Cookie Policy

 

This Cookie Policy explains how CARROT TOOL (“CARROT TOOL,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit carrottool.com.

Cookies and similar technologies help us operate our website, maintain shopping-cart and checkout functionality, improve website security, understand how visitors use our website, measure advertising performance, and support online marketing activities.

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

1. 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 recognize a browser or device and may be used to:

  • Keep shopping-cart information
  • Maintain login sessions
  • Remember preferences
  • Improve website security
  • Understand website usage
  • Measure advertising performance
  • Support marketing and remarketing activities

Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while others may remain on your device for a defined period.

2. Similar Technologies

In addition to cookies, CARROT TOOL and our service providers may use similar technologies such as:

  • Pixels
  • Tags
  • Local storage
  • Web beacons
  • Advertising identifiers
  • Conversion tracking technologies
  • Device identifiers

For purposes of this Cookie Policy, references to “cookies” generally include these similar technologies where applicable.

3. Types of Cookies We May Use

CARROT TOOL may use the following categories of cookies.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly.

They may support functions such as:

  • Shopping cart operation
  • Checkout
  • Customer account login
  • Session management
  • Website security
  • Fraud prevention
  • Payment processing
  • Remembering privacy or cookie preferences

Because these cookies are necessary for essential website functionality, they may be used without optional consent where permitted by applicable law.

Disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of our website from functioning correctly.

4. Shopping Cart and WooCommerce Cookies

CARROT TOOL operates an e-commerce website using WooCommerce.

WooCommerce and related website technologies may use cookies to support functions such as:

  • Remembering products added to your cart
  • Maintaining cart contents between pages
  • Supporting checkout
  • Recognizing customer sessions
  • Managing customer accounts
  • Maintaining order-related website functionality

These cookies are generally necessary to provide the shopping and checkout services requested by customers.

5. Preference and Functional Cookies

Preference or functional cookies may be used to remember choices you make when using our website.

These may include preferences relating to:

  • Website settings
  • Language or regional settings, where applicable
  • Display preferences
  • Customer account functionality
  • Previously selected options

These cookies help make the website more convenient and consistent for returning visitors.

6. Analytics Cookies

CARROT TOOL may use analytics technologies to understand how visitors use our website and to improve website performance.

Analytics cookies may help us understand information such as:

  • Number of website visitors
  • Pages viewed
  • Traffic sources
  • Time spent on pages
  • Browser type
  • Device type
  • General geographic information
  • Website interactions
  • Conversion activity

Where analytics services such as Google analytics technologies are enabled, the relevant service provider may receive technical and usage information from your browser or device.

Where required by applicable law, non-essential analytics cookies will be used subject to appropriate consent or privacy controls.

7. Google Ads Cookies and Advertising Technologies

CARROT TOOL may use Google Ads to advertise our welding machines, plasma cutters, generators, and other products in the United States and other markets.

Google Ads and related Google technologies may use cookies or similar identifiers to help us:

  • Measure advertising performance
  • Measure conversions
  • Understand whether a visitor arrived through a Google advertisement
  • Determine whether an advertisement resulted in a purchase or other action
  • Improve advertising campaigns
  • Attribute website activity to advertising campaigns
  • Prevent advertising fraud
  • Support remarketing where enabled

Information processed through these technologies may include:

  • IP address
  • Browser information
  • Device information
  • Website activity
  • Pages viewed
  • Advertising campaign information
  • Cookie identifiers
  • Advertising identifiers
  • Approximate location
  • Conversion-related information

Google processes information collected through its advertising services according to its own privacy policies and advertising practices.

8. Remarketing and Personalized Advertising

Where enabled, CARROT TOOL may use remarketing or similar advertising technologies.

Remarketing allows advertising platforms such as Google to show CARROT TOOL advertisements to users who have previously visited our website.

This may involve the use of cookies or advertising identifiers to recognize previous website visits.

Where permitted and appropriately configured, advertising technologies may also be used to support personalized or targeted advertising.

We will use applicable consent, opt-out, or privacy preference mechanisms where required by law.

9. Conversion Tracking

CARROT TOOL may use conversion tracking technologies to understand whether advertising campaigns result in actions such as:

  • Product purchases
  • Checkout completion
  • Product-page visits
  • Contact requests
  • Other relevant website actions

Conversion tracking helps us evaluate whether our advertising campaigns are effective.

Depending on the technologies enabled, conversion measurement may involve cookies or other identifiers.

We do not use conversion tracking to obtain full credit or debit card numbers.

10. PayPal and Payment-Related Cookies

Payments on CARROT TOOL are processed through PayPal and eligible payment methods available through the PayPal checkout system.

