted with the web advertising and data privacy based on browser use and manage the relevant settings. By using this service, you can either prohibit or allow all advertising targeted either by all the companies or by separate companies.

Changes

We will report about any changes in our cookie policy on this page.