Cookie Notice

LINDT & SPRÜNGLI makes use of cookies and tracking technologies for various reasons, including to support the operation of our Sites, to understand how you and other visitors interact on our pages and to provide advertising messages to a targeted audience. You can find more information about the usage of cookies in this Cookie Notice.

A cookie is a small piece of information sent to the hard drive of your device via a web server so that some information about your browsing activity can be collected.

We refer to the term “cookie’ for any technology collecting information from your device, such as information about your use of our applications and websites, or concerning your device such as the device ID, IP address and browser type, demographic data and if applicable the URL of the linking page.

Our use of web beacons or pixel tags allows us to count the number of visitors who have viewed our pages or read our promotional e-mail messages/newsletters. They are not used to access your personal data without your consent.

Necessary Cookies: Such cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of a site. Without such cookie, the Site will not function properly. These cookies do not gather any information about you that may be used for marketing or retaining where you've been on the internet. We use them to

Remember information you have entered when you navigate to different pages in a single web browser session
Identify you as being logged in to our Site
Remember the goods and services you ordered when you reach the checkout page

Performance cookies collect information in regard to your use on our Site. The information collected is anonymous. We use them to

Provide statistics on how our Site is used
See how effective our advertisements are (we do not use this information to target adverts to you when you visit other websites)
Help improve the Site by measuring any errors that occur
Test different designs of our Site

Functionality cookies are used to provide services or remember settings to improve your visit. We use them to

Remember settings you have selected such as layout, language, or preferences
Remember if we have already asked you if you want to fill out a survey
Show you when you are logged in to our Site
Share information with partners to provide a service on our Site. The information shared is only to be used to provide the service, product or function and not for any other purpose.

Targeting cookies are linked to third party services, such as 'Like' buttons and 'Share' buttons. The third party provides these services in return for recognising that you were a visitor to our Site. We use them to

Link to social networks like Facebook, which may subsequently use information about your visit to target advertising to you on other websites
Provide advertising agencies with information on your visit so that they can present you with adverts that you may be interested in.

You can know more about some of our cookies on https://www.lindt.co.uk:

Name	Purpose	Type of Cookie and Lifetime
Lindt (Magento Part)	Main customer session cookie in Magento. Stores Magento customer session id, with this cookie Magento identifies the user.	Functionality L2 years and updated with every request
Lindt (Typo3 Part)	Main customer session cookie in Typo3. Stores TYPO3 customer session id.	Functionality current http session
Lindt	Need for sso (single sign out) between Magento and Typo3. With this cookie we share information about Magento/TYPO3 login. This information is needed for SSO.	Functionality 2 hours and updated with every request
Lindt	Magento customer group id. Used in Varnish cache configuration	Functionality 2 hours and updated with every request
Google Analytics	Recall what a user has done on previous pages / interactions with the website. https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245	Performance 1 year
Google Adwords	Measure conversion on how many people who click on ads end up purchasing their products. https://www.inflectra.com/company/cookie-list.aspx	Performance 1 year
Facebook	Authentication, security, website and product integrity, website functions and services, performance, analytics and research, advertising, statistics and measurement. https://en-gb.facebook.com/policies/cookies/	Performance and Targeting 2 weeks to 2 years
Pinterest	Personalization, preferences, log in, security, analytics Pinterest may use third-party analytics or security vendors. https://policy.pinterest.com/en-gb/cookies	Performance and Targeting 2 years
Twitter	Cookie from Twitter widget. https://dev.twitter.com/web/overview/privacy	Performance 2 weeks to 2 years
Double Click	Cookie for Double Click analytics	Performance 2 weeks to 2 years
Evalanche	Track user preferences. https://www.sc-networks.com/company/data-protection/	Functionality 1 year

If you wish to block our use of cookies, you may do so by activating your browser settings. In order to do so, refer to the “Help” function within your browser. Alternatively, you can visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ where you will find comprehensive information on cookie management and blocking which pertains to a wide variety of browsers (http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/).

We reserve the right to make any changes and corrections to this Cookie Notice. Please refer to this page from time to time to review our list of cookies and other tracking technologies.