COOKIES

Spartan Tool UK uses cookies and similar technologies in order to recognise return customers and to facilitate and improve the customer browsing experience.

Spartan Tool UK website in assistance with third-party analytics service providers may collect certain information when you visit our site.

This information includes:

  • IP address
  • Geographic location of the device
  • Browser type
  • Browser language
  • Date and time of your request
  • Time(s) of your visit(s)
  • Demographics
  • Page views
  • Page elements (e.g., links) that you click.

We may use cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, or other similar tools on our site or in our email messages to assist us in collecting and analysing such information. We use this analytics information to provide better, more relevant content on our site, to measure the effectiveness of advertisements, to identify and fix problems, and to improve your overall experience on our site.

WHAT IS A COOKIE?

A cookie is a text file which contains information helping a computer or device to remember something a user has done previously on that website, e.g. the items in a customer’s basket.  A cookie is placed by the website within the computer or device via the user’s web browser, and is subsequently sent back to the same website by the browser.

Cookies are harmless files and do not carry viruses, install malware or cause any harm to your computer.

Pinkya uses cookies to help deliver the best shopping experience for customers.  We use different types of cookies (outlined below) including authentication cookies, which help the website recognise whether a user is logged in or if it needs to ask the user to do so.

The website also employs cookies and similar technologies placed by third party partners, which enables us to provide users with relevant advertising and further improve the shopping experience.

By using the Spartan Tool UK website, mobile website and associated Apps, you agree to our Privacy Policy and to the use of cookies by Spartan Tool UK and carefully selected third party partners.  If you do not agree, please refer to the Managing Your Cookies section for details on how to disable cookies.

Please note that to make full use of the Spartan Tool UK website, cookies need to be enabled on your browser as certain features will not work if cookies are disabled.

If you choose to disable cookies, you may still browse the site but the online shopping experience will be diminished.  For example, if cookies are not allowed then you will not be able to complete a purchase as cookies are required throughout all stages of the ordering process.

Most cookies will only be kept for the duration of a visit to Spartan Tool UK.  Some cookies, including those placed by our carefully chosen third party partners, may be kept for longer.

Do cookies contain personal information?

Although cookies enable an improved shopping experience by helping the Pinkya website recognise return customers, we can confirm that cookies do not contain confidential information.  This includes personal details such as home address, telephone number.

Pinkya does not control the information stored by third party cookies.

Like most retail websites, Spartan Tool UK uses two primary types of cookie: session cookies and persistent cookies.

Session cookies last only for the duration of your visit to the Spartan Tool UK website.  These cookies help users’ complete key activities on the website such as placing an order, and generally help improve the shopping experience.  Session cookies are administered by us and no personal data is stored after you have left the website.

Persistent cookies are stored on your computer or device’s browser and remain until they are deleted or expire.  These cookies are used to measure user engagement for marketing purposes and to support your experience on the website, allowing us to test enhancements and further improve customer’s online browsing.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is Google’s free web analytics tool that helps us to understand how visitors engage with the Spartan Tool UK website.  In order to do this, it uses a set of cookies with names like ‘__utma’ and ‘__utmz’ to collect information anonymously and report website trends without identifying individual visitors.  These cookies do not pass or store personal information such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, or credit card details.

You can learn more about Analytics cookies and privacy information here.

Advertising cookies

Google uses certain cookies to make advertising more engaging to users.  This includes advertising cookies that select ads based on user preferences and avoid showing ads the user has already seen.

Google uses cookies, including user preference cookie PREF, to help personalise ads on Google properties like Google Search.  It also uses cookies for advertising served outside of Google; its main advertising cookie is called ‘id’ with others named things like _drt_, FLC, NID and exchange_uid.

Conversion cookies are also used for advertising purposes; these allow us to see when a user has clicked a Spartan Tool UK ad and subsequently purchased a product.  Such cookies remain for a limited time before expiring and do not contain information that can identify you personally.

For more information on Google advertising cookies and how to manage them, click here.

Session state cookies

Session state cookies are used by websites to collect information about browsing patterns and onsite user interactions.  These ‘session state cookies’ help to enhance the user browsing experience and can be used by Spartan Tool UK and Google to measure the effectiveness of pay per click advertising.

Social networks

Spartan Tool UK has a presence on various social networking sites, including Facebook.  The use of these pages may result in the hosting sites dropping cookies onto your computer or device.

