Cookie policy

General Information

This Cookie Policy ("Policy") sets out how AAK Personal Care uses cookies on this website.

This website (http://www.aakpersonalcare.com) is administered and operated by AAK Personal Care, SE-374 82 Karlshamn, Sweden.

AAK Personal Care reserves the right to change (sections of) this Policy at any time and without notice. It is recommended that you review this Policy periodically for changes.

You do not need to allow cookies to visit most of the website. However, enabling cookies may allow for a more tailored browsing experience and is required for certain parts of the website to work. In the majority of cases, a cookie does not provide us with any of your personal information.

To review the privacy policy that apply to visitors of aakpersonalcare.com, please see our data privacy policy.

Use of Cookies on the AAK Personal Care site

We use cookies, and sometimes other online identification technologies which may include web beacons, or pixels to provide users with an improved user experience. By using our website or applications you consent to the deployment of such identification technologies that we may use from time-to-time.

About Cookies

A cookie is an element of data that store pieces of information in your browser or on your device when you visit. Cookies are used on many websites to enable visitors access to different functions. Some cookies may be essential for certain services to work, other coordinate and tailor the information when you return. Some are used to collect statistical information to improve user experiences. Cookies can be temporary, meaning they will disappear when you close the browser, while others are persistent and will remain on your computer for some time. From time to time we may use local cookies, tied to local campaigns. Please see list of cookies below to find out more about which cookies we use on aakpersonalcare.com

What type of cookies we may use:

We typically use the following types of cookies:

Session cookie:

These cookies remain in your browser, device during your browser session only i.e., until end of session or when browser is closed.

Persistent cookies:

These cookies remain in your browser for a set period of time after the browser session (unless deleted by you).

First and third-party cookies:

'first' or 'third' party refers to the domain placing the cookie. First-party cookies are those set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time (e.g. cookies placed by www. aakpersonalcare.com). Third-party cookies are placed by a domain other than www.aakpersonalcare.com. These cookies usually track what websites you visit and send this information back to the creator of the cookie.

Categories of cookies we may use:

Strictly Necessary Cookies:

These cookies enable features without which you would not be able to use the website as intended. For example, to adjust volume of data displayed in relation to your internet connection, to maintain security of transmitted data, or store decision about the use of cookies, language settings on our websites. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be switched off without blocking features on the site. They are usually set in response to your actions on the site, such as filling in forms, setting preferences, or logging in.

Performance Cookies:

These cookies allow us to gather analytics to improve the performance and functionality of our site and can include measurements on the popularity of a page, common patterns or use of features on the site how the site is used, to track and analyze user journeys, and to optimize the web site response time. We usually aggregate the data for review but in some cases, we may collect information on content you have viewed in order to understand what interests you most. Some of our performance cookies are managed for us by third parties. However, we do not allow third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed above.

Functional

We use functional cookies to enable us to provide you with enhanced functionality and personalization. These cookies may be set by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you block these cookies, then some of these services may not function properly.

Targeting

We may use targeting cookies that may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Advertising

We may use cookies that belong to domains other than the one the user is visiting. These cookies may for example, record your visit to our websites, the pages you visit, and any links followed. The cookies are typically used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They also perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously re-appearing. These advertisements are solely intended to make you aware of relevant AAK Personal Care related promotions. AAK Personal Care does not sell your data to any third parties. Please see our data privacy policy for more details.

As new cookies may be added or deleted over time, please check our cookie list to keep up with potential updates.

Social media

We may use cookies that are set by a range of social media services that we have added to our website to enable you to share our content with your peers or networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. Some cookies may fulfil more than one of these purposes.

More detailed information about the types of cookies we use, for which purposes and the expiry date of the cookies can be found below under "Overview of cookies currently used ".

Your Consent

Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent.
For performance, functionality, targeting and social media cookies, we request your consent before placing them on your device. You can give your consent by continuing to use our website, or by clicking on the appropriate button on the banner displayed to you, or by going to Manage Cookie Preference. If you do not wish to give consent or wish to withdraw your consent to any performance, functionality, targeting or social media cookies at any time, you will need to delete, and block or disable cookies via your browser settings; see below for more information on how to do this or by changing your settings in the Manage Cookie Preferences. Please note that disabling these cookies will affect the functionality of the website and may prevent you from being able to access certain features on the website.

