Effective date: [EFFECTIVE_DATE] | Last updated: [EFFECTIVE_DATE]
This Cookie Policy explains how [COMPANY_LEGAL_NAME] uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on [WEBSITE_URL] (the “Site”), and how you can control them. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to recognize your browser, remember information about your visit (such as items in your cart), and, in some cases, track your activity across sites over time.
2. Categories of Cookies We Use
2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies (WooCommerce)
These cookies are required for the Site’s core shopping functionality and cannot be disabled without breaking checkout. They include WooCommerce session and cart cookies (for example, woocommerce_cart_hash, woocommerce_items_in_cart, and wp_woocommerce_session_*), which allow the Site to remember what’s in your cart as you browse and complete checkout, and WordPress login cookies for customers who choose to create an account. These cookies do not require consent under applicable cookie-consent laws because the Site cannot function as a store without them.
2.2 Functional Cookies
These remember choices you make (such as display preferences) to improve your experience on return visits. Disabling them does not prevent checkout but may reduce convenience.
2.3 Analytics Cookies
Where enabled, analytics cookies (e.g., from Google Analytics or a comparable provider) help us understand aggregate traffic patterns — which pages are visited, how long visitors stay, and how they found the Site — so we can improve content and performance. This data is used in aggregate and is not used to individually identify you for marketing purposes.
2.4 Third-Party Payment Processor Cookies
Our payment processors — Stripe and PayPal — may set their own cookies during checkout for fraud prevention, authentication, and to enable their payment interfaces to function correctly. These are governed by Stripe’s and PayPal’s own cookie and privacy policies, not by [COMPANY_LEGAL_NAME].
2.5 Marketing/Advertising Cookies
If we run advertising or retargeting campaigns, third-party advertising cookies may be used to show relevant ads on other sites based on your browsing activity on ours. These are only set with your consent where required by law.
3. How Long Cookies Last
Session cookies (including most WooCommerce cart cookies) are deleted automatically when you close your browser. Persistent cookies (such as login or analytics cookies) remain on your device for a set period, or until you delete them manually.
4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
- Cookie consent banner: where required by law (e.g., for visitors in the EEA, UK, or California), a cookie consent banner allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies on your first visit.
- Browser controls: most browsers let you block or delete cookies through their settings. Note that blocking strictly necessary cookies (Section 2.1) will prevent the shopping cart and checkout from functioning correctly.
- Analytics opt-out: where we use Google Analytics, you may opt out using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on or equivalent tools.
5. Do Not Track
Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” signal. Because there is no universally accepted standard for how sites should respond, our Site does not currently respond differently to Do Not Track signals; however, you can still control cookies as described in Section 4.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in the cookies and technologies we use. The “Last updated” date above reflects the most recent revision.
7. Contact Us
[COMPANY_LEGAL_NAME]
[BUSINESS_ADDRESS]
Email: [SUPPORT_EMAIL]
Phone: [PHONE_NUMBER]