This Cookie Notice is published in accordance with Cannabliss Ltd Privacy and Data Protection Policies. Please read the following Notice about Cookies, what they are – yum yum- and how we use them (dunking them in a lovely cuppa is the preferred method).
What is a Internent Cookie?
A cookie is s small baked treat… No seriously, chances are you have already heard of Internet Cookies, but what exactly are they? An Internet Cookie is a small file that is saved on your device (PC, laptop, mobile, tablet, etc) when you visit our website. They are harmless files stored in your browser used by use to help enhance your internet experience.
There are essentially two main types of Internent Cookie that may be stored on your device;
- First Party Cookies – These are Internet Cookies used by us.
- Third Party Cookies – these are used by third parties and are not used by us.
These files allow us to recognize and remember you each time you visit the site. It is sent to your browser and stored on your device hard drive. When you visit our site, we may collect information from you automatically through the use of these cookies or similar technology, such as pixels and tracking codes. Because of how cookies work, our website cannot access third-party cookies; nor can other organizations access the data in the cookies we use on our website. There are more details about both in the following sections.
What type of first-party Cookie do we use?
We use four types of first-party cookies, which we describe in this section.
- Essential – cookies that are essential to provide you with services you have requested. For example, these include the cookies that make it possible for you to stay logged into your User/Membership account and make comments. If you set your browser to block these cookies, then these functions and services will not work for you. In particular, we won’t be able to save your preferences about cookies.
- Performance – cookies which measure how often you visit our sites and how you use them. We use this information to get a better sense of how our users engage with our content and to improve our Services so that users have a better experience. For example, we collect information about which of our pages are most frequently visited, and by which types of users amongst other things. We also use third-party cookies to help with performance.
- Functionality – cookies that are used to recognise you and remember your preferences or settings when you return to our site, so that we can provide you with a more personalised experience. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
- Advertising – cookies that are used to collect information about your visit to our site, the content you have viewed, the links you have followed and information about your browser, device and your IP address. We have set out more details on this below.
What type of third-party Cookie do we use
In addition to our own first party cookies, when using our services we also make use of the following third party cookies
- Performance – cookies which measure how often you visit our sites and how you use them. We use this information to get a better sense of how our users engage with our content and to improve our sites and apps, so that users have a better experience. For example, we collect information about which of our pages are most frequently visited, and by which types of users.
- Security – we use Akismet Anti-spam service to protect our comment fields from spam attacks
- Advertising – cookies that are used to collect information about your visit to our site, the content you have viewed, the links you have followed and information about your browser, device and your IP address. We have set out more details on this below.
- Analytics – We also use third-party cookies to help with performance. For example, the Google Analytics cookie gives us information such as your journey between pages and whether you have downloaded anything (details of how to opt out of it care below).
How do we use Cookies?
We use cookies in a range of ways and to improve your experience on our site, including:
- Keeping you signed in
- Understanding how you use our site
- Showing you information that is relevant to you
- Showing you our products and services that are relevant to you
- Working with partners to serve you relevant advertising
- Analytics – we use Google Analytics cookies to help collect analytical data from our website users to help enhance the experience for users
- For our own marketing campaigns
- To strive to provide better products and services for our users
Using cookies and other technology allows other organisations to help us to analyse how our site is being used, measure the number of visitors to the site, and display advertising. Facebook Pixels is a good example of this and we use this technology on our website.
Who are the third parties?
In the next section, we explain in more detail how third-party cookies and similar technology are used on our site for a number of purposes.
Google Analytics
Most modern websites have some kind of web tracking solution for collecting information about visitors to the site, which is largely used by marketing staff to make decisions to improve the site to increase traffic volumes.
Our site uses Google Analytics. We uses information collected from site users to help better understand our visitors and to help improve the website experience. We are able to collect information about visitors to our site, such as location and IP address.
We use Goole Analytics to monitor users who visit our website Ultimately, this allows us to provide the service to our customers. The information collected by Google Analytics may be shared with Cannabliss in order to provide a better service to users.
To find out more about how Google uses cookies click here.
HubSpot
We love Hubspot CRM here at Cannabliss© Dispensary, it is a great way for us to deliver better customer experience. In order for us to better track visitors and potential clients to our site, Hubspot uses a number of Cookies to enable us to both improve and enhance your experience but also to give us vital feedback on what are users are looking for.
For a full list of Cookies used by HubSpot and there use, please click here.
Facebook Pixels
To enable further enhancement of site experience and other products and services, we use Facebook Pixels. This technology is similar to cookies and is just as harmless. It allows to track user and customer interactions between Facebook ad campaigns and Taylor our content to your specific interests. To learn more about Facebook Pixels, click here.
Payments Providers
Card Payment Service providers are essential to our online store and dispensary. We use these partners to process your card payments. In so doing, you will be
- Viva Wallet– for all online and inshore credit and debit card transactions we use Viva Walley payments providers. To find out more about ho they use and process your card information on our behalf, click here.
- Crypto Payments: For all Crypto payments we use Crypto.com Payments and you can read their privacy policy here.
All the information gathered from the use of Cookies and other such technologies is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
How to manage your cookies
If you wish to prevent the use of cookies whilst visiting our website. It is possible to stop your browser from accepting cookies altogether by changing your browser’s cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. The following links may be helpful, or you can use the “Help” option in your browser.
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Safari web and iOS
Useful links
If you would like to find out more about privacy, cookies and their use on the internet, you may find the following links useful: