Cookie Policy
The website www.ploom.ch is operated by JT International AG Dagmersellen (hereinafter “JTI” or “we”) with its registered office at Baselstrasse 65, 6252 Dagmersellen, Switzerland. In its capacity as data controller, JTI processes personal data of users who use the website. Further information on data protection can be found in our Terms of Use https://www.ploom.ch/terms-of-use. In the following we inform you about the use of cookies on the website www.ploom.ch, what cookies are and which cookies are used in detail on this website.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are sent directly from the websites visited by the user to the user’s terminal device (usually the browser), where they are stored and transmitted to the same websites the next time the user visits (known as first-party cookies). When navigating a website, the user may also receive cookies from other websites or web servers (known as third-party cookies). This happens because the website visited may contain elements such as images, maps, sounds, specific links to websites of other domains that are located on different servers other than the one on which the requested website is located. In other words, they are cookies set by a different website than the one you are currently visiting.
Cookies may be limited to a single browsing session, in which case they are automatically disabled when the user closes the browser; or they may have a pre-determined expiry date, in which case they remain stored and active on the user’s hard drive until that date and continue to collect information over the course of several browsing sessions.
Cookies are used for various functions. The following categories of cookies are used on this website.
1.1 Essential cookies (technical cookies)
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be disabled in our systems. These cookies are usually only set in response to actions you take that correspond to a request for a service, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block these cookies or to notify you of these cookies. However, some areas of the website will then not work. These cookies do not store any personal data.
1.2 Performance cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic flow, so we can measure and improve the performance of our website. They help us to know which pages are the most popular and which have the fewest visitors, and to see how visitors move around the site. All the information these cookies gather is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we do not know when you visited our website and cannot monitor its performance.
1.3 Functional cookies
These cookies allow the website to offer additional functionality and personalisation. They may be used by us or third-party providers whose services we use on our site. If you do not allow them, some or all of these services may not function fully.
1.4 Cookies for marketing purposes
These cookies may be set through our website by our advertising partners. They may be used by these companies to create a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other websites. They do not directly store personal data but are based on a unique identification of your browser and Internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
2. Which cookies are used on the www.ploom.ch website?
The following overview provides a summary of the cookies currently used on the www.ploom.ch website, what purpose they serve and how long they are stored.
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COOKIE NAME |
DOMAIN |
CATEGORY |
EXPIRES AFTER |
DESCRIPTION |
1 |
_ga |
Performance Cookies |
PERSISTENT |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners._ga |
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2 |
_gid |
Targeting Cookies |
PERSISTENT |
This cookie is used to collect information about how visitors use our website. |
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3 |
_gat* |
Targeting Cookies |
PERSISTENT |
Google uses this cookie to distinguish users. |
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4 |
ApplicationGatewayAffinity |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
SESSION |
Used for maintaining user sessions. This cookie is set by this website as it runs on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It enables web browser traffic to be kept assigned to single server during certain sections of website. |
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5 |
ApplicationGatewayAffinity |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
SESSION |
Used for maintaining user sessions. This cookie is set by this website as it runs on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It enables web browser traffic to be kept assigned to single server during certain sections of website. |
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6 |
ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
SESSION |
This cookie is used by the Windows Azure Application Gateway in addition to ApplicationGatewayAffinity to maintain sticky session even on cross-origin requests (information received from a resource with a different domain name). |
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7 |
ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
SESSION |
This cookie is used by the Windows Azure Application Gateway in addition to ApplicationGatewayAffinity to maintain sticky sessions even on cross-origin requests (information received from a resource with a different domain name). |
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8 |
BAYEUX_BROWSER |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
SESSION |
This cookie is used to detect multiple CometD server sessions from the same browser. |
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9 |
BIGipServerpool_jtigcc |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
This cookie name is associated with the BIG-IP product suite from company F5. Usually associated with managing sessions on load balanced servers, to ensure user requests are routed consistently to the correct server. The common root is BIGipServer most commonly followed by a domain name, usually the one that it is hosted on, but not always. |
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10 |
CONSENT |
Performance Cookies |
PERSISTENT |
Cookie set by Youtube platform when the user accesses its service. |
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11 |
glide_user |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
PERSISTENT |
The 'glide_user' cookie is a session cookie created by the LiveChat application to renew the user session each time the session times out. |
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12 |
glide_user_route |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
PERSISTENT |
This cookie defines which LiveChat application server (or node) in the cluster will handle the request, so it remains consistent. |
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13 |
glide_user_session |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
PERSISTENT |
This cookie allows the LiveChat application to preserve the user session when the application balances the request from one server node to another. |
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14 |
glide_user_session |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
