About cookies

The Cookie Policy is located at the web address: https://en.connectlife.io/about-cookies

This website is managed by a company ConnectLife, LLC.acting as core data controller of companies producing and/or trading appliances of the brands within companies of Hisense Europe Group (Hisense, Toshiba, Gorenje, Sharp, Kelon, Hitachi, Asko and Ronshen, ATAG, Pelgrim, Etna, Körting, Mora, Upo). The company reserves the right to amend or supplement the Cookie Policy without prior consultation or approval from the data subject. So, it is advisable to check the Cookie Policy from time to time to stay informed of the way of using the cookies on this web page. Also, in case of changes of the Cookie Policy, cookies banner reappears as to enable the data subject to select the cookies taking into consideration the information from the amended and supplemented Cookie Policy.

What are cookies?

The cookies are small text files that are stored on the device of the user - the visitor to the website (data subject). Cookies are kept in the memory of your Internet browser and are designed to allow the website to recognize the user, which is especially useful for repeated visits to the website, when they enable prior user's preferences, but they can also enable the user to be recognized when visiting another website.

Cookies perform many different tasks that make your online experience easier and more interactive. They can be used, for example, to remember settings on websites you visit frequently, they can store user identity, shopping cart contents, etc. Therefore, they help you navigate between web pages more efficiently. They also help ensure that the ads you see online are more relevant to you and tailored to your interests. Some of the information collected is designed to detect browsing patterns and approximate geographic location and to improve user experience.


How do we use cookies and similar online tools?

We use different types of cookies, namely:

  1. The first category are mandatory cookies, which the website uses to ensure the operation of basic functionalities, such as navigation on the website, access to protected parts of the website and similar. Without cookies from this group, the website does not work properly. As the operator of the website, we have access and can read these cookies. They can remember, for example, whether you have already confirmed or rejected the cookie policy. We do not need your consent to use these cookies, but collect cookies based on our legitimate interest. These are primarily cookies that participate in authentication and technical cookies that are necessary for the operation and use of some related IT systems. Authentication cookies are saved when you log in to the website and stored on our authentication server. 

  2. The second category is the so-called analitical cookies, which are used to provide information about visitors' interaction with the website. This type of cookie is collected anonymously. We use these cookies exclusively for our own research on how we can improve the service we offer to our website users. These cookies simply evaluate how you interact with our website as an anonymous user (the data collected does not reveal your identity). Data collected from anonymous cookies is not shared with third parties or used for any other purpose. We may share anonymized data with contractors who perform individual tasks for us based on a relevant contract. We need your consent to use these cookies.

  3. The third category are marketing cookies, which are used to track the activities of visitors on websites and to display advertising messages that are relevant and attractive to individual users based on their interests, and to evaluate the effectiveness of website content. We need your consent to use these cookies.

  4. The fourth category of cookies are social media cookies that are used to connect a website to a third-party social media platform. They remember a user’s details after the user signs in to a social media account from a website. Many social media cookies are set through plugins, widgets, and sharing buttons. We need your consent to use these cookies.

At the same time, we inform you that individual cookies are provided by external providers, among other for the purpose of displaying the content of external providers (in particular, various social networks and websites for streaming video content, e.g. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). To view content from third-party providers, you must also accept their terms of use, which includes their privacy policy and cookie policy, over which we have no control. Individual external providers are seated or provide services relevant to the protection of personal data in a third country that does not offer the same level of data protection as in EU countries.

The set of individual categories of cookies that we use on the website can be seen from the tables below.

Mandatory cookies

Name Service Purpose Duration Type
ASP.NET_SessionId Microsoft .NET General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. Session own
JSESSIONID Microsoft .NET General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. Session own
ROUTEID..8d12f726c0dc9f55d35b217e9ebcb8a0 Microsoft .NET Server cookies that determines which server content is served. Session own
didomi_token Didomi Saves cookie preferances 1 year 3rd party

Analitical cookies

Name Service Purpose Duration Type
_ga Google Analytics This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners._ga 730 3rd party
_gat_UA Google Analytics This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. Session 3rd party
_gid Google Analytics This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It is uded to store and update a unique value for each page visited._gid 1 3rd party

Marketing cookies

Name Service Purpose Duration Type
_fbp Facebook Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers 90 3rd party
CONSENT YouTube YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. 6141 3rd party
IDE Doubleclick (Google) This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange 390 3rd party
test_cookie Doubleclick (Google) This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange Session 3rd party
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE YouTube This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos 180 3rd party
YSC YouTube YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Session 3rd party

Third party cookies

Some of our sites might display content from external providers (e.g. YouTube, Facebook, Twitter). To view this Third-Party Content, you must first have to accept their specific terms and conditions. This also includes their Cookie Policy, which we have no control over.

In order to gain data related to the website traffic (i.e. number of visitors, the pages they visit, the length of time they spent on the site) we use Google Analytics services. We may also use other third-party cookies to help us with market research, improving website functionalities and provide support assistance on the site. You are free to adjust your browser settings to block the use of third parties’ cookies. This may have an effect on the functionality of the site or parts thereof. For more information on the applicable policies for the use of third parties’ cookies, please visit:

How to control cookies and their use

When you access to our web page, you will automatically be enabled to manage and select the cookies through cookie banner. If you do not want to accept all the cookies collected based on the consent, the cookie banner will enable you to select only some of them or to reject all (except for mandatory cookies). 

You will also be able to change the previous selection of the cookies (except for mandatory cookies) in the cookie settings located at the bottom of the website or here. In case of such later change of the selected cookies, we will still be able to use the data collected from the cookies before they were disabled, but we will stop collecting additional data based on the disabled cookies.

If you want to change the way your browser uses cookies, including blocking or deleting cookies from any website, you can do so by changing the settings of the browser you use. By using the option “Help” on your internet browser you may find the instructions for change of cookie settings.