What are cookies?

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the website to “remember” your actions or preferences over time.

Most browsers support cookies, but users can set their browsers to decline them and can delete them whenever they like.

How are they used?

The web server supplying the webpage can store a cookie on the user’s computer or mobile device. An external web server that manages files included or referenced in the webpage is also able to store cookies. All these cookies are called http header cookies. Another way of storing cookies is through JavaScript code contained or referenced in that page.

Each time the user requests a new page, the web server can receive the values of the cookies it previously set and return the page with content relating to these values. Similarly, JavaScript code is able to read a cookie belonging to its domain and perform an action accordingly.

What are the different types of cookies?

A cookie can be classified by its lifespan and the domain to which it belongs. By lifespan, a cookie is either a:

  • session cookie which is erased when the user closes the browser or
  • persistent cookie which remains on the user’s computer/device for a pre-defined period of time.

As for the domain to which it belongs, there are either:

  • first-party cookies which are set by the web server of the visited page and share the same domain
  • third-party cookies stored by a different domain to the visited page’s domain. This can happen when the webpage references a file, such as JavaScript, located outside its domain.

What cookies does HER CHOICE use?

HER CHOICE uses cookies to make the website function properly. Additionally HER CHOICE uses cookies to understand, analyse and improve its products. To do so, we work with third-party partner Google Analytics, which also place and read cookies and other types of tracking technology.

How can I remove cookies?

Any user can change their browser settings in order to stop storing cookies. You can accept or decline the use of cookies using an integrated browser feature. For further information on cookie settings, go to the following links:
• For Internet Explorer, click here
• For Mozilla Firefox, click here
• For Google Chrome, click here
• For Safari, click here