Cookie Policy

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small data files placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org

HOW WE USE COOKIES?

To make it quicker and easier to shop on our website time and again we use cookies, for example, to collect and remember information about you, the types of products you like, what you have in your basket etc.

By continuing to use the website www.mariawilliams.com, you agree to our use of cookies. If you don't agree to our use of cookies but you still want to visit our website, you can turn off the cookies in your browser settings, but that will mean that your experience of using our website site might be impaired.

WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?

We use cookies to collect information about how our website is used so that your shopping experience and our content and improve. This information is completely anonymous. It includes things like the number of visitors to our website, how they arrive at the site and which pages they visit.

Some cookies will expire at the end of your session and most within a month. A few will remain on your computer for longer.

CAN I CONTROL MY COOKIES?

Yes. Most internet browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can delete existing cookies from your browser and choose not to receive cookies in future. You just need to edit your browser options.

Please note that, if you reject cookies, personalised functionality of the website might not fully work.

To find out how to control your online behavioural advertising preferences, visit www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices

DO NOT TRACK

Some browsers offer a “do not track” (DNT) feature. When you enable it, it should sends signals to websites requesting that your browsing isn't tracked (e.g. by third party ad or social networks, or analytic companies).

However due to a lack of a industry-wide uniform standard about how DNT requests should be managed, our website doesn’t currently respond to DNT requests.

THE COOKIES WE USE

Those are some of the cookies that we or our technology partners use. It is by no means an exhaustive list and we'll need to update it from time to time. If you notice any discrepancies, please let us know.

For example, we use Shopify to power our online store--you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here:  https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy

Some of the cookies necessary for the functioning of the store, reporting and analytics are:

Name

Function

_ab

Used in connection with access to admin.

_orig_referrer

Used in connection with shopping cart.

_secure_session_id

Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.

Cart

Used in connection with shopping cart.

cart_sig

Used in connection with checkout.

cart_ts

Used in connection with checkout.

checkout_token

Used in connection with checkout.

Secret

Used in connection with checkout.

Secure_customer_sig

Used in connection with customer login.

storefront_digest

Used in connection with customer login.

_Brochure_session

Used in connection with browsing through site.

_landing_page

Track landing pages.

_orig_referrer

Track landing pages.

_s

Shopify analytics.

_shopify_fs

Shopify analytics.

_shopify_s

Shopify analytics.

_shopify_sa_p

Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

_shopify_sa_t

Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

_shopify_uniq

Shopify analytics.

_shopify_visit

Shopify analytics.

_shopify_y

Shopify analytics.

_y

Shopify analytics.

tracked_start_checkout

Shopify analytics relating to checkout.

_landing_page

Tracks landing pages.

_orig_referrer

Tracks landing pages.

_s

Shopify analytics.

_shopify_fs

Shopify analytics.

_shopify_s

Shopify analytics.

_shopify_sa_t

Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

_shopify_uniq

Shopify analytics.

_shopify_y

Shopify analytics.

_y

Shopify analytics.

ab_test_3190590030

Shopify analytics.

cart_sig

Shopify analytics.

ki_r

Shopify analytics.

ki_r

Shopify analytics.

ki_t

Shopify analytics.

ki_t

Shopify analytics.

 

We also 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://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy

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

 

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

Sometimes embed content and borrow functionality from other sites into ours are necessary to improve our interaction with websites managed by third parties like analytical software, Facebook, Twitter etc. In this case, those sites may set cookies, and this will be out of our control. To find out more, you should check with the relevant third-party website.

Additionally, our technology partners might use pixels and tags from the following third parties to allow reporting, analytics, advertisement, social media and content, which may in turn place cookies:

Third Party

Description

Privacy Policy

Alexa Metrics

Alexa Metrics can be used to help measure how users interact with our websites.

https://www.alexa.com/help/privacy

Bugsnag

Bugsnag can be used to help troubleshoot and fix issues with our websites.

https://docs.bugsnag.com/legal/privacy-policy/

Chartbeat

Chartbeat can be used to help measure how users interact with our websites.

https://chartbeat.com/privacy/

Crazy Egg

Crazy Egg can be used to help measure how users interact with our websites.

https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy

Fullstory

Fullstory can be used to help measure how users interact with our websites.

https://www.fullstory.com/legal/privacy/

Google Analytics

Google Analytics can be used to help measure how users interact with our websites.

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Hotjar

Hotjar can be used to help measure how users interact with our websites.

https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy

KissInsights

KissInsights can be used to help measure how users interact with our websites.

https://signin.kissmetrics.com/privacy/

LinkedIn Analytics

LinkedIn Analytics can be used to help measure how users interact with our websites.

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

New Relic

New Relic can be used to help measure how users interact with our websites.

https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-ca/privacystatement

Optimizely

Optimizely can be used to help us test improvements or changes to our websites.

https://www.drift.com/privacy-policy/

Bing Ads

Bing Ads can be used to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our websites.

https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-ca/privacystatement

Drift

Drift can be used to help us with conversational marketing to customers while they visit our websites.

https://www.drift.com/privacy-policy/

Facebook Custom Audiences

Facebook Custom Audiences can be used to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our websites.

https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Google Doubleclick

Google Doubleclick can be used to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our websites.

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Hubspot

Hubspot can be used to manage our relationships with our customers.

https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy

Intercom

Intercom can be used to manage our relationships with our customers.

https://www.intercom.com/terms-and-policies#privacy

Marketo

Marketo can be used to manage our relationships with our customers.

https://documents.marketo.com/legal/privacy/

Snapchat

Snapchat can be used to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our websites.

https://www.snap.com/en-US/privacy/privacy-policy/

SourceKnowledge

SourceKnowledge can be used to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our websites.

http://www.sourceknowledge.com/privacy

Stackadapt

Stackadapt can be used to provide real time optimization.

https://www.stackadapt.com/privacy

Disqus

Disqus can be used to provide commenting capabilities on posts on our websites.

https://help.disqus.com/terms-and-policies/disqus-privacy-policy

Facebook Connect

Facebook Connect can be used to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Facebook’s social media platform.

https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Gravatar

Gravatar can be used to allow visitors to our websites to create avatars.

https://en.gravatar.com/site/privacy

Pinterest

Pinterest can be used to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Pinterest’s social media platform.

https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy

Twitter

Twitter can be used to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Twitter’s social media platform.

https://twitter.com/en/privacy

Wistia

Wistia can be used to display video content.

https://wistia.com/privacy

 

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.