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Cookies & consent · UK GDPR + PECR · Updated 4 September 2026
Until you press Accept, this shop sets only the cookies it cannot work without – and you can change or withdraw your choice at any time, in two clicks.
watchexclusive.eu is run by I&M Montres s. r. o. from Slovakia. For UK shoppers that means both the UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) apply, and we hold ourselves to the stricter of the UK and EU standards. This page lists every single cookie we set, who sets it, why, and how long it stays. Nothing here is hidden behind a „legitimate interest“ switch.
Consent tool: Cookiebot (Usercentrics A/S, Denmark) · Google Consent Mode v2, default denied · UK GDPR and PECR · We never sell your data
Cookies at a glance
Consent toolCookiebot by Usercentrics A/S
CategoriesNecessary, Preferences, Statistics, Marketing
Before you consentNecessary cookies only
Consent stored for12 months, then we ask again
Analytics data keptMax. 14 months
Change your mindAny time, in two clicks
Sold to advertisers?Never. We do not sell data
Questions[email protected]
The four things worth knowing before you read the detail
If you read nothing else on this page, read these four points. They are the ones that actually affect you.
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Nothing loads before you agree
Analytics and advertising tags start in denied mode (Google Consent Mode v2). They only fire after you click Accept in the banner.
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Refusing costs you nothing
The whole shop works with everything refused: browsing, cart, account, checkout, payment and delivery tracking.
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Four honest categories
Necessary, Preferences, Statistics and Marketing. Only the first is set without asking, because the shop cannot run without it.
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Consent expires
Your choice is remembered for 12 months. After that the banner comes back, so a decision made once never becomes permanent by accident.
1. What a cookie is – and what else this page covers
A cookie is a small text file a website asks your browser to keep. It usually holds nothing more than a random identifier.
Cookies let a site recognise the same browser on the next page or the next visit. That is how your basket survives when you move from a product page to checkout, and how a shop remembers that you prefer English and euros.
This page uses the word „cookie“ in the wider legal sense, the way the EU ePrivacy rules do. It therefore also covers HTML local storage (data kept in the browser without an expiry date) and pixel trackers (a tiny invisible image that reports a page view). Both are listed in the tables below and marked in the last column, so nothing is hidden by calling it a different name.
Cookies themselves rarely identify you by name. But a cookie identifier can be linked to data we hold about you, so we treat it as personal data. What we do with that data, how long we keep it and how to have it deleted is described in our Privacy Policy.
2. The four categories we use
Cookiebot sorts every cookie into one of four categories. In the banner you can accept or refuse each one separately – refusing is exactly one click, the same as accepting.
| Category | What it is for | Set before consent? | If you refuse it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Session, basket, language and currency, secure payment, protection against bots and fraud. | Yes – no consent needed by law | You cannot refuse these. Without them the shop cannot log you in or take a payment. |
| Preferences | Remembers a setting that changes how the site looks or behaves, such as the payment window layout. | No | The site still works, it just will not remember that particular setting. |
| Statistics | Anonymous measurement: how many people visit, which pages they open, where a page confuses them. | No | We lose the statistics. Nothing changes for you. |
| Marketing | Measuring our advertising on Google and Microsoft and showing you relevant ads elsewhere. | No | You will still see ads on other sites, they will simply be less relevant to you. |
Necessary does not mean unlimited. The necessary category is limited to what the shop genuinely cannot run without: your session, your basket, your consent record, payment security and bot protection. We do not classify analytics or advertising as necessary, and we do not use „legitimate interest“ as a way around asking you.
3. Every cookie we set, in full
The list below is generated from a real scan of watchexclusive.eu. It is the same data you will find on the always-current Cookie declaration & settings page, written out here so you can read it without loading anything.
