Cookie Policy
Effective: May 25, 2018
This Cookie Policy describes the types of cookies and other tracking technologies that The Children's Place, Inc. uses on the websites childrensplace.com or gymboree.com ("Site") and any of its mobile applications (each an "App"), and your related choices. Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use information from and about you when you use the Site or App.
Cookies are small pieces of information sent by a web server to a web browser which allows the server to uniquely identify the browser on each page. Other technologies, such as web beacons, pixel tags, log files and identifiers associated with your device, may also be used to automatically collect certain information from you. In this policy, we refer to "cookies" to discuss all of these technologies.
How We Use Cookies
Like most providers of online services, The Children's Place uses cookies for a number of reasons, such as improving our users' experience, counting visitors to a page, helping us see which features are most popular, keeping our services secure, and generally providing you with a better experience.
For example, we may collect device information through cookies such as your domain type, browser version, operating system type or mobile device model, service provider, IP address or MAC address, mobile device identifier or other unique identifier, and Wi-Fi networks that you connect to. We also may collect information through cookies about your use of the Site or App, including the date and time you visit, the areas or pages that you visit, the amount of time you spend viewing or using the Site or App, the number of times you return, other click-stream or site usage data, emails that you open, forward or click-through to our Site or App, and other sites or apps that you may visit. In addition, we may collect other information about the technical efficiencies of our Site, App, and services, such as the time to connect to our Site or App, time to download pages and the number of times different pages are visited.
The cookies we use generally fall into one of the following categories:
| Category of Cookies | Why We Use These Cookies |
|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Site or App, and use Site or App features (e.g., to contact and send information to The Children's Place and to allow detection of Javascript in your browser in order to enable or disable features). |
| Preferences | We use these cookies to remember your settings and preferences. For example, we may use these cookies to remember your language preferences, or the country you choose for shipping. These can then be used to provide you with an experience more appropriate to your selections and to make the visits more tailored and pleasant. |
| Performance | These cookies collect anonymous information on how people use our Site or App and to help us improve it. For example, we may use cookies to help us understand how you arrive at our Site or App, browse or use our Site or App, and highlight areas where we can improve. |
| Analytics | We use these cookies to help us improve our services. For example, we can use these cookies to learn more about which features are the most popular with our users and which ones might need some tweaks. |
| Advertising | We use these cookies to deliver advertisements, to make them more relevant and meaningful to consumers, and to track the efficiency of our advertising campaigns, both on our Site or App, on other websites, mobile apps, social media or online services, or across other computers or devices that you may use. |
Transfer Of Cookie Data
Our service providers may collect, use, disclose, process, transfer, and store data, including personal information, collected through Cookies to servers located in countries outside of Canada, including in the United States. By accepting our Cookies, you consent to the collection, use, disclosure processing, transferring, and storing of Cookie data in this manner.
Controlling And Deleting Cookies
You may adjust your browser or operating system settings to limit certain tracking or to decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features on the Site or App or take full advantage of all of our offerings and services. Please refer to your Web browser's "Help" section for more information on how to delete and/or disable your browser or operating system from receiving cookies or controlling your tracking preferences.
Note that our system may not recognize some or all Do Not Track headers from browsers. To learn more about the use of cookies or other technologies to deliver more relevant advertising and to know your choices with respect to collection and use of the data by these third party tools, you may visit the Digital Advertising Alliance's (DAA) opt-out page at http://www.aboutads.info/choices, and Evidon's opt-out page at ,https://www.evidon.com/resources/global-opt-out. Please note that if you opt-out of receiving interest-based ads, you may continue to see ads on the Site or App, or ads for our Services on other sites or mobile apps, but they may not be based on your interests and may be less relevant to you.
On your mobile device, you may adjust your privacy and advertising settings to control whether you receive more relevant advertising, and your preferences on sharing your location.
Further Information
To find out more about cookies and similar technologies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Revisions To This Statement
The Children's Place reserves the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, or otherwise revise portions of this Cookie Policy at any time. Please note that we may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices by providing you with notice of the change. Notice includes but is not restricted to posting a link to the new Cookie Policy, posting a new Cookie Policy, or sending you a link to the new Cookie Policy via contact information you have provided to us. Such change will be effective with respect to your use of the Site and App after The Children’s Place has given notice of the change. Please review the Cookie Policy periodically to see whether it has changed. Any use of the Site or App by you after we provide notice to you constitutes your acceptance of those modifications.