Your Privacy and Better User Experience Is our Top Priority
This Cookies Policy applies to citizens and legal residents of the United States using AffordableBlinds.com.
Our website, (hereinafter: “the website” or “the site”) uses various cookies and other related technologies (collectively referred to as “cookies”). These cookies are placed by third parties (like Google Analytics, PayPal, FB, Pinterest, X, Instagram, YouTube, etc.) we have engaged. In this post, we’ve got you covered about the use of cookies on our website.
When using cooking, our goal is to enhance customer experience, while adhering to our ethical standards.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small simple files (or pieces of text) that are sent along with pages of our website and are stored by your browser on your device’s hard drive. They help the website remember information about your visit, making the website easier to visit again and making it more useful to you. The information stored in the cookies may be returned to the servers (both ours and those of third parties) during your visit.
A cookie may also exist as a piece of program code (script) executed on our website to make our website functional properly and interactively. There are also web beacons or pixel tags that monitor traffic on our website and store data that can be used productively in future.
As a part of our core values, we ensure the protection of your personal data collected through cookies. Meanwhile, most web browsers allow you to block and delete cookies our website uses.
Types of Cookies
Functional or Technical Cookies
They ensure that our website functions properly, making it easier for you to visit and use it. For example, products will remain in the shopping cart until you have paid. These cookies may be used without your consent.
Analytical Cookies
Analytical or performance cookies track the website visitors and determine their user behavior. GA (Google Analytics) cookies are one of the most common examples.
Necessary Cookies
Without these cookies, the website would not work. They do not track your browsing habits and don’t collect any personally identifiable information of the users.
Social Media Cookies
On our website, you’ll find content from FB, Pinterest, X, Instagram, YouTube, etc. to help you like, pin, or share them on your social networks. The data collected through these cookies can be used for personalized advertising.
Marketing/Advertising Cookies
They are used to create user profiles to display advertising on this website.
User Consent
On visiting our website, you consent to us using various categories of cookies. You can manage the use of cookies (enable or disable them) via your browser, but disabling cookies may result in our website no longer working properly.
List of Cookies We Have Placed on our Website
Here’re some of the cookies that our website uses to collect different types of data and ensure various processing operations.
PHPSESSID
A necessary cookie that expires with the session. Affordableblinds.com uses this cookie to identify and store the user’s unique session ID for the purpose of managing user duration on the website.
_gcl_au
An analytical, advertising cookie _gcl_au has a 90 days lifespan and is used to experiment advertisement efficiency of affordableblinds.com.
IR_gbd
A functional, analytical cookie, IR_gbd is used to store a unique ID to identify users’ device when they return to our website using the same network.
IR_*
A session cookies (expires with session), IR_* is used to identify your device when you return to our website.
_fbp
Lasting 90 days, this cookie tracks and stores interactions.
_ga_*
Having the lifespan of 1 year 1 month and 4 days, _ga_* is an analytical cookie that stores and counts pageviews on affordableblinds.com.
_ga
Installed by Google Analytics, this cookie calculates visitors, sessions, and campaign data, while also keeping track of our website usage for the site’s analytics report.
LANG
LANG is a functional cookie that sets users’ preferred language on the website.
Enforce_policy
It is a necessary cookie that PayPal sets on your website to make secure transactions when you purchase a product at AffordableBlinds.com.
X-pp-s
This functional cookie is used to process payments on our website.
tsrce
A functional cookie, tsrce has a 3 days duration and is used to enable PayPal payment service on Affordableblinds.com.
nsid
This is a functional session cookie that enables payment service on the website.
__lc_cid
Lasting 1 year 1 month and 4 days, this is an essential cookie used for our website’s live chat box to function properly.
YouTube
This cookie is used to display YouTube videos on our website. For more information, use YouTube Privacy Statement.
Our website uses Instagram cookies to identify you, including your name, interest, and previous activity on the site.
This cookie allows us to verify your account and determine when you are logged in so we can make it easier for you to access the Meta Products.
This cookie is used to store a user’s login within a web browser. It also contains the user’s Pinterest ID.
X
Its function is used to help the website function effectively. X cookie also tracks how users browse the site and collects insights for improving the site, products, and services.
Trustpilot
Trustpilot helps us identify and understand visitor usage patterns, diagnose errors or problems you may encounter, and improve the website experience.
Third Parties Using Your Data on Our Site
- Digital analytics service providers
- Security and online payment services
- Shipping, delivering, and mailing vendors
- Third parties helping us communicate with you
- Marketing and advertising companies
Your Rights with Respect to Your Data Collection & Use
- You have the right to know when, how, and why we collect your personal data.
- You have the right to access your personal data we store and use.
- Whenever you wish, you can supplement, correct, block, or delete your personal data.
- You have the right to object to collection, storage, processing, and utilization of your personal data.
How to Enable/Disable and/or Delete Cookies
You can use your browser to automatically or manually enable, disable, or delete cookies. You can also change your browser settings to receive a message each time a new cookie is placed.
Disclosure of Information for Security and Fraud Prevention
We will disclose your data for detecting, investigating, and preventing fraud or unlawful activities.