Cookie Policy

We (meaning Burger King Europe GmbH) use cookies on our website www.whopper.ie (“Website”) in order to collect and process information so that we are able to better understand and improve our services, to determine and improve the advertising shown to you, and to provide you with a customized online experience. We use the term “cookies” to refer to cookies and other similar technologies that are covered by the EU Directive on privacy and electronic communications.

Please read this Cookie Policy carefully to learn what a cookie is, which cookies we are using and for what reason, and how you can manage your cookie settings, including how you can refuse or block all or certain types of cookies set by your visit on the Website.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

To find out more about how we process personal data that might be collected by way of our cookie usage, please visit our Privacy Policy.

1. What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small file that stores Internet settings. Almost every website uses cookies. It is downloaded by your Internet browser on the first visit to a website. The next time this website is opened with the same user device, the cookie and the information stored in it is either sent back to the website that created it (first-party cookie) or sent to another website it belongs to (third-party cookie). This enables the website to detect that you have opened it previously with this browser and in some cases to vary the displayed content.

Cookies can be extremely useful, as they can improve the user experience on websites that you have already visited a number of times. Provided you use the same user device and the same browser as before, cookies remember for example your preferences, your language settings, your choices, or how you use a site, and adapt the displayed offerings to be more relevant to your personal interest and needs.

1.1 Cookies categorized by purpose

Depending on their function and intended purpose, cookies can be divided into four categories: strictly necessary cookies, functional cookies, performance cookies, and advertising cookies.

Strictly necessary cookies are cookies which are essential (not only reasonably necessary or important) to use a website as intended, i.e. as requested by you, being the website user. Because of their essentiality, strictly necessary cookies don’t require your consent. Strictly necessary cookies are typically cookies which ensure the functionality of a website like navigating on it (also between individual pages of a website), use the website’s features, and perform actions (e.g. text input), or which ensure compliance with applicable legislations, for example, the security requirements of data protection law.

Functional cookies are cookies which are not strictly necessary for the performance of a website but, however, useful e.g. to save information that have already been provided by you (like user name, language, choices, location etc.), and – based on this information – to offer you improved, more personal functions. These cookies collect anonymised information; they cannot track your movement on other websites. Functional cookies are typically used to enable requested functions (such as the playback of videos) but also to remember choices you made regarding specific requests (e.g., if you already signed in for a newsletter, this information will be collected and you will not be asked to sign in again).

Performance cookies are cookies which collect information on how a website is used, for example which pages of the website you opened most frequently and whether you receive error messages from a page. The collected information will be aggregated and thus will be analysed in a non-attributable way to a specific person. Performance cookies are typically used to improve the performance of a website and thus the user experience.

Advertising cookies are cookies which are used to extract advertisements that are relevant to specific users and adapted to their interests. They are also used to limit the frequency of appearance of an advertisement and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They register whether you have visited a website or not. This information can be shared with third parties, for example advertisers. Advertising cookies are often linked with page functionalities of third parties.

1.2 Cookies categorized by provider

Depending on the provider of the cookie, cookies can be divided into first-party cookies or third-party cookies.

First-party cookies are cookies which are set directly by the website you are visiting, i.e. the URL displayed in your browser’s address bar.  First-party cookies are typically used for basic page functionality of a website.

Third-party cookies belong to and are operated by other parties, such as our business partners or service providers but also other group entities. These cookies typically occur if a website incorporates elements from other websites. Third-party cookies are typically used to enable advertising outside the visited website. With regard to third-party cookies, it is recommendable to also read the privacy policy and cookies policy of the third party providing this third-party cookie to get more information on their use of cookies and the information obtained and processed by the cookies.

1.3 Cookies categorized by life span

Depending on their life span, cookies can be divided into session cookies and permanent cookies.

Session cookies are temporary cookies that are used during your visit to a website to remember you. They are deleted when you close the web browser. Session cookies are typically used to provide basic page functionalities.

Permanent cookies are used to remember your preferences on a website and remain on your desktop or Internet-enabled device even after you close your browser or restart your computer. Permanent cookies are typically used to analyse user behaviour to determine visitor patterns in order to improve the website functionality, for targeted advertising, and to measure the effectiveness of a website’s functionality and advertising.

2. Which cookies do we use on this Website and for what reason?

Please find an overview on the cookies we use on our Website in the following table:

 

3. How can you manage your cookie settings?

 3.1 Decide with your consent to allow for cookies

When you visit our Website, you will be asked by a pop-up, cookie banner for your consent that we set cookies. We will set cookies for which your consent is required (i.e., all cookies which are not strictly necessary cookies) only if and after you have provided your consent by clicking the “Yes, I agree” button in our Cookie Banner.  If you provide your consent, you will also have the opportunity to decide whether you accept all cookies (i.e., functional cookies, performance cookies, and advertising cookies) or only one or two of these categories. Please note that, based on your settings, you may not be able to use all the functions of this Website.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on “Change your consent” above.

3.2 Control cookies through your browser settings

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. Learn more about how to manage cookies on popular browsers by clicking on the following links:

4. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We can change this Cookie Policy at any time.  If we make changes to this Cookie Policy, we will let you know by posting the changed Cookie Policy on the Website and updating the “Last Updated” section at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If we make material changes to this Cookie Policy we will let you know by means of a prominent notice on our Website via pop-up. It’s important that you review the changed Cookie Policy.

5. Questions?

If you have any questions regarding this Cookie Policy or if you need more information on how we use cookies, please contact us:

Via email: privacy@rbi.com

Via post:

Burger King Europe GmbH
attn.:  Data Protection Officer
Inwilerriedstrasse 61
6340 Baar
Switzerland
You can also contact our data protection officer at BKIrelandDPO@rbi.com

Last updated: May 03, 2023