This page explains cookies and similar storage or access technologies in connection with beaconbrandsltd.shop, operated by BEACON BRANDS LTD. Read it with the Privacy Policy, which covers the wider handling of personal information.
What these technologies do
Cookies store small amounts of information on a device. Related technologies include browser storage, pixels and scripts that store or access information. Their purpose can include keeping a basket available, maintaining a sign-in session, remembering a choice or measuring use of a service.
The name or size of a cookie does not determine whether consent is needed. Its purpose, how information is used and whether the applicable legal conditions are met are what matter. Information can relate to a person even where it does not contain their name.
Essential functionality
Storage or access strictly necessary to provide a service you request can qualify for an exception from consent. Examples can include maintaining the basket during checkout or supporting a requested sign-in. Necessary security functions must be assessed by their actual purpose; a useful business feature is not automatically strictly necessary.
An essential function does not authorise unrelated advertising or tracking. Where one technology serves several purposes, every purpose must be assessed, rather than describing the whole technology as essential because one of its uses is necessary.
Measurement, preferences and advertising
Some measurement of service use or adaptation to a user's preferences can qualify for a specific UK exception, subject to its conditions. Those exceptions do not make all analytics consent-free. Where applicable, clear information and a simple, free way to object must be provided. Tracking people across services or for advertising is not covered merely because it is described as analytics.
Where consent is required, it must be obtained before the relevant storage or access. Optional advertising, personalisation or measurement must not be treated as accepted just because someone browses, buys a product or agrees to the Terms of Service. A written notice does not itself switch a technology off or record a valid choice.
Managing choices
Use any privacy controls presented with a feature to make the choices explained there. Consent must be capable of being withdrawn as easily as it is given. Where an applicable exception provides a right to object, that objection must be available without charge. For help identifying a technology or communicating a privacy choice, contact us.
Browser settings also let you inspect, clear or restrict site data. Blocking all storage may affect shopping or account functions as well as optional features. Browser controls are additional tools; they do not replace a website's duty to obtain consent or offer an applicable objection route.
Choices may be specific to a browser or device. Clearing site data or using a different device can remove or separate a stored preference. Withdrawing consent governs future use based on that consent; a request concerning information already held is dealt with under applicable data-protection rights.
Providers and duration
Shopify provides the store platform. Its general processing is described in Shopify's privacy information. The technology used for a specific payment or optional feature depends on that service; a platform's general notice is not a complete inventory of this website's enabled technologies.
Session storage can end when a browser session closes; persistent storage can remain for its set lifetime or until removed. The relevant purpose and permitted duration must be assessed for each technology. You can contact us with a cookie name or a description of the feature concerned to ask for information. Please do not send your entire browsing history or account credentials.
External platforms and marketing messages
Following a link to BeaconBrandsLtd on Etsy takes you to a separate platform with its own privacy controls. Your choices there do not automatically set choices on this website, or vice versa.
Email marketing is a separate issue from browser storage. If you receive an optional marketing message, use its unsubscribe option or contact us to object. Declining marketing does not prevent necessary communications about an order or a privacy request.
Contact and changes
For cookie or privacy questions, email support@beaconbrandsltd.shop, call +44 7700 141338, or use our contact page. The controller is BEACON BRANDS LTD, company 16731039, registered office 483 Green Lanes, London, United Kingdom, N13 4BS.
This policy may be updated when relevant services or legal requirements change. A new written version does not replace any consent or information required for a new purpose. You may raise data-protection concerns with the Information Commissioner's Office.