Gett Cookie Policy
Last Updated: October 31, 2019
COOKIE POLICY
1. COOKIES AND OTHER WEB FILES OR TAGS
1.1 In the interest of giving our Site an attractive appearance and in order to allow the use of certain functions, we use cookies on various pages of our Site, as well as other files and tags (e.g. JavaScript tags). Cookies consist of small text files that are stored on your device.
1.2 Most of these cookies used by us will be erased from your hard drive immediately after your browser session (so-called session cookies).
1.3 Other cookies remain saved to your device’s hard drive and enable us to recognize your device in the event of a later visit to our website (so-called persistent cookies). It is particularly these cookies that allow us to make our Site more user-friendly, effective and safe. Thanks to these files, for example, it is possible to display information specifically suited to your personal preferences on a certain webpage. A cookie browser session lasts for the duration of 18 hours.
1.4 The cookies will, among other things, track clicks, and online activity.
1.5 For the same reason, the Site uses cookies and other local files to distinguish you from other users. Gett may use a cookie or configuration file, which is stored on the browser or hard drive of your computer and/or your mobile telephone device, to obtain information about your general internet usage. Cookies and other such files contain information that is transferred to your computer’s and/or mobile telephone device’s hard drive. They help Gett to improve the Site, and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable Gett:
1.5.1 to estimate Gett’s audience size and usage pattern and perform other analytics;
1.5.2 to gather information about your approximate geographic location (e.g. city) to provide localised content;
1.5.3 to store information about your preferences and to allow Gett to customise the Site according to your individual interests and the device or browser you are using;
1.5.4 to continually improve Gett’s Services;
1.5.5 to recognise you when you return to the Site; and
1.5.6 to prevent fraud and/or abuse.
1.6 The legal grounds for processing the information contained in cookies and other such files or tags consists of:
1.6.1 Strictly necessary cookies (i.e. those required in order for the Site to function properly, including to protect the security and integrity of the Site): the performance or entering into of a contract with you (where cookies are necessary as part of the customer journey), or otherwise our legitimate interests in a safe and user-friendly presentation of our Site; or
1.6.2 All non-strictly necessary cookies, such as those used for analytics and advertising purposes: your consent.
1.7 You may block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you select a setting that is too restrictive, you may be unable to access certain parts of the Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, Gett’s system will issue cookies when you log on to the Site. You may wish to look at http://www.aboutcookies.org/ which has further information on cookies and how to manage them.
1.8 The help function in the menu of most browsers explains how to prevent your browser from accepting (some or all) cookies, how you can erase all collected cookies and how to block all future ones.
1.9 Please see the following steps to manage cookies on some common browsers:
In Internet Explorer:
1. Select the item “Internet Options” from the “Extras” menu in the toolbar.
2. Select the “Privacy” tab.
3. Now, you can choose the safety settings for the internet zone. You select the cookies that are to be accepted or denied.
4. Click “OK” to confirm these settings.
In Firefox:
1. Select “Settings” from the toolbar.
2. Click “Privacy”.
3. Select “Use custom settings for history” from the dropdown menu.
4. Now you can select whether cookies are to be accepted and for what duration you want to store the cookies. You can also add exceptions and determine the websites that are always or never allowed to store cookies.
5. Click “OK” to confirm these settings.
In Google Chrome:
1. Select the menu icon in the browser toolbar.
2. Select “Settings”.
3. Click the link “Show advanced settings…”.
4. Click “Content Settings…”.
5. In the “Cookies” section, you can select the following settings:
– Erase cookies
– Block cookies by default
– Erase cookies and website data by default after ending your browser session
– Accept exceptions for cookies from certain websites or website domains.
1.10 We remind you however that, in the event of limited cookie settings on your computer, you may no longer be able to use functions of our Site to the fullest extent possible.
Analysis Tools and Internet Technologies
Google Analytics
1.11 This Site uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”)and other SDK’s of this nature. Google Analytics makes use of cookies. In principle, the information about your use of our website as displayed by the cookie is transferred to and stored on the Google server in the US. We activate a so-called IP anonymization on this website, which means that Google shortens the IP addresses from within EU Member States or from other EEA treaty states before they are exported to the US server. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to the US Google server before it is shortened in the US.
1.12 As instructed by us, Google will use the information for the purpose of analysing your use of our Site, to compose reports on the activities of our Site and to provide further services to us related to the use of the website and the internet. The IP address that is transferred by your browser and that is shortened before storing for the purposes of Google Analytics will not be added to other Google data. You can prevent the storage of the cookies through browser settings (see section 1.9), however we remind you that, in certain instances, this may cause a reduction in the functionality of the Site. More information about Google Analytics’ use of your data can be on the Google Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. Google provides a browser-add on which allows users to opt-out of Google Analytics across all websites which can be downloaded here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Retargeting
1.13 This Site makes use of retargeting technologies that are administered by other operators. Through retargeting, users of our partners’ websites, who were previously interested in our Site and in our Services, can be approached with personalized advertisements. If you wish to object to this mode of advertisement, you can deactivate cookies and/or delete existent cookies through your browser settings, following the instructions under “Cookies”.
1.14 The legal basis for the processing of your data along with the use of collective analytical tools and internet technologies is our legitimate interest in obtaining an analysis of the activities and the user’s and surfer’s behaviour on the Site, notably for research, BI, and product development, as well as our legitimate interest (and the interest of third-parties) in the inclusion of personalized advertisements suited to your interests.
2. CLICKSTREAM DATA
As you browse the Internet, a trail of electronic information is left at each web site you visit. This information, which is sometimes called “clickstream” data, can be collected and stored by a web site’s server. Clickstream data can tell us the type of computer and browsing software you use, the address of the website from which you linked to the Site, and in some instances, your email address. We may use clickstream data to determine how much time visitors spend on each page of the Site and how they navigate through the Site. We will only use this information on an aggregated basis to improve or customise the Site.