Skydiamond Cookies Policy

Introduction to the website cookie policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files containing specific information relating to the way a user views our website. These are downloaded onto the device used for that purpose. Depending on the type of cookie, they can be read, updated, or deleted by the same servers. Cookies will remain on your device for varying periods of time, depending on the type. Session cookies are deleted once you close your browser. Others, such as those used for tracking or authentication, may be saved for longer. Some of these cookies are put in place by us whilst others are put in place by third parties. 

Cookies are used for the following purposes, and you can manage your preferences for each category: 
 ·         Strictly necessary cookies - These cookies are essential for the basic operation of the website, such as enabling secure login or shopping cart functionality. They do not require your consent 
·         Analytical/ performance cookies - These cookies help us measure and improve the performance of our website, by tracking usage statistics like page views, time spent on the site, and error messages. These cookies require your consent. 
·         Marketing cookies - These cookies track your browsing behaviour to serve you personalised ads or content on our website and third-party websites. These cookies require your consent.. 
·         Functionality cookies – These cookies allow websites to remember the user’s site preferences and choices they make on the site including username, region, and language. This allows the website to provide personalised features like local news stories and weather if you share your location.

 

What cookies do we use?

Strictly Necessary Cookies - These Cookies are necessary for us to operate our site. For example, these Cookies help us set your privacy preferences, add an item into your bag and help you fill in forms. This category of Cookies should not be disabled. Essential Cookies typically are deleted when you end your browsing session or within a short period of time thereafter. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these Cookies, but some parts of the site may not then work.  

Functional Cookies - These Cookies enable the site to provide enhanced functionality and user experience. These Cookies collect information about your choices and remember your preferences so we can show you relevant content and personalise the site. For example, they allow us to remember the pages you have browsed, currency, region, purchase information, transaction identification, IP address, items added to your bag, the web pages you viewed or products you have viewed during a browsing session so that we can improve your browsing experience. Functional Cookies typically are deleted when you end your browsing session or within a short period of time thereafter. If you do not allow these Cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly. 
  
Analytics Cookies - We use analytics services to collect information about how visitors interact with our site, such as what pages you visit, how long you stay on a page, whether the page is displayed correctly or any errors have occurred, as well as IP address, location, identifiers associated with your device, your type of device, web browser characteristics, device characteristics, language and country preferences, referring/exit pages, clickstream data, dates and times of site visits, and information about actions you have taken on our site. These Cookies allow us to measure and improve the performance of our site and make the site more user-friendly.  
  
Advertising and Social Media Cookies - Advertising Cookies are used to manage and serve ads to you and others like you and include Interest-Based Advertising Cookies and Social Media Cookies. These Cookies may be set through our site by us and our advertising and social media partners, such as Meta, Pinterest, Google and Microsoft, and may be used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. These Cookies may collect information about whether you have interacted with an advertisement and help us to offer you content that may be of interest.   
We may allow third-party service providers, such as Google, Meta, Pinterest, and Microsoft, to set cookies on your device for the purpose of analytics, advertising, and social media integration. These third parties may use cookies to collect information about your online activities across different websites and create a profile of your interests. Please note that we do not control the information collected by these third-party cookies. If you do not allow these Cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

 

Disabling cookies

We will only use non-essential cookies (such as Analytical, Functional, and Marketing cookies) if you provide your consent through our Cookie Banner. If you do not consent, we will only use strictly necessary cookies that are required for the operation of the website. 

If you wish to manage your cookie preferences, you can do so through our Cookie Banner when you first visit the site, or you can access the cookie settings at any time through the 'Cookie Preferences' link at the bottom of our website. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings, but please note that disabling cookies may impact the functionality of the site. 

Guidance on how to tell your browser not to write cookies can be found at  https://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Cookies 

Under the UK GDPR, you have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal data collected through cookies. You may also withdraw your consent at any time. To exercise your rights or if you have any concerns about the data we collect, please contact us at hello@skydiamond.com