1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function efficiently, provide a better browsing experience, and supply information to the website operators. Cookies can be "persistent" (remaining on your device until they expire or are deleted) or "session-based" (deleted automatically when you close your browser).
This Cookies Policy explains how Prostonel (buyprostonel.com) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website. This policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.
2. How We Use Cookies
Prostonel uses cookies for the following general purposes:
- Essential website functionality: To ensure that our website operates correctly and provides you with a seamless browsing experience.
- Analytics and performance: To understand how visitors use our website, which pages are most popular, and how we can improve our content and user experience.
- Affiliate tracking: To track referrals from our website to our commercial Partner's website and to calculate commissions under our affiliate marketing arrangement.
We do not use cookies for remarketing, behavioural advertising, or user profiling purposes.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
3.1. Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, secure access, and cookie consent preferences. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly.
- Cookie consent: Stores your cookie preferences so that you are not asked to accept cookies each time you visit.
- Security cookies: Help protect against cross-site request forgery and other security threats.
Essential cookies are placed automatically and do not require your consent, as they are necessary for the website to function.
3.2. Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics to collect anonymised and aggregated data about how visitors interact with our website. These cookies help us understand which pages are most visited, how long users spend on each page, and where visitors come from. This information allows us to improve the performance and content of our website.
Google Analytics cookies collect information such as:
- The number of visitors to our website.
- The pages visited and the duration of each visit.
- The source of traffic (e.g., search engines, direct visits, referral links).
- General geographic location (country or city level).
- Device and browser type.
The data collected by Google Analytics is aggregated and anonymous. We do not use it to identify individual visitors. For more information about how Google processes this data, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy.
3.3. Affiliate Cookies
As an affiliate marketing website, we use affiliate cookies to track when a visitor is referred from our website to our commercial Partner's website. These cookies serve the following purposes:
- Referral identification: They store a unique referral identifier that allows our Partner to attribute a sale to our website.
- Commission tracking: They enable the accurate calculation of affiliate commissions owed to Prostonel when a referred visitor makes a purchase on the Partner's website.
Affiliate cookies do not collect your personal information such as your name, email address, or payment details. They contain only a referral identifier and are used exclusively for the purpose of tracking and attributing affiliate referrals.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are set by third-party services that we use. These third parties may use the information collected through their cookies for their own purposes in accordance with their own privacy policies. The third-party services we use include:
- Google Analytics (Google LLC): Used for website analytics and performance monitoring. Google may process data on servers located outside Australia or the EEA.
- Affiliate partner: Our commercial Partner may set cookies when you are redirected to their website via an affiliate link. These cookies are governed by the Partner's own cookies and privacy policies.
We recommend reviewing the privacy and cookie policies of these third-party services for further information on how they use your data.
5. Managing and Disabling Cookies
You have the right to choose whether to accept or decline cookies. When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies.
You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can typically configure your browser to:
- Accept all cookies.
- Notify you when a cookie is set.
- Reject all cookies.
- Delete cookies that have already been set.
Please note that if you choose to disable or block certain cookies, some features of our website may not function as intended, and your browsing experience may be affected.
To opt out of Google Analytics tracking specifically, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, which is available for most major browsers.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookies Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us:
- Email: [email protected]
- Address: 205 Archbishop Makarios Avenue, Limassol 3030, Cyprus
You may also reach us through our Contact page.