Use of cookies

Cookie statement
This Cookie Statement describes the cookies Wattman USA Inc. , Wattman Europe BV DBA Wattman World (hereafter: “WU” or “we” and “us”) uses via the website www.wattmanusa.com (hereinafter: the “Website”) and for what purpose these cookies are used.

What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of (text) information that, when you visit a website, are sent to your browser and then stored on the hard disk or in the memory of your computer, tablet, or mobile phone (hereinafter: “Device”). The cookies placed via the Website can not damage your Device or the files stored on it. If we refer to ‘cookies,’ we mean these small pieces of (text) information and comparable techniques with which information is collected, such as device fingerprinting.

Which cookies does WU use?

Functional cookies
WU uses functional cookies in the first place. These cookies are necessary to provide you with the services and functionalities you have requested. For example, functional cookies remember that you are logged in so that you do not have to log in again on a subsequent web page.

Analytics cookies
For the collection of statistics on the use and visit of the Website, WU uses analytics services. The provider of these analytics services analyzes this data, and the results are provided to WU. In this way, WU gains insight into how the Website is used and can adjust the Website and/or its services based on that information. If this is legally required, the analytics service can provide this information to third parties. WU uses the following analytics services: Google Analytics.

We have set up our analytics services as privacy-friendly as possible. This means that we have taken the following measures to protect your privacy: We have entered into a processor agreement with the analytics service provider.

Social plugins
The Website provides access to various social media such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Youtube. With the help of these so-called social plugins, you can share information on the website with others and recommend it. Through social plugins, third parties place cookies on your device. These may be cookies that aim to optimize your user experience. Still, you can also place tracking cookies used to track your surfing behavior across multiple websites and build up a profile of your surfing behavior.

Tracking cookies
WU uses third-party cookies on the Website that can offer you personalized offers based on your surfing behavior.

Through the website, a cookie is placed on your device with a unique number. This cookie makes it possible to recognize your device when you visit another website that is part of the same ad network after visiting our website. This makes it possible for WU to show you advertisements on that other website.

The information collected in this way is only used by WU to enable you to display our advertisements on other websites and is not linked to other files.

Delete cookies
The permission you have given to WU for the placement and reading of cookies allows you to always withdraw by setting your browser so that it does not accept cookies or by removing all cookies already placed in your browser. Consult the help function of your browser to see how you can delete the cookies.

You have to consider that the removal of cookies may result in certain parts of the Website not working or working properly.

Refusing and removing cookies only affects the computer and the browser on which you perform this operation. If you use multiple computers and/or browsers, you must repeat the above-mentioned operation (s) for each computer and/or browser.

Privacy Statement
It is possible that the information collected by means of a cookie contains personal data. If that is the case, the Privacy Statement of WU will also apply to this personal data processing. The Privacy Statement can be found here.

Amendments
This Cookie Statement can be changed. Changes to this Cookie Statement will be made known via the Website.

Questions
If you have any questions about this Cookie Statement, please send a message to; info@wattmanusa.com