Cookie Policy - Handy Labels

Welcome to Handy Labels Cookie Policy page. We understand the importance of your privacy and strive to make your experience on our website as transparent and secure as possible. This page serves to explain what cookies are, how we use them, and what their purposes are.

What are Cookies?

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

How we use cookies

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

How do I change my cookie settings?

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Cookies We Use

Below, you'll find a comprehensive list of the cookies we deploy, their names, and the specific functions they serve on our website. By continuing to browse our site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies as described in our privacy policy.

Category: Necessary / System Cookies

Necessary system cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.

Publisher	Name	Purpose
Handy Labels	form_key	Ensures visitor browsing security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitors.
Handy Labels	mage-cache-sessid	This cookie facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster. It's typically used to enable persistent shopping cart functionality and to facilitate the use of the ecommerce platform.
Handy Labels	mage-cache-storage	This cookie is used for local caching purposes to make pages load faster, improving the overall user experience.
Handy Labels	mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation	This cookie helps to manage when local storage data needs to be invalidated and updated, ensuring the user sees the most current and accurate information.
Handy Labels	mage-cache-timeout	This cookie is used to manage the timing of the cache storage. It sets the time for when cache data will expire and be removed, making sure that outdated data isn't taking up space unnecessarily.
Handy Labels	mage-messages	We use this cookie to show notifications and messages to the user while they are browsing the website. Necessary for the functionality of the website's chat-box function.
Handy Labels	PHPSESSID	Preserves user session state across page requests.
Gstatic	rc::a / rc::b / rc::c / _GRECAPTCHA	Cookies related to Google's recaptcha service, which helps protect websites from spam and abuse. These cookies are used to distinguish between humans and bots.
DoubleClick.net	test_cookie	Used to check if the users browser supports cookies.
Cloudflare	cf_ob_info	Third-party cookie used by Cloudflare to track the request path and status through Cloudflare network to end servers for security purpose.
Cloudflare	cf_use_ob	Third-party cookie used by Cloudflare in the event servers are down, for showing a cached version of any requested web page, with validity of 3 days.
Cloudflare	_cf_bm	Third-party cookie used to distinguish between human and bot traffic, to provide security and protect the website from malicious traffic. It also supports Cloudflare's bot management service.
Handy Labels	section_data_ids	This cookie facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster. It's typically used to enable persistent shopping cart functionality and to facilitate the use of the ecommerce platform.
Handy Labels	extait_allowed_categories	Used by system to enable or disable user-selected cookie categories.
Handy Labels	extait_allowed_cookies	Used by system to enable or disable user-selected cookies.
Google Tag Manager	_dc_gtm_UA	Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag.

Category: Statistics / Tracking Cookies

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Publisher	Name	Purpose
Google Analytics	_ga / _gali / _gat / _gid / collect	These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. Read Google's overview of privacy and safeguarding data.
YouTube	PREF / VSC / VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE / remote_sid	We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. Read more at YouTube’s embedding videos information page.
Handy Labels	product_data_storage / recently_compared_product_previous / recently_viewed_product / recently_viewed_product_previous	Determines which products the user has viewed, allowing the website to promote related products, or used for optimising specific visitors navigation on the website.

Category: Marketing

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.

Publisher	Name	Purpose
Google Analytics	_gcl_au	First-party cookie used by Google Analytics to understand user interaction with the website.
Google	ads/ga-audiences	Session Pixel cookie used by Google Ads to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behavior across websites.
Google	IDE	Third-party cookie that is used by Google's DoubleClick. It is used to serve targeted advertisements that are relevant to the user across the web. Targeted advertisements may be displayed to users based on previous visits to a website. This cookie measures the conversion rate of ads presented to the user.
Microsoft	MR	Third-party analytics cookie that's used to pass user action information to the Bing advertising network, with validity of 180 days.
Microsoft	MUID	Third-party cookie used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. This bing.com cookie enables tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains.
Microsoft	_uetsid / _uetvid	First-party cookie used by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.
LinkedIn	li_sugr	Third-party LinkedIn Insight Tag for Browser Identifier, with validity of 90 days.