Cookie Policy

Last Updated: August 2024

This Cookie Policy (the “Policy”) describes how and why Arla Foods Inc. ("Arla Foods", "we" or “us”) uses cookies on our website ("Website"). This Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy available here.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

This Website like most websites, works best when allowed to use cookies. When you visit this Website, we may send (and store) a cookie on your computer. A cookie is a small text file sent by a web server to a web browser (Firefox, Chrome or Internet Explorer, etc.). This cookie enables the Website or web server to collect specific, but restricted, information from the web browser about the visitor ("you").

We use various cookies on this Website. These range from long-term cookies (to remember you or your preferences) to short-term or session based cookies that "expire" when you close your browser window.

HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?

Arla Foods uses cookies to help the Website to remember you when you visit the Website again and to note which pages you view and any specific preferences that you might have selected along the way. We may use this information to personalise the content that is shown to you or to prevent certain things from happening, such as an informative pop-up from being shown to you twice. The cookies may also track your behaviour and activate a certain pop-up after a specific amount of time or save a product in the electronic shopping basket after you have selected it.

We may also use cookies to provide us with information about customer behaviour, which we use to improve the Website and for internal reports.

We sometimes incorporate multimedia elements, such as videos, on the Website from external providers. These elements use cookies for analytics and control of functionality, such as remembering for how long the video has played before being paused, etc. These cookies are set by the third parties providing the multimedia element.

We may use cookies for the purposes of targeted marketing, based on your preferences, (e.g. via a DoubleClick cookie), which prevents you from seeing the same advertisements again.

We may use third party cookies to compile and store anonymous statistics about browsing patterns or Website behaviour and build up a demographic profile. This data is collected along with other visitor data to form a collective analytics report. This data is, as a general proposition, not personally identifiable and is only used for reporting/statistical purposes.

We may also use a number of social media tools, both third party and custom-built, to enhance visitor interaction (such as "Like", "Share" or "Tweet") on our Website. If you already use these platforms, third party cookies may be set through our Website and may be linked to your account with that third party provider. Data may then be used by them to customize certain adverts or functionality on their site(s) based on your usage of their service from this Website. Please note that these parties use your personal information in accordance with the privacy and cookies policies that apply to their services.

THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Arla Foods is a data controller for the information provided via the cookies set on the Website. When you accept our use of cookies, you consent to our processing of your personal information as described in this Cookie Policy. Our processing is therefore based on your consent.

To the extent the cookies are set by a third party, for example a social media service provider, the relevant third party may have access to the cookies and is the controller for the information collected by the use of these cookies.

The information obtained by the permanent or semi-permanent cookies is generally retained for 1-2 years, whereas the session cookies are deleted when you shut down your browser.

IF YOU WISH TO REJECT COOKIES

If you do not wish to accept cookies from this Website, you may reject cookies. Most browsers allow you to decline the acceptance of cookies and you can easily handle the cookies by use of the Help menu on your browser or by contacting your system administrator.

For your convenience, please find guidance on how to remove cookies from the most commonly used browsers:

Please note that if you disable the cookies used on this Website, certain services or pages on this Website may not be available to you, or may not function as intended.

For more information on cookies, including how to prevent the installation of cookies or how to delete existing cookies from your hard drive, please visit the following website: www.allaboutcookies.org.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions or comments about this Policy, please contact us at arlapro_canada@arlafoods.com.