Cookies

What is a cookie?

Our website pickleballsolutions.eu uses cookies. A cookie is a small text file that contains information such as websites you’ve visited, how long you’ve been on them, or settings you’ve made on the website. The file is saved on your computer, tablet or phone and then used by your browser.

Different types of cookies

There are a number of different types of cookies that serve different purposes and are stored for different lengths of time. There are also session cookies, which are only stored in your computer’s memory for as long as you use the website but disappear when you close your browser or switch to another website. There are also cookies that are stored for a longer period of time, even when you do not use the website.

These are primarily first-party cookies, i.e. cookies placed by your own website. This type of cookie does not send data to any other party. However, there are also third-party cookies that are placed on the website by us in order to use a third party’s services that are needed to drive other content and functionality on the website such as Facebook’s “like” button or the analytics tool Google Analytics.

First party cookies

PHPSESSID

The purpose of this cookie is to temporarily save the user’s choices.

Storage time: session cookie (deleted when you leave the site)

Third party cookies

Google Analytics

pickleballsolutions.eu uses cookies from Google Analytics in order to analyze and improve our website using Google’s services.

Within Google Analytics we use three cookies:

_ga

Cookie to distinguish unique users and see how they use the website.

Storage period: 24 months

_gat

Cookie that limits the number of calls to Google Analytics when the website is busy.

Storage time: session cookie (until you close the website)

_gid

Also used to distinguish unique users.

Storage time: 24 hours

Example: Google Analytics allows us to track how a general user uses our website. This allows us to ensure that information and functionality is in the right place, making it easy for you to find what you are looking for.

The information stored by Google Analytics cookies when you use our website is processed by Google and forwarded to Google’s servers (including your IP address). For more information on how Google handles data, you can read more about Google’s privacy policy here http://www.google.se/intl/sv/policies/privacy/.

Facebook

act, c_user, datr, dpr, fr, presence, sv, wd and xs are cookies resulting from the use of Facebook services. If you want more information on how Facebook’s cookie policy here https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/.

Storage time: Up to 24 months

Example: By using Facebook’s services, we may have the possibility to have a “like” button on our website.

Facebook Pixel

In this case, a small image (not visible to the eye) placed on one or more pages of the website. When your browser reads this image, it triggers a cookie that saves the information. The Facebook pixel is used to understand how a user uses the website in order to build a target group for marketing purposes. Read more about Facebook’s cookie policy https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/

Base-pixel

The pixel makes it possible to track who visits a specific page on the website and how long they stay.

Event-pixel

Pixel that tracks different types of events that happen on the website, such as when you submit a form.

Wordfence

Cookies such as wordfence_verifiedHuman and wfvt_1124530727 come from our use of Wordfence. Wordfence helps us ward off spam, hackers and attempts to access sensitive information on our website.

Storage time: 1 day

Example: Wordfence helps us make sure, among other things, that you can’t enter the wrong password several times in a row.

Your consent

Our starting point is to obtain your consent before retrieving or storing cookies. However, when it comes to cookies that aim to keep track of information you have filled in on online forms or when we use our own tools to measure web traffic on our website, we do not obtain your consent.

We do not use cookies to collect personal data. In cases where pickleballsolutions.eu should we start using this type of cookie, we will not disclose personal data to any other party. You will also of course be informed about the use of new cookies that would collect this kind of information about you so that you have the possibility to give your consent or refuse it.

However, if you choose not to give your consent to cookies on pickleballsolutions.eu, we cannot guarantee that the website will work for you as intended. Several of our features are dependent on the presence of cookies, for example, purchasing products will not work.

By using the Website, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with this Cookie Policy.

Your rights

Prevent pickleballsolutions.eu from storing cookies

You have the right to prevent pickleballsolutions.eu from storing cookies on your computer, phone or tablet.

Most browsers have a default setting that accepts the use of cookies. You can set your browser to automatically block cookies or to inform you each time a website requests to store a cookie. You can also choose to delete individual cookies or to delete all the cookies stored on your computer.

The method for preventing cookies varies depending on the browser you use. The list below contains links to the help pages of the most common browsers. Please note that browsers’ process descriptions may change and the links below and/or the content they link to may not always be up to date.

Instructions for managing cookies

• Safari
• Safari for iPhone and iPad
• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Opera