1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.
Cookies can be "persistent" (remaining on your device until deleted or expired) or "session" cookies (deleted when you close your browser).
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies for several purposes:
- Essential functionality: To enable basic website features and ensure proper operation.
- Preference storage: To remember your choices and settings, including cookie consent preferences.
- Analytics: To understand how visitors use our website and improve user experience (with your consent).
- Marketing: To deliver relevant content and measure advertising effectiveness (with your consent).
Non-essential cookies (analytics and marketing) are activated only after your explicit consent.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They cannot be disabled.
- cookie_consent: Stores your cookie consent decision. Duration: 1 year.
- cookie_preferences: Stores your specific cookie category preferences. Duration: 1 year.
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. They are only set with your consent.
- Page views and navigation patterns
- Time spent on pages
- Referral sources
- Device and browser information
Legal basis: Consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Norwegian implementation rules under the Electronic Communications Act.
Marketing Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are only set with your consent.
- Track visits across websites
- Build user interest profiles
- Measure advertising campaign effectiveness
Withdrawal: You can withdraw consent at any time via "Cookie Settings". Withdrawal does not affect processing carried out before withdrawal.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be set by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control these third-party cookies. Their use is governed by the privacy policies of the respective third parties:
- Google Fonts: Used to load web fonts for typography.
- Font Awesome: Used to load icons via CDN.
If we add analytics or advertising platforms in the future, this policy will be updated with provider names, cookie identifiers, and retention periods before activation.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can manage your cookie preferences in several ways:
Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner. You can:
- Accept All: Enable all cookie categories.
- Reject: Disable all non-essential cookies.
- Cookie Settings: Choose specific categories to enable or disable.
Your preferences are stored locally in your browser and persist across sessions.
You can reopen the settings panel at any time from the cookie banner controls shown on the website.
Browser Settings
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:
- View cookies stored on your device
- Delete specific or all cookies
- Block all cookies or cookies from specific sites
- Set preferences for first-party vs. third-party cookies
Please note that blocking all cookies may affect website functionality.
Browser-Specific Instructions
- Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
- Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions
6. Local Storage
In addition to cookies, we use browser local storage to save your cookie consent preferences. Local storage data persists until manually cleared through browser settings.
7. Cookie Lifetimes
- Consent and preference storage: Up to 12 months.
- Analytics and marketing cookies: Duration depends on the provider and will be listed in this policy before use.
8. Do Not Track
Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature. We respect DNT signals where technically feasible and treat them as a rejection of non-essential cookies.
9. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. The updated policy will be posted on this page with a new revision date.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
Rinseshoulder
Støtvigveien 52, 1560 Larkollen, Norway
Email: cooperation@rinseshoulder.world
Phone: +47 92 22 95 04