COOKIE PRIVACY NOTICE
SHAYA KAHVE SANAYİ VE TİCARET A.Ş.
This notice has been prepared by Shaya Kahve Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi (“Shaya Kahve”, “Starbucks”) in its capacity as the data controller, within the scope of Law of Georgia on Personal Data Protection (“PDP Law”).
As Shaya Kahve, we use first- and third-party cookies in certain sections of the website/mobile application located at https://www.starbucks.ge/ and in the associated mobile application (together, the “Website”). This Cookie Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) is applicable to the Website managed by Shaya Kahve, and cookies will be used as explained in this Privacy Notice.
The purpose of this Privacy Notice is to provide you with information regarding the processing of personal data obtained automatically through the placement of cookies used on our website onto your device, specifying for which purposes we use which types of cookies and how you can manage these cookies. For cookies other than the strictly necessary cookies used on our website, the explicit consent of users is obtained, and users are provided with the opportunity to change their preferences regarding explicit consent at any time they wish.
Users can view the types of cookies used on our website via the cookie management panel and can determine their preferences for all cookies other than strictly necessary cookies using the “on” or “off” buttons. Users also have the opportunity to change their preferences at any time through this panel.
What is a Cookie?
Cookies are small text files created by a website on your device that contain data in a name-value format. Cookies make it possible for the website you visit to store information on your device and to use this information during your subsequent visits. Cookies created by a website are stored by the internet browser you use to access the site, and cookies do not contain personal data such as the name, gender, or explicit address of visitors. The information contained in cookies can only be accessed if you use the same internet browser and only by the website domain name https://www.starbucks.ge/ that created the relevant cookie.
Today, cookies have become an important part of internet technologies, and their primary functions are to remember the preferences of the online visitor and to recognize the device during the connection; cookie usage is present in almost every website.
Who Sends Cookies and How?
Cookies are sent through the communication established between your internet browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, etc.) on your device during your browsing and the website servers within Shaya Kahve.
Cookie Types
According to their ownership:
- First-Party Cookies: These are placed on the device directly by the visited website or Shaya Kahve.
- Third-Party Cookies: These are cookies placed on the device by a third party, such as an advertiser or an analytical system, in cooperation with Shaya Kahve.
According to their retention period:
- Session Cookies: These provide data that can be stored until the user closes the browser or the session ends. These are short-term cookies.
- Persistent Cookies: These are cookies that remain on the drive until the deletion date by the user or until a specific expiration date for the cookie. Persistent cookies have a variable-term, written expiration date within their codes.
According to their purposes of use:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are cookies that are required to navigate the website and use features such as accessing secure areas of the site.
- Functional (Preference) Cookies: These enable the website to remember the choices made in the past (username information, password information, which language is preferred, etc.). Preference cookies that provide automatic login to the website are also referred to as functional cookies.
- Statistical Cookies: Also known as performance cookies, statistical cookies are cookies that provide anonymous, statistical data regarding the use of the website. With statistical cookies, how the user uses the website, the pages they visit, and the links they click can be stored. Anonymized statistical cookies are not used to identify the website user. The purpose of these cookies is to make the website more functional.
- Marketing Cookies: These are cookies that can be used by companies operating to create a profile of your interests and display relevant advertisements on other sites.
Purposes for Which Personal Data Will Be Processed and Legal Grounds
Strictly necessary cookies are used for the purpose of fulfilling an information society service you have requested (such as logging in, filling out forms, and remembering privacy preferences). Your personal data collected through these cookies is processed within the scope of Article 5(1)(b) of the PDP Law “data processing is necessary for the performance of a contract entered into with the data subject or to enter into a contract at the request of the data subject” or subparagraph (i) “data processing is necessary to protect important legitimate interests pursued by the controller or a third party, unless there is an overriding interest in protecting the rights of the data subject (including a minor)”.
Advertising and marketing cookies are used by our business partners to profile your interests and show you relevant advertisements. Your personal data collected through these cookies is processed by obtaining your explicit consent within the scope of Article 5(1)(a) of the Law.
Performance/Analytics cookies are cookies that allow statistical measurement in order to analyze the behavior of users on websites. These cookies are frequently used for the improvement of the site, which includes measuring the impact of advertisements on the data subjects. They are used by website owners to estimate the number of unique visitors, to identify the most important search engine keywords leading to a webpage, or to monitor the navigation status on the website. Your personal data collected through these cookies is processed by obtaining your explicit consent within the scope of Article 5(1)(a) of the Law.
Functional cookies are used for the purposes of making our website more functional and personalizing it (ensuring that your preferences other than your privacy preferences are remembered when you re-enter the site). Your personal data collected through these cookies is processed by obtaining your explicit consent within the scope of Article 5(1)(a) of the Law.
