The Lakeshore Recycling Systems  Cookie Policy (“Cookie Policy”) applies to this website (“Site”) and LRS subsidiaries and/or affiliates (hereinafter “LRS”, “we”. “us”, “our”). This Policy sets out how we collect and process information about you on the Site through the use of cookies. We use the term “cookies” in this Policy to refer to website cookies and to similar technologies that may collect information automatically when you visit the LRS Site (such as pixel tags, web beacons, device IDs and similar technologies).

What is a cookie and why does LRS use cookies?

A cookie is a small text file or a piece of information that may be stored on your computer when you visit a website. Almost every website uses cookie technology. Cookies serve a number of purposes such as letting you navigate between webpages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. Cookies may tell us, for example, whether you have visited our Site before or whether you are a new visitor. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. In addition, cookies can help us to analyze the use of our websites and online content (analytics cookies) and they can also facilitate/track the interaction on our websites and online content with social media (e.g. links to social media sites, like buttons, etc.).

We may use cookies to personalize your interactions with our Site. You do not have to accept our cookies and you may set your browser to restrict their use and you may delete them after they have been placed on your computer or mobile devices. If you do not accept or delete our cookies, some areas of our Site may take more time to work, or may not function properly. Under the laws of certain countries, cookies may be served, as long as individuals have provided their consent, having been given clear and comprehensive information, in particular about the purposes for which their personal data will be processed. Effective consent may be provided by using your browser settings, as long as you take positive action. Before using our Site, you are advised to check your current browser settings to ensure that the settings reflect your consent for LRS to place cookies on your devices.

LRS may also collect additional information from your web browser each time you visit our Site. We may collect information about the pages that you visit and the time spent on each web page or area of the Site, the promotions or advertisements that you click on, and other actions that you take while using our Site. This information may include your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, the type of browser, the time that your browser was used to access our Site, and the referring web site’s address. We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), to help us analyze use of the Site. For more information on how Google uses this data, go to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

How long do cookies last for?

Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time. Some cookies are ‘session cookies’. These cookies exist only while your browser is open and are deleted automatically once you close your browser. Other cookies are ‘persistent cookies’. These cookies survive after your browser is closed until a defined expiration date. They can be used by websites to recognize your computer when you open your browser and browse the Internet again.

What other technologies are used to track my LRS Site visits?

We may also use other tracking technologies, such as pixel tags and web beacons. These technologies help us ascertain the effectiveness of our product and service campaigns and marketing programs, allow us to customize the services offered on or through our Site, and help determine the best use for Site’s content, and product and service offerings. Some of this information, including the IP address, may be stored on our Internet service provider’s server logs, and may be available for extended periods of time.

What types of cookies do we use?

There are two broad categories of cookies. Cookies that are essential for the operation of LRS, also known as Strictly Necessary Cookies, enable features without which you would not be able to use our Site as intended. Your consent is not required for the use of Strictly Necessary Cookies, which is why Strictly Necessary Cookies cannot be disabled using the features of or the links our LRS Site. However, you have the option to completely disable cookies in your browser at any time. The other category of cookies is cookies which, in strictly legal terms, are not essential to use our Site. Nevertheless, these cookies do still fulfil important functions. You may disable any of these cookies via your browser settings. However, if you do so, various functions of the LRS Site may be unavailable to you or may not work the way you want them to.

The specific types of cookies served through the LRS Site are described below: