Cookie statement

Last updated: 8 August 2026

This Cookie Statement explains how KOTSAF BV (“KOTSAF”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit kotsaf.com.

This Cookie Statement should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

1. WHO WE ARE

The website kotsaf.com is operated by:

KOTSAF BV
Jutestraat
9160 Lokeren
Belgium

Email: info@kotsaf.com
Telephone: +32 467 00 00 30
Website: kotsaf.com

2. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies allow websites to recognise your device and may store information about your preferences, activity or previous interactions with the website.

Some cookies are necessary for a website to function correctly, while others may be used for analytics, personalisation or advertising.

In addition to cookies, we may use similar technologies such as pixels, tags, local storage or other tracking technologies. In this Cookie Statement, we generally refer to these technologies as “cookies”.

3. WHY DOES KOTSAF USE COOKIES?

We use cookies and similar technologies for purposes including:

  • Operating and securing our website

  • Maintaining your shopping cart

  • Enabling checkout and payment functionality

  • Remembering your preferences

  • Maintaining customer login sessions

  • Preventing fraud and misuse

  • Understanding how visitors use our website

  • Measuring website performance

  • Improving our website and customer experience

  • Measuring the effectiveness of marketing campaigns

  • Supporting advertising and personalisation where you have provided the required consent

4. TYPES OF COOKIES WE USE

Cookies used on our website may fall into the following categories.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website and online store to function correctly.

They may be used for purposes such as:

  • Shopping cart functionality

  • Checkout

  • Payment processing

  • Customer login

  • Website security

  • Fraud prevention

  • Network management

  • Remembering privacy and cookie choices

Because these cookies are necessary to provide the website or services you request, they generally do not require consent and cannot be disabled through our cookie consent tool.

You may still be able to block them through your browser settings, but doing so may cause parts of the website to stop functioning correctly.

Preference and Functional Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced functionality.

They may remember information such as:

  • Language preferences

  • Country or region

  • Customer preferences

  • Certain website settings

Where legally required, these cookies will only be used after you have provided consent.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use kotsaf.com.

They may collect information about:

  • Pages visited

  • Products viewed

  • Time spent on pages

  • How visitors reached our website

  • Website navigation

  • Device and browser information

  • Errors or performance issues

  • Interactions with website features

We use this information to understand website performance and improve our services and customer experience.

Where required by applicable law, analytics cookies will only be activated after you have provided your consent.

Advertising and Marketing Cookies

Subject to your consent, advertising and marketing cookies may be used to:

  • Measure advertising performance

  • Understand interactions with advertisements

  • Measure conversions

  • Limit repeated advertising

  • Create or measure audiences

  • Provide more relevant advertising

  • Understand whether advertising campaigns result in visits or purchases

These cookies may be placed or accessed by KOTSAF or by advertising and technology partners used by us.

Advertising and marketing cookies that require consent will not be activated until you have provided the required consent.

5. SHOPIFY COOKIES

Our online store is powered by Shopify.

Shopify uses cookies and similar technologies that are necessary to operate the ecommerce platform and may also provide analytics, security, localisation and other functionality.

These technologies may support functions such as:

  • Shopping carts

  • Checkout

  • Customer accounts

  • Store security

  • Fraud prevention

  • Privacy preferences

  • Storefront functionality

  • Analytics

The specific cookies used by Shopify may change over time as Shopify updates its platform and services.

For current information about cookies used by Shopify, you can consult Shopify's applicable cookie and privacy documentation.

6. THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

Some cookies or similar technologies may be provided by third-party service providers that support our website and business.

Depending on the services currently enabled on kotsaf.com, these providers may assist with:

  • Ecommerce functionality

  • Payment processing

  • Website analytics

  • Advertising

  • Marketing measurement

  • Social media integrations

  • Security

  • Customer experience

Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.

Where consent is required by applicable law, non-essential third-party cookies will only be activated after you have provided consent.

7. COOKIE CONSENT

When you visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie consent banner or privacy preferences interface.

Where required by applicable law, you can choose whether to allow non-essential cookies.

Depending on the technologies used on our website, the available categories may include:

  • Necessary

  • Preferences

  • Analytics

  • Marketing

Strictly necessary cookies may operate without consent because they are required for the website or services requested by you.

Non-essential cookies requiring consent will only be used after you have made the relevant choice.

You may refuse non-essential cookies without losing access to the basic functionality of our website.

8. HOW TO CHANGE OR WITHDRAW YOUR CONSENT

You can change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time through the cookie or privacy settings available on kotsaf.com.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

After changing your preferences, certain cookies previously stored on your device may remain until they expire or are deleted. You can delete them through your browser settings.

9. MANAGING COOKIES THROUGH YOUR BROWSER

Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings.

Depending on your browser, you may be able to:

  • View stored cookies

  • Delete cookies

  • Block all cookies

  • Block third-party cookies

  • Allow cookies only from selected websites

  • Delete cookies automatically when closing the browser

Please note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of kotsaf.com from functioning correctly, including the shopping cart, checkout or customer login.

Instructions for managing cookies can normally be found in the privacy or security settings of your browser.

10. COOKIE DURATION

Cookies may be either session cookies or persistent cookies.

Session cookies generally remain active only during your browsing session and are deleted when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.

The duration of individual cookies depends on their purpose and the provider responsible for them.

We aim to retain cookies only for as long as reasonably necessary for their intended purpose and in accordance with applicable law.

Information about specific cookies and their duration may also be available through the cookie consent or privacy settings on our website.

11. PERSONAL DATA AND COOKIES

Some cookies may process information that qualifies as personal data under applicable data protection law.

Depending on the cookie or technology involved, this may include:

  • IP address

  • Device identifiers

  • Browser information

  • Cookie identifiers

  • Website activity

  • Products viewed

  • Purchase or conversion information

  • Advertising interactions

Where cookies involve the processing of personal data, that processing is also subject to our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) where applicable.

12. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

Some technology or service providers used in connection with cookies may process information outside Belgium or the European Economic Area (“EEA”).

Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, appropriate safeguards will be used where required by applicable data protection law.

Please refer to our Privacy Policy for further information about international transfers of personal data.

13. YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS

Where information collected through cookies constitutes personal data, you may have rights under the GDPR, including, where applicable, the right to:

  • Access your personal data

  • Request correction of inaccurate personal data

  • Request deletion of personal data

  • Restrict certain processing

  • Object to certain processing

  • Withdraw your consent

  • Request data portability where applicable

  • Lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority

For more information about these rights, please see our Privacy Policy.

14. CHANGES TO THIS COOKIE STATEMENT

We may update this Cookie Statement from time to time to reflect:

  • Changes to the cookies or technologies we use

  • Changes to our website

  • Changes to our service providers

  • Changes to applicable legal requirements

  • Changes to our business practices

The latest version will be published on this page together with an updated “Last updated” date.

15. CONTACT

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Statement, please contact:

KOTSAF BV
Jutestraat
9160 Lokeren
Belgium

Email: info@kotsaf.com
Telephone: +32 467 00 00 30
Website: kotsaf.com

For more information about how KOTSAF processes personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.