Privacy Policy
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small amount of information sent to your computer or device when you access certain websites. We use several types of cookies on the Shopify website, including essential, performance, advertising, and social media and content cookies. Cookies improve your browsing experience by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don't need to enter this information every time you return to the site or navigate from one page to another. Cookies also provide information about users' use of the website. For example, if it's their first visit or if they are frequent visitors. Read more about cookies (and other similar tracking technologies) and how we use data collected through these technologies in our Privacy Policy.
What cookies do we use and why?
Some cookies are necessary so that you can browse our website, use its features and access secure areas. The use of these cookies is essential for the website to function. For example, we use user input cookies during a session to track entries made by the user when filling out multi-page forms.
We also use functionality cookies to record choices you make or information you provide, such as your username, language or region. This allows us to tailor the website experience to your preferences. For example, authentication cookies are functional cookies used during a session (or permanently, if you agree to the "Remember my details" function) that allow the user to authenticate themselves on subsequent visits or receive access to authorized content on all pages . The functional cookies we use include:
- User-centric security cookies to detect authentication abuse for a limited persistent period, such as repeated failed login attempts. These cookies have the specific function of increasing the security of the service.
- Multimedia content player session cookies (flash cookies) are used during a session to store technical data necessary for playing audio or video content (e.g. image quality, network connection speed and buffering parameters) .
- Session cookies for load balancing are used during a session to identify the same server among those present, so that the load balancer can redirect user requests appropriately.
- Persistent user interface personalization cookies are used to store user preferences regarding the same service on all web pages.
Shopify is committed to the user experience, which is why we use several tools to improve our website and commerce platform. To do this, we use analysis and reporting cookies to collect information about how and how often you use our website or store windows. These cookies collect information for statistical purposes only and only use pseudonymous cookie identifiers, which do not identify you personally. The performance cookies we use include:
- Own analysis cookies: we use these cookies to estimate the number of unique visitors, improve our websites and those of our retailers, as well as detect the most searched words in search engines responsible for directing traffic to a web page. These cookies are not used to target you with digital marketing. We use these cookies to evaluate the performance of our websites and those of our retailers and make relevant improvements in order to improve your browsing experience.
- Third-party analytics cookies: We also use Google Analytics and other analytics providers listed below to measure user interaction with website content. These cookies "remember" what users have done on previous pages and how they interacted with the website. To learn more about Google Analytics , visit the Google information page. Below, see guidance on how to disable Google Analytics.
Advertising cookies are used on our website to tailor marketing to your preferences and interests, providing a more personalized service in the future. These cookies remember that you have visited our website, and we may share this information with third parties, such as advertisers. Although these cookies can track your device's access to our website and other websites, in general, they cannot identify you personally. Without these cookies, the ads you see may be less relevant and interesting to you. Read more about how companies use cookies for targeted and retargeted advertising here. We do not set advertising cookies for storefronts, but our retailers can do this if they wish.
Finally, content and social media cookies are included in many social media plugins (e.g. the Facebook "Like" button) and other tools designed to provide or improve the content of a website (e.g. services that allow you to play video files or create a comments section). We integrate these modules into our platform to improve the browsing experience and interaction with our websites. It is important to note that some of these third-party services send cookies that are also used for other purposes, such as behavioral advertising, analytics and/or market research.
Store windows
When retailers use our platform to supply their online stores, we place the following cookies for visitors to their stores:
Cookies necessary for the store to function:
Name : _ab Function: Used in connection with admin access. Duration: 2 years
Name : _customer_account_shop_sessions Function: Used in combination with the _secure_account_session_id cookie to track a user's session for new customer accounts Duration: 30 days
Name : _secure_account_session_id Function: Used to track a user's session for new customer accounts. Duration: 30 days
Name : _landing_page Function: Track references that took a visitor to a retailer's store. Duration: 2 weeks
Name : _orig_referrer Function: Track references that took a visitor to a retailer's store. Duration: 2 weeks
Name : _secure_session_id Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 1 day
Name : _shopify_country Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 2 years
Name : _shopify_fs Function: Used in connection with custom page updates. Duration: 2 years
Name : _shopify_s Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 1 year
Name : _shopify_sa_p Function: Used in connection with custom page updates. Duration: 1 day
Name : _shopify_sa_t Function: Used in connection with custom page updates. Duration: 1 day
Name : _shopify_uniq Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 2 years
Name : _shopify_visit Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 30 minutes
Name : _shopify_y Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 2 years
Cookies necessary for merchant analysis and reporting:
Name : _shopify_fs Function: Used in connection with custom page updates. Duration: 2 years
Name : _shopify_s Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 1 year
Name : _shopify_sa_t Function: Used in connection with custom page updates. Duration: 1 day
Name : _shopify_uniq Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 2 years
Name : _shopify_visit Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 30 minutes
Name : _shopify_y Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 2 years
Cookies necessary for store security:
Name : _s Function: Used to track browsing through the store. Duration: 30 minutes
Privacy Policy : _shopify_fs Function: Used in connection with custom page updates. Duration: 2 years
Name : _shopify_s Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 1 year
Name : _shopify_sa_t Function: Used in connection with custom page updates. Duration: 1 day
Name : _shopify_uniq Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 2 years
Name : _shopify_visit Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 30 minutes
Name : _shopify_y Function: Used in connection with store navigation. Duration: 2 years
For more information about cookies in stores, visit the Shopify Help page.
How to manage cookies
By using our website, you agree to the placement of cookies on your device. However, you can control and manage cookies in several ways. Please remember that removing or blocking cookies may affect your user experience and parts of the website may no longer be fully accessible.
Browser Settings
Most browsers allow you to set your cookie preferences. You can configure your browser to refuse cookies or automatically delete them when the browser closes. Consult your browser's instructions or help function to learn more about adjusting or modifying your browser settings.
Cookie management tools
In addition to browser settings, there are several cookie management tools available that allow you to control the cookies used on specific websites. You can disable or enable cookies as desired. Some of these cookie management tools are provided by third parties.
Disable third-party cookies
Third-party cookies are usually placed by partner companies to provide features and services on our website. These cookies can be blocked or removed through your browser settings. However, disabling third-party cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of the site.
Opting out of behavioral advertising
Some third parties provide options to opt-out or opt-out of behavioral advertising. To learn more about these choices or to learn more about behavioral advertising practices and to receive more information about the choices you can make regarding these cookies, visit www.aboutads.info/choices or www.youronlinechoices.eu .
Please be aware that disabling cookies may affect your experience using the website. These cookie settings only apply to the device and browser you are currently using. If you use different devices and browsers, you will need to repeat this process for each one.
Cookie Policy Updates
We may update this cookie policy periodically to reflect changes to our cookie practices, so please check this page regularly for the latest information. If we make significant changes to this cookie policy, we will notify you here or by other means, such as email, before the changes take effect.