Cookie Policy
1. Information on how we use cookies
Our SodaStream website (“website” or “site”) uses various cookies which allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
We use cookies to provide the content and functionality of this site and, with your permission, to personalize the content and advertisements that appear when you visit our site and to analyze the traffic on the site. In addition, we share information about your use of our site with our advertising partners and analysts, who may combine this information with other data that you provide to them or that they have collected when you use their services. You have the right to withdraw your consent to cookies at any time.
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 data.
For further information about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at privacy@sodastream.com. You can change the cookie settings that will be placed when you visit our website by changing the settings on your browser or by visiting the Privacy Preference Centre by clicking on the Cookie settings button at the bottom of this website.
2. Key concepts
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.
Cookies vary by type:
- First-party cookies, which are set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time (e.g. cookies placed by www.sodastream.com).
- Third-party cookies, which are set by a domain other than that of the website being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that website, this would be a third-party cookie.
- Persistent cookies, which are cookies that remain on a user’s device for a period of time specified in the cookie. Persistent cookies are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.
- Session cookies, which are temporary cookies that allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
3. What cookies do we use and why?
We use “strictly necessary” and “performance” and “functional” and “targeting” cookies. Details of the specific cookies that we place may be found in Section 7 (Cookie list), but we have included a description of each type of cookie that we collect here:
Strictly necessary cookies:
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but this will mean that some parts of the site will not work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
We use these Strictly Necessary cookies to identify you as being logged in to the website and to authenticate you, to make sure you connect to the right service on the website when we make any changes to the way it works and for security purposes.
Performance cookies:
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site and gather information on error messages. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
We use performance cookies to perform web analytics and for error management purposes, by measuring any errors that may occur.
Functional cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
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.
Targeting cookies:
These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose. These cookies 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 data, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
4. Changing your cookie settings
You can change your cookie preferences when you visit our website by going to the Cookie Preference Centre, or by clicking on the cookie preference link at the bottom of this policy. You can also block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies.
Browser cookie 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:
Please note that 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.
5. Your consent
Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent.
For performance, functional and targeting cookies, we request your consent before placing them on your device. You can give your consent by clicking on the appropriate button on the banner displayed to you, or by going to the Cookie Preference Centre , or by clicking on the cookie preference link at the bottom of this policy.
6. Can I withdraw my consent?
If you do not wish to give consent or wish to withdraw your consent to any performance, functionality or targeting cookies at any time, you will need to delete, and block or disable cookies via your browser settings or by changing your settings in the Cookie Preference Centre, or by clicking on the cookie preference link at the bottom of this policy. 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.
7. Cookie list
8. Keeping our Cookie Policy up to date
We may need to update our Cookie Policy from time to time if we decide to use cookies differently. Any changes will be updated here. In all cases, your use of the Service after the effective date of any modified Cookie Policy indicates your acknowledgement of the modified Cookie Policy.
For more information about how we process personal data collected from cookies please refer to our Privacy Notice https://sodastream.co.uk/blogs/legal/privacy-policy.
If you have any questions or would like more information about the ways we use cookies please contact us privacy@sodastream.com.
