Cookies Policy

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What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to provide a better user experience, and to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies allow the website to recognize your device and remember certain information about your visits, such as your preferences and settings.

Cookies are stored on your device's hard drive and can be categorized based on their function and lifespan. Some cookies are essential for the website to function properly, while others help us understand how visitors interact with our site so we can make improvements.

How We Use Cookies

At Handmadearomasho, we use cookies for a variety of purposes to enhance your experience on our website. The primary ways we use cookies include:

• Enabling essential website functionality, such as remembering items in your shopping cart
• Remembering your preferences and settings to provide a personalized experience
• Analyzing how our website is used to improve its performance and design
• Understanding how visitors navigate through our site and which pages are most popular
• Delivering relevant content and recommendations based on your browsing history
• Ensuring the security of our website and protecting against fraudulent activity
• Measuring the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and advertising

Types of Cookies We Use

We use different types of cookies on our website, each serving a specific purpose:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt out of these cookies as they are essential for the operation of our website. Without these cookies, certain services you have requested cannot be provided.

Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if visitors receive error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies individual visitors. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.

Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your username, language, or the region you are in, and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized, and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers.

Session and Persistent Cookies

Cookies can also be classified based on how long they remain on your device:

Session Cookies: These cookies are temporary and are deleted from your device when you close your web browser. They are essential for the website to function and enable you to move around the website and use its features. Without session cookies, you would not be able to navigate between pages efficiently or use certain features of our site.

Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them. They are activated each time you visit the website that created the cookie. Persistent cookies help us recognize you as an existing user and personalize your experience accordingly. They also help us analyze website traffic and understand what works well and what needs improvement.

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the website and to deliver advertisements on and through our website. These third parties may include analytics providers, advertising networks, and social media platforms.

Third-party cookies are placed by someone other than us and may gather browsing activity across multiple websites and sessions. We do not control these third-party cookies and their use is governed by the privacy policies of the third parties placing them. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you interact with.

Some of the third-party services we may use include analytics tools that help us understand how visitors interact with our website, advertising platforms that help us deliver relevant advertisements, and social media plugins that allow you to share content on your social networks.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for managing cookies on our website and controlling how they are used:

Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can typically find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies, accept only certain cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. However, please note that if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly.

Our Cookie Banner: When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clearing your browser's cookies and revisiting our site.

Third-Party Opt-Out Tools: Some third-party services provide opt-out mechanisms that allow you to prevent them from using your data for advertising purposes. You can visit the opt-out pages of relevant advertising networks to exercise this option.

How to Delete Cookies

If you wish to delete cookies that have already been placed on your device, you can do so through your browser settings. The process varies depending on the browser you use:

• In Chrome: Go to Settings, then Privacy and Security, then Clear Browsing Data
• In Firefox: Go to Options, then Privacy and Security, then Cookies and Site Data
• In Safari: Go to Preferences, then Privacy, then Manage Website Data
• In Edge: Go to Settings, then Privacy, Search and Services, then Clear Browsing Data

Please note that deleting cookies may result in the loss of any preferences or settings you have saved on websites you have visited, and you may need to log in again to certain services.

Cookies and Your Privacy

We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that any personal information collected through cookies is handled responsibly. The information we collect through cookies is used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We do not sell personal information obtained through cookies to third parties.

When cookies collect personal information, we ensure that this data is processed lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the security of your personal information and prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, or alteration.

Do Not Track Signals

Some web browsers have a Do Not Track feature that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. Our website may not respond to Do Not Track signals. However, you can still manage your cookie preferences using the methods described above to limit tracking on our site.

Changes to This Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, our operations, or for other valid business purposes. When we make changes, we will update the Last Updated date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

Your continued use of our website after any changes to this Cookies Policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy. If you do not agree with the changes, you should stop using our website and manage your cookie preferences accordingly.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us:

Handmadearomasho
2599 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M4P 2J1, Canada
Phone: (416) 484-3702
Email: office@handmadearomasho.world