Cookie Policy

Last updated: January 15, 2024

This Cookie Policy explains how Stormy Wheel d.o.o. uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website at stormy-wheel.com. We've tried to make this straightforward—cookies aren't particularly exciting, but understanding them helps you control your privacy online.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They serve various purposes: remembering your preferences, keeping you logged in, understanding how you use a site, and enabling certain features to work properly.

Cookies aren't inherently good or bad—they're tools. The important thing is knowing what they do and being able to choose which ones you accept.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for three main purposes:

Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function. Without them, features like page navigation and secure areas wouldn't work. We don't need your consent for these because the site simply can't operate without them.

Examples include:

  • Remembering your cookie consent preferences
  • Maintaining session security
  • Enabling core website functionality

Analytics Cookies

These help us understand how visitors interact with our website. We use this information to improve the user experience—for instance, if we notice many visitors struggling to find certain information, we can reorganize the site to make it clearer.

Analytics cookies collect information such as:

  • Pages you visit and how long you spend on them
  • How you arrived at our site (search engine, direct link, etc.)
  • Your general geographic location (country or region level)
  • Technical information about your device and browser

This data is aggregated and anonymized—we can't identify individual visitors from analytics data.

Marketing Cookies

These cookies track your browsing activity to deliver more relevant advertising. If you've visited our website, marketing cookies might enable us to show you related content elsewhere online.

We use marketing cookies sparingly. Our primary goal is connecting with people genuinely interested in Croatian property, not following you around the internet.

Specific Cookies We Use

First-Party Cookies (Set by Stormy Wheel)

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
cookieConsent Stores your cookie preferences 1 year
session_id Maintains your browsing session Session

Third-Party Cookies

We may use services from third parties that set their own cookies:

Service Purpose Category
Google Analytics Website usage analysis Analytics

Third-party services have their own privacy policies governing how they use data collected through their cookies. We encourage you to review their policies if you'd like to understand their practices in detail.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Through Our Website

When you first visit our site, you'll see a cookie banner asking for your consent. You can:

  • Accept All: Enable all cookie categories
  • Preferences: Choose which categories to enable
  • Decline: Accept only necessary cookies

You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings link in our website footer.

Through Your Browser

Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:

  • See what cookies are stored on your device
  • Delete individual cookies or all cookies
  • Block cookies from certain sites
  • Block all cookies (though this may affect website functionality)
  • Set your browser to notify you when cookies are being set

Browser settings vary, but you can usually find cookie controls in the privacy or security section of your browser's settings menu.

Opt-Out Links

Some third-party services provide direct opt-out mechanisms:

  • Google Analytics: Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
  • General advertising opt-out: Visit Your Online Choices (youronlinechoices.eu) for EU-based opt-out options

Similar Technologies

Besides cookies, websites sometimes use similar technologies:

Local Storage

Like cookies, but stores larger amounts of data on your device. We use local storage to remember your cookie preferences.

Pixels and Web Beacons

Tiny transparent images that can track whether you've opened an email or visited a page. We may use these in email communications to understand engagement.

Do Not Track

"Do Not Track" (DNT) is a browser setting that requests websites not track your browsing activity. There's no universal standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals.

Our website respects your cookie preferences as set through our consent mechanism, regardless of DNT settings. We recommend using our cookie preference tools for the clearest control over tracking.

Cookies and Children

Our website is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly use cookies to collect information from children. If you believe your child has visited our site and we've collected their information, please contact us.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our practices or applicable regulations. The "Last updated" date indicates when we last made changes. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Questions

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this policy, please contact us:

Email: [email protected]
Address: Stormy Wheel d.o.o., Ulica Varoška 18, 21000 Split, Croatia

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