We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. We do not run Facebook pixels, ad retargeting, or any service that follows you to other websites.
What a cookie is
A cookie is a small text file a website stores on your device, usually to remember something between page loads. Related technologies — local storage and session storage — do a similar job. This page covers all of them, since what matters is what gets stored, not the technical mechanism.
What this site stores
Your shopping basket (local storage, not a cookie)
When you add a product to your basket we save it in your browser's local
storage under the key cwt-cart. It holds only the items you
selected. It stays on your device, is never sent to us as a profile, and is
cleared automatically once your order completes. Without it, the basket would
empty every time you changed page.
This is strictly necessary for the shop to work, so it does not require consent. You can clear it at any time by emptying your basket or clearing site data in your browser.
Site analytics (no cookies)
We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to see roughly how many people visit and which pages they read. It is deliberately chosen because it uses no cookies and does not fingerprint or track individuals. It reports aggregate numbers only — page views, referring site, country, browser and operating system. We cannot identify you from it, and it does not follow you across other websites.
Security and delivery (strictly necessary cookies)
Our hosting and security provider, Cloudflare, may set cookies such as __cf_bm to distinguish real visitors from automated traffic and
to protect the site from attack. These are strictly necessary, expire within
a short period, and are not used to profile you.
Payment (on Stripe's pages, not ours)
When you check out you are taken to Stripe, which sets its own cookies to process the payment and prevent fraud. Those cookies are set on Stripe's domain and are governed by Stripe's own privacy and cookie policies. They are required for a payment to complete.
Fonts
Our typefaces load from Google Fonts. That does not set cookies, but it does mean your IP address is disclosed to Google when the fonts are requested. We list it here because it is a transfer of data even though no cookie is involved.
Google Analytics — not currently in use
We do not currently run Google Analytics. If we turn it on in future it
will set analytics cookies (_ga and similar), we will ask
for your consent first as UK law requires, and this page will be
updated before it goes live.
Why we don't show a cookie banner
Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, consent is required for cookies that are not strictly necessary. Everything listed above is either strictly necessary or genuinely cookieless, so there is nothing to ask your consent for — and a banner asking permission for nothing would be theatre. If that ever changes, the banner appears before the tracking does, not after.
How to control cookies
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, usually under Privacy or Site Settings, and clear local storage the same way. Blocking strictly-necessary cookies may stop the basket or checkout from working properly. Browser vendors publish their own step-by-step guides for Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge.
Questions
If you want to know more about anything stored on your device by this site, email [email protected] and we will answer specifically. Our Privacy Policy explains what happens to personal data you actively give us.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Email [email protected], or write to Coding with T Ltd, 61 Bridge Street, Kington, HR5 3DJ, United Kingdom.