Cookie Policy

Purpose of This Policy

This is the Cookies Policy for this YKK website. YKK respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data.

This Policy provides information on how we use cookies to automatically collect technical data about your interaction with this website, how we may use that data and your options with regards to their use.

Please see our Privacy Policy for detailed information as to how we lawfully use and protect your personal data generally..

By continuing to browse this website, you agree to us using cookies subject to any specific refusal of cookies by you.

Who Controls Cookies on this Website?

YKK ITALIA SPA, Via Pitagora, 1 – 20016 PERO (MI), Codice fiscale e partita IVA 02013860156 (“YKK”, “we“, “us” or “our“) is controller of the cookies used on this website, except for third party cookies which are outside of our control.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files of letters and numbers that most websites automatically place on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or device as you access and interact with them to distinguish you from other users.

Amongst other uses, cookies may enable websites to recognise you as an existing user when you return to the website at a later date, or gather usage information about you which allows a profile of you as a user to be created and analysed, your preferences and interests, to enable better understanding users of websites.

Cookies fall into the following categories:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.

  • Analytical cookies. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

  • Functionality cookies. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.

  • Advertisement Cookies. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.

Generally, how do we Use Cookies on this Website?

We use cookies on this website mainly to help us improve the website and enhance your experience when you visit. We analyse visits to our website (anonymously), identifying you when you log in via our website and identifying whether or not you have accepted cookies via our cookie banner (pop-up when you first visit the website).

It is also possible that when we use third party services within pages on this website these set third party cookies. We have no control over third-party cookies and they are likely to be analytical/ performance cookies or targeting cookies.

What Individual Cookies do we Use on this Website?

The individual cookies we use on this website and the purposes for which we use them are set out below:

CookieTypeDurationDescription
Necessary
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics11 yearSet by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Analytics" category .
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance11 yearSet by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to store the user consent for cookies in the category "Performance".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary11 yearSet by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Necessary" category .
viewed_cookie_policy11 yearThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to store whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
CookieLawInfoConsent11 yearUsed by GDPR Cookie Consent to track consent to the use of cookies
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement11 yearSet by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category .
Functional
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional11 yearThe cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
_icl_current_language11 dayThis cookie is stored by WPML WordPress plugin. The purpose of the cookie is to store the current language.
Analytical
CONSENT116 years 2 months 16 days 11 hours 23 minutesYouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.
_gat_gtag_HASH11 minuteSet by Google to distinguish users.
_gid11 dayInstalled by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.
_ga12 yearsThe _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
Advertisement
yt-remote-connected-devices1neverYouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.
yt-remote-device-id1neverYouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.
IDE11 year 24 daysGoogle DoubleClick IDE cookies are used to store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads and according to the user profile.
test_cookie115 minutesThe test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE15 months 27 daysA cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
YSC1sessionYSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.

How to Control or Block Cookies

Most browsers automatically accept cookies by default. You can block some or all cookies by accessing cookies settings via your browser.

Whilst the settings on your browser allow you to refuse all or some cookies, you should note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may affect the function of websites you visit, including this website.

Browser operators provide online instructions as to how to change cookies settings for the particular browser that you use.