Can I withdraw my consent?

If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you will need to delete your cookies using your internet browser settings or clicking on the Cookie button at the bottom of this policy and change your settings.

For further information about deleting or blocking cookies, please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=2.

How to delete and block our cookies

You can change your cookie preferences when you visit our website by clicking on the Cookie button at the bottom of this policy. You can also block cookies by activating your browser setting that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Please note, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

Changing your cookie settings

If you do not want our website to store cookies on your device, you can change your browser settings so that you receive a warning before certain cookies are stored. You can also adjust your settings so that your browser refuses most of our cookies or only certain cookies from third parties. You can also withdraw your consent to cookies by deleting the cookies that have already been stored.
Please note that internet browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the 'Help' option in your internet browser for more details.

Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Cookie settings in Firefox
Cookie settings in Chrome
Cookie settings in Safari

What cookies we currently use

First Party Persistent Cookies

Provider: Facebook
Name: _fbp
Purpose: Used to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
Category: Targeting/Advertising
Duration: 90 days

Provider: Google Analytics
Name: _ga
Purpose: Used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
Category: Performance/Analytics
Duration: 2 years default

Provider: Google Analytics
Name: _gat_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
Purpose: Used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests.
Category: Targeting/Advertising
Duration: 0 days

Provider: Google Analytics
Name: _gclxxx
Purpose: Used to collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. This cookie does not collect personal identifiable information
Category: Performance
Duration: 90 days

Provider: Google Analytics
Name: _gid
Purpose: Used to store and update a unique value for each page visited.
Category: Performance
Duration: 1 days

Provider: Albacross Nordic
Name: nQ_cookieId
Purpose: Used to track choices you make (such as your username, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
Category: Functionality
Duration: 1 year

Provider: Albacross Nordic
Name: nQ_visitId
Purpose: Used to help uniquely identify a visitor.
Category: Functionality 
Duration: 1 year

Provider: 
Name: viewportWidth
Purpose: Null
Category: Other
Duration: 999 years

First Party Session Cookies

Provider: ASP.NET
Name: ASP.NET_SessionId
Purpose: Used to maintain your user session. If you disallow this cookie it may cause the application to fail.
Category: Stricly Necessary
Duration: 0 days

Third Party Cookies

Provider: LinkedIn
Name: bcookie
Purpose: This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media.
Category: Targeting/Advertising
Duration: 2 years

Provider: ads.linkedin.com
Name: lang
Purpose: Used to store language preferences.
Category: Targeting/Advertising
Duration: 0 days

Provider: LinkedIn
Name: Lidc
Purpose: This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie (persistent) that ensures the proper functioning of this website.
Category: Targeting/Advertising
Duration: 1 days

Provider: LinkedIn
Name: Lissc
Purpose: Null
Category: Targeting/Advertising
Duration: 1 year

Provider: LinkedIn
Name: UserMatchHistory
Purpose: Used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor's preferences.
Category: Targeting/Advertising
Duration: 30 days

Provider: LinkedIn
Name: bscookie
Purpose: Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.
Category: Targeting/Advertising
Duration: 2 years

Provider: Facebook
Name: fr
Purpose: This is a third party (persistent)cookie used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign.
Category: Targeting/Advertising
Duration: 90 days

Provider: Doubleclick (Google
Name: IDE
Purpose: This is a third-party persistent cookie that carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.
Category: Targeting/Advertising
Duration: 390 days

Provider: Doubleclick (Google)
Name: test_cookie
Purpose: This is a third-party persistent cookie (persistent) used o determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies.
Category: Targeting/Advertising
Duration: 0 days

Provider: Albacross Nordic 
Name: nQ_cookieId
Purpose: This is a third-party (persistent) cookie to help identify potential B2B customers and uniquely identifies their session.
Category: Targeting/Advertising
Duration: 1 year

Provider: Albacross Nordic 
Name: nQ_visitId
Purpose: This is a third-party (persistent) used to uniquely identify users.
Category: Functionality 
Duration: 0 days