As described in the 'Information we get from your usage' section of our privacy policy, we and our partners
(including third parties such as Bing, Google, Facebook, Instagram, Yahoo, and others) use various
technologies such as cookies, pixels, and local storage on BDL, including any mobile websites or applications
owned or operated by Body by Lara which may be accessible via mobile devices, televisions, home theatre
systems or such other technology that may become available from time to time. We use these technologies to
collect and store information about you, your browser, and your device when you interact with our website.
These technologies enable us to provide features such as remembering your preferences, quick and convenient
shopping, and to store items in your shopping cart between visits to our website.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small files created by a web server, delivered through a web browser and stored on your computer,
mobile phone or other devices. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your
browser. Cookies may store user preferences and other information. Pixels are small blocks of code on web
pages and in emails that do things like allow another server to measure viewing of a webpage and often are
used in combination with cookies. Local storage is an industry-standard technology that allows a website or
app to store and retrieve data on a person's computer, mobile phone or other devices.
How long do cookies last?
Cookies last for different lengths of time depending on what they are used for.
- Session cookies are temporary cookies and are only stored until you leave the
website or when you close your web browser.
- Persistent cookies last for a fixed period of time, defined within the cookie and
allow the website to recognize the device again when the user returns to that website on that device.
First and third party cookies
Cookies can be classified as 'first party' or 'third party'.
- First party cookies are set by Body By Lara and can only be read by our website.
- Third party cookies are set by an organization other than Merrithew. This might be
for the purposes of website measurement, to allow a third party service on the website to operate, or to
target or deliver advertising.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for a number of purposes, including:
- Authentication
Body By Lara uses cookies, local storage and similar technologies to
recognize you if you are logged in to our website so that we can show you the right information and
personalize your experience.
- Preferences, features and services
Body By Lara uses cookies, local storage and
similar technologies to know which language and the currency you prefer, what your communications
preferences are and in order to help you fill out forms on our website.
- Advertising
We may work with advertisers or other partners and advertising service
providers like Bing, DoubleClick, Facebook, Google, Instagram, Yahoo and others to serve ads that may be
relevant to you based on your inferred interests or location (or both) to computers, mobile phones or other
devices, which may use a device ID, cookie, pixel or other similar technology placed by Body By Lara or the
third party on third party websites or apps. The placing of these cookies, pixels or other technologies on
your device may enable you to be identified across multiple websites and you should consult our privacy
policy and the privacy policies of our advertisers, partners and advertising service providers to
understand how they collect and use your data.
- Performance, analytics and research
Body By Lara uses third party analytics providers
such as Google Analytics to better understand who is using the website, how people are using it and to make
it as appealing to as many users as possible. These service providers may collect and store anonymous
information such as time of visit, pages visited, time spent on each page of the website, IP address,
location and type of operating system used. Please read their privacy policies to ensure that you are
comfortable with the manner in which they use cookies.
How to control cookies
You can delete all cookies that are already on your device and prevent them from being placed. If you do
this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a website and some
services and functionalities may not work.
All major browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. For example, you can set up your web browser to
inform you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. You can
usually find these settings in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your browser. To understand these
settings, the following links may be helpful, or you can use the 'Help' option in your browser for further
assistance.
Instructions for managing cookies in popular browsers