Cookies

Accepting cookies is not compulsory for a visit to our website. We would however inform you that use of the "shopping basket" function and the ordering of products is only possible when cookies are accepted.

When you visit our website, you automatically leave certain information behind. What information we receive from you and save depends on how you use our website.

Information we receive through cookies

The telecom/cookie law has been in force since June 5, 2012. Each website is now required by law to inform the user about ‘cookies’ and request permission for their use.

Cookies are small text files with information that is saved during a visit to a website by your browser on the hard disk of your computer and that exchange certain settings and data with the system of the relative website. By saving settings and information websites can match their offers with your desires and make use of the website easier for you, for example because certain information is saved in such a way that you do not have to enter it again on each following visit.

Types of cookies

Temporary and permanent cookies:

Temporary cookies are removed when your browser is closed. These cookies only apply for the current session and are also called session cookies.

Permanent cookies remain on your computer, also after you have closed your browser.

Permanent cookies are:

Functional or technical cookies: here for example your login details are saved or what you put in your shopping basket if you make a purchase online.

Non-functional cookies:

These register your visit behavior.

Distinction of non-functional cookies:

Direct (first-party) cookies. These are placed by the website that you visit. For example: you surf to the website of a company and that company places a cookie to remember which products are viewed. With a following visit to the website an offer can then be made on the basis of the cookie.

Indirect (third-party) cookies. These are used by advertisers to make specific offers based on surfing behaviourbehavior on websites of other companies.

Google Analytics. Used for the collection of anonymous visitor data.

Mercurius USA uses cookies to:

I. allow you to quickly click from the one page to the other and to remember what is in your shopping basket (functional cookies).

II. save information you have provided when creating your account, so with a following order you do not have to enter your information again (functional cookies).

III. examine the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns (non-functional first-party cookies).

IV. register the date and the time of your visit to our website, to obtain a summary of the total number of visitors to our website and the pages visited. These data give us information about the use of our website. The information is not used to know who you are, but only to analyze a visit to our site. (See below under Google Analytics).

V. save the domain name and the host of the computer with which you use the internet, the used IP address, information about the software browser you use and the operating system (non-functional first-party cookies).

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service offered by Google Incl. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies" (text files placed on your computer) to help the website analyze how users use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including you IP address) is transferred to and saved by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses this information to monitor how you use the website, to draw up reports on the website activity for website operators and to offer other services relating to website activity and use of the internet. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally bound to, or if third parties process the information on behalf of Google. Google will not combine your IP address with other information in Google’s possession. You can refuse the use of cookies using the settings in your browser for that purpose. We would however inform you that you then may not be able to use all possibilities of this website. By using this website you give permission for the processing of the information by Google in the way and for the purposes as described above.

Google AdWords Remarketing

We use retargeting technologies for our website. We use these technologies to make the internet offer even more interesting to you. With this technology it is possible to show advertisements on the websites of our partners to internet users who have already shown interest in our products. We are convinced that displaying personalized, interest-related advertisements is more interesting to the internet user than unrelated advertisements. Displaying these advertisements on pages of our partners takes place based on cookie technology and an analysis of earlier behavior. This form of advertising takes place in full anonymity. No privacy-related data are saved and no user profile is linked to your privacy-related data.

You can unsubscribe to this using this link: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

Mercurius USA does not sell, distribute or shared any of this information with third parties.

Managing cookies yourself

You can delete cookies already saved using the browser settings on your computer and refuse the placing of new cookies. How you do this differs per browser; if required see the help function in your browser.

Note: if you refuse and/or remove cookies, you cannot always use all possibilities of a website. In addition, refusing or removing cookies only has consequences for the computer and browser in which you make these settings. If you use of a number of computers and/or browsers you must change the settings as often as required.

Deleting cookies or switching them off

You can obviously also switch off our cookies and JavaScript. Remember that our websites will then not function optimally. How you can switch cookies off or remove them is explained here:

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