Cookies Policy

This Cookies Policy sets out the basis on which we, Soft Drinks Europe, UNESDA use cookies and similar technologies on or in relation to our website www.foodrinkttax.eu . This Cookies Policy is effective from 25 May 2018.

About cookies

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files sent by a website’s server to a web browser, processor memory or hard drive and stored there. They can be used for a range of different purposes, such as customising a website for a particular user, helping a user navigate a website, improving that user’s website experience, and storing that user’s preferences and login information.

Essential and non-essential cookies

Cookies can be classified as either ‘essential’ or ‘non-essential’.

Essential cookies: these are cookies that are either:

  • used solely to carry out or facilitate the transmission of communications over a network; or
  • strictly necessary to provide an online service (e.g. our website or a service on our website) which you have requested.

Non-essential cookies: these are any cookies that do not fall within the definition of essential cookies, such as cookies used to analyse your behaviour on a website (‘analytical’ cookies) or cookies used to display advertisements to you (‘advertising’ cookies).

Session and persistent cookies

Cookies can be classified as either ‘session’ or ‘persistent’, depending on how long they last after they are placed on your browser.

Session cookies: session cookies last for as long as you keep your browser open. They expire when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies: persistent cookies expire at a fixed point in time or if you manually delete them from your browser, whichever occurs first.

First and third party cookies

Cookies can be classified as ‘first party’ or ‘third party’.

First party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by our website domain.

Third party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by third party website domains.

If you require further information about cookies in general, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org

We have categorised the cookies we use in four categories

COOKIE

PURPOSE

ESSENTIAL COOKIES

(STRICTLY NECESSARY)

Used solely to carry out or facilitate the transmission of communications over a network; or strictly necessary to provide an online service (e.g. our website or a service on our website) which you have requested.

 

PREFERENCE & FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES

 

These cookies collect information about your choices and preferences and make using the website more practical

They are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable.

ANALYTICS & CUSTOMIZATION COOKIES

 

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our websites are being used to help us improve our websites and application for you in order to enhance your experience.

List of Cookies Used

Name of Cookie

 

Essential or Non-essential?

Type of cookie

First or Third party?

Session or Persistent?

Expiry Time

Purpose

CMSSESSID

Essential

Essential

First

Session

Session

Content Management System Session Cookie

NID

Non Essential

Preference

Third

Persistent

Month

Remembering Google user preferences

SID, SAPISID, APISID, SSID, SIDCC, HSID, PREF

Non Essential

Preference

Third

Persistent

Most of the cookies expire 10 years after your last visit to a page containing a Google Map.

Google set a number of cookies on any page that includes a Google Map. While we have no control over the cookies set by Google, they appear to include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behaviour of Google Maps users.

SID, LOGIN_INFO, use_hotbox, PREF, SSID, HSID, watched_video_id_list, __utma, __utmz, demographics, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

Non Essential

Preference

Third

Persistent

Most of the cookies expire 10 years after your last visit to a page containing a Youtube video, although some expire sooner.

Google set a number of cookies on any page that includes a Youtube video. While we have no control over the cookies set by Google, they appear to include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behaviour of Youtube users, including information that links your visits to our website with your Google account if you are signed in to one. Information about your use of our website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google and stored on servers in the United States.This cookie does not identify you personally unless you are logged into Google, in which case it is linked to your Google account.

__utma,
__utmz,
_twitter_sess
auth_token
csrf_same_site
csrf_same_site_set
ct0
external_referer
guest_id
ktd
lang
personalization_idremember_checked_on
syndication_guest_id
tfw_exp
twid
_ga

Non Essential

Functional

Third

Persistent

Some cookies never expire, others in different time frames.

These cookies are used by Twitter services, to monitor referral links, and login.To log you into Twitter and Periscope.
To protect your security.
To let you to view content with limited distribution. To remember information about your browser and your preferences.
To help Twitter improve and understand how people use our services, including Twitter buttons and widgets, and Twitter Ads. Twitter Privacy Policy can be reached at https://twitter.com/en/privacy

More Information

Google Analytics cookies are classified as first party cookies as they are set by our website domain, although Google collects and processes information from our use of Google Analytics. To find out more about how Google handles information collected from Google Analytics, see Google Analytics’ privacy policy, which is available here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

For information on how Google uses data from cookies it uses, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/

How to opt in or out from analytical cookies

See the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies

To opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites in general, you can do so here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout