Cookies

Cookie Policy

The cookies this site sets, what each one does, how long it lasts and how to turn off the ones that are not essential.

Last updated September 18, 2026

What a cookie is

A cookie is a small text file a website stores in your browser. It lets the site remember something between one page and the next, such as what is in your cart. Some cookies are essential to the site working at all. Others are not, and those are the ones you get a choice about.

Essential cookies

These cannot be turned off, because without them the shop does not function. They are set by WordPress and WooCommerce, the software the shop runs on.

Cookie	Purpose	Expires
woocommerce_cart_hash	Records that your cart has changed, so the page updates	Session
woocommerce_items_in_cart	Records that the cart is not empty	Session
wp_woocommerce_session_*	Holds a unique code for your cart so we can find it again	2 days
wordpress_logged_in_*	Keeps you signed in, only if you create an account	Session, or 14 days if you tick “remember me”
slv_cookie_consent	Remembers the choice you made in the cookie banner, so we stop asking	12 months

Analytics cookies

These tell us which pages are read and which are ignored, in aggregate. They are set only if you accept them in the cookie banner. If you decline, they are not set and the site works exactly the same.

Cookie	Purpose	Expires
_ga	Distinguishes one visitor from another, without identifying you	13 months
_ga_*	Keeps the state of a visit for the same purpose	13 months

Changing your mind

Use the cookie settings link in the footer to change your choice at any time. You can also clear cookies from your browser: in Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge this is under Settings, then Privacy. Clearing them will empty your cart and sign you out, because the essential cookies go too.

Most browsers also offer a “Do Not Track” setting. There is no agreed standard for how a site should respond to it. Since we do not track you across other websites in any case, our behaviour is the same whether you send the signal or not.

Cookies set by others

When you pay, our payment processor may set its own cookies on its own checkout page for fraud prevention. Those are governed by its privacy policy, not ours, and are strictly necessary to processing the payment.