THE COCA‑COLA COMPANY COOKIE POLICY
LAST REVISED: 14/04/2021
This Coca‑Cola Company Cookie Policy (the "Cookie Policy") describes the different types of cookies that are used in connection with the website owned and controlled by NV Coca‑Cola Services SA, with registered office at Chaussée de Mons 1424, 1070 Brussels (hereinafter "Coca‑Cola" or "us"), from which you are accessing this Cookie Policy (the “Site”). Coca‑Cola determines the means and purposes of the personal data processing described in this Cookie Policy, and is therefore the data controller (in the sense of EU Regulation 2016/679).
Depending on the Site you are accessing, our privacy notices apply www.coca-cola.ie/cookie-policy in addition to this Cookie Policy and complement this Cookie Policy.
You have the option of agreeing to the use of cookies prior to entering to this Site. This Cookie Policy allows you to consent or refuse to consent to each category of cookies (except Strictly Necessary Cookies, which can only be rejected).
If you have questions, please write to us at: Coca‑Cola Ireland, 2 Ballsbridge Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin, D04 YW83.
WHAT & WHY
What are cookies and other similar technologies?
Cookies and web storage technologies allowing local and session storage (“cookies”) make it easier for you to interact with our website. They are typically small text files downloaded by your internet browser to your device when you visit our website. We also place cookies on your device when you interact with website technologies from third- party providers, such as scripts, pixels and tags, which we integrate on our website for advertising purposes. “The (Facebook) pixel collects data that helps us track conversions from (Facebook) ads, optimize ads, build targeted audiences for future ads, and remarket to people who have already taken some kind of action on our site. It works by placing and triggering cookies to track users as they interact with our site and our (Facebook) ads.
We also use other technologies similar to cookies. We use these to pass information we have collected about you when you visit our website to other applications.
We provide information below on the use of these technologies as well as how you can change cookie settings depending on your preferences.
Cookie Settings: YOU ARE IN CONTROL!
To find out about which cookies you have activated/deactivated click here:
Cookie Settings
Necessary Cookies - Always on
We use these cookies to:
- Identify you and enable you to log into your user account;
- Remember your previous actions such your cookie consent choice.
Additional information on these cookies
Necessary cookies let you use our website and use the features as we provide. You would not be able to use the website without these cookies, including showing you a version and presentation of the website corresponding to the Internet connection you are using. In addition, these cookies ensure that when you change pages, the function of changing from http to https takes place. Your consent is not required for the use of essential cookies.
These cookies cannot be deactivated/disabled by using any of the functions on this website. Our legal basis for the usage of these cookies is Art. 6.1(f) of the GDPR, our legitimate interest to deliver the website to you.
You can find out more about the Cookies used in the preference center.
Analytics Cookies
We use these cookies to:
- See how you engage with our site;
- Find out more about your personal journey between pages;
- Improve our website and tailor it according to your preferences.
Additional information on these cookies
Analytics cookies gather information about how visitors interact with our website and enable a website to save information that has already been entered (like usernames and language choices), so that it can offer you improved and more convenient functions. For example, a website can provide you with more relevant local information if it uses a cookie to remember your region. Analytics cookies are also used to enable features you request like playing videos, but are only deployed activated by the user. These cookies help us to provide a website designed to be used in the best way possible.
Our legal basis when we use these Cookies is that you have given your consent, (Art. 6.1(a) GDPR). You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
You can, deactivate these cookies at any time via the buttons below or via the settings in your browser.
You can find out more about the Cookies used in the preference center.
Advertising Cookies -
We use and allow third parties to deploy these cookies to:
- Provide online advertising that offers you relevant information;
- Prevent that the same advertising continuously re-appears.
Additional information on these cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertising and other marketing communications more relevant to you and your interests. They remember whether you have visited a website, and share this information with, for instance, advertising and media agencies. In addition, advertising cookies may be used by our partners to create profiles, so that they can show you relevant ads on other websites and create lookalike audiences. They also make it possible to limit the number of times an advertisement is shown to you, with a view to avoiding over-exposure and user annoyance.
Our legal basis when we use these Cookies is that you have given your consent, (Art. 6.1(a) GDPR). You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
You can find out more about the Cookies used in the preference center.
Personalization Cookies
We use and allow third parties to deploy these cookies to help us:
- Deliver multimedia content;
- Keep your details secure when you are logged in.
- Personalize your experience on our site by showing you content you might be interested based on previous online viewing
- Show you fewer, more relevant adverts based on your interests
Additional information on these cookies
These cookies enable a website to save information that has already been entered (like usernames and language choices), so that it can offer you improved and more convenient functions. For example, a website can provide you with more relevant local information if it uses a cookie to remember your region. These cookies are also used to enable features you request like playing videos, but are only deployed activated by the user. These cookies help us to provide a website designed to be used in the best way possible. You can, deactivate these cookies at any time in the settings in this Cookie Policy or in your browser. These cookies do not track your movements on other websites.
These cookies help us personize your experience on our site. For example if you are reading an article about low sugar then we might show you adverts for Coke Zero. This is called contextual advertising. The personalization of adverts may be based on information collected about your use of our services and other data that third parties may have about you, like your interests, age and gender inferred from your internet browsing that an advertiser has about you. We may also use your general location to show you ads relevant to where you are, so if you are in the UK you will see ads from UK advertisers. If you would like the site to be more tailored to you, please turn these cookies on.
Our legal basis when we use these Cookies is that you have given your consent, (Art. 6.1(a) GDPR). You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
You can find out more about the Cookies used in the preference center.
First-party cookies versus third-party cookies
First-party cookies are cookies that Coca‑Cola deploys on the website that you are currently visiting and with which you interact when you use our websites.
Our websites may also contain content from other websites which may deploy their own cookies. These cookies are set by someone other than Coca‑Cola. These third-party providers can set cookies while you are visiting the Coca‑Cola website and receive information such as the fact that you have loaded a Coca‑Cola website. You will need to visit the websites of those third parties to find out more on how they use these cookies. You can find more information about the relevant third parties further in this Cookie Policy.
If you have decided that you do not want to accept third-party cookies, you do not need to give consent or you can withdraw your consent by using the relevant function provided in the section “Cookie Settings”. If you object to all third-party cookies, you will only be provided with those functionalities on our website which we can guarantee will work without these cookies.
Who’s legally responsible for Coca Cola’s cookie use?
The cookies described in this Cookie Policy are used in connection with a website that is owned and controlled by NV Coca‑Cola Services SA, with registered office at Chaussée de Mons 1424, 1070 Brussels, Belgium ("CCS" or "us"). Where personal data is processed through the use of first-party cookies, CCS determines the means and purposes of such processing and is the controller as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679).
International Transfers
Your personal data may be stored or transferred to countries outside the EEA for the purposes described in this Cookie Policy. When we store or transfer your personal data outside the EEA, we will do so in accordance with applicable law and we will ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by implementing appropriate safeguards. Transfers of personal data are made:
- to a country recognised by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of protection; or
- to a country which does not offer adequate protection but we rely on standard contractual clauses for the transfer or by implementing other appropriate cross-border transfer solutions to provide adequate protection.
Our online Privacy Notice applies in addition to this Cookie Policy. The Privacy Notice informs you about the ways CCS uses, stores and protects personal data collected online. It also informs you of your data protection rights and how to exercise them. We recommend that you read this Privacy Notice. If you have questions or concerns about the Cookie Policy or Privacy Notice, you can email us at privacy@coca-cola.com. Alternatively, you can write to us at: Coca‑Cola Ireland, 2 Ballsbridge Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin, D04 YW83.