Necessary cookies 16
Set on every visit. These make the shop usable; they cannot be switched off.
| Name | Set by | What it does | Retention | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | watchexclusive.eu | Keeps your session alive, so your basket and log-in survive from one page to the next. | 400 days | HTTP cookie |
| PrestaShop-# | watchexclusive.eu | Stores your shop preferences: language, currency and the contents of your basket. | 2 days | HTTP cookie |
| CookieConsent | Cookiebot | Stores your cookie choice for this domain, so the banner is not shown again. | 1 year | HTTP cookie |
| _cs_c | Contentsquare | Records whether the consent box has already been answered, so it is not shown again. | 13 months | HTTP cookie |
| __stripe_mid | Stripe | Required for card payments. Stripe uses it to detect fraud without card data ever touching our server. | 1 year | HTTP cookie |
| __stripe_sid | Stripe | Required for card payments. Stripe uses it to detect fraud without card data ever touching our server. | 1 day | HTTP cookie |
| m | Stripe | Detects the device used, so the payment window is displayed correctly. | 400 days | HTTP cookie |
| _ab, _mf, id | Stripe | Runs the secure payment window in which the card details are entered. | Session | Local storage |
| [SessionID#27] | PayPal | Required for a secure PayPal transaction. | 1 year | HTTP cookie |
| ts_c | PayPal | Required for a secure PayPal transaction. | 1 year | HTTP cookie |
| l7_az | PayPal | Required for the PayPal log-in function. | 1 day | HTTP cookie |
| __paypal_storage__ | PayPal | Required for a secure PayPal transaction. | No expiry date | Local storage |
| __totPaypalSdkButtons_storage__ | PayPal | Required for the PayPal log-in function. | No expiry date | Local storage |
| test_cookie | Checks whether your browser accepts cookies at all. | 1 day | HTTP cookie | |
| rc::a | Google reCAPTCHA | Tells humans from bots, to stop spam and fraudulent orders. | No expiry date | Local storage |
| rc::c | Google reCAPTCHA | Tells humans from bots, to stop spam and fraudulent orders. | Session | Local storage |
Preference cookies 1
Only after you accept the Preferences category.
| Name | Set by | What it does | Retention | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stripe | Runs the secure payment window in which the card details are entered. | Session | Local storage |
Statistics cookies 10
Only after you accept the Statistics category. They tell us how the shop is used, never who you are.
| Name | Set by | What it does | Retention | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics 4 | Assigns an anonymous identifier so visits can be counted and pages compared. | 2 years | HTTP cookie |
| _ga_SVG478GDJC | Google Analytics 4 | Counts how often you have visited and records the first and most recent visit. | 2 years | HTTP cookie |
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity | Collects behaviour data used to build heatmaps and statistical reports. | 1 year | HTTP cookie |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Registers statistical data on behaviour on the site, for our internal analysis. | 1 day | HTTP cookie |
| _cltk | Microsoft Clarity | Registers statistical data on behaviour on the site, for our internal analysis. | Session | Local storage |
| c.gif | Microsoft Clarity | Collects behaviour data used to build heatmaps and statistical reports. | Session | Pixel tracker |
| _cs_id | Contentsquare | Registers statistical data on behaviour on the site, for our internal analysis. | 13 months | HTTP cookie |
| _cs_s | Contentsquare | Measures how often you visit, how long you stay and which sub-pages you open. | 1 day | HTTP cookie |
| _cs_root-domain | Contentsquare | Registers how you reached the website. | Session | HTTP cookie |
| _cs_same_site | Contentsquare | Registers statistical data on behaviour on the site, for our internal analysis. | Session | HTTP cookie |
Marketing cookies 16
Only after you accept the Marketing category. These are the ones that follow you to other websites.
| Name | Set by | What it does | Retention | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | Google Ads | Measures how well our advertising works across websites. | 3 months | HTTP cookie |
| _gcl_ls | Google Ads | Records that you showed interest in a product, so an ad campaign can be measured. | No expiry date | Local storage |
| NID | A unique identifier for a returning device, used by Google for targeted advertising. | 6 months | HTTP cookie | |
| TESTCOOKIESENABLED | Checks whether embedded Google content can use cookies. | 1 day | HTTP cookie | |
| pagead/1p-user-list/# | Google Ads | Records that you showed interest in a product, so an ad campaign can be measured. | Session | Pixel tracker |
| _uetsid | Microsoft Advertising | Identifies your device across websites, so ads can be targeted and repeated less often. | 1 day | HTTP cookie |
| _uetsid | Microsoft Advertising | Identifies your device across websites, so ads can be targeted and repeated less often. | No expiry date | Local storage |
| _uetsid_exp | Microsoft Advertising | Holds the expiry date of the entry with the same name. | No expiry date | Local storage |
| _uetvid | Microsoft Advertising | Identifies your device across websites, so ads can be targeted and repeated less often. | 1 year | HTTP cookie |
| _uetvid | Microsoft Advertising | Identifies your device across websites, so ads can be targeted and repeated less often. | No expiry date | Local storage |
| _uetvid_exp | Microsoft Advertising | Holds the expiry date of the entry with the same name. | No expiry date | Local storage |
| ANONCHK | Microsoft Advertising | Measures how well our advertising works across websites. | 1 day | HTTP cookie |
| MR | Microsoft | Identifies your device across websites, so ads can be targeted and repeated less often. | 7 days | HTTP cookie |
| MUID | Microsoft | A unique user identifier that Microsoft synchronises across its domains for advertising. | 1 year | HTTP cookie |
| SM | Microsoft | A unique user identifier that Microsoft synchronises across its domains for advertising. | Session | HTTP cookie |
| SRM_B | Microsoft | Registers interaction with the search bar, to suggest relevant products. | 1 year | HTTP cookie |
This list is checked, not copied. Cookiebot rescans watchexclusive.eu automatically and the live result is published on our Cookie declaration & settings page. If a cookie appears there that is missing here, the live declaration is the one that counts – and we update this page. Retention times are the maximum lifetime the cookie is created with; deleting your cookies in the browser removes them immediately.
4. The services behind those cookies
Every cookie above belongs to one of these eleven services. This list is identical to the list of recipients in section 4 of our Privacy Policy – the two pages are kept in step deliberately.
| Service | Company and country | What it does for us | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| PrestaShop | I&M Montres s. r. o. (Slovakia) | The shop software itself: session, basket, language and currency. | Necessary |
| Cookiebot | Usercentrics A/S (Denmark) | Shows the consent banner and keeps a dated record of your choice. | Necessary |
| Stripe | Stripe Payments Europe Ltd (Ireland) | Card payments. Card numbers are entered on Stripe’s side and never reach us. | Necessary |
| PayPal | PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. (Luxembourg) | PayPal payments and PayPal log-in. | Necessary |
| Google reCAPTCHA | Google Ireland Ltd (Ireland) | Blocks bots and fraudulent orders in forms. | Necessary |
| Google Analytics 4 + Tag Manager | Google Ireland Ltd (Ireland) | Traffic statistics: visits, pages, sources. Data kept a maximum of 14 months. | Statistics |
| Microsoft Clarity | Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd (Ireland) | Anonymised heatmaps and session replays used to find confusing pages. | Statistics |
| Contentsquare | Contentsquare SA (France) | Anonymised interaction analysis used to improve product and checkout pages. | Statistics |
| Google Ads | Google Ireland Ltd (Ireland) | Measures whether a Google advertisement led to an order, and remarketing. | Marketing |
| Microsoft Advertising (Bing) | Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd (Ireland) | The same for advertising on Bing and the Microsoft network. | Marketing |
| Trustpilot | Trustpilot A/S (Denmark) | Collects verified customer reviews. The widget on our pages sets no cookies of its own. | No cookies |
No social media pixels. We do not run a Meta/Facebook pixel, a TikTok pixel, a Pinterest tag, Hotjar or any newsletter tracking pixel on this site. If that ever changes, this page and the Privacy Policy are updated before the tag goes live.
5. How to change or withdraw your consent
Withdrawing consent must be as easy as giving it. Here it takes two clicks and no e-mail to anyone.
- Open the cookie settings page
Go to Cookie declaration & settings. It shows the live Cookiebot declaration together with the four category switches and your current choice. - Move the switches and save
Turn Preferences, Statistics or Marketing on or off and confirm. The change takes effect immediately, on this browser. - Or wait – consent expires by itself
Your choice is stored for 12 months in a cookie called CookieConsent. After that the banner returns and you decide again from scratch.
Deleting cookies in your browser also resets consent. If you clear the site data, the CookieConsent cookie goes with it and the banner will appear on your next visit.
