Cookies Policy
Welcome to The Wedding Lands and our platform at www.theweddinglands.com. This Cookie Policy will provide more information about the cookies and similar technologies we, The Wedding Lands of Route de Chavannes 15, 1007 Lausanne, Suisse (“The Wedding Lands”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), use, as well as information on how to refuse and disable/delete cookies.
If you have any questions about this policy or our data protection practices, please contact us using info@theweddinglands.com, or write to us at the above address.
Why do we have a Cookie Policy?
This Cookie Policy sits in line with the Swiss Unfair Competition Act (“UCA”) and the EU's Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”). In accordance with them, we need to inform you about the cookies we use and obtain your consent when using certain types of cookies namely Functional, Performance, Analytical and Advertising Cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small files with configuration information that are stored on your device. Cookies can be divided into the following two broad categories:
● Technically necessary cookies (Essential)
Technically necessary cookies are required for our platform to function properly; they enable you to navigate our platform efficiently and use its functional features. An example of this is, the reminder of recently performed actions (e.g., entered text) when you return to a page within the same session.
● Technically non-essential cookies (Performance, Functional, Analytical, Advertising )
Technically non-essential cookies are not necessary for the proper functioning of our platform, but they enable us to improve the content of our platform, compile statistics for internal market analysis purposes, provide you with a more personalized online experience or provide additional features.
● Performance cookies allow us to count visits and entry pages, which is an important source of information for improving our platform. They help us to know which pages are most and least popular and to see how visitors move around the site. All the information these cookies collect is aggregated and is anonymous. If you do not agree to these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our platform and will not be able to monitor the performance of our platform.
● Functional cookies enable the website to offer improved functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third parties whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not work properly. Third party service providers may process your information, including personal data, when these cookies are enabled.
● Analytical cookies are used by third parties. These cookies allow third parties to recognize that you have visited our platform. We and our third-party providers may also combine information obtained from these cookies with Personal Data available from other sources, including data collected about you when you use other websites and data collected about you when you are offline, whether on our platform or data maintained by the third-party provider.
● Advertising cookies may be set through our platform by our advertising partners. They may be used by these companies to profile your interests and show you relevant advertising on other websites. They are based on the unique identification of your browser type and the type of internet device you are using. If you do not allow these cookies, you will receive less targeted advertising.
Within the described categories, different types of cookies are used and these can be subdivided into:
● Session cookies
While you are active on a website, a session cookie is temporarily stored in your computer's memory, which stores a session identifier, for example, to prevent you from having to log in again each time you change pages. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or lose their validity once their session has automatically expired.
● Permanent or persistent cookies
A persistent or protocol cookie stores a file on your computer for the period of time specified in the expiration date. These cookies allow websites to remember your information and settings the next time you visit. This results in faster and more convenient access, as you do not have to set your language preferences for our portal again, for example. When the expiration date passes, the cookie is automatically deleted when you visit the website that generated it.
● Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies come from providers other than the website operator. For example, they may be used to collect information for advertising, custom content, and web statistics.
Pixel Cookies and Tags
We use so-called Pixel Cookies and Tags (“Pixel Cookies”). A Pixel Cookie is an advertising tool and typically consists of a JavaScript code snippet that allows us to understand and track visitors' activity on our platform. For this purpose, Pixel Cookies collect and process information about visitors of our platform and the device used (so-called event data).
Event data collected through Pixel Cookies is used for targeting our advertisements and improving ad delivery and personalized advertising. For this purpose, the event data collected on our platform by means of Pixel Cookies is transmitted to the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie and in part, also stored on your device. However, this only happens with your consent, and we and the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie are considered joint controllers. Nonetheless, for the subsequent processing of the transmitted Event Data, the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie is the sole controller.
For more information about how the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie processes personal data, including the legal basis on which they rely on and how you can exercise your rights against, please refer to the following Privacy Policies: Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
Opting Out
General
If you do not wish to participate in our advertising personalization or retargeting/tracking you can object to behavioral advertising at the following websites: Your Online Choices, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, Network Advertising Initiative, AdChoices and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (Europe only).
Facebook
If you do not wish to participate in usage-based advertising through Facebook you can object here: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads
Instagram
If you do not wish to participate in usage-based advertising through Instagram you can change your ad settings by following these instructions: https://help.instagram.com/911879456838933
TikTok
If you do not wish to participate in usage-based advertising through Linkedin you can change your ad settings by following these instructions: https://www.tiktok.com/safety/en/ads-and-data/
How can I delete or block cookies?
Since cookies are not stored on our system, but locally on your computer/phone/tablet, we cannot retrieve or delete cookies. However, you can delete existing cookies and disable the use of cookies in general using the following instructions Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari.
Links to other websites
Please note that when you use a link from our platform to a third-party website, such third-party websites may also set new cookies that are not subject to this policy. In such cases, we recommend that you refer to the cookie policy on the relevant third-party website itself.
Validity and questions
This Cookie Policy was last updated on Friday, 29th of September, 2023, and is the current and valid version. However, we want to point out that from time to time due to actual or legal changes a revision to this policy may be necessary.
If you have any questions about this policy or our data protection practices, please contact us using info@theweddinglands.com, or write to us at the above address.