Cookies

Badmintonplanet uses cookies and other similar techniques such as web beacons and SDKs on its webshop and related sites (hereinafter the 'web shop'). Because we want to guarantee your privacy and improve the user-friendliness of your visit(s) to our web shop, we think it is important that you know how and why we use cookies. Below we provide you with as much information as possible about the use of these techniques, including cookies by Planet of Sports.

 

What are cookies?

Cookies are small, simple text files that your computer or mobile device stores when you use our web shop. There are also cookie-like techniques that achieve the same results.

 

What are the other cookie-like techniques?

Web beacons, Local and Session Storage and SDKs are standard internet techniques that sometimes, together with cookies, ensure that a system can collect information and then send it. Cookies and other techniques are used by all existing web shops. By using cookies and other techniques, we ensure, for example, that:

  • Surfing in the Badmintonplanet webshop becomes more fun and easier for you; You do not receive or have to enter the same information every time you visit our webshop;
  • We can offer you special functionalities such as the wish list or your shopping cart;
  • We can measure how our webshop is used and where we can improve it;
  • We can show you advertisements and recommendations based on your interests;
  • We can recognize which device you use when you visit us;
  • We can register how often an advertisement is shown in order to better tailor the advertisements to your needs and interests and to prevent you from seeing the same advertisement every time.

 

Third-party cookies

Third-party cookies can also placed via our webshop. The privacy and cookie policy of the company in question applies to the use of cookies by other companies.

 

Which cookies do we use? In short:

Functional cookies or necessary cookies

Functional cookies ensure that our webshop functions correctly. Think for example of functionalities such as placing an item in your shopping cart or paying for your order.

 

Analytical cookies

With the help of third parties, we collect statistics about how our webshop is used with the help of analytical cookies. By measuring website usage, we can continue to improve our store to the benefit of our users.

 

Marketing cookies

We place marketing cookies on our web shop. Third parties can also place marketing cookies on our web shop. We also place marketing cookies on third-party websites. We can combine the information from these marketing cookies. We do this so that we can make you the most relevant offers based on your online surfing, searching and purchasing behaviour. We also use these marketing cookies to keep track of which advertisements you have seen.

 

Functional or necessary cookies

Functional or necessary cookies ensure that the Planet of Sports web shop functions properly. Think of:

  • Remembering and storing the items that you add to your wish list;
  • Providing a notification for an uncompleted order so that you do not lose the items in the shopping cart;
  • Saved browser settings so that you can view our web shop optimally on your screen;
  • The option to save your login details so that you do not have to enter them again every time;
  • The ability to respond to messages in our web shop;
  • An even load on the website so that it is easily accessible and continues to function optimally;
  • Detecting possible abuse or possible problems in our web shop, for example by registering successive failed login attempts.

 

Analytical cookies

We use, with the help of third parties, analytical cookies to investigate store usage. These statistics give us insight into how often we are visited and where we can improve our web shop. This allows us to continuously optimize the experience with our web shop. The following data is stored, among other things:

 

  • The IP address that is made anonymous;
  • Technical characteristics, such as the browser you use (such as Chrome, Safari or Firefox), the resolution of your computer screen, your language preference and which device you use;
  • From which page you came to the web shop;
  • When and for how long you visit or use the web shop;
  • Whether you use functionalities of the web shop. For example, creating a wish list, placing an order or viewing previous purchases;
  • Which pages you visit in our web shop.

 

We use these cookies, for example, to:

  • To keep track of the number of visitors to our webshop;
  • To measure how long a visit lasts;
  • To determine in which order a visitor visits the various pages of our webshop.

 

Removing or disabling cookies

You can of course also disable our cookies and JavaScript. Please note that our websites will not work optimally. How you can disable or delete cookies is explained here: