What is a cookie module?
Cookie modules are small sized text files that are stored on your computer, mobile phone, tablet or device. They are stored on the aforementioned devices by the websites that you access (just like our site) and contain data regarding your activity on said websites – for example – accessed subpages, time spent on a certain page etc.
Cookie modules can be session based, and they are deleted the moment that you close the browser, or permanent, and they remain in your computer even after the browser has been shut down, generally until you delete them manually.
From a technical standpoint, such data can be obtained by us through other means that serve the same purpose (e.g. web beacons, pixels, widgets, identifiers associated to the device etc.). In this Policy, we name all the technologies used as “cookie modules”.
The current cookie module policy presents information regarding data processing, data that has been stored through cookies on the website.
Why are cookies used?
We use cookie modules to help you access the services on our website as efficiently and easily as possible.
Cookie modules help us supply, protect and develop the services of our website.
For example, through cookies, we can recognize you, so that the next time you visit our website we can give you personalized content, customizing or measuring advertisement, ensuring at the same time an as safe as possible experience, and as easy as possible to access.
Taking into consideration how our online services will develop, it is possible that cookie modules will change their technological characteristics in the future. However, even in this case, they will still accomplish one of the purposes mentioned below.
What cookie modules do we use, and for what purposes?
To be easier for you to identify them, we have gathered the types of cookies that we use in a couple of categories:
Absolutely necessary cookie modules
They are vital to the services of the website.
For example, cookie modules for website management.
Analytic cookie modules
They are used directly by us (own cookie modules), or used through third parties (third party cookie modules) to help us give you an enhanced experience and analyze the way in which our website works.
For example, cookie modules through which we rate the performance of our website (e.g. number of visits, duration etc.) and test different design ideas.
Advertising cookie modules
They are used directly by us (own cookie modules), or used through third parties (third party cookie modules) to supply relevant and personalized marketing content to every user, and also to rate the efficiency of that content.
For example, advertising customization cookies.
WHAT SPECIAL COOKIE MODULES DO WE USE?
On the website we use social platform icons, as well as video content embedded from other websites, such as YouTube.
For us to be able to give you all this embedded content, we use a series of techniques assimilated to cookie modules, which are called widgets or pixels, which we obtain from other entities, such as social media platforms (for example Facebook, Twitter, YouTube).
For example, we use Facebook Pixel, a service offered by Facebook and used to observe your activity on myspicelabel.com following your interaction with the ads delivered through the Facebook advertising network.
When you visit a page with embedded content (for example a video on YouTube), or click on the symbol of a social network on our website, a cookie module will be placed on your device.
Apart from that, we can recognize data from the cookie modules from your device to understand the way in which you interact with our website and with the electronic messages sent by us. We obtain this data by using means assimilated to cookie modules, called web beacons. These allow us to correlate the information from cookie modules regarding you.
For example, we use web beacons stored in e-mails sent to you to see if you’ve opened them, or if you were interested in the content of the e-mail.
Who helps us in placing and processing the data from these cookie modules?
As a general rule, data stored in cookie modules used by the website are used by us (own cookie modules). However, there is another series of services detailed below, that can be used by us through the usage of third party cookie modules.
These third party cookie modules are offered by entities such as Google, Facebook, YouTube. They allow us to benefit from extra services supplied by them, to be able to improve our own services and make the usage of our website much easier.
Through these cookie modules, we can supply you with relevant materials, adapted to your preferences, and we can also evaluate the efficacy of the respective content.
For example, we use products offered by Google that use cookie modules, through which we can identify your interests much easier, and we can personalize the ads you see, either on our website or on other web pages. Thus, we can show you only the products that we believe you would be interested in, thus avoiding spam or useless ads.
How can you disable cookie module usage on this website?
In the case in which you do not wish that our website uses cookie modules, you can disable them at any time through the settings of your browser.
You can restrict, block or delete cookie modules used on this website at any time, using the settings provided by your browser. These are different from one web browser to another, but most often can be found in the “Settings” section, under the part referring to “Security” or “Confidentiality”. The help function in your browser can provide further information regarding these settings.
There are certain services provided by our website that do not work without cookie modules. This means that, if you choose to restrict or block cookie modules, you will not be able to use certain facilities or services of this website that rely on cookie modules, as we will present in the table below.
In case you wish to delete the cookie modules from your computer, you can use browser settings for this. Generally, this function is found in Settings or History, for any browser.
For Google Chrome, access history (or use the quick key CTRL+H) – delete browsing data – cookies and other data regarding the site.