Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy
(Last Updated: November 20, 2025)

At Giordano Canada, we prioritize your privacy while enhancing your online shopping experience through the responsible use of cookies on giordano.ca. This comprehensive Cookie Policy details our approach to cookies and similar technologies, ensuring full compliance with Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, tablet, smartphone, or similar device when you visit our website. They store information about your browsing activity, such as preferences or session details, without damaging your device. Similar technologies include web beacons (pixels), HTML5 local storage, and fingerprinting techniques, which may combine data to identify devices uniquely. Cookies facilitate browsing, understand user interactions for site improvements, and enable targeted advertising based on habits. Under PIPEDA, if cookies collect personal information (e.g., IP addresses or browsing patterns that could identify you), we treat them as such and require appropriate consent. We do not use cookies to store sensitive data like payment details or health information.

How We Use Cookies

Cookies enable essential functions, performance analysis, customization, and marketing. We collect only necessary data for internal uses, such as analyzing demographics to refine discounts, improve products, and optimize sales strategies. No data is sold or shared for external marketing. We classify cookies into four types, with purposes aligned to enhance your fashion retail experience:

  •        Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for site operation, these cannot be disabled via our banner as they are required for basic functionality. They handle navigation, secure logins, and transaction processes.
  •        Performance Cookies: These anonymously track site usage to identify issues, measure traffic, and inform improvements, helping us understand popular products or slow-loading pages.
  •        Functional Cookies: Remember your choices (e.g., language or region) for a personalized experience across visits.
  •        Targeting/Advertising Cookies: Used for behavioral advertising, these track interests to show relevant promotions, but only with your consent.

Data from cookies may be aggregated for internal research, such as trend analysis in clothing preferences, without linking to identifiable individuals unless consented.

Types of Cookies and Examples

We use both first party (managed by us) and third-party cookies (from trusted partners like Google for analytics). Durations vary session cookies expire when you close your browser, while persistent ones last longer (e.g., up to one year for consent tracking). Below is a detailed table of cookie categories including examples, purposes, and typical durations:

Category

Examples

Purposes

Duration

Third-Party Involved?

Strictly Necessary

_tracking_consent, cart_sig, secure_customer_sig

Maintain sessions, manage carts, enable logins, prevent fraud, and ensure site security.

Session or up to 1 year (e.g., for consent banners)

No (first-party); some via Shopify for e-commerce.

Performance/Analytics

_ga (Google Analytics), _landing_page

 

Analyze traffic, track page views, measure engagement for site optimization and error monitoring.

Up to 2 years

Yes (e.g., Google Analytics for anonymous stats).

Functional

cart_currency, _dy_soct (Dynamic Yield)

Remember currency/language preferences, enhance search functionality, and personalize content.

Session to 1 year

Yes (e.g., Dynamic Yield for recommendations).

Targeting/Advertising

_fbp (Facebook), _uetsid (Bing), _ttp (TikTok)

Deliver personalized ads based on browsing, limit ad frequency, and measure campaign effectiveness.

Up to 1 year

Yes (e.g., Facebook, Bing, TikTok for retargeting).


Third-Party Cookies

We collaborate with select third parties for analytics and advertising, such as Google (for Analytics and Ads), Meta (Facebook), Microsoft (Bing), and TikTok. These collect anonymous data (e.g., device IDs or browsing paths) but do not access personal details without consent. Third-party data is used solely for stated purposes, like ad personalization. For international transfers (e.g., to U.S.-based servers), we ensure protections via adequacy decisions or contracts, per PIPEDA. You can opt out via their tools: Google Analytics opt-out (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout), Network Advertising Initiative (http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/), or Meta's settings.

Consent Mechanisms

Under PIPEDA's meaningful consent principle, we require informed, specific, and freely given approval for non-essential cookies. Essential cookies use implied consent, as they are necessary for site function. For others, we provide a cookie banner on your first visit, allowing granular opt-in (e.g., checkboxes for categories) without pre-checked boxes. We record consents securely for accountability. If you reject cookies, we block or delete them where possible. This aligns with OPC guidelines on online behavioral advertising (OBA), where opt-out must be easy and tracking limited to non-sensitive data.

Managing and Disabling Cookies

You control cookies through:

  •  Our Banner: Adjust preferences directly on giordano.ca.
  • Browser Settings: Most browsers (e.g., Chrome: Settings > Privacy > Cookies; Firefox: Options > Privacy) allow blocking or deleting cookies. Instructions at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
  • Opt-Out Tools: Use industry programs like NAI or Google opt-out for advertising cookies.

Disabling may limit features, like personalized recommendations, but won't prevent basic shopping. For app users, similar controls apply via device settings.

Children's Privacy

We do not target children under 15 and avoid collecting their data via cookies without parental consent, consistent with OPC guidelines on tracking children.

Security and Retention

Cookies are secured with encryption (e.g., HTTPS) and access controls. Data is retained only as needed (e.g., session cookies delete immediately; analytics up to 2 years for trends). In breaches, we notify as per PIPEDA.

Changes to This Policy

We may update for legal or operational reasons; changes posted here with email notices for significant ones. Continued use implies acceptance.

Contact Us

For inquiries: contact@giordanocanada.ca or Giordano Canada 5000 Hwy 7, Markham, ON L3R 4M9.

This policy integrates with our Privacy Policy at giordano.ca/pages/privacy-policy, ensuring a holistic approach to data protection in Canadian retail.