1. Overview
AluminiumGlass is a digital business and services directory platform designed to help users discover businesses, products, services, locations and other information.
Cookies and similar technologies help us operate the platform, remember preferences, protect accounts, understand usage, improve search and discovery, measure performance and provide relevant features.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files or similar identifiers stored on your browser or device when you visit a website.
A cookie may allow a website to recognize a browser, maintain a session, remember a preference or associate activity with a particular interaction.
Cookies may be temporary or persistent depending on their purpose and configuration.
3. How We Use Cookies
Depending on the features you use, AluminiumGlass may use cookies or similar technologies for purposes including:
- Keeping the website operational.
- Maintaining secure login sessions.
- Protecting accounts and preventing abuse.
- Remembering language and interface preferences.
- Remembering selected locations and search preferences.
- Maintaining enquiry and form sessions.
- Remembering selected businesses or favourites.
- Improving website navigation and usability.
- Measuring website performance.
- Understanding search and conversion behaviour.
- Detecting suspicious activity and security threats.
- Supporting analytics and service improvement.
- Supporting advertising or promotional functionality, where enabled.
4. Types of Cookies We May Use
4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for essential platform functionality. They may support authentication, sessions, security controls, load balancing and other technical functions.
4.2 Functional Cookies
Functional cookies help remember choices and preferences such as language, location, interface settings and other user preferences.
4.3 Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies may help us understand how users interact with pages, searches, listings and other features so that we can improve the platform.
4.4 Performance Cookies
These technologies may help identify technical performance problems, slow pages, errors and reliability issues.
4.5 Marketing or Advertising Cookies
If advertising or marketing technologies are enabled on the platform, these technologies may be used to measure campaigns, limit repetitive advertising or provide relevant promotional content.
Such technologies will only be used where permitted by applicable law and according to the applicable consent or preference mechanism.
5. Cookie Categories
| Category | Purpose | Examples | Typical Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | Website operation, authentication, sessions and security. | Session ID, authentication, CSRF/security identifiers. | Required |
| Functional | Remembering user preferences and interface choices. | Language, location and UI preferences. | Optional |
| Analytics | Measuring traffic, searches, page usage and conversions. | Analytics identifiers and performance measurement. | Optional |
| Marketing | Campaign measurement and promotional functionality. | Advertising or campaign identifiers, where enabled. | Optional |
The actual cookies used on the production platform may vary according to enabled features, integrations, browser and consent preferences.
6. Similar Technologies
AluminiumGlass may use technologies other than traditional browser cookies where technically appropriate.
These may include:
- Local Storage
- Session Storage
- Session identifiers
- Authentication tokens
- Security tokens
- Device identifiers
- Web beacons or pixels
- Server-side event identifiers
- Similar technical identifiers
These technologies may perform functions similar to cookies and are therefore covered by this policy where applicable.
7. Third-Party Technologies
Some AluminiumGlass features may use third-party service providers.
Depending on the services enabled on the platform, third parties may provide technologies relating to:
- Analytics
- Maps and geolocation
- Payment processing
- Email delivery
- SMS delivery
- Security and fraud prevention
- Cloud storage
- Performance monitoring
- Advertising and campaign measurement
AluminiumGlass does not guarantee that every third-party provider will use identical technologies or retention periods at all times.
8. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
Most modern browsers allow you to view, delete, block or restrict cookies through browser settings.
You can generally find these options under settings related to privacy, security, site data or cookies.
However, blocking all cookies may cause certain AluminiumGlass features to stop working correctly.
- Login and authentication may be affected.
- Security protections may not function correctly.
- Preferences may not be remembered.
- Some enquiry features may not work correctly.
- Personalized functionality may be reduced.
9. Cookie Consent and Preferences
Where applicable, AluminiumGlass may provide a cookie preference or consent mechanism allowing you to manage optional categories.
The controls below demonstrate how a preference interface can be connected to the AluminiumGlass frontend. Your production implementation should connect these controls to your actual consent management system.
Your preference may be stored locally on your device so that the website can remember your choice.
10. Cookie Retention
Cookies may remain on your device for different periods depending on their purpose.
Session Cookies
Session cookies are generally removed when the browser session ends or when the relevant session expires.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies may remain until they expire or are manually deleted from your browser.
Retention periods may vary according to the technology, purpose, provider and configuration.
11. Cookies and Security
Certain cookies or identifiers may be used as part of our security architecture.
These technologies may help with:
- Authentication
- Session protection
- CSRF protection
- Fraud detection
- Abuse prevention
- Rate limiting
- Suspicious activity detection
- Device and session security
Security-related cookies may be considered necessary and may not be disabled through optional cookie controls where doing so would compromise essential platform security.
12. Children and Cookies
AluminiumGlass is intended to provide general business and service discovery functionality.
We do not knowingly use cookies for the purpose of collecting personal information from children in violation of applicable law.
If you believe that information has been collected improperly, please contact us using the details provided below.
13. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, technology, services, legal requirements or third-party integrations.
When we make changes, the updated version will be published on this page with a revised Last Updated date.
You should periodically review this page to stay informed about how cookies and similar technologies are used.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, cookie preferences or the technologies used by AluminiumGlass, you may contact us through the official contact channels provided on the platform.
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