Information Regarding Cookies Used on Our Site
| Cookie Name | Purpose of the Cookie | Cookie Type | Retention Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| popup-shown-en | This is the cookie used to control the display of pop-ups. | Strictly Necessary | 1 day |
| isLoggedIn | A session cookie used by Starbucks. | Strictly Necessary | For the duration of the session |
| __cf_bm | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website to prepare valid reports on website usage. | Strictly Necessary | 30 minutes |
| culture | This cookie kept for the user's language preference. | Strictly Necessary | For the duration of the session |
| _ga_921ZMNPYLT | Used to check whether the user's browser supports cookies. | Analytics | 1 year |
| _ga_2X4HG3FXV6 | Used to check whether the user's browser supports cookies. | Analytics | 1 year |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Analytics | 1 year |
| _ttp | This cookie is used by TikTok Pixel to measure and improve the performance of our advertising campaigns and to personalize the user's experience (including ads) on TikTok. | Marketing | 1 year |
| ar_debug | This cookie is used to store and track conversions. | Marketing | 30 days |
| receive-cookie-deprecation | Collects information about user behavior across multiple websites. This information is used to optimize the relevance of advertisements on the website. | Marketing | 180 days |
| ttcsid_CHQ7G5BC77U441D0F4I0 | Used by TikTok to track session-based user interactions and analyze ad performance. This cookie is valid during the visit and collects anonymous data on user behavior. | Marketing | 1 year |
| ttcsid | Used by TikTok to track session-based user interactions and analyze ad performance. This cookie is valid during the visit and collects anonymous data on user behavior. | Marketing | 1 year |
| NID | It is a cookie that stores user data and is used for ad display and targeting purposes. | Marketing | 183 days |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | This cookie is used to track and enrich users' privacy settings on the YouTube platform. | Marketing | 180 days |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is used by YouTube to provide bandwidth estimations. | Marketing | 180 days |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Marketing | 180 days |
| YSC | This cookie is used by YouTube to store and track interactions. | Marketing | For the duration of the session |
| _tt_enable_cookie | This cookie is used to market ourselves and measure the impact of our ads using the TikTok cookie, which collects data about behaviors and purchases on our website. | Marketing | 1 year |
| _fbp | This cookie is used to store and track visits across websites. | Marketing | 90 days |
| IDE | Used by 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. | Marketing | 1 year |
| _gcl_au | Google AdSense cookie that measures the conversion rate. | Marketing | 90 days |
Transfer of Personal Data Processed Through Cookies
Within the scope of our activities carried out through cookies, your personal data is transferred to our suppliers for the purposes of customizing and improving Shaya Kahve services for you, conducting marketing activities, execution / examination of business activities, and execution of goods/service purchasing processes.
Furthermore, if you consent to the advertising and marketing cookies as well as analytical and performance cookies specified in the table above, your personal data will be processed on servers located abroad through third-party infrastructure providers based abroad, limited to the purpose of carrying out storage and archive activities. In this context, your personal data will be processed by service providers whose servers are located abroad, based on your explicit consent, by taking the necessary technical and administrative measures.
Management of Cookies
The use of cookies is not mandatory to use our website; however, if you set your browser not to accept cookies, the quality of your user experience may decrease, and various functions of our sites may be impaired. In particular, technical cookies ensure that the Site can perform its basic functions. Since technical cookies establish the technical operation of the Site, if you turn them off, some functions on the Site may not work properly.
You can save your settings after toggling the buttons on the cookie management panel to the “on” or “off” position according to your preference.
You can configure your browser to block cookies for all websites or specific websites, to alert you when a cookie is created, to block third-party cookies, or to treat all cookies as session cookies. Additionally, you can delete cookies via your browser or view the list and values of the cookies stored in your browser. For detailed information on the cookie management functions of your browser, please obtain information from your browser's website by clicking on the relevant link below.
Furthermore;
- To turn off Cookies managed by Google Analytics, click here.
- To manage the personalized advertising experience provided by Google, click here.
- Preferences regarding cookies used by many companies for their advertising activities can be managed via Your Online Choices.
For more detailed information about cookies, you can visit https://www.aboutcookies.org or https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or you can use the “Privacy Badger” application (https://www.eff.org/tr/privacybadger).
Requests of Data Subjects
For detailed information about your rights within the scope of Articles 13-22 of the PDP Law and the processing of your personal data, you can review the Privacy Policy. Shaya Kahve reserves the right to change the terms of use regarding cookies and the Cookie Privacy Notice.