Spartan Tool UK does not control the setting of these cookies and accepts no liability in connection with them. To fully understand how these cookies function, please consult the social network in question for more information on what they do with cookies and how these can be managed.

Share tools

Spartan Tool UK allows customers to share products on social networking sites such as Facebook. By sharing content in this way, please be aware that the social network may send cookies to your browser.

Spartan Tool UK does not control the setting of these cookies and accepts no liability in connection with them.  To fully understand how these cookies function, please consult the social network in question for more information on what they do with cookies and how these can be managed.

MANAGING COOKIES

If you would like to manage the cookies placed on your computer or device, then there are options available to you.

If you do not want information collected using these technologies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to automatically decline many of these technologies, or to be given the choice. If you reside in a jurisdiction that requires us to obtain your consent to use cookies on our sites, then you will have an opportunity to manage your cookie preferences on the sites. The only cookies that cannot be disabled are those needed for core site functionality.

You can also delete cookies stored in your browser after you have been online.  Whilst this does not mean you won’t continue to collect cookies after future browsing sessions, it means you have the freedom to delete your cookies after visiting a site.  To clear cookies on all devices, you need to clear all browsers on all different devices used.

If you share Spartan Tool UK content on social networks, you may be sent cookies from these sites. We don’t control the sending of these cookies, so we advise you to check these third-party (social sharing) websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

ADVERTISEMENT EVENT LOGS

If you choose to use the Spartan Tool UK website or interact with our advertisements, we may collect information such as which advertisements were viewed, how often they were clicked and how often certain actions such as saving a coupon were performed. This helps our advertising providers provide you with relevant content and advertising.

BROWSER SETTINGS

You can manage the cookies on your computer or devices through your internet browser – simply use the links provided below.  Please note Spartan Tool UK is not responsible for the content of external websites.

COMMENTING ON BLOGS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES

Spartan Tool UK website has blogs and similar features through which you can post information, messages and materials. Please note that any information you disclose through such services or otherwise on our sites may become public information and may be available to visitors to the sites and to the general public. We urge you to exercise discretion and caution when deciding to disclose Personal Information, or any other information, on our website.

PROMOTIONS

If you enter into a sweepstake’s, contest or similar promotion, we may use the information you provide to administer those promotions. To the extent that the terms and conditions of any such promotion regarding the treatment of Personal Information about you conflict with this Privacy Statement, the terms and conditions of the promotion will control.

MARKETING CORRESPONDENCE

Spartan Tool UK may use your Personal Information to send you marketing-related correspondence (including emails) related to Spartan Tool UK products. This is in accordance with the email preferences you have specified in your account. By ticking the tick box to receive promotional e-mails, you agree to receive marketing communications from Spartan Tool UK. We do not share Personal Information with third parties for the third parties’ marketing purposes.

HOW TO OPT-OUT OF MARKETING CORRESPONDENCE

To opt out of receiving all marketing-related correspondence from Spartan Tool UK, please update your email preferences in your account or click “Unsubscribe” from any marketing email you receive from Spartan Tool UK.

PRIVACY STATEMENT UPDATES

We may change this Privacy Statement from time to time as we add new products, as we improve our current offerings, or as technologies and laws change. Any changes will become effective upon our posting of the revised Privacy Statement on our website.

RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will retain your Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes for which your Personal Information has been collected as outlined in this Privacy Statement unless a longer retention period is required by law.

HOW TO REVIEW, EDIT, OR DELETE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

You may request access to your Personal Information at any time. You may request that inaccurate Personal Information be updated at any time. You can also request to have your Personal Information and Spartan Tool UK account deleted at any time. Spartan Tool UK will respond promptly to your requests in accordance with applicable law.

Please note for your protection, we may only carry out a request if the Personal Information provided matches the particular email address that you use to send us your request. We may need to verify your identity before implementing your request. We may decline to process requests that compromise the privacy of others, are extremely impractical, or would cause us to take any action that is not permissible under applicable laws. Additionally, as permitted by applicable laws, we may need to retain certain Personal Information for a longer period of time for record-keeping purposes, such as retaining records relating to your purchases for warranty or accounting purposes.

If you have any queries regarding our Privacy Policy, or wish to make an access, correction or deletion request you can contact our customer service team via the following email:

ADMIN@DRAIN-CLEANING-MACHINES.CO.UK