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TERMS OF USE

Version 1, last updated: 19th February 2019

 

Foreword

The website www.mycoke.com.mt (“Website”) is operated and owned by The General Soft Drinks Company Limited (“We, “Us”, “Our”), a company registered in Malta, bearing company registration number C1591 and having its registered address at Marsa Industrial Estate, Marsa, MRS 3000, Malta.

Your access to, and use of, the Website (including all of its contents) is subject to these Terms and Conditions (“T&Cs”). By accessing or making use of this Website, you are agreeing to be bound by these T&Cs. If you do not agree with these T&Cs, then you are to refrain from accessing or making use of this Website.

Disclaimer

Whilst we seek to ensure that the information on Our Website is complete and accurate, we do not warrant the accuracy and/or completeness of any information on our Website. We also make no commitment to keep the information on our Website up to date. We accept no responsibility for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage which may occur to you through your use of Our Website.

Intellectual Property

The content found on this Website is our property and is protected by copyright and may be protected also by trademarks owned or licensed to Us. It may be displayed, printed or used for your personal and non-commercial use only. You may not copy, transmit, amend, reproduce or redistribute in any form whatsoever the information contained in this Website without our prior written consent. Authorization to reproduce material from websites linked to this Website must be obtained from the right-holder concerned.

Links to Other Web Sites

The Website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by Us.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites or services.  You hereby agree that We shall not be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with third party websites or services.

Account Registration

This Website permits you to create an account with Us (“Account”) for the sole purpose of participating in promotional campaigns which We may run from time to time and which may be made available on the Website (“Campaign/s”).

Opening of an Account is subject to your acceptance of these T&Cs and Our Privacy Policy which is accessible at www.mycoke.com.mt/mcls/campaign-terms-and-conditionsand www.mycoke.com.mt/mcls/privacy-policyand which is being incorporated herein by reference.

By opening an Account, you warrant that the personal data provided is complete, accurate and truthful.

You understand and accept that We shall process your personal data in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act (Chapter 586 of the Laws of Malta and Our Privacy Policy.

Please take the time to get acquainted with these T&Cs and Our Privacy Policy before you create an Account. You will not be allowed to open an Account unless you confirm that you accept these T&Cs by clicking the checkbox “I accept the Terms and Conditions” and Privacy Policy by clicking the checkbox “I accept the Privacy Policy”.

You may use the Account exclusively for the purposes of participating in Our Campaigns and for no other purpose.

To open an Account, you must choose your unique username and a password.

We reserve the right to deny or retract, for whatever reason and without cause, any username selected.

You may change your password at any time by accessing your Account and clicking “update password” in the Change Password section. You are advised to choose a non-predictable password for security and to keep your password secret. In the event that there is a concern that the secrecy of your password has been lost, you should notify Us immediately. We are in no way responsible or liable if you forget, misplace or lose your password or otherwise third parties access your Account using your password.

You are allowed to open only one Account. We shall have the right to close your Account and your participation in any Campaigns if you hold more than one Account in your name.

You must be at least 18 years of age to open an Account.

Account Closure

You may close your Account by accessing your account and clicking “delete account”.

Upon the termination of the Campaign, or if you choose to close your Account prior to such termination, We shall immediately irrevocably delete and destroy any and all data related to your Account (unless we are under an obligation to retain your data as a result of a legal obligation imposed on us), including your personal data and any points or codes that you may have collected in your Account will be lost.

If you close your Account, you will not be able to further participate in any Campaign (ongoing and upcoming).

Participation in Promotional Campaigns

Opening an Account is required for you to participate in Our Campaigns.

Each Campaign may have its own specific terms and conditions (“Campaign T&Cs”). Participation in any Campaign remains subject to your acceptance of any specific Campaign T&Cs.

To participate in a Campaign, you may be asked to supply additional information which is relevant to that specific Campaign.  You acknowledge that in order to participate in a Campaign, you must also accept the Campaign T&Cs. Furthermore, if you are a winner in any Campaign, you might also have to accept other terms, conditions or policies in order to be able to collect your prize.

Changes

We reserve the right, exercisable at Our sole discretion, to modify or replace these T&Cs at any time. 

If We make any such changes, the updated version of these T&Cs will be posted on Our Website. Your continued use of the Website means that you have accepted any such changes.

Severability

If any of the provisions of these T&Cs becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remainder of these T&Cs shall not be affected.

Governing Law & Jurisdiction

The T&Cs are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Malta. Any dispute in connection with this Website or these T&Cs shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Malta.

 

PRIVACY POLICY

1. Introduction

Welcome to our privacy notice (“Notice”) for the website www.mycoke.com.mt

We at The General Soft Drinks Company Limited, respect your privacy and are committed to safeguard your personal data and information.

