1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function more efficiently, to provide a better browsing experience, and to supply information to the operators of a website. Cookies allow a website to recognize your device, remember your preferences, and collect data about your browsing behaviour.
This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how GreenBarleyStore (accessible at greenbarleystore.com) uses them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences. This policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.
2. How We Use Cookies
GreenBarleyStore is a marketing and informational website promoting the dietary supplement Green Barley Plus through affiliate marketing. We use cookies for the following general purposes:
- Ensuring Functionality: Essential cookies allow our website to function correctly and provide you with a smooth browsing experience.
- Analytics and Improvement: Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website, which pages are most popular, and how we can improve our content and layout.
- Affiliate Tracking: Affiliate cookies enable us to track referrals to our commercial partner's website for the purpose of calculating commissions.
We do not use cookies for remarketing, behavioural advertising, user profiling, or any other purpose beyond those described in this policy.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
3.1. Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, access to secure areas, and cookie consent preferences. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly.
- Cookie Consent: Stores your cookie consent preferences so you are not asked to accept cookies every time you visit.
- Security: Helps protect against cross-site request forgery and other security threats.
Essential cookies are placed automatically and do not require your consent, as they are necessary for the website to operate.
3.2. Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics to collect anonymized data about how visitors use our website. These cookies help us understand traffic patterns, popular pages, and user behaviour so that we can continuously improve our content and user experience. The information collected by Google Analytics cookies includes:
- Number of visitors and sessions
- Pages viewed and navigation paths
- Time spent on pages and session duration
- General geographic location (country or city level)
- Browser type, device, and operating system
- Referring websites and search terms
Google Analytics data is anonymized and aggregated. We do not use it to identify individual visitors. You can learn more about how Google handles your data by visiting Google's Privacy Policy. You may opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
3.3. Affiliate Cookies
As an affiliate marketing website, we use affiliate cookies to track when visitors click on purchase links and are redirected to our commercial partner's website. These cookies serve the following purposes:
- Referral Tracking: Identifying that a visitor arrived at the commercial partner's website through GreenBarleyStore, enabling proper attribution and commission calculation.
- Session Identification: Maintaining tracking continuity during your browsing session to accurately attribute any purchase to the correct referral source.
Affiliate cookies do not collect personally identifiable information. They typically contain a referral identifier and may have a duration of 30 to 90 days, depending on the affiliate program's terms.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are placed by third-party services that we use. These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies, which govern how they use the information collected. The third-party services that may place cookies through our website include:
- Google Analytics: Provides web analytics services. Cookies placed by Google Analytics are governed by Google's Privacy Policy.
- Affiliate Partner: Our commercial partner's tracking system may place cookies when you click on affiliate links. These cookies are governed by the partner's own privacy and cookie policies.
We do not control the cookies set by third parties. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these third-party services for more information about their practices.
5. Managing and Disabling Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences in the following ways:
- Cookie Banner: When you first visit our website, a cookie banner allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies.
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically set your browser to block all cookies, accept all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is being set. The process varies by browser, and you can usually find instructions in your browser's help or settings menu.
- Google Analytics Opt-out: You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Please note that disabling or blocking certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website and your browsing experience. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are necessary for the website to function.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please contact us:
- Email: [email protected]
- Address: 205 Archbishop Makarios Avenue, Limassol 3030, Cyprus
You may also reach us through our Contact page.