COOKIES POLICY

We believe that cookies and tracking technologies such as SDKs, mobile identifiers, pixel and beacons make your experience on our Website and Mobile Application more personal and enjoyable.

Last update: 15.02.2025

This Cookies Policy (“Cookies Policy”, “Policy”) explains how:

LC Waikiki Retail AL Sh.p.k., a limited liability company, registered with National Business Center with Unique Identification Number L01508008R, with legal seat located at the address: “Rruga “AbdylFrashëri”, Ndërtesa 8, Hekla Center, Shkalla C, NjësiaBashkiake Nr. 5, Kodipostar 1019, Tiranë, Shqipëri”,

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LC Waikiki MagazacilikHizmetleri Ticaret AnonimSirketi A.S., with legal seat located at the address: “15 TemmuzMah. Gulbahar Cad. No: 41 34212 Bagcilar – Istanbul, Turkey”, with registry number 357092 which servers are located in Turkey (hereinafter, both referred to as the“Joint Controller”, “LC Waikiki”).

uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you access the Website https://www.lcwaikiki.al (the “Website”) and the Mobile App https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lc-waikiki-online-shopping/id6743737857 and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lcwaikiki.android.global (the “Mobile App”).

The Joint Controllers jointly determine the purposes and means of using Cookies on the Website and Mobile App and are jointly responsible for the processing of personal data collected through such technologies.

This Cookies Policy also informs you about your rights and how you can manage your cookie preferences.

For further information on how your personal data is processed, please refer to our Privacy Policy in the following link

1. What are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, tablet or mobile device when you visit the Website. They may contain personal information such as user ID, custom preferences or history of the pages you visit and allow the Website to recognize your device and store certain information about your preferences or actions.

Cookies enable essential website functions that cannot be achieved solely through standard internet protocols (HTTP), such as maintaining user sessions, remembering login status, storing shopping cart contents and saving user preferences.

The Mobile App relies on similar technologies, including SDKs, mobile identifiers (such as advertising IDs), app storage, device identifiers and in-app tracking tools, which perform functions comparable to cookies in a web environment.

For purposes of this Cookies Policy, cookies used for the Website and/or Mobile App are referred to collectively as “Cookies”.

Cookies can be useful to enable core functionality of the Website or Mobile App (such as keeping items in your shopping cart), to help us understand how visitors use our Website or Mobile App, or to personalize your browsing experience.

2. Type of Cookies we use

When you visit our Website or Mobile App, we may use the following cookies classified in different ways to help you understand their purpose and how they function.

1. Cookies by Issuer.

• First Party Cookies – these are issued directly by the Website or Mobile App you have accessed. Their main purpose is to enable core functionalities of the Website or Mobile App to remember and memorize your preferences such as language settings or items in your shopping cart and to enhance your browsing experience.
• Third Party Cookies – these cookies are set by a website or service other than our Website or Mobile App. If you visit a website and a separate operator sets a cookie through that website this would be a third-party cookie. For example, cookies from advertising partners or analytics providers (such as Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or Crite) fall in this category.

2. Cookies by Persistency

• Session Cookies – These cookies are temporary and exist only during your browsing session. They expire when you close your browser or Mobile App. Session cookies are commonly used to remember your actions as you navigate the Website or Mobile App, such as items added to a shopping cart.
• Persistent Cookies – these cookies remain on your device across multiple browsing sessions. They allow your preferences or actions across a Website or Mobile App (or sometimes across multiple Websites) to be remembered. Persistent cookies can serve various purposes, including remembering login information, user preferences or targeting advertisements based on browsing behavior.

3. What cookies do we use and for what purpose

When you first access our Website or Mobile App, you will be presented with a cookie banner allowing you to manage your preferences.

Non-essential cookies are used only if you provide your explicit consent.

LCW Waikiki uses the following cookies:

• Functionality cookies – Essential for the operation of the Website and Mobile App as they provide functionality that will allow you to shop and the Website and Mobile App could not function properly without them. These cookies enable basic functions like page navigation, secure access and order processing.
• Analytical/Statistics Cookies – Help us understand how visitors interact with the Website and Mobile App, which pages are most visited, and how users move around.
• Advertising/Marketing Cookies – Used to display relevant ads and measure the effectiveness of campaigns. The cookies allow us to personalize our adverts for you by showing you advertising that is relevant to your interest and shopping history. They can also track you through different websites and allow us to show you LC Waikiki advertising banners on third party websites.

The list of cookies LC Waikiki uses and their purpose:

3. Third party Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Joint Controllers may use cookies and tracking technologies provided by trusted partner, such as:

• Facebook Pixel – to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and provide personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram. The facebook pixel collects five types of data: (i) Http headers - Anything present in HTTP headers. HTTP headers are a standard web protocol sent between any browser request and any server on the Internet. HTTP headers include IP addresses, information about the web browser, page location, document, referrer and person using the website. (ii) Pixel-specific data - This includes the pixel ID and Facebook cookie. (iii) Button click data - This includes any buttons clicked by site visitors, the labels of those buttons and any pages visited as a result of the button clicks. (iv) Optional values - Developers and marketers can optionally choose to send additional information about the visit through custom data events. Example custom data events are conversion value, page type and more. (v) Form Field Names - This includes website field names such as "email", "address" and "quantity" when a person purchases a product or service. The pixel does not capture field values unless an advertiser includes them as part of advanced matching or optional values. You can read Facebook’s overview of privacy here: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
• Criteo or other advertising partners – to display relevant advertising based on your browsing behavior and track you though various selected website. Banner advertising appears on selected websites with which we are affiliated and we use the information we have learned from cookies to tailor this advertising to things we think you will like, based, for example, on your browsing history. You can disable Criteo tracking and ads here: https://privacy.criteo.com/#/cookiecontrol
• Google AdWorks (doubleclick) – to collect anonymous statistical data about the use of our Website or Mobile App. You can opt out of Google Analytics here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
• E-mail beacons – Tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has opened an e-mail that we have sent them.

These third parties may use cookies and other tracking technologies in accordance with their own privacy policies.

4. Managing your Cookie Preferences

When your first visit our Website or Mobile App, you will be asked to choose whether to allow non-essential cookies via the cookie banner. You can update your preferences at any time by adjusting your browser setting or cookie banner options.

You may refuse or delete cookies by changing your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Website or Mobile App.

You can find information on how to manage cookies in popular browsers here:

• Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

5. Consent to Use Cookies.

When you visit our Website or Mobile App for the first time, you will see a cookie banner requesting your consent. By clicking on the “I agree to the use of cookies” navigation bar, you agree to our use of cookies. You may withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your browser settings.

6. Updates to this Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy occasionally. Any changes will be posted on this page with the updated effective date.

7. Contact Us.

If you have questions or inquiries about our Cookies Policy, contact us:

Rruga “AbdylFrashëri”, Ndërtesa 8, Hekla Center, Shkalla C, NjësiaBashkiake Nr. 5, Kodipostar 1019, Tiranë, Shqipëri

Email: albania@lcwaikiki.info