The European Community has introduced legislation to protect the privacy of web users by limiting how websites can use cookies. At Fabpartybags we are committed to protecting your privacy. As part of this commitment we are providing you with information about the cookies we use, so that you can make informed decisions.
Cookies allow our website to gather and remember information about your preferences and products you are looking for so we can tailor your shopping experience in the future. When you first use the website you are asked if you agree to our policy on using cookies.
What are cookies?Cookies are small text files that our website or services provided for us by other companies put on your computer. They let us identify the device you’re using – but not you personally. This information is sent back to our systems as you move around our website. None of our cookies contain any of your personally identifiable information.
Cookies are unique to the web browser you’re using – so if you’re using a desktop computer as well as a mobile, different data will be collected for each.You can find more information on the About Cookies website: http://www.aboutcookies.org/
Cookies can be set by the owner of the website you’re on. These are known as 1st Party Cookies. There are also 3rd Party Cookies that can be set by partner websites. Only the owner of the cookie can see the anonymous information it collects.
You can choose to accept all cookies, reject 3rd Party Cookies or reject all cookies by changing your internet browser settings. If you don’t accept cookies, some features of our website won’t work. For example, you won’t be able to shop on line with us.
- How we use cookies We may use cookies to find out more about how you use our website – like the searches you make and your preferences. We use this information to: Make it possible for you to use our website
- Show you information and offers that are relevant to you
- Find out more about how our customers use the site
Buying our products online
When you’re buying something on our website, we need to use cookies to keep track of what you’re buying as you move through each stage of the process.
Keeping track of your searches and preferences
Your recent searches and previous purchases are recorded using cookies.
If you’ve searched for a party bag, left our website and then you come back later, the search panel will keep the information you provided before, so you won’t need to fill everything in again. If you’ve started to fill your cart but you haven’t saved it by entering your email address, we’ll store your cart using a cookie, so you’ll be able to see it when you visit us again using the same computer or device.
Improving your experience
We use cookies and software programmes to record, measure and analyse how our customers use our website. For this purpose we use Google Analytics. We use this information to understand what you want from our website, which helps us when we’re considering future product lines.
We can also find out how you move around our website, so we can look into any errors stopping you from being able to do what you want. The data we collect from cookies is really important for us to improve your experience.
Making your experience personal
When you’re on our website, we might interact with you or show you personalised information and offers anonymously. Cookies help us to do this by letting us know how you’re using our website on your particular computer or device, which means we can work out what’s most relevant to you.
Receive our email newsletters? We link information from cookies with your email registration details so we can tailor the information we send you – unless you tell us not to. You’ll be given the chance to opt-out on every email we send you.
Adverts on other websites
If you visit one of our partner sites, you might see an advert that’s relevant to what you searched for when you last visited our own site. We work with advertising networks who use cookies to collect information on your preferences, meaning we can show adverts tailored to you.
Social network cookies
Some pages on our website contain social network ‘share’ or ‘like’ buttons. The social network may set a cookie (or cookies) on your PC when you click on one of these buttons.
In order to implement these buttons on our website(s) we use code which is hosted by the relevant social network. If you are a member of some of these networks they may use this code to track that you have visited our website whether you click the buttons or not.
Fabpartybags does not control these cookies or the underlying code. You should check the privacy statement of the relevant social network before clicking them and/or to find out how they track their members’ behaviour using these elements and how to opt out of this functionality
Managing Cookies
Because you are using our website we assume that you are happy for us to use cookies in this way.If you are not happy, then you may wish to enable or disable cookies. The following information may assist you to do this. However, some cookies are essential in order to shop on the Fabpartybags website and if you do reject cookies this will impact on your user experience of the website and will mean that you are not able to shop on line with us. Consequently we would advise that you configure your web browser to accept cookies from our website.
If you do not know the type and version of the web browser you use to access the Internet, click on ‘Help’ at the top of your browser window, then click ‘About’. The relevant information you require will then be shown.
Internet Explorer
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
Click on the ‘Tools’ option at the top of your browser window and select ‘Internet options’, then click on the ‘Privacy’ tab. Ensure that your Privacy level is set to Medium or below, which will then enable cookies in your browser. Settings above Medium will disable cookies.
Google Chrome (latest version)
Click on the spanner icon at the top right of your browser window and select ‘Settings’. Click ‘Show advanced settings’ at the bottom and locate the ‘Privacy’ section. Click ‘Content settings’ and within the cookies section at the top, select ‘allow local data to be set’ to enables cookies. To disable cookies please check the ‘Block sites from setting any data’, ‘Block third-party cookies and site data’ and ‘Clear cookies and other site and plug-in data when I close my browser’ options.
Mozilla Firefox
Click on ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window and select Options. Next, select the Privacy icon at the top of the overlay that appears. Check the ‘Accept cookies from sites’ option to enable cookies. If you wish to disable cookies, please uncheck this box.
Safari
Click on the cog icon located top right of your browser window and select ‘Preferences’. Click on the ‘Privacy’ icon at the top of the overlay that appears. Check the option that says ‘Block third-party and advertising cookies’. If you wish to completely disable cookies, please check the ‘Never’ box.