Privacy


1. General

This cookie policy is based on the "Directive on privacy and electronic communications" (Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications)

This directive contains the rules regarding information about and consents to cookies that are saved on your computer. When you visit this website information about you, your computer and your behaviour on the site is collected. In this cookie policy, you can read in details information about how we handle the collected information, what we use it for, who has access to the information and whom you can contact regarding the collected information.

By visiting and using this website, you give your consent to this cookie policy and the collection of the information about you.

2. Cookies
When you visit this website, you automatically receive one or more cookies.

2.1 What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file stored in your browser and recognised by the website upon returning, enabling us to send personalised information to your browser. A cookie can contain text, numbers or e.g. a date, but there is no personal information stored in a cookie. It is not a program and cannot contain a virus.

2.2 How long do we store the cookies?
The cookies sent to you from this website is stored for maximum 24 months from your latest visit. Every time you revisit the site, the period is prolonged. The cookies concerned will, therefore, be stored in a maximum of 24 months counting from your last visit to our website.

2.3 How do I avoid cookies?
Rejecting cookies: You can always reject cookies on your computer by changing the settings in your browser. How you find these settings depends on your browser. You must be aware that if you choose to reject cookies, there might be functions you cannot use because these functions and services presuppose that the website remembers the choices you make.

Deleting cookies: Cookies that you previously accepted can afterwards easily be deleted. If you use a PC with a recent Internet browser you can delete your cookies using the keyboard shortcut: CTRL + SHIFT + Delete. If the shortcut does not work, or if you use a MAC, you may start by finding out which browser you use and subsequently clicking the relevant link:

Remember: If you use several Internet browsers you have to delete the cookies in all of them.

2.4 What are cookies used for on our website?
Cookies are necessary for the website to work properly. Furthermore, cookies help us gain an overview of your visit to the site so that we can optimise and target the website continually to your needs and interests. Cookies remember e.g. what you added to a potential basket if you previously visited the site and what language and currency you prefer on the site. We use cookies to determine who visits our website as well as keeping statistics, analyses and re-marketing. On a general level, the cookies are thus utilised as part of our service to show you content as relevant as possible.

2.5 Cookies on canova.co.uk
canova.co.uk is hosted on a platform owned by Shopify Inc. Your data is kept in Shopifys database and apps. Your data is kept save on a secure server behind a firewall. The platform registers cookies, which are essential for the function of this website.

2.5.1 Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store:

_ab: Used in connection with access to admin._orig_referrer: Used in connection with shopping cart._secure_session_id: Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.Cart: Used in connection with shopping cart.cart_sig: Used in connection with checkout.cart_ts: Used in connection with checkout.checkout_token: Used in connection with checkout.Secret: Used in connection with checkout

2.5.2 Reporting and Analytics

_landing_page: Track landing pages._orig_referrer: Track landing pages._s: Shopify analytics._shopify_fs: Shopify analytics._shopify_s: Shopify analytics._shopify_sa_p: Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals._shopify_sa_t: Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals._shopify_uniq: Shopify analytics._shopify_visit: Shopify analytics._shopify_y: Shopify analytics._y: Shopify analytics.tracked_start_checkout: Shopify analytics relating to checkout.

Shopify Inc. has access to information collected with these cookies listed above.

2.5.3 Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Sites

_Brochure_session: Used in connection with browsing through site.

Shopify Inc. has access to information collected with these cookies listed above.

2.6 Cookies from third parties and business partners
In this paragraph, you find an overview of which business partners that send information obtained by cookies via our website and have access to information collected via cookies sent from our website.

Google: We use Google Ads to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our websites.EE-Trustmark: EE-Trustmark use preference cookies to help the website remember your chosen display optionsFindify: Cookies from Findify is used to improve the user experience in our search functionPhotoslurp: ps_analytics – Used for performance purposes in our Photoslurp dashboard. Kept for default 30 days. Tracking cookies are set on canova.co.uk/ sites, to ensure the proper functioning of our analytics features

2.6.1 Advertising

Facebook Custom Audiences: We use Facebook Custom Audiences to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our websites.Google: We use Google Ads to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our websites.Pinterest: We use Pinterest to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Pinterest’s social media platform.

2.6.2 Social Media & Content

Facebook Connect: We use Facebook Connect to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Facebook’s social media platform.Twitter: We use Twitter to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Twitter’s social media platform.Pinterest: We use Pinterest to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Pinterest’s social media platform.Photoslurp: These let Canova share content of interest with our social network contacts using a plug-in inserted on our website. This Plug-in stores and access our terminal’s cookies and enable the social network to identify users when they interact with the plug-in.


These cookies will not be used to register personal information unless you explicitly give your permission.

Data can be disclosed to third parties in anonymized form with the purpose of targeting marketing and attaining better knowledge about users of the separate websites and the customers behavior in general. Information can also be disclosed to third parties if this is demanded pursuant to regulatory requirements.

2.7 Google Analytics

On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in analysis, optimisation, and commercial operation of our online offers in accordance with Article 6, subparagraph 1, point f of GDPR), we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service from Google LLC ("Google"). Google uses cookies. The information from the cookie about the use of online offers by the users is usually sent to one of Google's servers in the United States, where it is stored. Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with the European level of data protection (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).

On our behalf, Google uses this information to evaluate the use of our online offers, to prepare reports on the activities in this online offer and to provide additional services related to the use of this online offer and the Internet. In this case, pseudonymous user profiles may be created from the processed data from the user. We only use Google Analytics with IP anonymisation activated. This means that user IP addresses in the member states of the European Union, or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, are abbreviated by Google. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and be abbreviated there.

The IP address provided by every user's browser is not linked to other data from Google. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by configuring their browser software accordingly. Users can also prevent Google's collection of data generated by the cookie that are related to their use of the online offer, as well as the processing of such data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available via the following link: http: / /tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. You can find further information on Google's use of data, settings and your opportunities to object to the use of data in Google’s Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) as well as in the settings for the display of advertising content through Google (https://adssettings.google .com/authenticated). Users’ personal data is deleted or anonymised after 14 months.

3. Contact information
If you wish to gain further information about this website and its use of cookies, you are welcome to contact us:

Canova
1-3 Porthouse
Bromyard, HR7 4FL
E-mail: info@canova.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1885 485090