Introduction
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with the best experience when you browse our website and allows us to make improvements where necessary. This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, what types of cookies are placed on your device when you visit our website and how we use them.
Please note that this Cookie Policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, the cookie practices of third-party websites which may be linked to our websites. Once you leave our website, we do not have control over the placement of cookies on other websites, even if you are directed to them from our website.
Please see our Privacy Notice for further information on how BestCards, the Data Controller of www.bestcards.com, processes your personal information, which can be found here.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are sent to or accessed from your web browser or your device’s memory. A cookie typically contains the name of the domain (internet location) from which the cookie originated, the “lifetime” of the cookie (i.e. when it expires) and a randomly generated unique number or other identifier. A cookie also may contain information about your device, such as user settings, browsing history and activities conducted while using our services.
Who can drop cookies?
First-party cookies
First-party cookies are placed on your device directly by BestCards. For example, BestCards uses first-party cookies to adapt our website to your browser’s language preferences and to better understand your use of our website.
Third- Party Cookies
Third-party cookies are placed on your device by our partners and service providers. For example, BestCards use third-party cookies to measure user numbers on our website or to enable you to maintain your logged-in status when you move between pages of the website.
How long does a cookie stay on my device?
Session cookies
There are session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies only last until you close your browser. We use session cookies for a variety of reasons, including to learn more about your use of our website during one single browser session and to help you to use our website more efficiently.
Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies have a longer lifespan and aren’t automatically deleted when you close your browser. These types of cookies are primarily used to help you quickly sign-in to our website again and for analytical purposes.
What does BestCards use cookies (and other tracking technologies) for?
Like most providers of online services, BestCards use cookies to provide, secure and improve our services, including by remembering your preferences, recognizing you when you visit our website, personalizing and tailoring ads to your interests and for, advertising or retargeting purposes. To accomplish these purposes, BestCards also may link information from cookies with other personal information BestCards hold about you.
When you visit our website, some or all of the following types of cookies may be set on your device, depending on how you update your preferences on the Cookie Settings.
| Cookie Type | What does it do? |
| Essential website cookies | These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. These cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the website to operate properly. |
| Functionality & Preference cookies | These cookies are used to provide you with certain functionality on our websites. These cookies are not essential but enhance your use of our websites. For example, we may use cookies to remember choices you make (such as your preferred language or region you are in), to recognize the platform from which you access the site, to enable embedded videos, and to provide enhanced and more personal features. |
| Analytics cookies | These cookies help us understand how our website is being used and help us customize and improve our website for our users. |
| Targeting cookies | These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. |
Where we have a legitimate interest to do so, we also use cookies to collect data about the interactions on our website for analytics purposes to help us improve the website. We use this data on an aggregated basis and do not link this data with personal information BestCards may hold about you.
If you would like more details, we can provide you with information regarding the cookies used on our website. We will try to be as comprehensive as possible when providing such a list, however, the cookies used on our website will change from time to time.
How can you control cookies?
Browser and devices controls
Some web browsers provide settings that allow you to control or reject cookies or to alert you when a cookie is placed on your computer. The procedure for managing cookies is slightly different for each internet browser. You can check the specific steps in your particular browser help menu.
You also may be able to reset device identifiers by activating the appropriate setting on your mobile device. The procedure for managing device identifiers is slightly different for each device. You can check the specific steps in the help or settings menu of your particular device.
Interest-based advertising tools
You can opt out of seeing online interest-based advertising from participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance, the Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance or Appchoices (apps only).
Do not track
Some web browsers (including Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome) have a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) feature that tells a website that a user does not want to have his or her online activity tracked. If a website that responds to a DNT signal receives a DNT signal, the browser can block that website from collecting certain information about the browser’s user. Not all browsers offer a DNT option and DNT signals are not yet uniform. For this reason, many businesses, including BestCards, do not currently respond to DNT signals.
What happens if I disable all cookies?
The changes you make to your cookie preferences may make browsing our website a less satisfying experience. In some cases, you may even find yourself unable to use all or part of our site.
Opting out of advertising cookies does not mean you will not see ads – it means you won’t see personalized advertising from the companies that participate in the opt-out programs. Also, if you delete cookies on your device after you opted out, you will need to opt-out again.
How to contact us?
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, you can email us at [email protected].