Cookies policy
Like most websites, ours uses cookies. This page explains what they are, which ones we use and how you can control them.
How we look after your personal information is explained in our Privacy policy.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website saves in your browser. They let the site remember things, such as what’s in your basket or that you’re signed in, and help us understand how the site is used. Websites can also save similar information in your browser’s “local storage”. In this policy, “cookies” covers both.
Some cookies are set by us (first-party cookies). Others are set by services we use, such as Stripe and Google (third-party cookies).
How we use cookies
We use two kinds of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies make the shop work: your basket, checkout, secure payments and your account. The law allows these without asking, because the website can’t work without them.
- Analytics cookies tell us how people use our website, so we can improve it. We only set these if you say yes.
We don’t use advertising cookies, and we don’t track you across other websites.
When you first visit our website, a banner asks whether you’re happy for us to use analytics cookies. You can change your mind at any time using the [Cookie settings] link at the bottom of every page.
Strictly necessary cookies
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
woocommerce_cart_hash | Mrs T’s Boutique (WooCommerce) | Remembers the contents of your basket | Until you close your browser |
woocommerce_items_in_cart | Mrs T’s Boutique (WooCommerce) | Remembers whether your basket has anything in it | Until you close your browser |
wp_woocommerce_session_… | Mrs T’s Boutique (WooCommerce) | Links you to your basket while you shop | 2 days |
woocommerce_recently_viewed | Mrs T’s Boutique (WooCommerce) | Remembers products you’ve looked at recently | Until you close your browser |
store_notice… | Mrs T’s Boutique (WooCommerce) | Remembers that you’ve closed a shop notice | Until you close your browser |
wc_cart_hash_…, wc_fragments_… | Mrs T’s Boutique (WooCommerce, local storage) | Keeps the basket in the header up to date | Until you close your browser |
wordpress_logged_in_…, wordpress_sec_… | Mrs T’s Boutique (WordPress) | Keeps you signed in to your account securely | Until you close your browser, or 14 days if you tick “Remember me” |
wordpress_test_cookie | Mrs T’s Boutique (WordPress) | Checks that your browser accepts cookies, so you can sign in | Until you close your browser |
_lscache_vary | Mrs T’s Boutique (LiteSpeed) | Makes sure you see your own basket and account, not a saved copy of the page | Until you close your browser |
elementor | Mrs T’s Boutique (Elementor, local storage) | Remembers simple settings for the website’s design features | Until you clear your browser data |
__stripe_mid | Stripe | Helps Stripe prevent fraud when you pay | 1 year |
__stripe_sid | Stripe | Helps Stripe prevent fraud when you pay | 30 minutes |
m | Stripe (m.stripe.com) | Helps Stripe prevent fraud when you pay | 2 years |
Stripe’s cookies are set on the checkout. See Stripe’s cookie policy.
Analytics cookies
These are only set if you accept analytics cookies.
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics | Tells visits from different people apart, so we can count how many people use the site | 2 years |
_ga_X9ZM9BZ38J | Google Analytics | Keeps track of your current visit (session) | 2 years |
sbjs_first, sbjs_current, sbjs_first_add, sbjs_current_add, sbjs_udata, sbjs_migrations | Mrs T’s Boutique (WooCommerce order attribution) | Records how you arrived at our site (for example from Instagram or a Google search), so we can see which posts lead to orders | Until you close your browser |
sbjs_session | Mrs T’s Boutique (WooCommerce order attribution) | Records how many pages you view during your visit | 30 minutes |
Google Analytics reports trends, not individuals, and doesn’t store your IP address. Read more in How Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Other services
Our fonts are loaded from Google Fonts. This sets no cookies, but your browser does connect to Google’s servers to download them.
Our links and buttons for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are ordinary links. They don’t set cookies on our website, but those services will use their own cookies once you visit them.
Managing cookies
You can change your cookie choice on our website at any time using the [Cookie settings] link at the bottom of every page.
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. If you block strictly necessary cookies, your basket, checkout and account won’t work. Here’s how in the most popular browsers:
To stop Google Analytics on every website you visit, install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Changes to this policy
We’ll update this page if we start using new cookies. The date at the top shows when it was last changed. If you have a question about cookies, email info@mrstsboutique.co.uk.
Any questions?
If you have a question about your information or how we use it, email Karen and she’ll get back to you.