Cookies Policy
What are cookies?
Like most websites, our websites use cookies to collect information. Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or other devices (such as smartphones or tablets) when you browse our websites. They are used to "remember" when your computer or device accesses our websites. They allow us to remember whether you are logged in to the site and what items you have in your shopping basket. Cookies are essential to the proper functioning of our websites and to help you complete your online purchases. They are also used to personalize the products and services that are offered and advertised to you, both on our websites and elsewhere.
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Information collected
Some cookies collect information about your browsing and purchasing behaviour when you access our websites via the same computer or device. This includes information about pages viewed, products purchased and your journey around a website. All data transmitted by cookies is anonymous and will never contain individual details such as your name, address, telephone number or payment details, but may contain our customer reference number which is specific to you. For more detailed information on how cookies work, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
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How are cookies managed?
Cookies stored on your computer or other device when you access our websites are designed by:
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Gymshark Limited or on our behalf, and are necessary to enable you to make purchases on our websites;
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third parties who participate with us in marketing programs; and
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third parties who serve web banner ads for us.
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What are cookies used for?
Cookies are used with our marketing partners to present you with relevant offers and advertisements when you browse other websites, based on your browsing activity on our site. Cookies also allow us to work with our web analytics partner, Google Analytics, to see how you like to use our website, which pages or special features you prefer and help us improve them. We may match the data we capture via cookies with personal data we already hold about you to better understand you. This helps us to continually improve the relevance of our promotional communications, your shopping experience and our products and services. The main purposes for which cookies are used are:
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For functional purposes essential to the effective operation of our websites, including in relation to online transactions, site navigation and preferences.
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For marketing and advertising, particularly web banner ads and targeted updates via digital channels and social media.
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To enable us to collect information about your browsing and purchasing behavior, helping us to improve your shopping experience and monitor performance.
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To enable us to meet our contractual obligations to make payments to third parties when a product is purchased by someone who has visited our website from a site operated by those parties.
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Marketing cookies
Gymshark Limited works with partners who serve advertisements or present online offers on our behalf. Most of these marketing partners use session cookies and persistent cookies. These cookies are 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. All data collected by third party cookies is anonymous and will never include your name, address, telephone number, email address or payment details.
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What type of cookies do we use?
Two types of cookies may be used during your visit to our site:
1 Session cookies
Session cookies are deleted after each visit to our site. For example, when you browse our site, it will remember you for the duration of your visit, but the cookie will be deleted from your computer as soon as you close your internet browser. Session cookies allow you to add an item to the shopping cart and then proceed to checkout. If you disable these cookies via your web browser, you will not be able to place an order on this site.
2 Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies remember you for a set period of time, allowing your wish list and/or previously viewed products to be displayed when you next visit our site and if you were logged into your account.
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Disable and delete cookies
Most web browsers provide the ability to disable or prohibit cookies. How to do this will depend on the web browser you are using. Instructions for prohibiting cookies can usually be found in the browser's "Help" menu. Please note that, as with most other transactional websites, if you only disable third-party cookies, you will not be prevented from making purchases on our websites, but if you refuse the cookies we have used through your web browser, you will not be able to make a transactional purchase on our website. You will also find that the functionality of many other websites and services will be affected. Cookies can be deleted using your web browser. However, unless they are prohibited, they will be reapplied the next time you visit a website.
If you wish to disable cookies, you must change your web browser settings to refuse cookies. How you do this will depend on the browser you are using. You can find more information on how to disable cookies for the most popular desktop browsers here (this may vary depending on the operating system and browser version):
For Microsoft Internet Explorer:
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Choose the “Tools” menu then “Internet Options”
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Click on the “Privacy” tab
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Select “Advanced”
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Choose the appropriate settings
For Google Chrome:
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Choose “Settings” and click “Advanced”
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Under “Privacy and Security,” click “Content Settings”
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Click on “Cookies”
For Safari:
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Choose Preferences > Privacy
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Click on “Block all cookies”
For Mozilla Firefox:
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Click on the menu icon and then select “Options”
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Click on the “Privacy and Security” icon
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Find the “cookie” menu and select the corresponding options
For Opera 6.0 and later:
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Choose the menu icon and select “Settings”
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Click on “Privacy and Security”
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Choose the appropriate settings