COOKIES
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function, to improve efficiency, and to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies can be “persistent” (remaining on your device until deleted) or “session” (deleted when you close your browser).
2. How We Use Cookies
At Panic The Mother (“we”, “us”, “our”), we use cookies and similar technologies on our website to:
- Ensure the website operates as intended
- Remember your preferences (such as language or region)
- Analyse website traffic and usage
- Personalise your experience
- Enable social media features
- Deliver relevant advertising and marketing communications
3. Types of Cookies We Use
- Strictly Necessary Cookies:
These are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
- Performance/Analytics Cookies:
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often. For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how people use our website. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
- Functionality Cookies:
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personalised features.
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies:
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners, such as Facebook or Google Ads. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
- Social Media Cookies:
These cookies are set by social media services (such as Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest) that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks.
4. Third-Party Cookies
We may allow trusted third parties to set cookies on your device for analytics, advertising, and social media integration. For example:
- Shopify: Our website is hosted on Shopify, which uses cookies for essential site functions, security, and analytics.
- Google Analytics: To help us understand website usage and improve our services.
- Facebook Pixel: For targeted advertising and measuring the effectiveness of our marketing.
- Klaviyo/Mailchimp: For email marketing and tracking engagement (if you subscribe to our mailing list).
- Social Media Plugins: To enable sharing and engagement with our content.
5. Managing Cookies
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie banner asking for your consent to use non-essential cookies. You can accept or reject different categories of cookies using the cookie banner or by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link in the website footer at any time.
You can also manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note, disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
For more information about managing cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org or your browser’s help section.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
heylover@panicthemother.com
