Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy - Last updated: 7 August 2024

    What are cookies?

    Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your computer or device when you (User) visit our website (Site). We use different cookies to improve your browsing experience and to track how visitors access and use our website. This information does not usually identity you directly, but it might be about you, your preferences, your device, browser, location, and your online activities on our site.

    By visiting our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

     

    How to control the use of cookies

    We respect your right to privacy, so you can choose not to allow certain cookies. Note that this might impact your experience of the site and the services we offer. You can use our cookies banner and your web browser to manage your privacy settings. You can also delete already stored cookies. Information on how to manage and delete cookies can be found in your browser’s help files. Moreover, third parties listed in this document might offer you the opportunity to opt out their tracking systems, and provide info on how to do it in their cookie and privacy policies.

     

    What cookies we use and why

    We use different cookies for different purposes.

    • Necessary cookies are essential for the website to work. They are needed for you to browse our website, use its features and access secure areas (for example when filling forms).
    • Functional or preference cookies enable a website to function properly and remember choices you have made or information you have provided (such as log in).
    • Reporting and analytics cookies collect information on how you use our website for statistical purposes, i.e. number of visitors, their device, browser and IP address, traffic sources, most visited pages and browsing activity. The information they collect is aggregated and therefore is anonymous. These cookies help us to monitor and improve the performance of our site.
    • Advertising or marketing cookies can be used to tailor our ads to you and your interests. These cookies track you online activity, but they typically do not personally identify you.

       

      Subscriber tracking - We use cookies to track individuals when they subscribe to our e-newsletter, click through an email to the website and are active on the site. We also use 'web beacons' to help us identify when emails sent  to you have been received and read. We use this information to provide, monitor and improve relevant content to subscribers, and to monitor and improve how their interact with our site.

      Finally, social and content cookies are placed by many social media plugins and other tools meant to provide or improve the content on a website (e.g. video files). We might integrate these modules into our website. Some of these third-party services place cookies that are also used for analytics, advertising and market research.

      We may share information collected through cookies with advertisers and other third parties for analytics and marketing purposes.

       

      Cookies and providers

      Cookies can be set up by us, Shopify or other third-party providers we work with and thus share information with.  Here are more details about current cookies and third-party providers. You can read more about their tracking technologies, how to opt out, and how they handle the collected data in their cookie and privacy policies.

       

      Shopify

      We use a Shopify platform to power our store. They place the following cookies on our site:

      Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store:

      Name

      Function

      _ab

      Used in connection with access to admin.

      _secure_session_id

      Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.

      Cart

      Used in connection with shopping cart.

      cart_currency

      Used in connection with shopping cart.

      cart_sig

      Used in connection with checkout.

      cart_ts

      Used in connection with checkout.

      cart_ver

      Used in connection with shopping cart.

      checkout

      Used in connection with checkout.

      checkout_token

      Used in connection with checkout.

      cookietest

      Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.

      master_device_id

      Used in connection with merchant login.

      previous_checkout_token

      Used in connection with checkout.

      previous_step

      Used in connection with checkout.

      remember_me

      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.

      _shopify_country

      Used in connection with checkout.

      _shopify_m

      Used for managing customer privacy settings.

      _shopify_tm

      Used for managing customer privacy settings.

      _shopify_tw

      Used for managing customer privacy settings.

      _storefront_u

      Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

      _tracking_consent

      Tracking preferences.

      tracked_start_checkout

      Used in connection with checkout.

       

      Reporting and Analytics

      Name

      Function

      _landing_page

      Track landing pages.

      _orig_referrer

      Track landing pages.

      _s

      Shopify analytics.

      _shopify_d

      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_y

      Shopify analytics.

      _y

      Shopify analytics.

       

       

      Google Analytics

      We use Google Analytics to provide further anonymous information on how users access and interact with our website, including number of visitors, their device, browser and IP address, traffic sources, most visited pages and browsing activity. For this purpose, they use reporting and analytic cookies.

       

      You Tube

      We use You Tube to display video content.

       

      Klaviyo

      We use Klaviyo to email our e-newsletter and help measure how subscribers interact with our website. Information includes email address, location, opening of emails, clicks through emails to website, active on site.

       

      More information

      You can read about cookies and similar tracking technologies and how we use the data collected in also in our Privacy Policy.

      If you have any questions about this cookie policy, please contact Francesca Biondi at Gallery 545

      By email: office@gallery545.com

      By post: Francesca Biondi, Gallery 545, Blick Studios, 46 Hill Street, Belfast BT1 2LB, Northern Ireland, UK