Cookies Policy

Cookies Policy

This Cookies Policy explains how merrymarket.store ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website at merrymarket.store (the "Site"). This policy explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work more efficiently and to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, merrymarket.store) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics).

2. Why Do We Use Cookies?

We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Site to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Site. Third parties serve cookies through our Site for advertising, analytics, and other purposes.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for you to browse the Site and use its features. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, such as shopping carts and e-billing, cannot be provided.

Purpose:

  • Enable navigation and basic functionality
  • Provide secure access to the Site
  • Remember items in your shopping cart
  • Maintain your session during your visit
  • Authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use

Duration: Session cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (remain until expiration or deletion)

3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Site, such as which pages visitors go to most often and if they receive error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor individually. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

Purpose:

  • Understand how visitors interact with our Site
  • Analyze Site traffic and usage patterns
  • Measure the effectiveness of our content
  • Identify and fix errors
  • Test different designs and features
  • Improve Site performance and user experience

Examples: Google Analytics, Shopify Analytics

Duration: Typically 1-2 years

3.3 Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow the Site to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.

Purpose:

  • Remember your preferences and settings
  • Remember your login details
  • Provide enhanced and personalized features
  • Remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other customizable parts of web pages

Duration: Session cookies or persistent cookies (up to 2 years)

3.4 Targeting and Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Purpose:

  • Deliver targeted advertising based on your interests
  • Limit the number of times you see an ad
  • Measure advertising campaign effectiveness
  • Track your browsing habits across different websites
  • Build a profile of your interests

Examples: Facebook Pixel, Google Ads, retargeting pixels

Duration: Typically 1-2 years

3.5 Social Media Cookies

These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button or "like" button on our Site, or when you engage with our content on or through a social networking website such as Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

Purpose:

  • Enable social media sharing functionality
  • Track social media interactions
  • Provide personalized content from social networks

Examples: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest

Duration: Varies by social media platform

4. Specific Cookies We Use

4.1 Shopify Cookies

As our Site is hosted on Shopify, the following cookies are used:

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
_ab Used in connection with access to admin 2 years
_secure_session_id Used in connection with navigation through a storefront Session
cart Used in connection with shopping cart 2 weeks
cart_sig Used in connection with checkout 2 weeks
cart_ts Used in connection with checkout 2 weeks
checkout_token Used in connection with checkout 1 year
secret Used in connection with checkout 1 year
secure_customer_sig Used in connection with customer login 1 year
storefront_digest Used in connection with customer login 2 years
_shopify_visit Used by our website provider's internal stats tracker to record the number of visits 30 minutes
_shopify_uniq Used to count the number of visits to the store by a single customer 1 year

4.2 Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your personal information here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

5. Other Tracking Technologies

5.1 Web Beacons

We may use web beacons (also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs) on our Site and in our emails. Web beacons are tiny graphics with a unique identifier that are used to track the online movements of web users or to access cookies. They are embedded invisibly on web pages or in emails.

5.2 Local Storage

We may use local storage technologies, such as HTML5, to store content information and preferences. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our Site or to display advertising based upon your web browsing activity may also use HTML5 to collect and store information.

6. How to Control Cookies

6.1 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it will no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings like login information.

Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

  • Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
  • Mozilla Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
  • Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
  • Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data
  • Opera: Settings → Privacy & security → Cookies

6.2 Opt-Out Tools

You can opt out of targeted advertising by visiting:

6.3 Mobile Devices

Your mobile device may allow you to control cookies through its settings. Please refer to your device manufacturer's instructions for more information.

6.4 Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. Currently, there is no industry standard for how to respond to DNT signals, and our Site does not respond to DNT browser signals at this time.

7. Cookie Consent

When you first visit our Site, you will be asked to consent to our use of cookies. You can withdraw your consent at any time by:

  • Changing your browser settings to block or delete cookies
  • Using the cookie preference center (if available)
  • Contacting us directly

Please note that if you choose to block or delete cookies, some features of our Site may not function properly, and your user experience may be affected.

8. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Site and deliver advertisements on and through the Site.

We do not control these third-party cookies and their use is governed by the privacy policies of the third parties using such cookies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party services:

9. Updates to This Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Cookies Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.

We encourage you to review this Cookies Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

10. Your Rights Under GDPR

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regarding cookies and personal data:

  • The right to access your personal data
  • The right to rectify inaccurate personal data
  • The right to erase your personal data
  • The right to restrict processing of your personal data
  • The right to data portability
  • The right to object to processing of your personal data
  • The right to withdraw consent at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us:

Website: merrymarket.store
Contact: merrymarket149@gmail.com

12. Additional Resources

For more information about cookies and how to manage them, you can visit: