Cookies Policy

TEA SHOP COOKIES POLICY

Based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); Law 3/2018 on Data Protection (LOPD); Law 34/2002 on Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce (LSSI) and other applicable regulations, EAST WEST COMPANY, SL (hereinafter, "TEA SHOP") as a service provider, informs you, as a user of the website, the use of cookies within the site itself. TEA SHOP makes this Cookies Policy available with reference to the Website operated under the domain www.teashop.com (hereinafter "the Website").

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES AND HOW DO THEY WORK?

Las cookies son pequeños archivos de texto de tipo informativo que las páginas web pueden utilizar para hacer más eficiente la experiencia y navegación del usuario. Estas cookies se instalan en el ordenador de quien acceda al Sitio Web desde cualquier protocolo de comunicación (en adelante, «el Usuario»).

En ciertas ocasiones, las cookies recogen y tratan datos personales del Usuario, por eso el RGPD las describe como un tipo de “identificador en línea”. Asimismo, existen otras tecnologías similares de almacenamiento de información (scripts, pixeles de seguimiento u otros complementos) que cumplen la misma finalidad que las cookies. 

As a general rule, the duration of cookies depends on their purpose, but in any case, they will be kept for a specified, proportionate and limited period in relation to their exact purpose. The length of time the cookies remain installed on your browser dictates whether they are classified as persistent cookies or session cookies.

3. COOKIES TYPE

Cookies are placed into different categories depending on various factors, which are explained in the table below However, it is possible that the same cookie can be found in several categories:

Cookies by duration	Session cookies	These are the cookies that expire when you leave the website, at which point the cookies are removed from your browser. These cookies are used to track your actions on the website while browsing.
	Persistent cookies	These cookies remain stored once you leave the website, for a relatively prolonged period of time, and depending on the purpose of each cookie. For example, persistent cookies allow the user to remember their preferences to keep them saved the next time they access the website.
Cookies by origin	Own cookies	Those that are sent to the User's device from the Website managed by TEA SHOP.
	Third party cookies	Those that are sent to the User's device from services or providers that are external to the Website managed by TEA SHOP.
Cookies by purpose	Security cookies	Security cookies help detect suspicious or fraudulent activities and guarantee and support the security and functionality of the Website.
	Personalisation or preference cookies	Preference or personalisation cookies allow the website to remember information that changes the way the page behaves or the way it looks, such as your preferred language or the region from which you access the website.
	Analysis or statistical cookies	Analysis cookies show the browsing habits and behaviour of the User with respect to the Website, so that it can optimise its service and user experience efficiently.
	Advertising, compartment advertising	Marketing cookies are used to track website visitors. The purpose is to display “personalised” ads for the individual user and therefore make it more useful to publishers and third-party advertisers.

4. TYPES OF COOKIES USED ON TEA SHOP'S WEBSITE

In accordance with the aforementioned information, the Website uses cookies to facilitate and optimise the User's navigation, as well as to authenticate or identify them when accessing the contracted services. Specifically, the following are used:

4.1. Own cookies:

• Technical or strictly necessary cookies:  As a User of TEA SHOP’s website, you must accept this cookie to allow the service to keep running. They are strictly necessary to facilitate your navigation on our Website, as well as ensuring that the content is loaded efficiently on your device.

4.2. Third-party cookies

Browsing through the Website may lead to the User being offered a link to another website or to an application or social media website. Below, the entities other than TEA SHOP that use cookies on the Website, as well as their purposes:

• Social Network Cookies: In the case of the TEA SHOP page, third-party cookies are used so that users can share the content of the website and its features on social networks, specifically Facebook. 

• Technical cookies for measuring traffic on Internet Portals: TEA SHOPuses cookies from Hotjar, Bluestock and Google Analytics to collect statistical data on user activity on the website in question, and thus to improve the services provided to users. These cookies allow user traffic to be analyzed by generating a user ID that is used to measure how many times a Website is visited by a specific user. Likewise, it records when was the first and last time you visited said Website, when a session has ended, as well as the territorial origin of the user through the IP.