Cookie Policy

BKS MyGold use cookies to ensure user get the best experience when user are using our services. This cookie policy provides user with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies BKS MyGold use and the purpose for using those cookies on this website.

Please read the following carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding the use of cookies on our Website. By using or accessing our Website, user agree to this cookie policy. This policy may change from time to time and your continued use of the Website is deemed to be acceptance of such changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?


1. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that may be stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer when user visit our Website. Cookies contain information about your visits to that website. A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the website to remember your actions or preferences over time.Most browsers support cookies, but users can set their browsers to decline them and can delete them whenever they like.


2. WHY DO BKS MYGOLD USE COOKIES?


1. Cookies are commonly used by websites to serve many different functions. BKS MyGold use cookies on our Website to allow BKS MyGold to tailor our Website to your needs and deliver a better and more personalized service. Cookies help BKS MyGold improve the performance of our Website by enabling BKS MyGold to:


1. Help user navigate between pages on the Website efficiently
2. Protect your security
3. Remember information about your preferences and recognize user when user return to our Website.
4. Allow BKS MyGold to customize our Website according to your individual interests
5. Measure how people are using our services in order to improve our services and browsing experience
6. Personalize advertising and make the content more relevant for user
7. Speed up your searches
8. Make our Website easier to use
9. Generally give user a better online experience


2. Cookies are not unsafe or in themselves a threat to your online privacy as BKS MyGold do not store sensitive information. The cookies used on our Website never collect anything that personally identifies user, such as your name or address and BKS MyGold never sell your details to any third parties.


3. HOW ARE COOKIES USED:


1. The web server supplying the webpage can store a cookie on the user computer or mobile device. An external web server that manages files included or referenced in the webpage is also able to store cookies. All these cookies are called HTTP header cookies. Another way of storing cookies is through JavaScript code contained or referenced in that page.


2. Each time the user requests a new page, the web server can receive the values of the cookies it previously set and return the page with content relating to these values. Similarly, JavaScript code is able to read a cookie belonging to its domain and perform an action accordingly.


3. BKS MyGold use “analytics” cookies which, in conjunction with our web server’s log files, allow BKS MyGold to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Website and which parts of our Website are most popular. This helps BKS MyGold gather feedback so that BKS MyGold can improve our Website and better serve our users. BKS MyGold do not generally store any personal information that user provide to BKS MyGold in a cookie.


4. BKS MyGold also use “social media” cookies to personalize your interaction with third party social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook where our Website uses such features. Such cookies recognize users of these social media sites when user view social media content on our Website. They also allow user to quickly share content across media, through the use of simple “sharing” buttons.


4. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COOKIES?


1. First party cookies – these are our own cookies set by our Website, controlled by BKS MyGold and used to provide information about the usage of our Website.


2. Third party cookies – these are cookies from any other domain. BKS MyGold use a number of suppliers that may also set cookies on your device on our behalf when user visit our Website to allow them to deliver the services they are providing.


5. HOW LONG DO COOKIES STAY ON YOUR COMPUTER/DEVICE?


1. Two types of cookies may be used on the Website, session cookies and persistent cookies.


1. Session cookies - are temporary cookies that remain on your device until user leave the Website.
2. Persistent cookies - are stored on your hard drive until user delete them or they reach their expiry date. These may, for example, be used to remember your preferences when user use the Website and recognize user on your return.


6. WHAT COOKIES DO BKS MYGOLD USE?


1. The cookies used on our Website have been grouped as follows:


1. Strictly necessary cookies: Some cookies are essential for the operation of our Website. These cookies are essential in helping user to move around our Website and use the features, such as accessing secure areas of the Website. BKS MyGold may use Strictly Necessary cookies to:
• Remember the goods and services user selected when user get to the payment page
• Identify user as being logged into the site
• Provide access to protected areas of a website
• Remember previously entered text so it’s not lost if the page refreshes
• Consent is not required for Strictly Necessary cookies as they are required for BKS MyGold to provide the services requested by user.


2. Performance cookies: These Performance cookies simply help BKS MyGold improve the way our Website works. BKS MyGold utilize these cookies to analyze how our visitors use our Website and to monitor our Website performance. They tell BKS MyGold how people use each page, which ones are most commonly viewed, or whether any errors occurred. This allows BKS MyGold to provide a high quality experience and quickly identify then fix any issues that arise.BKS MyGold may use Performance cookies to:
• Store preferences to see which method of linking between pages is most effective
• Enable web analytics to provide anonymous statistics on how our Website is used
• To assist with error management in helping BKS MyGold improve the Website by measuring any errors that occur
• Monitor ad response rates and see how effective our adverts are
• User can delete or manage Performance cookies as instructed in the last section of this cookie policy.


3. Functionality cookies: BKS MyGold use Functionality cookies to allow BKS MyGold to remember your preferences. For example, BKS MyGold may store your geographic location in a cookie to ensure that BKS MyGold show user our Website localized for your area. BKS MyGold also use Functionality cookies to provide user with enhanced services such as allowing user to watch a video online or comment on a blog. BKS MyGold may use Functionality cookies to:
• Remember settings user have applied such as layout, colors, font sizes and page backgrounds
• Remember if BKS myGold've already asked user if user want to fill in a survey
• Detect if user have already seen a pop-up to ensure it doesn't get shown to user again
• Process a request from a user to submit a comment or blog or forum post
• If user delete these Functionality cookies any preferences or settings user selected will not be retained for later visits.


4. Targeting cookies: These Targeting cookies help BKS MyGold make sure the adverts user see on our Website are relevant to user and your interests. Cookies may be placed on your device by our third party service providers which remember that user have visited a website in order to provide user with targeted adverts which are more relevant to user. However, BKS MyGold do not tell our advertisers who user are. BKS MyGold may use Targeting cookies to:
• Collect information about browser habits to target advertising
• Collect information about browser habits to target website content
• Provide links to social networks like Facebook
• Provide advertising agencies with information on your visit so that they can present user with adverts user may be interested in.


7. HOW TO MANAGE YOUR COOKIES:


1. Most Internet browsers are initially set up to automatically accept cookies. Unless user have adjusted your browser setting to refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when user direct your browser to our Website.


2. User can refuse to accept cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. Please be aware that restricting the use of cookies may impact on the functionality of our Website and user may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Depending on your browser, further information can be obtained via the following links:
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer
• Google Chrome
• Safari
• Opera


3. If user use different devices to access our Website (e.g. your computer, mobile) user will need to ensure that each browser on each device is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences. Mobile phone users may have to refer to their handset manual for details on how to block cookies using their mobile browser.


8. CONSENT TO THE USE OF COOKIES ON THIS WEBSITE:


1. By continuing to use our Website, user are deemed to consent to our use of the cookies described in this Policy.  If user do not consent to our cookies policy then please read the next section of this Policy entitled “Blocking of our Use of Cookies”.


9. BLOCKING OUR USE OF COOKIES:


1. User as a user have the right to decline the use of cookies during your visit to our site. Whilst this is your right, it may result in user not being able to use all of the functionality of our site.


2. User can block our use of cookies by activating the settings in your browser. In order to use certain services offered through our Website, your web browser must accept cookies. If user choose to withhold consent, or subsequently block cookies, some aspects of the Website may not work properly and user may not be able to access all or part of our Website.


3. The Help feature on most browsers will tell user how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify user when user receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, user can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-ons settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer.


10. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES:


1. This cookie policy does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. BKS MyGold encourage user to read the privacy statements on the other websites user visit.