Pleasure Chest is the designated data controller of your personal information. All references in this policy to "our", "us" or "we" refer to Pleasure Chest. All references in this policy to "our website", refer to the website owned by Pleasure Chest at www.pleasure-chest.uk which uses cookies.
This Cookie Policy describes:
- what cookies are and how are they used on the Pleasure Chest website;
- the cookies that the Pleasure Chest website uses (and why);
- how you can manage cookies used on our website;
- privacy;
- further information; and
- changes to this cookie policy.
What are cookies and how are they used on the Pleasure Chest website?
Like all online retailers, Pleasure Chest uses cookies to enable shopping features and to provide statistics that help us to give you the best possible experience of our site.
Cookies are a small file of text, often encrypted for privacy, that are stored by your web browser and used to store information between your visits to a website. Some cookies may collect personal information about you.
Cookies are an essential part of making the Pleasure Chest website work and are useful because they help us make your website experience more enjoyable. They allow us to recognise your device (e.g. your laptop or mobile device) so that we can tailor your experience of our website. That information includes the products you have added to your basket, and whether you prefer to view products by 'what's new' or new 'what's best-selling'.
You can find more general information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org.
The cookies that Pleasure Chest uses (and why)
Essential cookies
- CCS_XXXXXXXXXX
- ccScroll
- product_view
- accept_cookies
These cookies are needed for the shopping cart features on the Pleasure Chest website. They store information that includes the products you have added to your basket, whether you prefer to view products in a list or grid format and also to store the position on the page when scrolling through products. Without them you won't be able to shop on our website.
Live Chat and Customer Service
ZenDesk Chat
- Pleasure Chest uses ZenDesk Chat to enable website visitors to web chat to customer service agents. Live chat is only possible if cookies are enabled. The name a visitor provides when they start a live chat is stored and will remember a visitor's name for the next chat. A cookie is stored to remember the agent that a visitor has spoken to in order to try to speak to that agent again if they are available. There are various other cookies that are used during a chat session to notify about new message and synchronise chats if multiple chat windows are open. These are called "session cookies" and are removed when the chat ends.
- The current list of cookies that ZenDesk Chat uses is available from their website.
Performance cookies
- Google Analytics and Tag Manager are commonly used software that allow us to see how well we are doing when helping people shop online. They record information including how you reached the Pleasure Chest website, the city and county that you're browsing from, and what browser you are using. We can then see how people used the Pleasure Chest website to purchase from us. Tag manager also controls remarketing through Google's Display Network.
- Google Analytics is invaluable in helping us improve our service. We never pass any personally identifiable information over to Google.
- The Google Analytics cookies start with _ga
- The Google Tag Manager cookie is LandingUserID
- The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, in the case of the activation of IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there.
- On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.
- The IP address provided by Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
- You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible. to compile reports on website activity and provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.
- In addition, you may prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
How you can manage cookies used on our website
Cookies do lots of jobs on our website. However, you may be able to disable them if you would like to and if the relevant third party allows you to. If you do this, you may find that certain parts of our website do not work at all, or do not work correctly.
Except for essential cookies, our session cookie will expire after the browsing session. Each browser is configured differently. You should follow the instructions given by the publisher of your browser. As of the date of this Cookie Policy, these instructions are available for commonly used browsers through the following links:
If you use Microsoft Edge: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy
If you use Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
If you use Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21447?locale=en_US
If you use Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
If you use Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&hlrm=en
If you use different devices, make sure you configure the settings of the corresponding browser according to your preferences.
Privacy
We are committed to using cookies and tracking technologies fairly and in accordance with applicable privacy rights. Our Privacy Policy can be accessed here.
Further information
If you have any queries relating to this Cookie Policy please contact our Data Protection Officer at gdpr-officer@pleasure-chest.uk
Changes to this Cookie Policy
If this Cookie Policy changes, the revised policy will include a new effective date and will be posted on this page. Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates. The effective date of this Cookie Policy is 11th June 2020.