Cookie Policy

Information you should know about cookies.

In compliance with the provisions of article 22.2 of Law 34/2002 of 11 July, Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce, this website informs you in this section about the policy of collection and treatment of cookies.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. In this section, we use „Cookies„ as a general term for technologies such as cookies, flash cookies and web beacons. They do not take up too much storage space and are automatically deleted when they expire. Some of the cookies expire at the end of your session, while others are stored for a certain period of time.

2. What types of cookies do we use?

There are different types of cookies with different purposes. Some are just to allow you to browse the internet and see certain features. Others will give us an idea of your browsing experience, such as if you have difficulty finding what you are looking for, so that we can improve your next visit and make it as pleasant as possible.

INDALMARKT cookies are referred to as „first-party cookies“ bezeichnet. Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionalities that are provided on or through the website „Third-Party-Cookies“ bezeichnet. Cookies von Drittanbietern ermöglichen Funktionen oder Funktionalitäten von Drittanbietern, die auf oder über die Website bereitgestellt werden (e.g. advertising, interactive content, analytics, etc.). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognise your computer or mobile device both when you visit the website in question and when you visit other specific websites. We use our cookies and third-party cookies for various reasons.

The most important cookies are mandatory cookies. They are essential and help you navigate the internet and use basic functions such as multimedia plugins. Functionality cookies allow you to save your shopping basket, create a wish list and save your purchase details to speed up the checkout process. The performance and analytics cookies we use are used to improve our website. We are also happy to show you relevant offers. For this purpose, we collect browsing data, which may be linked to a unique identifier, so that we can understand how you interact with the various INDALMARKT platforms, as described in our legal notice. Interaction cookies are used to connect to social networks or send comments. Targeting cookies, advertising cookies and social media cookies record your preferences in order to display relevant advertising outside of mercapool. In addition, social media cookies may be used to track your activity on social media platforms.

3. Why do we use cookies?

INDALMARKT uses cookies mainly to ensure that your visit to our website is as pleasant as possible, as well as for advertising purposes on your next visits to other websites. Below you will find more detailed information about what types of cookies we use and why.

3.1. Mandatory cookies

They are essential and help you navigate, move around the website and view certain features (for example, these cookies ensure that your shopping basket is remembered throughout all steps of your order process). These cookies are mandatory to enable the basic functioning of the website. These cookies are stored for the duration of your browser session.

3.2. Functionality and analytical cookies

They are there so that we can offer you an even better customer experience (for example, these cookies help you to save and remember your shopping basket, they also allow you to create a wish list). These cookies allow us to analyse the use of the website so that we can measure and improve performance. These cookies may be placed by us or by a third party on our behalf and are stored for the duration of your browsing session.

3.3. Advertising and social media cookies

They will remember your product and purchase preferences and help us with marketing initiatives in other ways. These cookies allow us to share data, such as what you like, with our advertisers so that the adverts you see can be more relevant to your preferences (sometimes referred to asTargeting-Cookies“ bezeichnet).

They help us to know the purchasing habits of visitors. This enables us to further improve our website, make purchases easier and more enjoyable and improve the marketing messages we send to our customers (sometimes referred to asPerformance-Cookies“ bezeichnet).

They are used so that you can express your opinion. These cookies allow you to "like" or recommend us on social media and chat with our service agents. You can also advise our other customers by rating and reviewing our products (sometimes referred to asInteraktionscookies“ bezeichnet).

3.4. What happens if you do not want to accept cookies?

You can change your browser settings to delete or prevent the storage of certain cookies on your computer or mobile device without your explicit consent. The „Help„ section of your browser should contain information on how to manage your cookie settings. Find out how to do this in your browser here:

4. How often is this cookie statement updated?

We may update this Cookie Statement from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Therefore, please visit this Cookie Statement regularly to stay up to date on the use of cookies and related technologies.

Last reviewed on 01 January 2023.

5. How often is this cookie statement updated?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email the INDALMARKT team at hallo@indalmarkt.de.