Cookie Policy
This document is intended to explain the types of cookies and other tracking technologies that Cafécolo may place on your device, either when you visit our web properties, or if you visit the storefront of a merchant who uses our platform to power their site.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small piece of information downloaded to your computer or device when you visit certain websites. We use several different cookies on the Shopify website, including strictly necessary, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies enhance your browsing experience by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don't have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or navigate between pages. Cookies also provide information about how people use the website, for example, whether it's their first visit or if they are returning visitors. Learn more about cookies (and other similar tracking technologies) and how we use the data collected through these technologies in our Privacy Policy.
What cookies do we use and why?
Some cookies are necessary to enable you to navigate our website, use its features, and access secure areas. The use of these cookies is essential for the website to function. For example, we use user input cookies for the duration of a session to keep track of a user's input when filling out forms that span multiple pages.
We also use functional cookies to remember choices you've made or information you've provided, such as your username, language, or region. This allows us to tailor your website experience specifically to your preferences. For example, authentication cookies are functional cookies that are used for the duration of a session (or persistently, if you accept the "remember me" feature) to allow users to authenticate on subsequent visits or access authorized content across multiple pages. The functional cookies we use include:
User-centric security cookies are used to detect authentication abuse over a limited, persistent period, such as repeated unsuccessful login attempts. These cookies are set specifically to enhance service security.
Media player session cookies (flash cookies) are used for the duration of a session to store technical data necessary for playing video or audio content (e.g., image quality, network connection speed and buffering settings).
Load balancing session cookies are used for the duration of the session to identify the same server in the pool so that the load balancer redirects user requests appropriately.
Persistent user interface personalization cookies are used to store a user's preference regarding a service across multiple web pages.
Cafécolo is dedicated to user experience, and we use a variety of tools to help us improve our website and e-commerce platform. To this end, we use reporting and analytics cookies to collect information about how and how often you use our website or our merchants' storefronts. These cookies collect information for statistical purposes only and use only pseudonymous cookie IDs that do not directly identify you. The performance cookies we use include:
First-party analytics cookies – We use these cookies to estimate the number of unique visitors, to improve our websites and our merchants' websites, and to detect the most frequently searched keywords that lead to a web page. These cookies are not used to target you with online marketing. We use these cookies to understand the performance of our websites and our merchants' websites and to make relevant improvements to enhance your browsing experience.
Third-party analytics cookies – We also use Google Analytics and other third-party analytics providers listed below to help measure how users interact with our website content. These cookies "remember" what our users have done on previous pages and how they have interacted with the website. For more information about Google Analytics, visit Google's information page. To learn how to disable Google Analytics, see below.
Advertising cookies are used on our website to tailor marketing to you and your interests and to provide you with a more personalized service in the future. These cookies remember that you have visited our website, and we may share this information with third parties, such as advertisers. While these cookies can track your device's visits to our website and other sites, they generally cannot personally identify you. Without these cookies, the ads you see may be less relevant and less interesting to you. Learn more about how companies use cookies to conduct targeted or retargeted advertising here. We do not place advertising cookies ourselves on our merchants' storefronts, although merchants may choose to do so independently.
Finally, social and content cookies are placed by many social media plugins (for example, the Facebook "Like" button) and other tools designed to provide or enhance website content (for example, services that enable video playback or create comment sections). We integrate these modules into our platform to improve the browsing and interaction experience on our websites. Please note that some of these third-party services place cookies that are also used for purposes such as behavioral advertising, analytics, and/or market research.
How long will cookies remain on my computer or mobile device?
The length of time a cookie is stored on your computer or mobile device varies depending on whether it is a "persistent" or "session" cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing, while persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device. See the section below on how to control cookies for more information on deleting them before they expire.
How to control cookies
You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that deleting or blocking cookies may negatively impact your user experience and some parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept them through your browser's settings, often found in the "Tools" or "Preferences" menu. For more information on how to change your browser settings or how to block, manage, or filter cookies, consult your browser's help file or websites such as www.allaboutcookies.org.
Many of the third-party advertising and other tracking services listed above offer you the option to opt out of their tracking systems. You can learn more about the information they collect and how to disable it via the privacy policy links listed above.