agnès b. cookie policy
Effective Date: 10/09/2024
Last Updated: 18/02/2025
GENERAL INFORMATION
Website cookies allow us to tailor our website according to your needs. In this Cookies Policy you will find details on how Agnès b. uses cookies on our customers' and users' devices to improve their experience whilst using our website. As cookies may be linked to your personal data processing, we advise that you also consult our Privacy Policy on our website for information on customer and user personal data usage, rights exercise, or the terminology used to describe our website.
COOKIES DEFINITION
A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer, tablet, smartphone, or similar device by a website. It may contain information about your browsing history and usage, functioning like a device identifier tag. Cookies are essential for facilitating navigation, understanding user interactions for website improvement, and offering personalized advertising based on user preferences. They serve various purposes, as outlined below, without causing harm to your device.
The term "cookies" encompasses similar technologies like flash cookies, web beacons, pixels, HTML5, and SDK technologies for apps, as well as fingerprinting techniques that help identify your device. These technologies may work alongside cookies to collect and store information, enhancing certain features or services on our website or displaying third-party advertising based on your browsing.
This overview provides general information about what cookies entail. For specific details about the cookies we use, please refer to the cookies settings panel.
WHAT TYPE OF COOKIES CATEGORIES AGNES B. USES :
Cookies can be classified into two types based on the provider:
First-party cookies: These are sent to the user’s computer or device by the website the user is visiting. They provide the platform or service requested by the user.
Third-party cookies: These are sent to the user’s computer or device by a website that the user is not visiting. They are processed by another entity that obtains data from the cookies.
Cookies can be also categorized based on their purpose:
Strictly Necessary Cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies are set to provide the service, or resource requested. Without these cookies, your request cannot be properly delivered. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. We also use these cookies to set up essential functionalities to guarantee the functionality of our website as well as the security and efficiency of the service requested, such as authentication. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings but you may then not be able to access all or parts of our website.
Functionality Cookies:
Functionality cookies allow websites to remember the user’s site preferences and choices they make on the website including username, region, and language. This allows the website to provide personalized features like your selected country and language, wish list items stored while you browse and remembering volume settings. They are anonymous and don’t track browsing activity across other websites. Similar to strictly necessary cookies, functionality cookies are used to provide services you request. These cookies can remember your preferences to boost the user experience on a website.
Analysis / Performance Cookies:
These cookies are optional and gather information on how visitors use and interact with our website, aiming to optimize design, operations, efficiency, and enhance the overall user experience. We seek consent to deploy these cookies.
Targeting Cookies:
These cookies are optional and are used to provide targeted advertising, and to track any sales due to these advertisements, including advertisements contained on other websites or within marketing communications sent to you. Targeting Cookies permit third parties to collect cookies allowing us to make targeted marketing/ads of our products and services on other websites, and on social media. If you allow this you will allow the listed third parties to set cookies tracking your interests and behaviour including which products and services you are interested in, or purchase, on this and other websites, social media, and devices. Be aware that these third parties are either joint or independent data controllers of the personal data tracked via the cookies and they will use the data for their own purposes. We ask for permission to allow the above third parties to place these types of cookies on sites.
WHY ARE COOKIES USED ON THE AGNES B. WEBSITE:
Cookies play an important role in the functionality of our website. Their primary objective is to enhance your browsing experience by ensuring it is seamless and efficient. For instance, cookies help in retaining your preferences (language, country, etc.) during your current session and future visits. Our cookies are also instrumental in the ongoing improvement of our services and website, contributing to personalised advertising based on your browsing behaviour.
The information gathered through cookies enables us to enhance our website by generating statistical data and analysing usage patterns (e.g., visit frequency, popular sections, duration of visits). This statistical insight aids in understanding user interactions, facilitating service improvements, and tailoring the website to individual interests, thereby expediting searches.
On occasion, cookies may be employed to acquire information that enables us to display targeted advertising, whether from our website, third-party platforms, or other means, based on an analysis of your browsing habits (visited products, consulted sections, etc.).
It's important to note that the cookies we use never store sensitive information such as passwords, credit or debit card details, etc.
WHAT IF I DO NOT WANT COOKIES:
Necessary cookies are essential for the website and you cannot opt out of them, but you can delete necessary cookies after use – see how below. You may also disable cookies in your browser, but this may affect your use of the website.
For all other cookies, you can always adjust your settings and revoke your consent.
HOW TO MANAGE YOUR COOKIES:
The cookies are placed on your browser. This means that we cannot delete them for you. You must do that yourself in the way prescribed by your specific browser. If you are on an Agnès b. website, you can also avoid cookies being placed by adjusting the browser settings on your device. Real browser cookies are set to expire. Similar types of technologies, like local storage on your device, do not have expiration built-in but must be deleted by you. We have linked instructions on how to adjust/delete cookies on some of the more common devices below.
Below you will find examples of guides on how to block cookies and how to remove cookies in the various browsers for PCs and Macs:
Regarding third-party Cookies used to provide advertising based on your interests, please note that certain third parties may be members of some of the following self-regulatory programmes for online behavioural advertising, with the relevant voluntary exclusion options:
WHO USES THE INFORMATION STORED ON COOKIES?
The information in our website cookies is uniquely utilised by Agnès b., except for those outlined in section "Third-party cookies," managed by external entities to enhance our services and user experience. Further details are available in the cookies settings panel on our website.
For more information on how we process personal data with third parties and international data transfers, please refer to our Privacy Policy on our website and the privacy policies/settings of these third-party collaborators on their platforms.