Cookies
Your privacy is important to Soapstar BV (“ Soapstar ”, “ us ”, “ our ”) and we are committed to protecting your personal information. This Cookie Policy provides you, as a user of Soapstar's web website, micro website or mobile applications (collectively, the 'Soapstar Site'), clear and accessible information about the cookies and similar technologies that Soapstar uses, why they are used and the choices you have through your cookie settings.
We encourage you to take the time to read the Cookie Policy in full.
What are cookies and similar technologies?
Cookies are small data files that are downloaded to your device when you visit a website or application. When you return to the Soapstar Site or another website it recognizes the cookie, the cookie that is sent improves your experience by remembering your preferences, providing tailored advertising, helping you navigate more efficiently and keeping you logged in . You can read more about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org or www.youronlinechoices.eu .
To read how Soapstar uses cookies, please refer to the section “How does Soapstar use cookies?”
The Soapstar Site uses similar technologies to cookies, including pixel tags, mobile device identifiers and server logs, to understand how you use the Soapstar Site and provide tailored advertising based on your interests. These technologies often take the form of small, transparent graphics placed on a web page or in an email. They work with cookies and record data such as your IP address, when you view the page or email us and what device you use.
How does Soapstar use cookies?
When visiting the Soapstar Site, viewing or digitally communicating with Soapstar and our partners, we use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Understand user behavior when visiting the Soapstar Site;
- track which parts of our SOAPSTAR site people have visited;
- understand the profile of the users of the Soapstar Site;
- Serving tailored advertisements to our users and measuring the effectiveness of our advertisements, for example to recognize when you visit the Soapstar site and provide a more personalized experience (for more information about how we use tailored advertising , we would like to refer you to our Privacy Policy );
- Providing certain services that require the use of cookies, such as the use of an online shopping cart.
We may also use cookies for analytical purposes – for example to analyze your data including your location, products and/or services requested, age, time zone, IP address and the URL visited, against our wider customer base for internal business purposes. purposes, such as generating statistics and developing marketing plans, to improve our services, products, the Soapstar site and Soapstar content. We may also identify your data to create customer segments and share them with our licensees and partners.
We may also use cookies for customized advertising purposes. For example, we, or with a third party/suppliers, have been able to use your data to create tailor-made advertising for you, including the Social channels. These advertisements are either: (i) “contextual” (meaning they are presented as a result of the web page you are viewing); or (ii) “behavioral advertising” or “interest-based advertising” (i.e. where advertisements are shown to you based on your interests that we have inferred from your information, including demographic, geographic and interest-based data). We may use tailored advertising to specifically include or exclude individuals who have signed up for our products and services that are most relevant to you.
We may target advertising with your browsing activity on one device, such as your mobile phone, with your browsing activity on another device, such as your tablet, to ensure that our advertising is tailored to you. To do this, our technology partners may share information about your browsing patterns, geo-location and device identification. To learn more about how we share your information, please refer to our privacy policy .
When you: (i) log in to our Soapstar Site using a Social Site or other web website; (ii) access the Social Site using the Soapstar Site or other web website; and/or (iii) share content to the Social Site or other web website using a Soapstar site; the Social Site or other website may use cookies and similar technologies to collect data about the user and behavior for their own purposes. The use of cookies is in line with the third party's own cookie policy, over which Soapstar has no control.
A comprehensive list of the types of cookies Soapstar applies and what they are used for is included under the section “More information about how Soapstar uses cookies”.
What types of cookies does Soapstar use?
There are different types of cookies:
- Session cookies – these are cookies that expire once you close your web browser.
- Persistent cookies – these are cookies that stay on your device for a certain period of time or until you delete them.
- First party cookies – these are cookies created by the website you are visiting at the time, either by us, or by a third party at our request.
- Third party cookies – these are cookies set by a party other than that of the website you are visiting.
The cookies used on the SOAPSTAR site can be divided into the following categories:
Strictly Necessary Cookies – These cookies are required for the operation and operation of the SOAPSTAR site and cannot be disabled in our systems. For example, by facilitating your account login when accessing secure areas of the SOAPSTAR site; so that you navigate the SOAPSTAR site with the ability to remember the text you have entered; determining whether your browser requires JavaScript to allow you to view content; and the use of an online shopping cart. Without these cookies, some of the services you have requested will not function.
PerformanceCookies – These cookies collect information about how the Soapstar Site is used to help us understand how the Soapstar Site is presented, to improve the quality of the SOAPSTAR Site and your user experience. For example, by counting the pages visitors go to most often, and asking whether visitors receive error messages.
Functionality Cookies – These cookies ensure that the Soapstar Site provides you with a customized experience when navigating the Soapstar Site. For example, they remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide a better, more personalized experience.
Targeting Cookies – The Soapstar Site uses cookies placed by us and our third party partners to understand how you use the Soapstar Site to build a profile of your interests. The information collected through these cookies will be used to show you how to receive better and more personalized advertisements on the Soapstar Site, which other websites you visit and to analyze traffic on the SOAPSTAR Site. We will share portions of the personal information collected about your use of the Soapstar Site with our advertisers and analysts. To read more about these and other advertising networks and their opt-out instructions, click here .
Social Media Cookies – The Soapstar Site uses cookies set by Social Site (such as the Facebook “like” button), which allow you to share Social content from our Social Site. Through these cookies, this Social Site may be able to track your browsing activity and build an interest profile for you.
How do you manage your cookie preferences?
We have set out below how you can manage your cookie preferences:
Browser cookies
You can prevent Soapstar from storing cookies in your browser by refusing or by changing your browser settings. Most browsers can tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to switch existing cookies. If you disable these cookies, a number of features and services on the Soapstar Site will function and may result in cancellation of opt-outs that rely on cookies, such as web analytics.
The links below show you how to manage your cookies on popular browsers
Mobile device cookies
On your mobile device, through your operating system you can choose additional options regarding interest-based advertising or to otherwise reset your mobile identifiers. For example, you can use the “Limit Ad Tracking” setting (on iOS devices) or a setting to “Opt out of Interest-Based Ads” (on Android) that allows you to limit the use of information about your usage.
Consequences of disabling cookies and similar technologies
If you disable cookies and similar technologies, some features and/or services on the Soapstar Site may not function and you may not be able to take full advantage of some of the features offered on the Soapstar Site.
Will this policy ever change?
We may update or change this policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. We will obtain your consent to changes to the policy where required by applicable data protection laws. The date of the most recent version of this policy will appear at the top of the page.
We will take appropriate steps to inform you of any actual changes we make. For example, we will notify you of any changes to this policy by posting a new policy and updating the “last modified” date at the top of this page or by sending you the new policy via email , if applicable .
How do I contact SOAPSTAR?
If you have any questions about our policy or would like to know how we handle your information, you can contact our Privacy Team by submitting your question via the contact form, which can be found via this link on the Soapstar website – https:// soapstarofficial.com/pages/contact