Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy sets out the basis on which we, Apparel Group and its affiliated brands/ partners (hereafter referred to as ‘Apparel Group’, ‘We’, ‘Our’, ‘Us’), use cookies and similar technologies on or in relation to Our websites or applications (‘Sites’).

What are Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?

A cookie is a small text-based file that is downloaded and stored on your computer, mobile or similar device and contains information about your navigation on the website. They can for example, be used to keep track of which pages you visit on the website, to save the information you entered, or remember your preferences, such as language settings.

Cookies or other such tracking technologies enable us to collect information about how you interact with Our Sites. This allows Us to analyse trends and statistics and to recognize your device which further helps Us provide a personalised customer service.

How do our Sites use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?

We use cookies and other tracking technologies across Our Sites to give you the full functionality of the Sites, to customize your user experience, perform analytics and improve Our services. Cookies are also used to deliver personalized advertising on Our websites, apps, and newsletters across internet and via social media platforms, to get insights regarding the Site engagement. The information is used to measure and optimize advertising in social media. We do not collect your identity, name, address, date of birth, national identity, credit card/financial information, email address or phone number through these cookies.

We have contracted with third-party service providers to track and analyse statistical usage from Our Site users. These third-party service providers use persistent cookies to help us to improve the user experience, manage our Site content, and analyse how users navigate and utilize the Sites.

What Cookies do We use?

Category and Description First Party / Third Party Details of Cookies Used
Strictly Necessary cookies
These cookies are essential to enable you to move around the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.		 [Kindly update the section to provide the details on the cookie and the purposes based on applicability]
Performance cookies
These cookies collect information about your visit and use of this website, for instance which pages you visit the often, and if you get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a User. All information these cookies collect is anonymous and is only used to improve how this website works.		 [Kindly update the section to provide the details on the cookie and the purposes based on applicability]
Functionality cookies
These cookies allow a site to remember choices you make (such as your username, language or the region you are in) and provide more enhanced, personal features. These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. They don’t gather any information about you that could be used for advertising.		 [Kindly update the section to provide the details on the cookie and the purposes based on applicability]
Targeting cookies
These cookies are used to (1) deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests; (2) limit the number of times you see an advertisement; (3) help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign; and (4) understand people’s behaviour after they view an advertisement. They are usually placed on behalf of advertising networks with the site operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a site and quite often they will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.		 [Kindly update the section to provide the details on the cookie and the purposes based on applicability]

We maintain the highest levels of confidentiality for this information. This anonymous information is used and analysed only at an aggregate level to help us understand trends and patterns. If you do not want your transaction details used in this manner, you can either disable your cookies or opt-out by visiting our cookie consent manager. However, if you prefer not to accept cookies, you can set your browser to reject them or to alert you before cookies are placed.

How to enable and disable cookies using your browser?

There are several different ways in which you can accept or reject some or all cookies. Some of the main methods of doing so are described below.

You are welcome to block the use of some or all the cookies We use on Our Sites. However, please be aware that doing so may impair our Sites and its functionality or may even render some or all of it unusable.

You should also be aware that clearing all cookies from your browser will also delete any cookies that are storing your preferences, for example, whether you have accepted cookies on a website or any cookies that are blocking other cookies.

Google Chrome

  • Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar
  • Select Settings
  • Click ‘Show advanced settings’
  • In the “Privacy” section, click the ‘Content settings’ button
  • To enable cookies in the “Cookies” section, select ‘Allow local data to be set’, this will enable both first-party and third-party cookies. To allow only first-party cookies select ‘Block all third-party cookies without exception’
  • To disable cookies, in the “Cookies” section, select ‘Block sites from setting any data’
  • Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Chrome. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Chrome, refer to the following page from Google: support.google.com/chrome

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0

  • Click on ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window and select ‘Internet Options’
  • In the options window navigate to the ‘Privacy’ tab
  • To enable cookies: Set the slider to ‘Medium’ or below
  • To disable cookies: Move the slider to the top to block all cookies
  • Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Explorer. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Internet Explorer, refer to the following page from Microsoft: windows.microsoft.com

Mozilla Firefox

  • Click on ‘Tools’ at the browser menu and select ‘Options’
  • Select the Privacy panel
  • To enable cookies: Check ‘Accept cookies for sites’
  • To disable cookies: Uncheck ‘Accept cookies for sites’
  • Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Firefox. For more information, refer to the following page from Mozilla: support.mozilla.org

Opera

  • Click on ‘Setting’ at the browser menu and select ‘Settings’
  • Select ‘Quick Preferences’
  • To enable cookies: check “Enable Cookies”
  • To disable cookies: uncheck “Enable Cookies”
  • Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Opera. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Opera, refer to the following page from Opera Software: opera.com

Safari on OSX

  • Click on ‘Safari’ at the menu bar and select the ‘Preferences’ option
  • Click on ‘Security’
  • To enable cookies: In the ‘Accept cookies’ section select ‘Only from site you navigate to’
  • To disable cookies: In the ‘Accept cookies’ section select ‘Never’
  • Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Safari. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Safari, refer to the following page from Apple: docs.info.apple.com

All other browsers

Please look for a “help” function in the browser or contact the browser provider.

Phishing attacks

We would like to caution our users about phishing attacks, wherein unscrupulous third parties seek to extract sensitive and confidential information from you by posing as a genuine website or by a sending an email misrepresenting it to be from a genuine source. Please be aware that we never seek sensitive or confidential information such as regarding your financial or health record through emails or through Our Sites. If you receive such a message claiming to be from Apparel Group, then please do not reply to it and immediately bring it to Our attention by contacting Us using the e-mail address in the Contact section below.

AntiSpam Policy

Apparel Group identifies the receipt, transmission or distribution of spam emails (unsolicited bulk emails) as a major concern and has implemented and taken reasonable measures, to minimize the transmission and effect of spam emails in its computing environment. All emails received by Apparel Group are subject to spam check. Necessary technical spam reduction measures are in force to minimize and nullify the effect of spam emails. Apparel Group reserves the right to reject and / or report any suspicious spam emails, to the authorities concerned, for necessary action, from time to time.

Contact

If you have any concerns as to how your data is processed, you can contact us by writing to DPO@apparelgroup.com.