This Notice will inform you as to how we protect your personal data, when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

2. Purpose

This Notice aims to give you information on how we collect and process your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you contact us.

It is important that you read this Notice to be fully aware of how and why we are using your data.

3. Controller

The General Soft Drinks Company Limited, a company registered in Malta, bearing company registration number C1591 and having its registered address at Marsa Industrial Estate, Marsa, MRS 3000, Malta,is the data controller and responsible for your personal data (hereinafter referred to as the “company” “we”, “us” or “our” in this Notice).

If you have any questions about this Notice, including concerns about your personal data or our data collection practices, please contact us via e-mail:  dpo@gsd.mizzi.com.mt

4. Data we collect about you

The terms “personal data” or “personal information” mean any information about an individual for which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect and process personal data (name, surname and e-mail address) that you voluntarily give us when you use our website. The only personal data we collect from our website about you is the personal data you provide to us when you fill out the contact us form on our website and post your query to us.

In addition, we may use technology such as cookies which collects information in an anonymous manner with respect to your use of our website.

5. How we use your personal data

When you fill the “Contact Us” form on this website, we use the personal data submitted in the form only to respond to your message or act on your request and for no other unrelated purposes.

Should we have marketing promotions in the future, we will ask for your consent to send you communication about them. Should you accept and then change your mind, you will be able to opt-out at any time.

The provision of your personal data is not a statutory or contractual requirement. You are not obliged to provide us any personal data and it is your choice whether to post a query through our website.

Only minimal personal data is collected when you fill the contact us form on this website, namely your name and email address. Without provision of such personal data, we will not be in a position to respond to your message or act on your request.

6. Legal basis

Our legal basis for processing your personal data is your consent. You will be required to click “I confirm to have read and understood the privacy notice” and to click “I consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes of my request” in order to be able to post a query to us.

7. Withdrawal of our consent

You may withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time by emailing us on dpo@gsd.mizzi.com.mt. Such withdrawal does not affect the legality of any processing based on your consent prior withdrawal.

If you withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data, we will not be in a position to act upon or reply to your request.

8. Cookies

Our website makes use of cookies. Cookies are small text files which are placed onto your computer (or other electronic device) when you use our website. We only make use of session cookies, that is cookies which are automatically deleted when you end your browsing session. Our cookies do not contain any personal data.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

9. Disclosures of your personal data

To process your enquiry, we may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below:

·         selected individuals within our company on a need to know basis;

·         our intra-group companies and affiliates; and

·         our agents and third parties that provide services to us.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. Your data will not be shared with any third party that is not located within the EU or EEA.

10. Data security

We have in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

11. Data retention

We will only retain your personal data until it is necessary to serve your request, safeguard our legitimate rights and interests or until you ask us to remove it, whichever is the longer. Unless it is required due to a legal obligation, we will not retain personal data related to a basic query beyond 2 years.

12. Your legal rights

For as long as we retain your personal data you may:

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above or wish to receive further explanations of your rights and our processing please contact us via e-mail: dpo@gsd.mizzi.com.mt.

You will not have to pay a fee to exercise rights related to your personal data . However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances, or in case this matter is under review by a relevant authority.

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure that you are the person who holds such rights. This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

13. Changes

We may update this Notice from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. It is therefore in your own interest to check the Notice page any time you access our website to ensure you are aware of any changes which may occur from time to time.

This version was last updated on 13.05.2019.

14. Complaints

If you have any complaints regarding our processing of your personal data, please note that you may contact us via e-mail: dpo@gsd.mizzi.com.mt. If you are resident in Malta, or from any other country outside of the EU, you may lodge a complaint with the office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner in Malta (www.idpc.org.mt). If you are a European resident and you have a concern about our use of your information, you can contact your local data protection regulator. A list of European data protection regulators can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm

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Cookie Policy

Last updated: 24th April 2021

 

The General Soft Drinks Company Limited ("us", "we", or "our") uses cookies on the website https://www.mycoke.com.mt/  (the “Website”) and we are committed to respect the privacy of visitors using our Website. 

Our Cookies Policy (the “Policy”) explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Website, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.

Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies

A cookie is a small text file (typically numbers and letters) that is downloaded onto ‘terminal equipment’ (e.g. your computer or smartphone) when the user accesses a website using that device. Cookies are then sent back to originating website on each subsequent visit – and they are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.  Additionally, we use ‘Local Shared Objects’ i.e. Flash Cookies. These cookies are stored locally and are available to all browsers you may use. 

Neither cookies nor flash cookies can be used to access or use other information on your computer, other than information related to your usage of the Website. We only use these methods to track your use of our services. Cookies help us monitor traffic to the site, improve our services and make it easier and/or more relevant for your use. We use flash cookies and third-party cookies to help us show you more relevant and desirable advertisements. 

