1 Who are we and how can you reach us?
You can contact us, CooperVision Limited, with its head office at Delta Park, Concorde Way, Segensworth North, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 5RL, UK, by e-mail: dpo@coopervision.com or by mail at the above address.
This Cookie Notice applies to our website accessible at coopervision.co.uk and the corresponding subpages. With this Cookie Notice, we will explain which cookies and similar technologies are used to store or access information on your terminal device. The mere storage and access of information is also associated with processing activities, which may also relate to your personal data. For information on the processing of your personal data, please visit our Privacy Notice, which contains detailed information on the processing activities and in particular your rights as a data subject.
Please feel free to use the contact details above to approach us directly with any questions you may have.
2 What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a webserver sends to the browser of your terminal device when you visit a website. Depending on the settings, in addition to these cookies, similar technologies are also integrated on our websites (hereinafter uniformly referred to as “Cookies”). Cookies usually contain a unique identifier and are initially used to ensure the operation of the website (“Strictly Necessary Cookies”). These Strictly Necessary Cookies are always activated and may be used without your consent.
In addition, we use Cookies for other purposes only with your consent. For instance, such Cookies are used to analyze your interests and enable us to provide you with a personalized online experience by showing you appropriate content based on your presumed interests.
With regard to the storage period, the following distinction applies: So-called Session Cookies are only stored for the duration of a single browser session and are deleted as soon as you close your browser while so-called Persistent Cookies remain stored on your terminal device until either you delete them or they are deleted automatically after a specified period. You can delete Cookies from your terminal device at any time, e.g. via your browser settings.
3 What types of Cookies do we use?
In the following, we will provide you with an overview of the different Cookie categories. You can then receive additional information about the legal bases and the individual Cookies by continuing to read this Cookie Notice.
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Strictly Necessary Cookies |
These Cookies are required for the operation and functionality of the website. They make the website technically accessible, secure and usable, providing essential and basic functionalities, such as navigation on the website, authentication for the login area, correct display of the website in your browser and enabling consent management. Without these Cookies, you will not be able to use our website services without disruption. |
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Performance Cookies |
Through these Cookies we can monitor the website performance and collect statistical data about our website-usage, such as counting visits and traffic sources. This enables us to measure and improve our website-performance by understanding how most users move around the website, which webpages are most popular or which are least used. For this purpose, we use appointed service providers, some of which are located outside the EU/EEA. |
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Functional Cookies |
These Cookies are used to remember your user preferences enabling us to optimize your user experience by personalizing settings on our website. For example, we can capture your approximate location at postcode level and show you opticians in your area. For this purpose, we use appointed service providers, some of which are located outside the EU/EEA. |
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Targeting Cookies |
These Cookies are used to understand how you use and move around our website and enable us to build a profile of your interests. This information then allows us to direct and customize advertising and website content according to your preferences, e.g. by displaying ads that are relevant to you and blocking irrelevant or redundant ads. For this purpose, we use appointed service providers, some of which are located outside the EU/EEA. |
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Cookies by Third Party Controllers purposing own interests |
These Cookies and pixels are used to understand how you use and move around our website and enable us to build a profile of your interests. It also enables us to combine information with your Meta social media accounts. This information then allows us to direct and customize advertising on the social media platforms, whereas irrelevant or redundant ads are blocked. For this purpose, we cooperate with companies which act as responsible data controllers and also use the data for their own purposes. Some of these companies are located outside the EU/EEA. |
4 How can I control the use of Cookies or delete them?
Strictly Necessary Cookies are always active and storing and accessing such Cookie information is not dependent on your consent. Performance, Functional, Targeting Cookies and Cookies by Third Party Controllers will only be dropped and accessed upon retrieval of your explicit consent.
You can change your Cookie and Privacy preferences for our website or withdraw your consent with effect for the future at any time by clicking on the following link:
In addition, you can also delete Cookies yourself at any time via your browser settings.
5 Legal basis and detailed list of Cookies and Pixels
To provide you with detailed information, you will find an overview on the legal basis we rely on for each Cookie category. Furthermore, we have listed all individual Cookies (and Pixels) under their associated Cookie category in the following tables.
According to EU Member State laws enacting EU Directive 2002/58/EC on privacy and electronic communication as amended by EU Directive 2009/136/EC, consent is not required for the dropping and accessing of these Strictly Necessary Cookies. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data, which is also included here, is our legitimate interest (Art 6 Para 1 lit f General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (“GDPR”)). We have an interest in keeping our website technically accessible, secure and usable. You can find more information in our Privacy Notice.
The legal basis for dropping and accessing Performance Cookies is your explicit consent. Concerning the processing of personal data, your consent also includes the processing of personal data to analyze your interaction with the website and generate performance reports (Art 6 Para 1 lit a GDPR). You can find further information in our Privacy Notice.
The legal basis for dropping and accessing Functional Cookies is your explicit consent. Concerning the processing of personal data, your consent also includes the processing of personal data to analyze your interaction with the website and enable certain website-functionalities (Art 6 Para 1 lit a GDPR). You can find further information in our Privacy Notice.
The legal basis for dropping and accessing Targeting Cookies is your explicit consent. Concerning the processing of personal data, your consent also includes the processing of personal data to analyze your interests and to create a marketing profile (Art 6 Para 1 lit a GDPR). You can find further information in our Privacy Notice.
The legal basis for dropping and accessing Cookies by Third Party Controllers (including the use of Pixels) is your explicit consent. Concerning the processing of personal data, your consent also includes the processing of personal data to analyze your interests, create a marketing profile (Art 6 Para 1 lit a GDPR) and transfer the data to said companies for their use for own purposes. You can find further information in our Privacy Notice.
6 Contact for information on data transfers to third countries outside the EU/EEA
Where the list above indicates that we use commissioned service providers located outside the EU/EEA, an appropriate level of data protection for the foreign transfer is ensured by means of suitable security measures. As safeguards, we have inter alia assessed on the risks of a transfer and concluded EU standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission within the meaning of Art 46 Para 2 lit c GDPR for the transfer of personal data from EU/EEA countries to service providers outside the EU/EEA.
If you have any questions about these EU standard contractual clauses or if you would like more information about further security measures for the transfer of data to countries outside the EU/EEA, please feel free to contact us at dpo@coopervision.com.
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