Cookie Notice

1. About this Notice

This Cookie Notice explains how Boom Scents uses cookies when you visit our website or mobile applications. Any Personal Data provided to or collected by Boom Scents via cookies and other tracking technologies is controlled by Boom Scents. Kindly familiarise yourself with our cookie practices.

2. Cookies and how we use them

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that websites send to the browser and store on the User’s terminal, which might be a computer, phone, tablet, or any other device.

Cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website and mobile applications, which helps us to provide you with an enhanced browsing experience.  For example, we use cookies for the following purposes:

•  Recognising and counting the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our sites, mobile apps  [and app] when they are using it (this helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for).
• Identifying your preferences and subscriptions e.g. language settings, saved items, items stored in your basket and Prime membership; and
• Sending you newsletters and commercial/advertising messages tailored to your interests.  

Our approved third parties may also set cookies when you use our marketplace.  Third parties include search engines, providers of measurement and analytics services, social media networks and advertising companies.

3. Cookie Preferences

We use technology such as “cookies” to collect information and store your online preferences.

By managing your cookie preference, you enable or disable a specific set of cookies based on predefined categorisation:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

This cookie enables website functionality and is automatically enabled when you use the Site. This is essential to the operation of the Site and helps you complete the bag and checkout process. You cannot disable this category of cookie.

Analytics Cookies

We need to understand how you use the Site, for example, how efficiently you can navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable us to gather this information, helping us improve Our Site and your experience.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow the Site to remember the choices you make and provide you with enhanced personalized features. The information these cookies collect is anonymised and doesn’t track your browsing activity on the Site.

Targeting Cookies

We need to know when and how often you visit the Site, and which parts of it you use (including which pages you visit and which links you click). As with Analytics Cookies, this information helps us to understand you better and, in turn, to make Our Site and advertising more relevant to your interests. Some information gathered by Targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties.

Third-Party Cookies

We do not place third-party cookies; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to Us and/or to you. Third-party cookies may be used by advertising services to serve you tailored advertising on Our Site, or by third parties providing analytics services to us (these Cookies will work in the same way as Analytics Cookies described above).

Persistent Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookies may be persistent. Persistent Cookies are those that remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.

Session Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

For more details of the personal data that we collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Privacy notice

4. Consent

Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a prompt requesting your consent to set those Cookies.  By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies (unless those Cookies are strictly necessary); however, certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. You may allow or deny different categories of Cookies that we use.

In addition to the controls we provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your web browser. Most internet browsers also let you choose whether to disable all Cookies or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

The links below provide instructions on how to control Cookies in all mainstream browsers:

Google Chrome:

Microsoft Internet Explorer:

Microsoft Edge:  (Please note that there are no specific instructions at this time, but Microsoft support will be able to assist)

Safari (macOS):

Safari (iOS):

5. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time.  If we do so, details of the changes will be highlighted at the top of this page.  Any such changes will become binding on you when you first use Our Site after they have been made.  You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.

In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

6. Further Information

If you are looking for more information on how we process your personal data, or you wish to exercise your legal rights in respect of your personal data, please send us an email to info@scents.ug