PRIVACY POLICY

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. 

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

COOKIE POLICY

What Are Cookies

A cookie is a file containing a unique identifier (an alphanumeric string) that is sent by a web server to a web browser, and then stored by the browser. The unique identifier is then sent back to the server every time the browser requests a page from the server. We sites use cookies to identity and track users as they navigate different pages on a website, and to identify users returning to a website, generally to offer an improved customer experience. Cookies may either be “persistent” or “session” cookies. A persistent cookie is a text file sent by a web server to a web browser, which will be stored by the browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date (unless deleted by the user first). A session cookie will expire at the end of the user session when the web browser is closed.

How do we use cookies at Olaalaa

At Olaalaa, we use cookies for several reasons which we have detailed below. In most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case, they are used to provide a service that you use.

Disabling cookies

By adjusting the settings in your browser, you can prevent the use of cookies on websites (see your browser Help section for details on how to do this). However, please be aware that disabling cookies may impact your ability to use the Olaalaa, website correctly and may disable your ability to purchase items and browse the site. It is therefore recommended that you do not disable cookies.

Account cookies

When you create an account at Olaalaa, we use cookies for the management of the signup process and once you have logged in to present you with the details you have provided. These cookies will generally be deleted once you have logged out of the website, however in some cases they may remain so that we can remember your preferences when you have logged out.

Login cookies  

We use cookies when you are logged in to your account so that we can remember this and present you with information that you have provided us. By doing this it means that you do not have to log in again when you move to a new page. These cookies are generally removed once you have logged out, so that other users can not have access to your account.

Orders processing cookies

So that we can remember the items that you have added to your cart we use cookies to carry this information between pages. This is essential functionality for the site.

Site preferences cookies

So that we can remember the preferences that you set when you visit the site, we use cookies to store this information. This is to provide customers with an improved experience so that they do not have to submit their preferences every time.

Third party cookies 

At Olaalaa, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. This section outlines which cookies from third parties provide which functionality. We use Google Analytics which is one of the most common and trusted website analytics solution available. It helps us to understand how customers use the site and gives us insights into ways that we can improve the experience. The cookies used for Google Analytics may track things such as how long customers spend on the site and the pages that they visit. We also use conversion tracking cookies. We use these from several third parties including Google AdWords, Feed Optimise and Facebook. As a marketplace it is very important for us to understand statistics about how many of our visitors make a purchase and to analyse which products they are buying, as a result these are the bits of data that these cookies will track. This helps us to optimise our marketing spend to ensure we can build a successful business and continue to bring you the best possible products.

If you would like some more details about the cookies that we use, please feel free to contact us via our contact form.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

 

ANALYTICS

 How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.