About cookies on ReSound.com

Website provider

GN Hearing A/S
Lautrupbjerg 7
DK-2750 Ballerup

Phone: +45 4575 1111
Fax: +45 4575 1119

About cookies
Cookies are information packets sent by web servers to web browsers, and stored by the web browsers. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables a web server to identify and track web browsers. There are two main kinds of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are deleted from your computer when you close your browser, whereas persistent cookies remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach their expiry date.

Cookies on our website

www.resound.com uses the following cookies on this website, for the following purposes: SessionID cookie to remember contents of “compare basket” for product comparison. Disabling this cookie will cause www.resound.com to “forget” your comparison choices.

For additional information on collection of personal information, see our Privacy Policy.

Third party cookies

When you use this website, you may also be sent the following third party cookies, which may be used for the following purposes: www.resound.com uses Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The duration of the cookie is throught the session, an interaction term between a visitor's browser and a particular site. When a user visits a page on the website, it creates a session. A user session expires after 30 minutes of inactivity by the user. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. www.resound.com uses sIFR fonts for headings. sIFR fonts are based on Flash and a cookie named sifrFetch is set to indicate whether the browser supports Flash and thus sIFR or not. Disabling this cookie can cause error messages to appear in older browsers. The cookie expires at the end of a session.

Refusing cookies

Blocking cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of some websites.
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. See how when using:

Internet Explorer

Managing cookies in Internet Explore (IE) 7.0+

If you are using Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0+:

Go to 'Tools' in the menu bar
Click on 'Options'
Click on 'Privacy' Tab on top
Click on 'Advanced"" button
Select "Prompt" for both "First party cookies" and "Third Party Cookies"

To delete existing cookies:

Go to 'Tools' in the menu bar
Click on 'Options'
Click on 'General' Tab on top
In "Browsing History" section, click on "Delete"
Click on "Delete Cookies"

This procedure will stop sites from installing cookies on your Internet Explorer 7.0 browser.

Managing cookies in Internet Explore (IE) 8.0+

If you are using Internet Explorer (IE) 8.0+:

Go to 'Tools' in the menu bar which should drop down then click on 'Internet Options'
Click on 'Privacy' Tab on top
Click on 'Sites' a new window should open called 'Per Site Privacy Actions'
Type in the URL of the site you wish to allow or block cookie in the 'Address of website' box

To delete existing cookies:

Go to 'Tools' in the menu bar which should drop down then click on 'Internet Options'
Click on 'Privacy' Tab on top
Click on 'Sites' a new window should open called 'Per Site Privacy Actions'
Under the "Managed websites' box there should be a list of all the webistes you have visited.
To remove all cookies simply click on the "Remove all" button.

This procedure will stop sites from installing cookies on your Internet Explorer 8.0 browser.

Managing cookies in Internet Explore (IE) 9.0+

If you are using Internet Explorer (IE) 9.0+:

Go to 'Tools' in the menu bar which should drop down then click on 'Internet Options'
Click on 'Privacy' Tab on top
Move the slider up to the 'Block all Cookies' button. Important Notice: Blocking all cookies may prevent you from entering a lot of sites.
The next two Internet Explorer privacy levels, High and Medium High, may be more suitable.

To delete existing cookies:

Go to 'Tools' in the menu bar which should drop down then click on 'Internet Options'
Click on 'General' tab which should be under 'Browsing History' and click 'Delete'

This procedure will stop sites from installing cookies on your Internet Explorer 9.0 browser.

Firefox

Managing cookies in Firefox 2.x, 3.x or 4.x

If you are using Firefox 2.x, 3.x or 4.x to disable cookies:

Go to 'Tools' in the menu bar
Click on 'Options'
Click on 'Privacy Tab'
Disable the box that says 'Accept Cookies From sites'

To clear existing cookies:

Go to 'Tools' in the menu bar
Click on 'Options'
Click on 'Privacy Tab'
Click on "Clear Now"
Select "Cookies"
Click on "Clear Private Data Now"

This procedure will stop sites from installing cookies on your Firefox browser.

Managing cookies from the latest Firefox 8.0 browser

You can specify your cookie options under Firefox 8.0 by selecting Tools -> Options -> Privacy. On the Privacy box, you can disallows websites from tracking you by checking on the “Tell web site I do not want to be tracked” under Tracking. But even if you are tracked, you can go to the linked “remove individual cooker” which opens up a new dialog box containing the websites and their respective cookie files saved by the browser.

You can individually delete the cookies, search for specific cookie or just delete all of the with one click.

Google Chrome

Managing cookies in Google Chrome

If you are using Google Chrome to disable cookies:

Go to 'Tools Menu'
Click on 'Options'
Click on 'Under the Hood'
'Cookie Setting' should be selected. Once done select 'Block all Cookies'

Now all cookies should be blocked on your Google Chrome.

To clear existing cookies:

Go to 'Tools Menu'
Click on 'Options'
Click on 'Under the Hood'
Under 'Privacy' section select "Show Cookies'
A new window should open called 'Cookies' In here you can see all the cookies within your Google Chrome Browser.
Click on "Remove All" to remove all traces of cookies. If you wish to only remove a certain cookie, simply highlight and click "Remove"

This procedure will stop sites from installing cookies on your Google Chrome browser.