Cookie policy

This policy defines how the company handles personal data collected and obtained through the use of cookies and similar technologies.

Apragaz attaches great importance to your privacy and the protection of your personal data. This cookie policy explains how we handle the personal data we collect through cookies, what we do with it and how we process it. We believe it is important to create and maintain an environment in which users of our online environment can be confident that their information will not be misused.

• Scope of application

This website and its cookies are managed by Apragaz whose registered office is located at Basepoint Business Centre, Shearway Business Park, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4RH. We act as a data controller when we process the personal data of users of our online environment by means of cookies.

We comply with applicable data protection regulations, including the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR). These regulations relate to the protection of your personal data and provide you with rights in relation to that data.

The purpose of this policy is to indicate what personal data we collect about you through cookies and how this will be used after you visit our website via a computer, tablet, smartphone or other medium on which cookies are installed.

• What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that contain small pieces of information and store information such as your language preference, the date you visited our website, etc. These cookies are stored on your computer, tablet or smartphone when you visit our website. Cookies may contain personally identifiable information, but this is not always the case.

On your next visits to the website, these cookies will send information to the website so that it recognises your browser and can remember your language preference, for example. Some cookies also enable certain features or measure how visitors use the website, so that this information can be used to optimise the website.

Cookies often have an expiry date, so that they are automatically deleted after a certain period of time. Some cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser, such as session cookies, while others remain on your device for longer.

• What types of cookies do we use and why?

Strictly necessary / essential and functional cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are essential to navigate the website and use the features offered. Functional cookies remember the choices you have made, such as the country from which you visit the website, language choice and search settings. Without these cookies, requested services, such as storing your login details or items in a shopping cart, cannot be provided. These cookies allow us to provide you with a more enjoyable experience that is more responsive to your choices. These cookies cannot track your browsing on other websites.

We may set these cookies without your consent.

Cookies for analytical and statistical purposes

These cookies collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website. We use these cookies to find out how customers land on, navigate or use our website and what could be improved, such as navigation, shopping experience and marketing campaigns. The data stored by these cookies does not contain any personally identifiable information.

We also use third party services, such as Google Analytics, to collect information about visitors to our website. This information is aggregated to determine the number of visits, average time spent, pages viewed, etc. We use this information to measure the use of the website and to improve the content and value of our website. You can find more information about how Google processes your information on the Google Analytics webpage. For the use of these "third party" cookies for analysis purposes, your prior consent will be requested. These cookies are therefore only installed on your device after you have given your consent.

List of cookies used

• How will your data be used and shared?

We may process the information we obtain through cookies and share it with

• third parties who assist us with our products and services. Examples of third party activities include data analysis, marketing support providers and [...]. These companies have access to the information processed through cookies, but only where strictly necessary to carry out their activities. They may not use your data for any other purpose.

• Transfer of personal data

Apragaz does not transfer your personal data to third countries outside the European Economic Area.

• Deletion of cookies and further information on cookies

If you have given us your consent by clicking on the corresponding button on the cookie banner, you can withdraw it at any time. This is done by deleting the cookies stored via your browser.

Some cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser (session cookies). Others will remain on your device until they expire or until you delete them from the cache (permanent or tracking cookies) because these cookies allow us to remember things about you when you return to our website.

By deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies, some parts or features of our website may no longer be accessible.

If you wish to delete the cookies that are already on your computer, consult the help and support function of your Internet browser, where you will find instructions on how to find the file or folder where the cookies are stored. The help function on the toolbar of most browsers also provides information on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, what you need to do to have your browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, some personalised services may no longer be available.

The links below will provide you with more information on how to delete cookies by browser:

For more information on cookies and their deletion, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org  or www.youronlinechoices.eu , where behavioural advertising and online privacy are explained in more detail. These websites are not related to our website or our company.

• Your rights

You have the right to see the information held about you and to receive a copy of the information we hold. If your personal data has changed, you have the right to ask us to correct, complete or delete any out of date, incorrect or incomplete information we hold about you. You also have the right to restrict the processing of your data and to object to the processing of your personal data. In addition, you have the right to receive the personal data about you that you have provided to a controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller.

If you have any questions about this cookie policy or about the way we process your personal data obtained through cookies or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at the following address.

Basepoint Business Centre

Shearway Business Park

Shearway Road

Folkestone, Kent

CT19 4RH

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You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority if you are not satisfied with the way we have responded to your requests. If you would like more general information about the processing of your personal data or about your rights and how to exercise them, please see our privacy policy.

• Changes to this cookie policy

We may change and update this policy at any time to ensure that it reflects the cookies we use and the way we process your personal data at any given time. The updated version of this policy will be placed on the same web page and will be effective upon publication. Please check this webpage regularly to ensure that you are always aware of the type of information we collect and process, how your data is used and in what circumstances, and when we share your data with third parties.

If you would like more information about how we process personal data and how you can use our website, please see our privacy policy.

Version 1 January 2023