Cookies statement
By joining our Mystery Shopper Panel online and taking part in our Mystery Shopping Tasks, you agree to our use of cookies and similar technologies and the collection of information from your PC/Laptop or other computing device you may use whilst taking part in our Mystery Shopping Tasks and research activities as outlined below.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that enable the visited website to remember your actions and preferences over a period so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you return to the site. Cookies are not dangerous; however, they are significant for privacy protection. Cookies cannot be used for identifying individual visitors to the website, nor for fraudulent use of login credentials.
Our iShopFor Ipsos website collects information using 'cookies' and functionally similar technologies. Cookies are small files stored on your computer. Specifically, in respect of cookies, further details of what cookies are can be found by visiting www.aboutcookies.org.
Cookies we use
We use cookies for maintaining the view from the mobile version of the iShopFor Ipsos website to the desktop version, to remember your preferences while browsing the iShopFor Ipsos website.
The cookies and similar technology that may be used in connection with the iShopFor Ipsos website are as follows:
1. Essential website cookies
Some cookies are essential for the operation of our website and therefore can’t be turned off. Cookies are necessary in order for you to be able to move around the website and use our services.
| Categories and description | Cookies |
| iShopFor Ipsos - own cookies: Cookie used by Nette Framework necessary in the website programming. | nette-browser |
| Contains encrypted records of a user’s account ID and most recent sign-in time as well as his country and language preferences. | SID |
| Cookies necessary in the website programming. | KCFINDER Cookies-allowed |
2. Performance cookies
We use third party’s cookies to analyze how our visitors use the website and monitor general website performance. It helps us to identify issues on the website, improve the website content, and functionalities to offer you a better experience. For example, we use performance cookies to know which pages are the most consulted, monitor potential errors on the website and better understand our audiences.
| Categories and description | Cookies |
Google Analytics - third-party cookies: Used to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our site. This data is used to compile reports and improve the site. Information includes visitor numbers, referring sources, site usage, including information such as IP addresses, pages visited, time spent on pages, and user interactions with the site. We have integrated Google Analytics on our site to gather anonymous statistical data, improve user experience, and measure website performance. Google Analytics collects and anonymizes IP addresses, and we do not link this data to any personally identifiable information. More details on Google’s use of cookies and data practices can be found in Google's Privacy Policy. | _ga _gid _gat __utma __utmb __utmc __utmz __utmv |
Google Tag Manager (GTM) Our website uses Google Tag Manager (GTM) to organize and control the deployment of third-party tracking tags, such as Google Analytics. While GTM itself does not create cookies or store personal information, it may load other tags that do set cookies or collect data as outlined in this policy. For example, Google Analytics and advertising tags may use cookies to gather anonymous usage statistics or facilitate ad personalization. These third-party cookies are detailed under the relevant sections, such as Performance and Marketing Cookies. | |
| Cookies used to throttle request rate. | _gat |
| Contain digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google account ID and most recent sign-in time. The combination of these two cookies allows us to block many types of attack, such as attempts to steal the content of forms that you complete on web pages. | SID HSID |
| Security cookie to protect users data from unauthorised access. | SIDCC |
3. Marketing cookies
We use third party marketing cookies to monitor and evaluate the success of our advertisement campaigns. It helps us to understand where our website users come from. It monitors your interactions with our social media pages and campaigns. For example, we use them to know which of the advertisements we post is the most successful.
| Categories and description | Cookies |
| Google - third party cookies: The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. | NID |
| These cookies are used to gather website statistics, and track conversion rates. | 1P_JAR |
| Other Google properties, like YouTube, may also use these cookies to show you more relevant ads. | AID DSID |
| It stores the preferences and information of users each time they visit web pages containing a Google service. | APISID SAPSID SSID |
| doubleclick.net - third party cookies: Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | IDE |
| Youtube - third party cookies: Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. Session cookie. | CONSENT |
| The PREF cookie remembers basic preferences, such as choice of language, format of search results, how to display information, so the visitor don’t need to set preferences each time he use the site. | PREF |
| Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
| Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | YSC |
| Facebook - third party cookies: Prevent the creation of fake accounts and spammy accounts. Lower the risk of users’ accounts being taken over by other people. Protect users’ content against theft. Prevent DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks that could make Facebook inaccessible to some users. | datr spin presence |
| Allow you to control the "Follow us on Facebook" and "Like" buttons. | dpr c_user |
| Persistent cookie of Facebook. | pl |
| Allow you to control the "Follow us on Facebook" and "Like" buttons, collect the language settings and allow you to share the page. | sb wd xs |
| Facebook tracks opted-out Facebook users with a cookie (fr) that is used for advertising purposes. | fr |
It is possible for you to delete 'cookies' or to prevent their use by adjusting the browser settings on your computer. However, if you do prevent our website from using cookies, it will not work properly and you might not be able to participate in this Mystery Shopper Panel.
Consent to use cookies
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, unless the user changes the settings in the browser. By using this website, you give your consent to use cookies. However, you can restrict or block cookies using your browser settings. For more information about cookie settings select your web browser from those listed below:
For more detailed information about cookies use on iShopFor Ipsos, contact us at: info@ishopforipsos.com.
