Cookie policy | The Unstated

Cookies

Just like many other websites, our website (https://www.theunstated.com/) ("Website") use cookies to help us gather information about visitors to our Website. Cookies are small data files that our server sends to your browser when you visit our Website, which further helps us to analyse data about web page traffic and improve our Website in order to tailor it to customer needs, likes and dislikes.

What are the cookies used for?

There are two main purposes for which we use cookies on our Website:

For technical purposes essential to effective operation of our Website;
To enable us to collect information about the browsing activities of visitors, browsers and devices used to access the Website as well as pages visited.

Information collected

Some cookies collect information about browsing behaviour by people who access this Website via the same computer device. This includes information about pages viewed and the user journey around the Website.

What cookies are set?

Our Website uses the following types of cookies:

Type of cookie

What it does

Session cookies

Stores information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user. For example, this cookie allows you to keep items in the basket. The session cookie is stored in temporary memory and is not retained after the browser is closed.

Persistent cookies

Identifies information about the user, such as Web surfing behaviour or user preferences for a specific Web site. For example, this cookie will keep your login details such as username and password. The persistent cookie is stored on your hard drive until it expires or until you delete the cookie.

Third-party cookies

Stores surfing and personalization preferences and tracking information, so that our Website can remember something about you at a later time. The third-party cookie is stored on your hard drive until it expires or until you delete the cookie.

Cookies necessary for the functioning of the store

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.
lastvisited	Used in connection with notifications shown on the website.
secret	Used in connection with checkout.
secure_customer_sig	Used in connection with customer login.
storefront_digest	Used in connection with customer login.

Reporting and analytics

Name	Function
_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.
_y	Shopify analytics.
tracked_start_checkout	Shopify analytics relating to checkout.

The length of time that a cookie remain on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded on your device.

Google Analytics (third-party) also sets cookies (labelled __utma, __utmd, __utmc and __utmz) to collect information about how visitors use our Website. We use the information to compile reports in order to improve our Website. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

In order to find out more about how Google Analytics uses cookies to measure user-interactions on our Website, visit https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage.