Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

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

Cookies can allow a website to recognise a browser or session, remember preferences, maintain account functionality and provide information about how the website is used.

Some cookies exist only for the duration of a browser session, while others may remain on the device for a defined period.

Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are necessary for core Lux Carbon marketplace functionality and cannot normally be disabled through our cookie preference controls.

They may be used for purposes including:

• Maintaining website and user sessions.
• Account login and authentication.
• Shopping cart functionality.
• Security and fraud prevention.
• Protection against cross-site request forgery and similar attacks.
• Remembering essential cookie preferences.
• Providing functions specifically requested by the user.

Lux Carbon currently uses technical session functionality and an XSRF security token as part of the operation and protection of the website.

Preference Cookies

Preference cookies may be used to remember choices you make on the website, such as cookie preferences or other settings.

Some preference functionality may be necessary in order to remember whether you have accepted or rejected optional cookies.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

Where enabled and where the required consent has been provided, analytics or performance technologies may be used to understand how visitors interact with Lux Carbon.

This information may be used to understand matters such as:

• Which marketplace pages are visited.
• How visitors navigate the website.
• Website and page performance.
• Technical errors or usability problems.
• General marketplace usage trends.

Non-essential analytics cookies should not be activated where prior consent is required and that consent has not been provided.

Third-Party Cookies

Some marketplace functionality may involve services supplied by third parties. Depending on the services enabled on the website, these providers may use cookies or similar technologies.

Where third-party cookies are non-essential and consent is required, they should only be activated according to the user's cookie preferences.

Essential and Optional Cookies

Lux Carbon distinguishes between cookies required to provide the website and optional cookies used for additional purposes.

Essential cookies may be used where necessary to provide functions requested by the user, maintain security or operate the marketplace.

Optional cookies are not required for basic marketplace functionality and, where required by applicable law, are activated only after the user provides consent.

Your Cookie Choices

When the Lux Carbon cookie banner is displayed, you can choose between the available cookie options.

Selecting Essential only allows Lux Carbon to use cookies required for core website functionality while declining optional cookies that require consent.

Selecting Accept all cookies allows the additional cookie categories made available through the consent system, subject to the purposes described in this policy.

Where available, you can change your cookie preferences later through the cookie preference controls on the website.

Withdrawing Consent

Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.

Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

Changing your preferences may prevent additional optional cookies from being stored. Cookies already stored on your device may also need to be removed through your browser settings.

Managing Cookies in Your Browser

Most modern browsers allow you to view, delete or block cookies through browser privacy settings.

You can normally configure your browser to:

• Delete existing cookies.
• Block all cookies.
• Block third-party cookies.
• Allow or block cookies for individual websites.
• Clear cookies when the browser is closed.

Blocking essential cookies may cause parts of Lux Carbon to stop functioning correctly. Account login, shopping cart functions, security controls or other marketplace features may be affected.

Cookie Duration

Cookie retention periods depend on the purpose and type of cookie.

Session cookies are generally removed when the browser session ends. Persistent cookies remain for a defined period or until they are removed by the user, depending on their configuration.

Lux Carbon aims to retain cookies only for periods appropriate to their purpose and applicable legal requirements.

Personal Data and Cookies

Certain cookies or similar technologies may involve the processing of information that qualifies as personal data, such as online identifiers, device information or IP-related information.

Where personal data is processed through cookies, the processing is also subject to the Lux Carbon Privacy Policy.

Third-Party Services

Third-party providers may have their own privacy and cookie policies. Lux Carbon does not control how independent third parties operate their own websites or services.

The third-party services used by Lux Carbon may change as marketplace functionality develops. Cookie consent settings will be updated where reasonably necessary to reflect services requiring user choice.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

Lux Carbon may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in technology, marketplace functionality, cookie usage, service providers or applicable law.

The latest version will be published on this page together with the applicable revision date.