Cookie Policy
This Cookies Policy sets out the basis on which we, Talking Products Ltd, use cookies and similar technologies on or in relation to our website, talkingproducts.com (our website). This Cookies Policy is effective from 09/05/2018.
Essential cookies are automatically placed on your computer or device when you access our website or take certain actions on our website. Non-essential cookies and other technologies are only placed on your computer or device if you have consented to us doing so. For information on the difference betwee] essential and non-essential cookies, see the section below entitled About cookies.
For information on how you consent and how you can withdraw your consent to us placing non-essential cookies and other technologies on your computer or device, see the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies.
Contents
- About cookies
- List of cookies used
- Essential cookies
- Non-essential cookies
- Web beacons
- Facebook Pixel
- How to accept or reject cookies
- Copyright, credit and logo
About cookies
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files sent by a website’s server to a web browser, processor memory or hard drive and stored there. They can be used for a range of different purposes, such as customising a website for a particular user, helping a user navigate a website, improving that user’s website experience, and storing that user’s preferences and login information.
Essential and non-essential cookies
Cookies can be classified as either ‘essential’ or ‘non-essential’.
Essential cookies: these are cookies that are either:
used solely to carry out or facilitate the transmission of communications over a network; or
strictly necessary to provide an online service (e.g. our website or a service on our website) which you have requested.
Non-essential cookies: these are any cookies that do not fall within the definition of essential cookies, such as cookies used to analyse your behaviour on a website (‘analytical’ cookies) or cookies used to display advertisements to you (‘advertising’ cookies).
Session and persistent cookies
Cookies can be classified as either ‘session’ or ‘persistent’, depending on how long they last after they are placed on your browser.
Session cookies: session cookies last for as long as you keep your browser open. They expire when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies: persistent cookies expire at a fixed point in time or if you manually delete them from your browser, whichever occurs first.
First and third party cookies
Cookies can be classified as ‘first party’ or ‘third party’.
First party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by our website domain.
Third party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by third party website domains.
If you require further information about cookies in general, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org
List of cookies used
Essential Cookies
These are cookies which are strictly necessary for our website to be able to operate or to provide you with a service on our website which you have requested.
This website uses cookies. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.
Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user's experience more efficient.
The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission.
This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Please state your consent ID and date when you contact us regarding your consent.
Your consent applies to the following domains: www.talkingproducts.com
Cookie declaration last updated on 5/3/24:
Necessary (13)
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | Soundestlink.com | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| _cmp_a | talkingproducts.com | Determines whether the user has accepted the cookie consent box. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| _pay_session [x2] |
Shopify Shop | The cookie is necessary for the secure checkout and payment function on the website. This function is provided by shopify.com. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| _shopify_essential [x2] | www.talkingproducts.com Shopify | Pending | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| _tracking_consent | talkingproducts.com | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| 1.gif | Cookiebot | Used to count the number of sessions to the website, necessary for optimizing CMP product delivery. | Session | Pixel Tracker |
| bugsnag-anonymous-id | Shopify | This cookie is used to detect errors on the website - this information is sent to the website's support staff in order to optimize the visitor's experience on the website. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| cart_currency | www.talkingproducts.com | The cookie is necessary for the secure checkout and payment function on the website. This function is provided by shopify.com. | 14 days | HTTP Cookie |
| CookieConsent | Cookiebot | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| secure_customer_sig | www.talkingproducts.com | This cookie is used to store customer credentials securely when processing a purchase on the website - the cookie is essential in making a secure online transaction. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| shopify_pay_redirect | www.talkingproducts.com | The cookie is necessary for the secure checkout and payment function on the website. This function is provided by shopify.com. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
Preferences (2)
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| localization | www.talkingproducts.com | Holds the users timezone. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| shopifyChatData | Shopify | Identifies the visitor across devices and visits, in order to optimize the chat-box function on the website. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
Statistics (12)
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years | HTTP Cookie | |
| _ga_# | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. | 2 years | HTTP Cookie | |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 day | HTTP Cookie | |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie | |
| _hjSession_# | Hotjar | Collects statistics on the visitor's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| _hjSessionUser_# | Hotjar | Collects statistics on the visitor's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| _hjTLDTest | Hotjar | Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| hjActiveViewportIds | Hotjar | This cookie contains an ID string on the current session. This contains non-personal information on what subpages the visitor enters – this information is used to optimize the visitor's experience. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| hjViewportId | Hotjar | Saves the user's screen size in order to adjust the size of images on the website. | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| omnisendSessionID | omnisnippet1.com | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| soundestID | omnisnippet1.com | This cookie is used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before, or if it is a new visitor on the website. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| td | Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | Session | Pixel Tracker |
Marketing (23)
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.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #-# | YouTube | Pending | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| ads/ga-audiences | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites. | Session | Pixel Tracker | |
| iU5q-!O9@$ | YouTube | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| LogsDatabaseV2:V#||LogsRequestsStore | YouTube | Pending | Persistent | IndexedDB |
| nextId | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| PREF | YouTube | Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. | 8 months | HTTP Cookie |
| remote_sid | YouTube | Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| requests | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| ServiceWorkerLogsDatabase#SWHealthLog | YouTube | Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. | Persistent | IndexedDB |
| TESTCOOKIESENABLED | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube | Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 180 days | HTTP Cookie |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | YouTube | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 180 days | HTTP Cookie |
| YSC | YouTube | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | YouTube | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| YtIdbMeta#databases | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Persistent | IndexedDB |
| yt-remote-cast-available | YouTube | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | YouTube | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-device-id | YouTube | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | YouTube | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-session-app | YouTube | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-session-name | YouTube | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |