Cookie Policy
BenQ Materials ("BenQ Materials," "we" or "our") uses cookies on our websites to create the most effective website possible for you. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on our websites, what benefits they bring, as well as your right to control their use. This Policy forms part of the BenQ Materials Privacy Policy
About Cookies- What do I need to know about cookies?
- How does BenQ Materials use cookies?
- What happens if third party cookies are disabled on my browser?
- How does BenQ Materials use cookies for advertising?
Page updated: December 2020
Cookies are small pieces of data that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or application.
- Remember information about you, so you don't have to give it to us again. And again. And again
- Keep you signed in, even on different devices
- Help us understand how people are using our services, so we can make them better
- Help us personalise BenQ Materials website to you by remembering your preferences and settings. And your progress, so you can pause and pick up where you left off last time, even on a different device
- To find out if our emails have been read and if you find them useful
You can change your BenQ Materials cookie settings at any time. And you can find out how to stop your browser tracking your info here.
There are different types of cookies:First-party cookiesThese cookies are set by the website you're visiting. And only that website can read them.
Third-party cookiesThese cookies are set by someone other than the owner of the website you're visiting. Some BenQ Materials web pages may also contain content from other sites like YouTube or Flickr, which may set their own cookies. Also, if you share a link to a BenQ Materials page, the service you share it on (for example, Facebook) may set a cookie on your browser. We have no control over third-party cookies - you can turn them off, but not through us.
Session cookiesThese cookies only last as long as your online session, and disappear from your computer or device when you close your browser (like Internet Explorer or Safari).
Persistent cookiesThese cookies stay on your computer or device after your browser has been closed and last for a time specified in the cookie. We use persistent cookies when we need to know who you are for more than one browsing session. For example, we use them to remember your preferences for the next time you visit.
Strictly necessary cookiesThese cookies let you use all the different parts of BenQ Materials website. Without them, services that you've asked for can't be provided. Some examples of how we use these cookies are:
- If you sign into a BenQ Materials site that requires a login.
- If you buy product in BenQ Materials site that we provide the information for online store mini car and checkout function.
- The IP detection for local homepage
- Remembering if you visited the website before so that messages for new visitors are not displayed to you
These help us personalise BenQ Materials website to you by remembering your preferences and settings. Some examples of how we use these cookies are:
- Remembering the information that user viewed which model on our sites, and shows the information on our sit
These help us understand how people are using BenQ Materials website, so we can make it better. And they let us try out different ideas. We sometimes get other companies to analyse how people are using BenQ Materials website. These companies might set their own performance cookies. Some examples of how we use these cookies are:
- Collecting information on which web pages visitors go to most often so we can improve our online services
- Making sure that the website is working properly and fixing any errors
- Testing designs to help improve the look and feel of the website
Some sites use things like web beacons, clear GIFs, page tags and web bugs to understand how people are using them and to target advertising to them. They usually take the form of a small, transparent image that is embedded in a web page or email. They work with cookies and capture data like your IP address, when you viewed the page or email, what device you were using and where you were. You can find out how to avoid them here.
How does BenQ Materials use cookies?Page updated: December 2020
We use different types of cookies for different things, such as:
- Analysing how you use the BenQ Materials website
- Giving you a better, more personalised experience
- Recognising when you've optionally signed into any BenQ Materials site requiring a login
Read on to find out more about the different kinds of cookie we use. If you like you can turn BenQ Materials cookies on or off here.
Strictly necessary cookiesThese cookies let you use all the different parts of the website. Without them, services that you've asked for can't be provided.
List of strictly necessary cookies
Functional cookies
These help us personalise BenQ Materials website to you by remembering your preferences and settings.
List of functional cookies
Performance cookies
These help us understand how people are using BenQ Materials online, so we can make it better. And they let us try out different ideas. We sometimes get other companies to analyse how people are using BenQ Materials online. These companies might set their own performance cookies.
List of performance cookies
If third-party cookies are disabled on your browser, some features on the BenQ Materials website may not work quite as you'd expect.
This is because, your BenQ Materials session relies on cookies to provide personalisation.
If your browser is blocking third-party cookies, some of these features can't work properly so you may experience problems.
We're working on a way of solving this problem. In the meantime,
if you've chosen to block third-party cookies on your browser and want to avoid problems, be sure to set exceptions for BenQ Materials website.
This won't affect your privacy settings on other websites and services you use.
Our advertising is delivered to you through us or our authorised advertising partners.
These cookies help us to monitor the effectiveness of the ads. We or our authorised partners may also use cookies
that they have set on your device when you were browsing other websites. They do this so that they know you have seen a particular advert or to match you with their database.
This helps them to do things like cap how many adverts you see across the internet and, if you have taken part in market research, the research company may record that you have seen a particular advert.
- Google DoubleClick and AdWords - please click here for more info how they use cookies in advertising.
A cookie is a small text file that can be stored on and accessed from your device when you visit our websites. This allows us to store or retrieve information about you, your preferences or your device and to ensure the website performs as you expect it to. We may also use web beacons or similar technologies on our websites to enable us to know whether you came to our websites from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, measure the success of email marketing campaigns, and improve our website performance.
How do we use Cookies- Strictly Necessary Cookies are required to operate our websites and cannot be switched off. We may use them to prevent fraudulent activity, to improve security, for system administration and to allow you to make use of shopping-cart functionality. Without these, the website will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like it to and we may not be able to provide the website or certain services or features.
- Use our interactive tools or those provided by third partiesIf you would like to change your data preferences on this website please visit our *Cookie Setting. You may need to do this again each time you use a different IP address or device. To opt out of Google DoubleClick/AdWords, see Google Advertising or Google Ad Setting.
- Change your
browser settingsIt is also possible to stop your browser from accepting cookies altogether by changing your browser's cookie settings. These cookie settings are usually found in the "options" or "preferences" menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the "Help" option in your internet browser for more details.
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Safari
- Useful linksIf you'd like to learn more about cookies in general or how to opt out of them, visit the All About Cookies site, or if you're located in the European Union, visit the Your Online Choices site.
Please be aware that if you choose not to receive our cookies, we cannot guarantee that your experience will be as fulfilling as it would otherwise be.
We may update this Policy from time to time. If we make significant changes we will revise this Policy to reflect such changes. We encourage you to periodically review this Policy to be informed of the most updated version.
How can I change my BenQ Materials cookie settings?Page updated: December 2020
Some essential features on BenQ Materials sites just won't work without cookies. And having other cookies switched off can seriously affect the way you'll be able to enjoy our services.
Please check your cookie settings below and turn on any cookies you're happy with."Strictly necessary" cookies can't be turned off. But Functional and Performance cookies can be turned on or off below. You can learn more about cookies and what they do on our other pages.
If you've chosen to block third-party cookies on your browser, your cookie preferences won't carry over from BenQ Materials.com to BenQ Materials.xx and vice versa. Please make sure to set your cookie preferences in both places.
Strictly necessary cookiesThese cookies are essential so that you can move around the website and use its features. Without these cookies services you have asked for cannot be provided.
See list of strictly necessary cookiesFunctional cookiesThese cookies allow the website to remember choices you make to give you better functionality and personal features.
See list of functional cookiesPerformance cookieshese cookies help to improve the performance of BenQ Materials. If you want to opt-out of advertising cookies, you have to turn-off performance cookies.
See list of performance cookiesHow can I stop my internet browser tracking my info?Page updated: December 2020
You can change your browser's settings so it'll tell you when cookies get sent to it. Or it can refuse cookies altogether. Check the Help section in your browser for more info.
You can change your BenQ Materials cookie settings here.
And there's more info about cookies in general here.
How do web browsers track my info?They use various technical tools, including:- Cookies
- IP addresses
- HTTP referrer
- Tracking scripts
- User agents
- Browser fingerprinting
Some internet browsers have a DNT setting. This sends a signal to websites asking them not to track your browsing.
This doesn't work with BenQ Materials websites at the moment. But you can always change your BenQ Materials cookie settings here.
How to avoid web beacons and other tracking technologiesYou can normally render them ineffective by switching off cookies in your browser. There are also browser add-ons and extensions that specifically block web beacons.
To avoid web beacons in emails, you can turn off images in your email service. Check your email's Help section to find out how.
Contact usif you have any other questions about our Cookie Policy, please contact us.