Cookie Policy

 Swensen’s® Cookie Policy  

Introduction 

In addition to any information that you choose to submit to us, we or selected third parties may use a variety of technologies that store or access information already stored on your personal computer, laptop, tablet or mobile phone (each a device) whenever you visit or interact with our website. 

 The Information Collection Technologies 

A few of the methods that may be used to store or access information already stored on your device include the following (and in future other technology and methods will be developed): 

  1. Cookies — a cookie is a text file placed on a device when a user visits a website. Cookies can be temporary (e.g., session) or permanent (e.g., persistent). They can also be first party (e.g., placed by us) or third party (e.g., placed by a third-party advertiser or advertisements server) 
  2. Flash cookies — a Flash cookie (or locally shared object) is a data file placed on your device via the Adobe Flash plug-in that may be built-in to or downloaded by you to your device. This can operate across all your browsers 
  3. HTML5 — HTML5 cookies can be programmed through HTML5 local storage and do not require a plug-in 
  4. ETag or entity tag– an opaque identifier assigned by a web server to a specific version of a resource found at a URL that acts as a form of device identifier 

 Information About Why We Use These Technologies 

We use the technologies above for the following purposes: 

Purpose  Information collected  Technology  Type/duration 
Remembering you and your preferences. This information is not disclosed to third parties.  Your device information (including your browser, operating system, hardware, identifiers, mobile network information)  Cookies  Permanent First Party 
To specifically tailor relevant advertisements to you based on how you interact with our advertisements or content. This includes preventing you from seeing the same advertisements too many times and understanding the usefulness to you of the advertisements that have been delivered to you.  Your device information  Cookies  Persistent Third Party 
To assess, enhance or otherwise improve the website or our activities in connection with them. This information is not disclosed to third parties.  The URL that referred you to our website, the areas within our website that you visit and your activities there, and the time of day, among other information  Cookies  Persistent Third Party 
Analytics to count visitors to the website, to monitor how users navigate the website. This helps us improve the way our website works. This information is not disclosed to third parties.  Your device information (including your browser, operating system, hardware, identifiers and mobile network information)  Cookies  Persistent Third Party 

Third Party Collection of Information 

We have provided you with information above about the types of third party information storage or gathering techniques on our website. This privacy policy does not apply to applications (apps), technologies or sites that are owned and/or operated by other parties (such as app developers, third party advertisers or third party ad servers), even if they use our technology to store or collect data. This includes third parties that embed our technology in their apps or advertisements to facilitate download tracking or advertisement serving. We do, however, work with third parties to ensure that you are provided with the necessary information and are provided with the opportunity to make your choice. The relevant third party’s terms of use, privacy policy, permissions, notices and choices should be reviewed by yourself regarding their collection, storage and sharing practices since they may be different from ours. 

Your Consent and Your Right to Refuse the Use of Information Collection Technologies 

We obtain your consent to our information collection technologies by providing you with transparent information in our privacy policy and providing you with the opportunity to make your choice. You have the right to object to the use of information collection technologies. Regular cookies may generally be disabled or removed by tools that are available as part of most commercial browsers, and in some but not all instances can be blocked in the future by selecting certain settings. Each browser you use will need to be set separately and different browsers offer different functionality and options in this regard. Also, these tools may not be effective with regard to Flash cookies or HTML5 cookies. For information on disabling Flash cookies go to Adobe’s website. Please be aware that if you disable or remove these technologies some parts of our website will not work and that when you revisit our website your ability to limit cookies is subject to your browser settings and limitations. 

Swensen’s Canada Inc.  

December 13, 2021