Cookies Policy

SODASTREAM COOKIE POLICY

Notice last updated: [11/20/2024]

Our SodaStream website (“Website” or “Site”) uses cookies and similar technologies that allow us to operate and administer the Site, enhance your experience, and better understand your interaction with us. This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can control their use.

For more information about how we process personal information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies, please refer to our https://sodastream.com/blogs/legal/privacy-policy.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters that may be placed on your browser when you visit a website or other online service to remember information about you, such as your language preferences or login information, or to track your interaction with the website or online service. For example, cookies may tell us whether you have used our Site before or whether you are a new user. For purposes of this Cookie Policy, we use the term “cookies” to refer to all technologies that store and access information on the device that you use to access the Site.

Cookies may be classified by origin as:

  • First-party cookies. Cookies set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time (e.g. cookies placed by www.sodastream.com).
  • Third-party cookies. Cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the website being visited by the user, including other companies whose functionality is embedded into our Site (e.g., providers of analytics tools or certain website features).

  • Cookies may be classified by duration as:

  • Session cookies. Temporary cookies stored on your browser for the duration of your browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
  • Persistent cookies. Cookies that remain on your browser for the period of time specified in the cookie (or until they are manually deleted). Depending on the cookie, the duration can vary between a few minutes to several years.

  • As further described in this Policy, we use cookies to provide the content and functionality of this Site, to personalize the content and advertisements that appear when you visit our Site or other online services, and to analyze the traffic on the Site. In addition, we share information about your use of our Site with our advertising and analytics partners, who may combine this information with other data that you provide to them or that they have collected about your online activities over time and across unaffiliated websites and other online services.

    Please note that third party services placing cookies or utilizing other tracking technologies through our Site may have their own policies regarding how they collect and store information. Such practices are not covered by our Privacy Policy or this Cookie Policy and we do not have any control over them.

    2. What cookies do we use and why?

    We may use the following types of cookies and other tracking technologies on our Site:

  • Strictly Necessary. These cookies are necessary for the Site to function. For example, we use these cookies to identify you as being logged in to the Site and to authenticate you, to make sure you connect to the right service on the Site, and for security purposes.
  • Performance. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Site. Among other analytics purposes, they help us to know which pages are the most and least popular, see how visitors move around the Site, and gather information on error messages.
  • Functional. These cookies enable us to provide enhanced functionality and personalization on our Site. For example, these cookies may help us remember your preferences and settings. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our Site.. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Site. Among other analytics purposes, they help us to know which pages are the most and least popular, see how visitors move around the Site, and gather information on error messages.
  • Targeting. These cookies record your visit to our Site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.These cookies may be set through our Site by our advertising partners.They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites or online services.

  • 3. Changing your cookie settings

    You can change your cookies setting on our Site via this link:

    Most browsers are configured to automatically accept cookies. Depending on your web browser, you may also be able to set your browser to block cookies by default or to delete the cookies stored on your browser. Please review your browser’s “Help” file to learn the proper way to modify your cookie settings. Please note that disabling or deleting cookies could affect the availability or functionality of our Site.

    For additional information on how to manage cookies on your browser, please refer to the appropriate link below. If you use different browsers to access the Site, you will need to update your cookie preferences for each browser.

    For additional information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

    4.Keeping our cookie policy up to date

    We may update this Policy from time to time, so please be sure to check back periodically for the latest version. Any changes will be updated here. If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us at privacy@sodastream.com.