Cookie Policy

 BACKGROUND

            This website sokollab.co.uk (“Our Site”) uses Cookies and similar technologies in order to distinguish you from other users. By using Cookies, We are able to provide you with a better experience and to improve Our Site by better understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur when you press the Cookie Consent button on website. If you do not agree to Our Cookie Policy, please stop using Our Site immediately. 

  1. Definitions and Interpretation
    • In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

 

“Cookie”

means a small file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site;

“Cookie Law”

means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”);

“personal data”

means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by the Data Protection Act 2018 or EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”);

“We/Us/Our”

means Sokollab Ltd, a limited company registered in England under company number 11180305 whose registered office is at International House, 36-38 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NG

 

  1. Information About Us
    • Our Site is owned and operated by Sokollab Ltd, a limited company registered in England under company number 11180305 whose registered office is at International House, 36-38 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NG
    • Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted via, privacy@sokollab.com or by post at International House, 36-38 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NG

 

  1. How Does Our Site Use Cookies?
    • Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
    • By using Our Site, you may also receive certain third party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. Third party Cookies are used on Our Site for analytics purposes. For more details, please refer to section 4 below.
    • All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following types of Cookie:
      • Strictly Necessary Cookies

A Cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of Our Site, supporting functions such as logging in, your shopping basket, and payment transactions.

  • Analytics Cookies

It is important for Us to understand how you use Our Site, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable us to gather this information, helping Us to improve Our Site and your experience of it.

  • Functionality Cookies

Functionality Cookies enable Us to provide additional functions to you on Our Site such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences. Some functionality Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all necessarily fall into that category.

  • Targeting Cookies

It is important for Us to know when and how often you visit Our Site, and which parts of it you have used (including which pages you have visited and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this information helps us to better understand you and, in turn, to make Our Site and advertising more relevant to your interests.

  • Persistent Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookie may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.

  • Session Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

  • For more details of the personal data that We collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
  • For more specific details of the Cookies that We use, please refer to the table below.

 

  1. What Cookies Does Our Site Use?

 

 

  • Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, however whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
  • The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) analytics Cookies to gather the required information.

Cookies Necessary for Functioning of the Store (Strictly Necessary)

NAME

FUNCTION

DURATION

NECESSARY

_ab

Used in connection with access to admin.

2y

Y

_customer_account_shop_sessions

Used in combination with the _secure_account_session_id cookie to track a user's session for new customer accounts

30d

Y

_secure_account_session_id

Used to track a user's session for new customer accounts

30d

Y

_secure_session_id

Used to track a user's session through the multi-step checkout process and keep their order, payment and shipping details connected.

24h

Y

_shopify_country

For shops where pricing currency/country set from GeoIP, that cookie stores the country we've detected. This cookie helps avoid doing GeoIP lookups after the first request.

session

Y

_shopify_m

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

1y

Y

_shopify_tm

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

30min

Y

_shopify_tw

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

2w

Y

_storefront_u

Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

1min

Y

_tracking_consent

Used to store a user's preferences if a merchant has set up privacy rules in the visitor's region.

1y

Y

_cmp_a

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

1d

Y

c

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Y

cart

Used in connection with shopping cart.

2w

Y

cart_currency

Set after a checkout is completed to ensure that new carts are in the same currency as the last checkout.

2w

Y

cart_sig

A hash of the contents of a cart. This is used to verify the integrity of the cart and to ensure performance of some cart operations.

2w

Y

cart_ts

Used in connection with checkout.

2w

Y

cart_ver

Used in connection with shopping cart.

2w

Y

checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

4w

Y

checkout_token

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Y

customer_account_locale

Used in connection with new customer accounts

1y

Y

dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart

Used in connection with checkout.

30min

Y

hide_shopify_pay_for_checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

session

Y

keep_alive

Used in connection with buyer localization.

2w

Y

master_device_id

Used in connection with merchant login.

2y

Y

previous_step

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Y

discount_code

Used in connection with checkout.

session

Y

remember_me

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Y

secure_customer_sig

Used to identify a user after they sign into a shop as a customer so they do not need to log in again.

1y

Y

shopify_pay

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Y

shopify_pay_redirect

Used in connection with checkout.

1 hour, 3w or 1y depending on value

Y

shop_pay_accelerated

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Y

storefront_digest

Stores a digest of the storefront password, allowing merchants to preview their storefront while it's password protected.

2y

Y

tracked_start_checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Y

checkout_session_lookup

Used in connection with checkout.

3w

Y

checkout_prefill

Used in connection with checkout.

5m

Y

checkout_queue_token

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Y

checkout_queue_checkout_token

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Y

checkout_worker_session

Used in connection with checkout.

3d

Y

checkout_session_token

Used in connection with checkout.

3w

Y

checkout_session_token_<<token>>

Used in connection with checkout.

3w

Y

cookietest

Used to ensure our systems are working correctly

1m

Y

order

Used in connection with order status page.

3w

Y

identity-state

Used in connection with customer authentication

24h

Y

identity-state-<<token>>

Used in connection with customer authentication

24h

Y

identity_customer_account_number

Used in connection with customer authentication

12w

Y

card_update_verification_id

Used in connection with checkout.

20m

Y

customer_account_new_login

Used in connection with customer authentication

20m

Y

customer_account_preview

Used in connection with customer authentication

7d

Y

customer_payment_method

Used in connection with checkout.

1h

Y

customer_shop_pay_agreement

Used in connection with checkout.

20m

Y

pay_update_intent_id

Used in connection with checkout.

20m

Y

localization

Used in connection with checkout.

2w

Y

profile_preview_token

Used in connection with checkout.

5m

Y

login_with_shop_finalize

Used in connection with customer authentication

5m

Y

preview_theme

Used in connection with the theme editor

session

Y

shopify-editor-unconfirmed-settings

Used in connection with the theme editor

16h

Y

wpm-test-cookie

Used to ensure our systems are working correctly.

session

Y

 

  • The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) the following analytics Cookies:

Cookies for Reporting and Analytics

NAME

DESCRIPTION

DURATION

Necessary

_landing_page

Track landing pages.

2w

N

_orig_referrer

Track landing pages.

2w

N

_s

Shopify analytics.

30min

N

_shopify_d

Shopify analytics.

session

N

_shopify_fs

Shopify analytics.

30min

N

_shopify_s

Shopify analytics.

30min

N

_shopify_sa_p

Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

30min

N

_shopify_sa_t

Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

30min

N

_shopify_y

Shopify analytics.

1y

N

_y

Shopify analytics.

1y

N

_shopify_ga

Shopify and Google Analytics.

session

N

customer_auth_provider

Shopify analytics.

session

N

customer_auth_session_created_at

Shopify analytics.

session

N

shop_analytics

Shopify analytics.

1y

N

unique_interaction_id

Shopify analytics.

10min

N

gid

This cookie is used for Google Analytics to store and update a unique value for each page visited.

 

N

ga

This cookie is used for Google Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier.

 

N

gat

This cookie is used for Google Analytics to throttle request rate.

 

N

 

Marketing / Advertising (Google Consent Mode v2)

NAME

DESCRIPTION

Necessary

ad_user_data

Sets consent for sending user data related to advertising to Google.

N

ad_personalization

Sets consent for personalized advertising.

N

 

 

  1. Consent and Control

 

  1. Changes to this Cookie Policy
    • We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of Our Site after the changes have been made. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.
    • In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

 

  1. Further Information
    • If you would like to know more about how We use Cookies, please contact Us at privacy@sokollab.com or by post at International House, 36-38 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NG