HICE-GROUP SIA
Last updated: June 2025
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how hice-group.com uses them, which tools place them, and how you can manage your preferences. This page works alongside our Privacy Policy at hice-group.com/privacy-policy/.
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your browser, remember your preferences, and collect information about how the site is used. Similar technologies include pixels, tags, and local storage — these are referred to collectively as “cookies” in this policy.
Some cookies are set by hice-group.com directly (first-party cookies). Others are set by third-party services we use, such as Google, Meta, LinkedIn, and Microsoft (third-party cookies).
These are required for the website to function and cannot be disabled through the cookie banner. They include:
No consent is required for necessary cookies. They activate automatically on every visit.
These help us understand how visitors use the website — which pages are most visited, how long sessions last, and where users come from. This allows us to improve content and usability.
Tool | Set by | Purpose | Approx. retention |
Google Analytics 4 (GA4) | Google LLC | Visit statistics, user flow, conversion events | Up to 2 years |
Microsoft Clarity | Microsoft Corporation | Heatmaps, click/scroll tracking, session recordings | Up to 1 year |
These cookies are only activated after you accept analytics cookies in the cookie banner.
These are used to measure advertising campaign performance, build audiences, and show relevant ads across other platforms.
Tool | Set by | Purpose | Approx. retention |
Meta Pixel (Facebook) | Meta Platforms Inc. | Ad measurement, remarketing audiences, conversion tracking on Facebook and Instagram | Up to 3 months (pixel session); audience data per Meta policy |
LinkedIn Insight Tag | LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company | Ad conversion tracking, professional audience retargeting on LinkedIn | Up to 1 year |
These cookies are only activated after you accept marketing cookies in the cookie banner.
Functional cookies enable additional features such as remembering your language preference or displaying content relevant to your region. If used, they are activated after consent unless they are strictly necessary for a feature you have specifically requested.
Google Tag Manager is used to manage and deploy analytics and marketing scripts on hice-group.com. GTM itself does not collect personal data directly — it is a container that controls when and how other tags (GA4, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag) are loaded.
Complianz manages the consent signal that tells GTM which tags are permitted to fire. Analytics and marketing tags inside GTM are blocked until the user has given the corresponding consent in the cookie banner.
The following third-party services may set cookies or collect data when you use hice-group.com. Each provider is an independent data controller for their own platform data.
Provider | Privacy policy |
Google (GA4, GTM, GSC) | policies.google.com/privacy |
Meta (Facebook Pixel) | facebook.com/privacy/policy |
LinkedIn (Insight Tag) | linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy |
Microsoft (Clarity) | privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement |
Stripe (payments) | stripe.com/privacy |
Complianz (cookie management) | complianz.io/privacy-statement/ |
Cookie banner
On your first visit to hice-group.com you will see a cookie banner. You can accept all cookies, accept only necessary cookies, or customise your preferences by category.
Cookie settings
You can review and change your preferences at any time by clicking the Cookie Settings link in the website footer. This opens the Complianz preference panel where each category can be toggled independently.
Browser settings
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Note that blocking necessary cookies may affect website functionality, including the checkout process.
Opt-out tools provided by third parties
If you withdraw consent, analytics and marketing cookies are deactivated immediately for future sessions. This does not affect any processing that has already taken place based on prior consent.
Because hice-group.com operates an ecommerce store, certain cookies are technically necessary for the checkout and purchase process to work. These include:
Cookie | Purpose |
woocommerce_cart_hash | Identifies your cart session |
woocommerce_items_in_cart | Tracks whether your cart contains items |
wp_woocommerce_session_* | Maintains your session during checkout |
CSRF and nonce tokens | Security protection during form submission and payment |
These are necessary cookies and cannot be disabled while using the shop. They do not track you across other websites and are removed when your session ends or within a short period after checkout.
Some browsers send a “Do Not Track” (DNT) signal. There is currently no universal standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. HICE-GROUP SIA relies on the consent choices made in the cookie banner rather than browser-level DNT signals.
This Cookie Policy may be updated when we add new tools, change configurations, or in response to changes in law. The current version is always available at hice-group.com/cookie-policy/. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised.
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