When you interact with PayPal or PayPal checkout functionality, PayPal may use cookies or similar technologies for purposes including:

  • Payment processing
  • Authentication
  • Fraud prevention
  • Security
  • Session management
  • Transaction processing

PayPal controls its own cookies and processes information according to its own privacy and cookie practices.

CARROT TOOL does not control all cookies placed directly by PayPal.

11. Security and Fraud-Prevention Cookies

We and our service providers may use cookies or similar technologies to protect:

  • Customer accounts
  • Checkout
  • Payments
  • Website infrastructure
  • Orders
  • Customer information

These technologies may help detect:

  • Suspicious login attempts
  • Automated abuse
  • Fraudulent transactions
  • Malicious activity
  • Security threats

Security-related cookies may be necessary for protecting the website and customers.

12. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies may be placed by third-party service providers rather than directly by CARROT TOOL.

Third parties that may place or process cookies include providers involved in:

  • Payment processing
  • Advertising
  • Analytics
  • Website security
  • Hosting
  • Embedded website functionality
  • Customer support
  • Other website services

Depending on the services enabled on CARROT TOOL, these providers may include companies such as Google and PayPal.

Third-party cookies are governed by the privacy and cookie practices of the relevant third party.

13. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

First-Party Cookies

First-party cookies are set directly by carrottool.com.

They may be used for purposes such as:

  • Shopping cart functionality
  • Customer sessions
  • Website preferences
  • Security
  • Account functionality

Third-Party Cookies

Third-party cookies are set or processed by external service providers.

They may support functions such as:

  • Payment processing
  • Advertising
  • Conversion measurement
  • Analytics
  • Fraud prevention

14. Session and Persistent Cookies

CARROT TOOL may use both session and persistent cookies.

Session Cookies

Session cookies generally remain active only while your browser is open and are deleted when the browsing session ends.

They may support:

  • Cart functionality
  • Login sessions
  • Checkout
  • Website navigation

Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies may remain on your device after you close your browser.

They may be used for:

  • Remembering preferences
  • Analytics
  • Advertising measurement
  • Remarketing
  • Privacy choices

The duration of persistent cookies depends on the purpose and provider of the cookie.

15. Your Cookie Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have choices regarding non-essential cookies.

Where appropriate, CARROT TOOL may provide a cookie consent or preference tool that allows you to manage categories such as:

  • Analytics cookies
  • Advertising cookies
  • Marketing cookies

Strictly necessary cookies may not be disabled through our cookie preference tool where they are required for website operation.

16. Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through browser settings.

Depending on your browser, you may be able to:

  • View stored cookies
  • Delete cookies
  • Block all cookies
  • Block third-party cookies
  • Restrict certain cookies
  • Configure cookie preferences

Please note that blocking all cookies may prevent important parts of our website from working correctly, including:

  • Shopping cart functions
  • Customer accounts
  • Checkout
  • Payment functionality

17. Advertising Preferences

You may be able to manage certain advertising preferences through:

  • Our cookie preference controls
  • Your browser settings
  • Your Google advertising settings
  • Other advertising-platform preference tools

If you disable advertising cookies, you may still see advertisements, but they may be less relevant to your interests.

18. California Privacy Choices

Certain advertising technologies may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information under applicable California privacy laws, even when CARROT TOOL does not receive money in exchange for the information.

This may include certain uses of:

  • Advertising cookies
  • Advertising identifiers
  • Remarketing technologies
  • Cross-context behavioral advertising

Where applicable, California residents may have the right to opt out of certain sale or sharing activities.

Applicable choices may be provided through website privacy or cookie controls or by contacting us at:

info@carrottool.com

Additional information is available in our Privacy Policy.

19. Global Privacy Control and Similar Signals

Some browsers or browser extensions may transmit privacy preference signals such as Global Privacy Control (GPC).

Where applicable law requires CARROT TOOL to recognize a legally valid privacy preference signal, we will take reasonable steps to process that signal in accordance with applicable requirements and the technical capabilities of our website and service providers.

20. Customers in Mexico

Customers in Mexico may have privacy rights under applicable Mexican personal data protection laws.

Where required, we will provide appropriate information and controls concerning cookies or similar technologies used to process personal information.

Privacy-related requests may be submitted to:

info@carrottool.com

Additional information about privacy rights is available in our Privacy Policy.

21. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:

  • Website functionality
  • E-commerce technologies
  • Advertising services
  • Analytics technologies
  • Payment providers
  • Cookie practices
  • Applicable laws and regulations

When material changes are made, the updated Cookie Policy will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

We encourage users to review this Cookie Policy periodically.

22. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how CARROT TOOL uses cookies and similar technologies, please contact us:

CARROT TOOL

Website:
carrottool.com

Email:
info@carrottool.com

Operating Address:
G1407, Building 2, Zone 2, Sanxing Industrial Zone
Fuyong Community, Fuyong Street
Bao’an District, Shenzhen, China