A few days ago, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the United Kingdom, began enforcing a new Cookie law. The law is supposed to help educate internet users about cookies, protect them from unwanted marketing, and safeguard their privacy.

This new law means that all UK based Shopify stores (us) should provide information about the purposes of any cookies they use, and obtain consent from website users before any cookies can be set:

What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a small file that is downloaded onto your computer when you visit a website. It allows us to recognize and tailor our site to you and it won’t harm your computer.

Opting Out of Cookies

If you prefer, you can restrict, block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings but that may mean that you won’t be able to add and buy products from our store.

Which Cookies Do We Use?

Name / Domain:
_session_id / storefront
Purpose:
Allows Shopify to store information about your session (referrer, etc.)
Data Kind:
Unique Token
Sessional or Persistent?:
Sessional

Name / Domain:
_shopify_visit / storefront and checkout.shopify.com
Purpose:
Used by our internal stats tracker to record the number of visits to the shop
Data Kind:
None
Sessional or Persistent?:
Persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit

Name / Domain:
_shopify_uniq / storefront and checkout.shopify.com
Purpose:
Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer
Data Kind:
None
Sessional or Persistent?:
Expires midnight (relative to the visitor) of the next day

Name / Domain:
cart / storefront
Purpose:
Stores information about the contents of your cart
Data Kind:
Unique Token
Sessional or Persistent?:
Persistent for 2 weeks

Name / Domain:
_secure_session_id / storefront
Purpose:
Stores session information for the checkout process
Data Kind:
Unique Token
Sessional or Persistent?:
Sessional


Since we also have Google Analytics and use Paypal:

Name:
PREF
Who Sets It?:
Google
Purpose:
Tracking who visits the store and from where
Sessional or Persistent?:
Persistent for a very short period

Name:
Unique to each user
Who Sets It?:
PayPal
Purpose:
Payment transactions
Sessional or Persistent?:
Sessional


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