Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how AmeegoMarket Ltd (“AmeegoMarket”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on AmeegoMarket.com.

It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small pieces of information stored on or accessed from your device when you visit a website.

They can help websites:

• function correctly;
• keep Users signed in;
• remember preferences;
• maintain shopping baskets;
• provide security;
• understand website performance; and
• provide other functionality.

Similar technologies may include:

• local storage;
• pixels;
• tags;
• scripts;
• SDKs;
• tracking technologies; and
• other technologies that store information on or access information from a device.

References to “cookies” in this Policy may include these similar technologies where appropriate.

2. HOW AMEEGOMARKET USES COOKIES

We may use cookies to:

• operate AmeegoMarket.com;
• maintain secure sessions;
• authenticate Users;
• keep Users signed in;
• maintain shopping baskets;
• operate checkout;
• support GroupBuy transactions;
• protect against fraud;
• prevent security attacks;
• remember preferences;
• understand website performance;
• identify technical problems;
• measure use of the Marketplace; and
• where consent has been provided, support analytics or marketing functionality.

3. COOKIE CATEGORIES

AmeegoMarket may use the following categories.

A. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for the Marketplace to function or to provide functionality requested by the User.

They may support:

• account login;
• authentication;
• security;
• fraud prevention;
• session management;
• shopping basket functionality;
• checkout;
• GroupBuy participation;
• payment workflows;
• load balancing; and
• cookie-consent preferences.

Because these technologies are necessary to provide requested services or protect the operation of those services, consent may not be required where the applicable legal exemption applies.

Disabling them may prevent parts of AmeegoMarket from working correctly.

B. Functional Cookies

Functional cookies may remember choices such as:

• display preferences;
• marketplace preferences;
• region;
• language;
• previously selected options; and
• other customisations.

Where applicable law requires consent for a particular functional technology, it will not be activated until the required consent has been obtained.

C. Analytics and Performance Cookies

These technologies may help us understand:

• how many people visit AmeegoMarket;
• which pages are used;
• how Users navigate;
• where Users encounter errors;
• how quickly pages load;
• which Marketplace features are used; and
• how the website can be improved.

Where consent is required, analytics technologies will not be activated until consent has been provided.

No optional analytics services are currently installed. Any future providers will be identified before consent is requested.

D. Advertising and Marketing Cookies

If AmeegoMarket introduces advertising, retargeting or marketing technologies, they may be used to:

• measure campaigns;
• understand advertising performance;
• limit repeated advertisements;
• personalise advertising where permitted; and
• understand interactions with marketing campaigns.

These technologies will be subject to appropriate consent requirements.

AmeegoMarket will not activate non-essential advertising or behavioural tracking merely because a visitor continues browsing the website.

4. FIRST-PARTY AND THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

First-party cookies

These are set or controlled by AmeegoMarket or its website infrastructure.

They may support functionality such as authentication, sessions, preferences, security and marketplace operations.

Third-party cookies

Some services integrated into AmeegoMarket may set or access technologies associated with another provider.

These could potentially include providers supporting:

• payments;
• analytics;
• fraud prevention;
• customer support;
• embedded content;
• advertising; or
• other website functionality.

Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.

5. PAYMENT TECHNOLOGIES

Our payment providers may use cookies or similar technologies for purposes such as:

• payment processing;
• authentication;
• fraud prevention;
• security;
• regulatory compliance; and
• transaction risk assessment.

Certain technologies may be necessary to complete a payment or provide security requested as part of the transaction.

Other technologies will be treated according to their purpose and applicable consent requirements.

6. OUR COOKIE TABLE

The table below describes the first-party cookies used by the storefront. The cookie settings record is created only when you choose to save settings.

Stripe loads when you open the payment step to process payments and help prevent fraud. Its storage can vary with the payment method and authentication flow. Stripe provides information about its technologies and retention in its Cookie Policy: https://stripe.com/legal/cookies-policy.

7. COOKIE CONSENT

The storefront currently uses necessary cookies only. We do not currently activate optional analytics or advertising services. You can browse and shop without saving cookie settings, and we do not request consent for services that are not installed.

If we introduce technologies requiring consent, we will explain their purposes and providers and obtain consent before activating them. Optional choices will be off by default, with equally prominent options to accept or reject and a way to choose by purpose.

8. MANAGING YOUR PREFERENCES

You can open Cookie Settings from this page or the storefront footer to review the technologies in use. Necessary cookies cannot be disabled in this interface. Browser settings can block them, but doing so may prevent sign-in or checkout from working.

Saving settings stores a first-party preference record for 182 days, including the settings version and timestamps. It does not authorise future optional tracking. If optional services are introduced, Cookie Settings will let you withdraw consent as easily as giving it.

Withdrawing consent will not make previous processing based on valid consent unlawful.

9. BROWSER SETTINGS

Most browsers allow Users to manage cookies.

Depending on the browser, Users may be able to:

• view cookies;
• delete cookies;
• block cookies;
• block third-party cookies;
• clear cookies when closing the browser; or
• use private browsing functionality.

Blocking strictly necessary cookies may cause parts of AmeegoMarket to stop functioning correctly.

10. COOKIE DURATION

Cookies may be:

Session cookies

These generally operate during a browser session and expire when the session ends.

Persistent cookies

These may remain on the device for a defined period unless deleted earlier.

We aim to use retention periods appropriate to each cookie’s purpose.

The specific duration of each technology should be identified in the Cookie Settings interface or cookie table.

11. GROUPBUY AND CHECKOUT FUNCTIONALITY

Strictly necessary technologies may be used to maintain important Marketplace state during:

• authentication;
• product selection;
• Chunk selection;
• GroupBuy participation;
• basket creation;
• checkout;
• payment processing; and
• security validation.

For example, these technologies may allow AmeegoMarket to associate a User’s active session with the correct basket or checkout process.

They do not change the contractual rules governing whether a GroupBuy completes.

12. CHANGES TO OUR COOKIE USE

AmeegoMarket may change the technologies used as the Marketplace develops.

Where we introduce a new technology, we will assess:

• its purpose;
• the information it processes;
• whether it is first-party or third-party;
• how long it operates;
• whether consent is required; and
• whether this Cookie Policy or our consent interface needs updating.

Where required, we will obtain new consent.

13. CHANGES TO THIS COOKIE POLICY

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time.

The latest version will be published on AmeegoMarket.com and identified by the “Last updated” date.

14. CONTACT

For questions concerning cookies or privacy:

AmeegoMarket Ltd

Registered office: 71-75, Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, UNITED KINGDOM

Company number: 17421880

Email: admin@ameegomarket.com

Website: AmeegoMarket.com

For further information about how we process personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.