SESSION |
This cookie allows the LiveChat application to manage the non-authenticated user session. |
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15 |
isAgeConfirmed |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
SESSION |
Cookie used to determine if the visitor confirmed the age popup banner |
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16 |
JSESSIONID |
Performance Cookies |
SESSION |
This domain is controlled by New Relic, which provides a platform for monitoring the performance of web and mobile applications. |
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17 |
JSESSIONID |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
SESSION |
This cookie describes the session ID for the live chat. As soon as you visit our website, this cookie is generated and stored on your device. This enables us to identify your session in our system. |
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18 |
OptanonAlertBoxClosed |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
PERSISTENT |
This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. |
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19 |
OptanonAlertBoxClosed |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
PERSISTENT |
This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. |
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20 |
OptanonConsent |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
PERSISTENT |
This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. |
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21 |
visitor_frequency |
Targeting Cookies |
PERSISTENT |
This cookie stores the timestamp of the first website page user visited. |
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22 |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
Performance Cookies |
PERSISTENT |
This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track the viewing of videos and to detect problems with the service. |
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23 |
YSC |
Performance Cookies |
SESSION |
This cookie is generated by the Youtube platform to ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user's knowledge. |
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24 |
CF_Authorization |
Functional |
1 Day |
Cloudflare authorization header, used for websites that require authentication via AD |
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25 |
BIGipServerpool_jtigccdev |
Strictly Necessary |
Session |
This cookie name is associated with the BIG-IP product suite from company F5. Usually associated with managing sessions on load balanced servers, to ensure user requests are routed consistently to the correct server. The common root is BIGipServer most commonly followed by a domain name, usually the one that it is hosted on, but not always.Uncategorized cookies |
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26 |
_GRECAPTCHA |
Strictly Necessary |
180 Days |
reCAPTCHA is a free captcha service powered by Google which protects websites from spamming software and abuse by non-human visitors. Using advanced risk analysis techniques, it is able to tell human beings from bots. Accepting this category of cookies activates the reCAPTCHA feature which is indispensable for proper functioning of the contact form on the website. |
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27 |
CONSENT |
Targeting Cookies |
2 Years |
This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
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28 |
SOCS |
Functional |
13 Months |
Google uses the ‘CONSENT’ cookie, which lasts for 2 years, to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices. Another cookie, ‘SOCS’, lasts for 13 months and is also used to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices. |
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29 |
AEC |
Functional |
180 Days |
AEC cookie ensures that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user’s knowledge. |
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30 |
DV |
Targeting Cookies |
1 Day |
Google Ads Optimization |
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31 |
OTZ |
Targeting Cookies |
21 Days |
The "OTZ" cookie is used by Google analytics to track website traffic information |
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32 |
NID |
Targeting Cookies |
6 Months |
Some cookies and other technologies are used to maintain your preferences. For example, most people who use Google services have a cookie called ‘NID’ or ‘ENID’ in their browsers, depending on their cookies choices. These cookies are used to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language, how many results you prefer to have shown on a search results page (for example, 10 or 20), and whether you want to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. |
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33 |
__Secure-ENID |
Targeting Cookies |
13 Months |
Used by Google to prevent fraudulent login attempts. This also contains a Google user ID which can be used for statistics and marketing purposes following a successful login. |
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34 |
AMCVS_8F99160E571FC0427F000101%40AdobeOrg |
Targeting Cookies |
Session |
Stores a unique visitor ID. |
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35 |
AMCV_8F99160E571FC0427F000101%40AdobeOrg |
Targeting Cookies |
2 Years |
Stores a unique visitor ID for statistics. |
3. Use of Google Analytics
If you have given your consent to performance cookies, Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC, is used on this website. The responsible service provider in the EU is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). As a processor, Google Ireland Limited is the recipient of the data. The information collected via cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Transmission of data to the USA can therefore not be ruled out.
We use the function “anonymizeIP” (IP masking): due to the activation of IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. When transferring data to the USA, Google respects the standard contractual clauses issued by the European Commission and recognised by the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (https://business.safety.google/gdpr/). The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your (pseudonymous) use of the website and compiling reports on website activity. The reports provided by Google Analytics are used to analyse the performance of our website and the success of our marketing campaigns.
For more information on Google Analytics’ terms of use and Google’s privacy policy, please visit https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/en/ and https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.
4. How can you prevent the use of cookies?
In most Internet browsers it is possible to block the receipt and storage of cookies in general, to receive an individual warning before receiving a cookie or to delete existing cookies from the hard drive. If the user does not agree to JTI’s use of cookies, the cookie settings in the browser must be changed accordingly. However, users are advised that in this case they may not be able to use all the features of this website to their full extent.
Dagmersellen, September 2023
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