Cookies can be divided into several categories:

Some cookies are needed for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network – others may be necessary for the provision of a service over the internet, in which case they have to be used. These are termed as ‘strictly necessary’.

Other cookies may be desirable to improve your experience, such as statistic and marketing cookies, in which case we will ask you for your consent to use them.

The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies, we need your consent.

How we use cookies

We use cookies to improve your user experience, enable certain functions of the Website, such as, navigation and access to secure areas of the Website, aggregate statistics about the number of visitors to the Website and obtain data about how the Website is being used. This data enables us to develop and optimise the Website. 

We also use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We may share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you have provided to them or that they have collected from your use of their services.

Cookies may either be deleted automatically when the user closes their web browser (so-called "session cookies") or stored on the user's computer to facilitate future visits to the Website (so-called "permanent cookies"). Permanent cookies will also be automatically deleted after a specified period of time as provided below. Flash cookies are a type of permanent cookie. 

What cookies do we use?

We use the following types of cookies that are placed on the Website, their function, the purposes for which the data are collected and how long data collected by cookies are kept. Please note that the names of the cookies may change over time:

Strictly Necessary Cookies (2)

These Cookies are essential to enable you to navigate and use the features of the Website. Without these Cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of our services or features, and the Website will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like.

 

Provider

Cookie Name

Expiration of Cookie

Purpose

Is the Cookie essential for the Website to work

Type

youtube.com

CONSENT

6092 days

Identifies user and browser preferences, in order to provide user-specific functionality.

Yes

HTTP

mycoke.com.mt

has_js

Session

Registers whether the user has activated JavaScript in the browser.

Yes

HTTP

 

By law we do not need to obtain your consent to use these cookies.

Statistics Cookies (3)

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

 

 

Provider

Cookie Name

Expiration of Cookie

Purpose

Is the Cookie essential for the Website to work

Type

mycoke.com.mt

_ga

2 years

Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

No

HTTP

mycoke.com.mt

_gat

1 day

Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate

No

HTTP

 

mycoke.com.mt

_gid

1 day

Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 

No

HTTP

 

Marketing Cookies (18)

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to deliver advertisements that we believe are relevant to you and your interests. For example, we may use Marketing Cookies to customise the advertising content, to conduct interest-based advertising, to limit the number of times you see the same advertisement and to conduct market research.

 

Provider

Cookie Name

Expiration of Cookie

Purpose

Is the Cookie essential for the Website to work

Type

facebook.com

common/cavalry_endpoint.php

Session

Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, to present more relevant advertisement. This allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown in the same advertisement.

No

Pixel

facebook.com

fr

3 months

Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.

No

HTTP

 

twitter.com

i/jot

Session

Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers.  

No

Pixel

 

doubleclick.net

IDE

1 year

Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. 

No

HTTP

google.com

NID

6 months

Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads

No

HTTP

consensus.org

st_samesite

Session

Used by ShareThis to track visitor’s website navigation and preferences. This is used for internal statistics and marketing.

No

HTTP

doubleclick.net

test_cookie

1 day

Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.

No

HTTP

facebook.com

tr

Session

Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. 

No

Pixel

youtube.com

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

179 days

Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. 

No

HTTP

youtube.com

YSC

Session

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. 

No

HTTP

youtube.com

yt.innertube::nextld

Persistent

Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.

No

HTTP

youtube.com

yt.innertube::requests

Persistent

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

No

HTML

youtube.com

yt-remote-cast-installed

Session

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

No

HTML

youtube.com

yt-remote-connected-devices

Persistent

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

No

HTML
youtube.com yt-remote-device-id Persistent Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video No HTML
youtube.com yt-remote-fast-check-period Session Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video No HTML
youtube.com yt-remote-session-app Session Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video No HTML
youtube.com yt-remote-session-name  Session Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video No HTML

 

What are your choices regarding cookies?

When you visit the Website, you will be requested to accept or manage your cookie settings. We can store cookies on the user’s device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site, however, for all other types of cookies, we need to obtain the consent of the user.

Please note that you may change your mind at any time and may delete cookies or refuse to accept them. If you delete or refuse cookies you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

How can I change cookie preferences?

Apart from setting cookie preferences from the Cookie Banner on our Website, you can control and/or delete cookies as you wish from your browser settings. For details on how to control and/or delete cookies using your browser settings, please see: 

Delete Cookies in Microsoft Internet Explorer

Delete Cookies in Mozilla Firefox browser

Delete Cookies in Google Chrome browser

Delete flash cookies (all browsers)

You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit the site, and some services and functionalities may not work.

Changes to this Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. If we make significant changes to this Policy, we will let you know accordingly. However, it is advisable to regularly check this Policy to ensure you are aware of the most updated version.