Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Ballavar uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or use our website.

By using our website, cookies may be placed on your device in accordance with your cookie preferences and applicable UK data protection and privacy laws.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, mobile phone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies allow websites to recognise your device and remember certain information about your visit.

They can help websites function properly, remember your preferences, understand how visitors use the website and provide more relevant advertising.

2. How We Use Cookies

Ballavar may use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

  • To make our website function correctly.

  • To keep products in your shopping basket.

  • To process orders and payments.

  • To remember your preferences.

  • To improve website performance.

  • To understand how visitors use our website.

  • To measure the effectiveness of advertising.

  • To help prevent fraud and protect website security.

  • To provide personalised advertising where permitted and where you have provided the required consent.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for our website to function properly.

They may be used for things such as:

  • Shopping basket functionality.

  • Checkout and order processing.

  • Secure areas of the website.

  • Login functionality.

  • Remembering cookie consent choices.

  • Website security.

Because these cookies are necessary for the website to operate, they generally cannot be disabled through our cookie consent system.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website.

They may collect information such as:

  • Which pages visitors view.

  • How long visitors spend on the website.

  • How visitors arrived at our website.

  • Which devices and browsers are being used.

  • General website usage patterns.

We use this information to improve the website and customer experience.

Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before using non-essential analytics cookies.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced functionality.

For example, they may remember:

  • Your preferences.

  • Previously selected options.

  • Certain website settings.

Advertising Cookies

Advertising cookies may be used to understand how visitors interact with our website and to measure advertising campaigns.

Depending on the services we use, these cookies may allow advertising providers to:

  • Measure advertising performance.

  • Show you relevant advertisements.

  • Understand which products or pages you have viewed.

  • Build advertising audiences.

  • Measure conversions.

Where required, we will obtain your consent before using advertising cookies.

4. Third Party Cookies

Some cookies may be placed by third-party services that we use to operate and improve our website.

These may include providers of:

  • Website analytics.

  • Payment services.

  • Advertising.

  • Social media.

  • Customer support.

  • Website functionality.

Third-party providers may process information collected through cookies in accordance with their own privacy policies.

5. Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie banner or consent tool.

Where required by law, non-essential cookies will not be placed on your device unless you provide the appropriate consent.

You may be able to:

  • Accept all cookies.

  • Reject non-essential cookies.

  • Select specific categories of cookies.

  • Change your cookie preferences later.

Your cookie preferences may be stored so that we can remember your choices.

6. Managing Cookies

You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.

Most browsers allow you to:

  • View cookies stored on your device.

  • Delete existing cookies.

  • Block cookies.

  • Allow cookies from selected websites.

  • Receive notifications before cookies are placed.

Please note that blocking or deleting certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website, including shopping basket and checkout features.

7. Cookies and Personal Information

Some cookies may collect information that can be linked to an individual or device.

Where cookie information constitutes personal data, we will process it in accordance with applicable UK data protection laws and our Privacy Policy.

You can read our Privacy Policy for more information about how Ballavar collects, uses and protects personal information.

8. How Long Cookies Stay on Your Device

Cookies may be either:

Session Cookies

These cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser.

Persistent Cookies

These cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.

The length of time a cookie remains active depends on its purpose and the provider that places it.

9. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, the cookies and technologies we use, or changes in applicable laws and regulations.

Any updates will be published on this page with the revised “Last Updated” date.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact Ballavar using the contact details provided on our website.