Cookies
This policy sets out the cookies are used on following website: www.Arabesque.co.ke. By using the website you are accepting and consenting to the terms of this policy (the "Policy").

Arabesque Kenya ("we", "us", "our" and "Arabesque"), is the owner and operator of the Website.

We reserve the right to amend this Policy from time to time. The Policy was most recently updated on 24 May 2020.

Use of cookies

The website use cookies to distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps us to provide you with a good user experience when you browse the Website and also allows us to improve the website regularly.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of the website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of the website and use a shopping cart.

Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way the website work, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Functionality cookies. These are used to recognize you when you return to the website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to the website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make the website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

You can find more information below about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them:

Google Analytics: This is used to collect information about how visitors use the website. The cookies collect information anonymously, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the Website from and the pages they have visited. We use this information to compile reports and to help us improve the Website.

_utma: This is used distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.

_utmb &_utmc: These cookies work in tandem and are used to calculate visit length. Google __utmb cookie demarks the exact arrival time, then Google __utmc registers the precise exit time of the user.

Because __utmb counts entrance visits, it is a session cookie, and expires at the end of the session, e.g. when the user leaves the page. A timestamp of 30 minutes must pass before Google cookie __utmc expires. Given _utmc cannot tell if a browser or website session ends. Therefore, if no new page view is recorded in 30 minutes the cookie is expired.

_utmz: This cookie stores the traffic source or campaign shows how the user reached the Website. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.

Google AdWords:

_drt: This cookie is used to track visits and orders placed from advertising on Google’s search and display network. This cookie is triggered when a user visits and makes a purchase via Google’s sponsored ads and is triggered on the confirmation page

For further information: http://www.google.co.ke/ads/preferences/?hl=en

Google Tag Manager:

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use the Website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the Website, where visitors have come to the Website from and the pages they visited.

For further information: http://www.google.co.uk/tagmanager

Arabesque:We use session cookies to remember your log-in details, your preferences (e.g. currency choices) and what you've added into the shopping cart. If these are disabled then some of the website functionality will be lost.

FRONTEND: This cookie holds your session ID on the server.

CUSTOMER: This cookie is an encrypted version of the customer ID within the store.

CUSTOMER_INFO: This cookie is an encrypted version of the customer group the customer belongs to.

CUSTOMER_AUTH: This cookie tells us if you are currently logged on to the store.

NO_CACHE: This cookie indicates if whether the site is allowed to use cache.

WISHLIST: This is an encrypted list of products you have added to your wish list.

LAST_CATEGORY: This cookie tells us when you last visited a category.

CATEGORY ID: This cookie stores the category ID.

VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS: This cookie tells us the products you have recently viewed.

CATEGORY_INFO: This cookie stores the category info on the page, this allows us to display pages more quickly.



Third party cookies: Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. We suggest you check the third-party website for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

Below is a list of some of the third-party partners who may set cookies on your device:

Intelligent Reach:

Intelligent Reach is a marketing software which collates non-personal information on what you are looking at on the Website for analytics purposes.

For further information: http://www.intelligentreach.co.ke/privacy-cookies

LinkShare: LinkShare use cookies to anonymously record that a user has clicked on a LinkShare link that referred the user to Arabesque website.

For further information: http://www.linkshare.co.ke/legal/privacy/privacy_policy_changes/

Twitter: Twitter use cookies. These are used to anonymously record that a user has clicked on a Twitter add link that referred the user to the Arabesquewebsite.

For further information: https://twitter.co.ke/privacy

Facebook: Facebook use cookies. These are used to anonymously record that a user has clicked on a Facebook add link that referred the user to the website.

For further information: https://en-gb.facebook.co.ke/help/cookies

Polyvore: Polyvore use cookies to anonymously record that a user has clicked on a Polyvore link that referred the user to the website.

For further information: http://www.polyvore.co.ke/cgi/privacy-policy

Double Click

These cookies can tell Doubleclick how many times you have seen an ad and, for example, whether you need to see the UK or US version. It cannot find out any personal information about you.

For further information: https://www.google.co.ke/settings/ads?hl=en

Managing cookies: You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the Arabesque website.

If you're not sure of the type and version of web browser you use to access the Internet:

For PCs: click on 'Help' at the top of your browser window and select the 'About' option

For Macs: with the browser window open, click on the Apple menu and select the 'About' option.

Enabling cookies: You can enable cookies by following the steps below depending on your browser:

SAFARI ON OSX:

Click on 'Safari' at the top of your browser window and select the 'Preferences' option;

Click on 'Security' then 'Accept cookies';

Select the 'Only from site you navigate to'.

MOZILLA FIREFOX ON OSX:

Click on 'Mozilla' at the top of your browser window and select the 'Preferences' option;

Scroll down until you see cookies under 'Privacy & Security';

Select 'Enable cookies for the originating web site only'.

OPERA

Click on 'Menu' at the top of your browser window and select 'Settings';

Then select 'Preferences', select the 'Advanced' tab;

Then select 'Accept cookies' option.

To learn more about cookies and how to manage them (including blocking them) visit aboutcookies.org (opens in a separate window). Please note that we are not responsible for the content of externalwebsites.