Last updated: January 2025
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to recognise your device and store certain information about your preferences or actions. Cookies are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide reporting information to website owners.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to make our website function correctly, to understand how visitors interact with our pages, and to personalise your experience where you have given us consent to do so.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They are usually set in response to actions you take, such as setting your privacy preferences or placing an order. Without these cookies, some parts of the website will not work properly.
- Session management cookies to maintain your browsing session.
- Security cookies that help prevent fraudulent activity.
- Load balancing cookies used to ensure stable website performance.
Analytics & Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and anonymous.
- We may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors navigate our site. Google Analytics uses cookies to track page visits, session duration, and navigation paths. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as remembering your preferences.
Marketing & Targeting Cookies
We may use these cookies to show you relevant advertising on other websites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some pages on our website may embed content from third parties (for example, social media widgets or payment processors), which may set their own cookies. We do not control these cookies. The relevant third parties are:
- Stripe: sets cookies to facilitate secure payment processing.
- Instagram / Meta: if you follow links to our social media profiles, Meta may set cookies.
- Google: if analytics or advertising services are enabled.
We encourage you to review the privacy and cookie policies of these third parties directly.
5. How to Manage & Delete Cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies currently on your device and set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionality may not work.
Browser cookie management instructions:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data.
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data.
- Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data.
You can also manage your consent preferences at any time by clicking “Cookie Settings” in the footer of our website (once a cookie banner has been implemented).
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about how we use cookies, please contact us at privacy@velvetandvalor.com or visit our Contact page.