Gecko Connect respects your privacy and takes the protection of your Personal Data very seriously. In this Cookie Policy we, would like to inform you about cookies which cookies are used on our website and how you can manage your consent to store cookies. 

For more information about how we protect your Personal Data, please see our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. The next time you visit, the website can recognise the file. The files are thus typically used to compile statistics or for convenience and other related purposes. As such, cookies help us to provide you with our services on our website and are partly necessary for website functionality purposes. The Personal Data stored in our cookies is encrypted. We collect and process data for the following purposes:

• Optimisation of the website and your user experience;

• Creation of statistics on the use of the website by you and other users;

• Advertising purposes, including profiling and behavioural advertising initiatives, so that we can make our website and offers as relevant as possible to you;

• Compliance with applicable legal requirements, including documentation requirements in particular the UK`s Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA”), the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (“PECR”);

• Compliance with basic principles concerning the processing of Personal Data and legal basis for the processing (e.g., obtaining consent);

• Implementation and maintenance of technical and organisational security measures;

• Investigation of suspected or known security breaches and notification to data subjects and authorities; and

• Statistics on the use of the website.

How long are cookies stored?

Cookies are stored on your device for different lengths of time depending on their type. From a technical point of view, a distinction is made between two types of cookies:

Session cookies: session cookies are used, for example, to temporarily store the items in your shopping cart while you navigate the website. Session cookies are not stored on your device and disappear when you close your browser.

Persistent Cookies: Persistent cookies are stored as text files on your device. Persistent cookies allow our server to recognise your device the next time you visit our website.

However, there are also different categories of cookies:

The classification as technically necessary or technically non-necessary also determines the cookies we use:

a) Technically necessary cookies

Technically necessary cookies are required for our website to function properly; they enable you to navigate our website efficiently and use its functional features. An example of this is, the reminder of recently performed actions (e.g., entered text) when you return to a page within the same session.

b) Technically non-essential cookies

Technically non-essential cookies are not necessary for the proper functioning of our website, but they enable us to improve the content of our website, compile statistics for internal market analysis purposes, provide you with a more personalised online experience or provide additional features. In particular we use analytical cookies.

c) Analytical cookies

Analytical cookies are used by third parties. These cookies allow third parties to recognise that you have visited our website. We and our third-party providers may also combine information obtained from these cookies with Personal Data available from other sources, including data collected about you when you use other websites and data collected about you when you are offline, whether on our website or data maintained by the third-party provider.

The Cookies we use

Cookie Type Description Duration

_sp_id.608a Functional This cookie is used to persist information about a user’s activity on the domain between sessions. 2 years

_sp_ses.608a Functional The only purpose of this cookie is to differentiate between different visits. Whenever an event is fired, the session cookie is set to expire in 30 minutes. (This value can be altered using setSessionCookieTimeout.) 30 minutes

dm_timezone_offset Analytical This is an analytic cookie used to improve the site and service. This cookie is used to determine when the visitor has last entered the different subpages. 15 days 5 hours

dm_last_page_view Analytical This is an analytic cookie used to improve the site and service. This cookie is used to identify the frequency of the user visit and to determine how long a visitor stayed on the website. 1 year

dm_this_page_view Analytical This is an analytic cookie used to improve the site and service. This cookie is used to determine when the visitor has last entered the different subpages. 1 year

dm_last_visit Analytical This is an analytic cookie used to improve the site and service. This cookie is used to identify the frequency of the user visit and to determine how long a visitor stayed on the website. 1 year

dm_total_visits Analytical This is an analytic cookie used to improve the site and service. This cookie is used to determine the frequency of the visit and to find out how long the visit is. 1 year

How can I prevent and delete cookies?

When you visit our website, one or more cookies are automatically stored on your device. If you do not want this to happen, it is best to use the following links (depending on the browser you use) to set your browser to prevent cookies from being stored on your device in the future. (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Flash cookies, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari)

If your browser is not listed above, it's best to check your browser's help menu or search the Internet for "cookies" in conjunction with your browser's name.

Why do we provide information about cookies?

The legal basis for the collection of your Personal Data through cookies, including for profiling and analytical purposes, is your consent. The use of necessary cookies however is our legitimate interest and as such no consent would be required. 

Why do we use cookies?

Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user's experience more efficient. The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are necessary for the operation of a website. For all other types of cookies (including Analytical Cookies), we need your permission.

Does this policy change?

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time. This might be for a number of reasons, such as to reflect a change in the law or to accommodate a change in our business practices and the way we use cookies. We recommend that you check here periodically for any changes to our Cookie Policy.

Who should I contact for more information?

If you have any questions or comments about our Cookie Policy or wish to exercise your rights under applicable laws, please contact us using info@geckoconnect.com.

Last Reviewed: 20th August 2023