Blocking cookies in the browser. Every browser can block or delete cookies for a single site: Chrome and Edge under Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies, Safari under Settings → Privacy, Firefox under Settings → Privacy & Security. Blocking all cookies will stop the basket and checkout from working – that is a limitation of the browser setting, not of our shop.
Opting out at the source. You can also switch off Google advertising cookies at adssettings.google.com, Google Analytics with the Google Analytics opt-out add-on, and Microsoft advertising at Microsoft ad settings. These opt-outs work across all websites, not just ours.
6. What happens if you refuse everything
Short answer: you shop exactly as before, and we lose our statistics. Nothing is degraded, delayed or paywalled.
You can browse every product, use search and filters, create an account, place an order, pay by card, PayPal or bank transfer, track your delivery and file a return with all optional cookies refused. We do not use cookie walls, we do not slow the site down and we do not repeat the banner on every page to wear you down.
What we lose is the ability to see which pages are worth improving and whether an advertisement led to a sale. That is a real cost to us, and it is exactly why we ask – but it is your decision, and a „no“ is respected for the full 12 months, the same as a „yes“.
7. The rules we follow
Cookies sit under two separate sets of rules: consent comes from the ePrivacy rules, and what happens to the data afterwards comes from the GDPR.
Consent. Storing anything on your device that is not strictly necessary requires your prior, freely given, specific and informed consent – regulation 6 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR) in the UK, and Article 5(3) of Directive 2002/58/EC in the EU. Consent is collected through Cookiebot, recorded with a timestamp, and can be withdrawn at any time without giving a reason.
The data behind the cookie. Where a cookie identifier counts as personal data, we process it under Article 6(1)(a) UK GDPR – your consent – for statistics and marketing, and Article 6(1)(b) or 6(1)(f) for the necessary cookies that make the shop and its payments work. Details, retention periods and your rights are in the Privacy Policy.
UK data leaving the country. Because we are based in Slovakia, your data is processed in the EU under the UK adequacy decision for the EEA. Google, Microsoft and Stripe route data through their Irish entities; onward transfers to the United States rely on the UK Extension to the EU–US Data Privacy Framework together with the ICO's international data transfer addendum.
If you think we got it wrong. Write to [email protected] first – we answer within 30 days. UK customers can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk); you may also contact the Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic, our lead EU authority.
8. Changes to this page
We update this page whenever a tool is added to or removed from the website, and at least once a year. The date of the current version is shown at the top of the page; the live cookie scan on the Cookie declaration & settings page is refreshed automatically every month.
This page sits alongside our Privacy Policy, our Terms & Conditions and our Refunds & Returns, which together describe your relationship with us.
In force from 4 September 2026. This version replaces the previous cookie notice in full. If you want the earlier wording for your records, ask us at [email protected] and we will send it.
Cookies – frequently asked questions
The questions customers actually ask us about cookies.
Do I have to accept cookies to buy something?
No. Every part of the shop – basket, account, checkout, card and PayPal payment, delivery tracking, returns – works with Statistics and Marketing refused. Only the necessary cookies are needed, and those are set without asking because the law allows it and the shop cannot run without them.
How do I withdraw consent I already gave?
Open Cookie declaration & settings, move the switches and confirm. It takes effect straight away on that browser. Clearing your browser’s site data for watchexclusive.eu has the same effect.
Do you sell my data to advertisers?
No. We never sell or rent personal data. Google and Microsoft receive cookie identifiers so we can measure our own advertising; they act as our processors and are contractually barred from selling that data on.
Why does the banner come back after a while?
Because consent should not be permanent. We store your choice for 12 months, then ask again. If you cleared your cookies or you are on a different browser or device, the banner also returns – consent is stored per browser, not per person.
Are you recording my screen?
Microsoft Clarity and Contentsquare build anonymised heatmaps and session replays of how pages are used – and only if you accept the Statistics category. Text you type into form fields, your password and your payment details are masked and never reach them.
Where is the always-current list?
On the Cookie declaration & settings page. It is generated by Cookiebot’s monthly scan of this site, so it is the authoritative version. The tables above repeat it in plain language and are updated with it.
Your cookies, your call
Change your mind as often as you like – the settings page is always one click away, and refusing never costs you anything in the shop.
Questions about cookies or your data? Write to [email protected] – a person answers, usually the same working day.
