Cookies Policy

What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer when you visit a website. These files are widely used for the website to function correctly and efficiently, as well as to provide information to website owners.

There are two major categories of cookies:
• Own cookies, used directly by us on your device.
• Third-party cookies, used by third parties, through Retail Consult.

How are cookies used?
Visitors to this website use different computers and web browsers. To make your visits as simple as possible, a record of the type of browser (e.g. Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome) and operating system used (e.g. Windows, Macintosh) and the domain name of your internet provider is automatically saved.

Why do We use cookies?
During a visit to our web pages, files called “Cookies” may be placed on the user's computer.
The use of cookies aims to improve the performance of our Website and maximize your experience when browsing them, namely allowing for faster and more efficient navigation, eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.

Cookies Management
All browsers allow the respective user to accept, refuse or delete cookies, namely by selecting the appropriate settings in the respective browser.
Please note, however, that disabling cookies may affect, in whole or in part, your browsing experience on the Websites.
You can configure cookies in the "options" or "preferences" menu of your browser.
To learn more about cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org where you can find information on how to manage your settings for the various browser providers.

External Web Services
We sometimes use external web services to display content within our pages. This measure helps us understand and target more relevant advertising campaigns in the future. For example, to show images or videos or to carry out surveys. As with the buttons for social networks, we cannot prevent the collection of information by these websites or external domains. If you need more information about our providers or how these cookies work, please contact us at privacy@retail-consult.com.

For more information about cookies and their use, we suggest you consult the following links: www.allaboutcookies.org.

Typology of existing Cookies on Our Websites
This website uses cookies that perform 15 functions, as mentioned below:
• Strictly necessary cookies: essential for the website to function.
• Analytical Cookies: Used anonymously for the purpose of monitoring and analyzing statistics, without ever collecting personal information;
• Advertisement Cookies: these cookies are intended to make advertising more engaging for users and more valuable for publishers and advertisers. Some common cookie applications aim to select advertising based on what is relevant to the user, to improve reporting on campaign performance and to avoid showing ads that the user has already seen.

The following table provides an explanation of the Cookies used on the Retail Consult website and their purpose:

PROVIDER	COOKIE ID	FUNCTION	TYPE	DURATION
Retail Consult	__Secure-retail-consult	This cookie starts when you launch the website and ends when you leave the website or close your browser window. This cookie contain information that is stored in a temporary memory location which is deleted after the session ends, but no personal id information is stored.	Necessary	Session
CookieYes	cookieyesID	CookieYes sets this cookie as a unique identifier for visitors according to their consent.	Necessary	1 year
CookieYes	cky-consent	The cookie is set by CookieYes to remember the users's consent settings so that the website recognizes the users the next time they visit.	Necessary	1 year
CookieYes	cookieyes-necessary	CookieYes sets this cookie to remember the consent of users for the use of cookies in the 'Necessary' category.	Necessary	1 year
CookieYes	cookieyes-analytics	CookieYes sets this cookie to remember the consent of users for the use of cookies in the 'Analytics' category.	Necessary	1 year
CookieYes	cookieyes-advertisement	CookieYes sets this cookie to remember the consent of users for the use of cookies in the 'Advertisement' category.	Necessary	1 year
CookieYes	cky-action	This cookie is set by CookieYes and is used to remember the action taken by the user.	Necessary	1 year
Google Analytics	_ga	The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.	Analytics	2 years
Google Analytics	_gid	Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.	Analytics	1 day
Google Analytics	_gat_UA-137559745-1	A variation of the _gat cookie set by Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to allow website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. The pattern element in the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to.	Analytics	1 minute
Youtube	CONSENT	YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.	Analytics	2 years
Youtube	YSC	YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.	Advertisement	Session
Youtube	VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.	Advertisement	180 days
Youtube	yt-remote-device-id	YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.	Advertisement	Never
Youtube	yt-remote-connected-devices	YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.	Advertisement	Never

Can the use of cookies be blocked?

Yes. If you do not want the website to store cookies, you can, through your internet browser, refuse or delete them at any time.
Please note that the refusal to use cookies on the website may affect, partially or totally, your navigation.
For more information about cookies and how to prevent them from being installed or how to delete existing cookies on your devices, you can visit the following website: http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

You can find information about controlling cookies according to your internet browser at the following addresses:

Microsoft Edge https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History
Safari http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
Opera http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

Cookies that have been set in the past
Retail Consult may continue to use the information collected prior to setting the disabled cookies preferences, even if Retail Consult will no longer use the disabled cookie to collect more information.

Consent
By accepting the use of cookies, we consider that the user accepts the use of cookies for the purposes indicated and in accordance with the conditions contained in this page.
If, at any time, you wish to withdraw your consent to our Cookies Notice, you must delete the cookies stored by adjusting the corresponding options found in the "Tools" menu of your browser.

Changes to the Cookies Notice
Retail Consult reserves the right, at any time, without prior notice and with immediate effect, to change, add, update or eliminate, partially or totally, this information on cookies.
Therefore, this Cookie Notice will occasionally be updated to reflect changes in our practices and services. When we post changes to our Cookie Notice, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Cookie Notice. We recommend that you check our website periodically so that you are informed of any changes to the Cookie Notice or any other Notice.