🍪 Cookie Policy
Learn how VAPEVIN uses cookies and similar technologies to improve your browsing experience and provide our services.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. A persistent cookie remains on your device after you close your browser, while a session cookie is deleted as soon as you close your browser.
2. How We Use Cookies
When you visit and interact with VAPEVIN, we may use cookies for the following purposes:
- To ensure our website functions correctly — such as remembering your login session, language preferences, and items in your shopping cart.
- To analyze website traffic and usage patterns — helping us understand which pages are most popular and how visitors navigate our site.
- To improve our marketing efforts — showing relevant product recommendations and measuring the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
- To provide a personalized experience — remembering your preferences so you don’t have to re-enter them each time you visit.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
We categorize the cookies we use into four groups. Below is a detailed breakdown of each category and the specific cookies that may be set on your device:
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, services like shopping baskets and account login cannot be provided.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| vapevin_session | Maintains your login session and security. | Session |
| cart_token | Stores the items you have added to your wholesale cart. | 7 days |
| csrf_token | Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks. | Session |
3.2 Performance & Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics — distinguishes unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics — distinguishes users within a 24-hour period. | 24 hours |
| _ga_XXXXXXXX | Google Analytics 4 — used to persist session state. | 2 years |
3.3 Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| language_pref | Remembers your preferred language (EN, DE, FR, etc.). | 1 year |
| currency_pref | Stores your selected display currency (EUR, GBP, etc.). | 1 year |
| recently_viewed | Keeps a list of recently viewed products for your convenience. | 30 days |
3.4 Targeting & Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Facebook Pixel — used to track conversions from Facebook ads. | 90 days |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads — stores ad click information for conversion tracking. | 90 days |
4. Third-Party Cookies
In some cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site:
- Google Analytics & Google Ads: We use Google’s analytics and advertising services to understand how our site is used and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising. For more information, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy.
- Meta (Facebook / Instagram): We use Meta’s tracking pixels to deliver relevant advertisements to our audience and measure campaign performance. You can learn more at Meta’s Cookie Policy.
- YouTube: If we embed videos from YouTube, YouTube may set cookies on your device. These are governed by YouTube’s Privacy Policy.
5. How to Control & Manage Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences in several ways:
- Cookie Settings on Our Website: Click the button below to open our cookie preference center, where you can customize which categories of cookies you allow.
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies, delete cookies already stored, or indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
- Opt-Out Tools: For analytics and advertising cookies, you can also use industry opt-out tools such as the Network Advertising Initiative or the Digital Advertising Alliance.
6. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie 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 to stay informed about our use of cookies. If we make material changes, we will notify you through a prominent notice on our website.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:
📧 Email: info@vapevin.com
For more information about how we process personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.