Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains how Unusual Designer Gifts uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.
It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and protect your personal information.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small files or pieces of information that websites can store on or access from your device, such as your computer, tablet or smartphone.
Cookies and similar technologies can help websites function correctly, remember information and preferences, understand how a website is being used and, where permitted, support analytics, personalisation and advertising.
2. How We Use Cookies
Unusual Designer Gifts uses cookies and similar technologies for purposes that may include:
- Operating our online shop
- Remembering items in your shopping basket
- Enabling checkout and payment functionality
- Maintaining website security
- Preventing or detecting fraud
- Remembering your preferences and cookie choices
- Understanding how our website is used
- Measuring and improving website performance
- Supporting marketing and advertising, where you have given the appropriate consent
3. Strictly Necessary Cookies
Some cookies and similar technologies are necessary for our website and the services you request to work correctly.
These may be used for purposes such as:
- Remembering products added to your basket
- Enabling checkout
- Processing website requests
- Maintaining security
- Preventing or detecting fraud
- Authenticating customers
- Remembering your cookie choices
Where a cookie or similar technology is strictly necessary to provide a service you have requested, your consent is not normally required.
You may be able to block these technologies through your browser, but doing so may prevent parts of the website from working correctly.
4. Analytics and Performance
We may use analytics and performance technologies to help us understand how visitors use our website and how the website performs.
This may include information such as which pages are visited, how customers navigate around the website and how different parts of the website are used.
Where consent is required for these technologies, they will only be used for these purposes after you have provided the appropriate consent.
5. Functional and Personalisation Technologies
Some technologies may be used to remember choices you make or provide additional functionality and personalisation.
Where consent is required, these technologies will only be used after you have provided the appropriate consent.
6. Marketing and Advertising
We and our service providers may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies for marketing and advertising purposes.
These technologies may help measure advertising effectiveness or provide advertising and content that may be more relevant to you.
Where consent is required, marketing and advertising technologies will only be used after you have provided the appropriate consent.
7. Shopify
Our online store is hosted by Shopify.
Shopify uses cookies and similar technologies to provide and secure its e-commerce services and may also provide analytics, personalisation and other functionality.
The cookies and technologies used can vary depending on the Shopify services and features active on our store.
For further information about Shopify's use of cookies and personal information, please refer to Shopify's privacy and cookie information.
8. Third-Party Services
Some features and services on our website are provided by third parties.
Depending on the services active on our website and the choices you make, these may include:
- Payment providers
- Klarna
- Analytics providers
- Marketing and advertising services
- Website applications and integrations
- Other technology providers
These organisations may use their own cookies or similar technologies.
Where consent is required, these technologies should only be used for the relevant purposes after you have provided the appropriate consent.
Third-party providers may also process information in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies.
9. Your Cookie Choices
When you visit our website, our cookie controls allow you to make choices about the use of non-essential cookies and similar technologies.
You can accept or decline non-essential technologies through the choices provided.
Where available, you can also return to the cookie preferences provided on our website to review or change your choices.
Withdrawing or changing your consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before your preferences were changed.
10. Browser Settings
Most web browsers also allow you to manage cookies through their settings.
Depending on your browser, you may be able to:
- View cookies stored on your device
- Delete cookies
- Block some or all cookies
- Block third-party cookies
- Clear cookies when you close your browser
Please be aware that blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent some parts of our website, basket or checkout from functioning correctly.
11. How Long Cookies Remain on Your Device
Some cookies are temporary and expire when you close your browser or at the end of a browsing session.
Other cookies may remain on your device for a longer period so that information or preferences can be remembered between visits.
The duration of individual cookies varies according to their purpose and the service that provides them.
12. Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, the technologies and services we use, or applicable legal requirements.
We recommend reviewing this page periodically.
13. More Information
For more information about how Unusual Designer Gifts collects, uses and protects your personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, please contact:
Unusual Designer Gifts Ltd
14 Osprey Close
Marchwood
Southampton
Hampshire
SO40 4XJ
United Kingdom