Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Made By Zen (referred to as "we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, madebyzen.com.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, improve your experience and provide information to the site owners about how the site is being used. Cookies allow a web application to tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
How we use cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons, primarily to enhance your experience and improve our services:
- Strictly required cookies/Essential Website Operations: Certain cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly, such as maintaining your session ID, managing your shopping cart and preventing forged requests. Such cookies are only set in response to actions made by you such as language, currency, login session, privacy preferences. You can set your browser to block these cookies but this might affect the way our site is working.
- Analytics and Statistics cookies: These cookies allow us to measure visitors traffic and see traffic sources by collecting information in data sets. They also help us understand which products and actions are more popular than others.
- Marketing and Personalisation cookies: These cookies are usually set by our marketing and advertising partners. They may be used by them to build a profile of your interest and later show you relevant ads. If you do not allow these cookies you will not experience targeted ads for your interests.
- Functional cookies: These cookies enable our website to offer additional functions and personal settings. They can be set by us or by third-party service providers that we have placed on our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, these or some of these services may not work properly.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can manage cookies through your browser settings by enabling, disabling, or deleting them. Most browsers provide guidance under “Help”, “Tools”, or “Settings”.
Please note that restricting cookies may limit your access to certain features or secure areas of the site.
List of Cookies We Collect
Below is the full list of cookies used on the site, grouped by category.
Essential Cookies
| Name | Provider | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _orig_referrer | Shopify | 2 weeks | Identifies where visitors come from so the site works correctly. |
| _landing_page | Shopify | 2 weeks | Stores the first page visited to help with basic site functions. |
| _ab | Shopify | 1 year | Handles admin bar visibility for store functionality. |
| _secure_session_id | Shopify | 1 day | Maintains secure browsing during the session. |
| cart | Shopify | 2 weeks | Stores cart information needed for checkout. |
| cart_currency | Shopify | 2 weeks | Saves cart currency based on visitor location. |
| cart_sig | Shopify | 2 weeks | Confirms the integrity of cart content. |
| cart_ts | Shopify | 2 weeks | Helps maintain cart session timestamps. |
| cart_ver | Shopify | 2 weeks | Stores cart version to support cart updates. |
| checkout | Shopify | Session | Supports checkout and order processing. |
| secure_customer_sig | Shopify | 1 year | Used for secure customer login. |
| localization | Shopify | 2 weeks | Stores visitor country for correct settings. |
| _iCartUserCountry | iCart | 1 year | Stores shopper country so the cart shows correct shipping, currency and rules. |
| Other iCart cookies | iCart | Varies | Manage cart state and upsell features required for cart functionality. |
Analytics Cookies
| Name | Provider | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _shopify_s | Shopify | 30 minutes | Shopify analytics for pages visited and user flow. |
| _shopify_sa_t | Shopify | 1 day | Tracks marketing events such as conversions. |
| _shopify_sa_p | Shopify | 1 day | Helps measure referral activity. |
| _shopify_y | Shopify | 1 year | Used for Shopify analytics. |
| _ga | Google Analytics | 2 years | Tracks visitor behaviour across pages. |
| _gid | Google Analytics | 1 day | Tracks daily visitor activity. |
Marketing Cookies
| Name | Provider | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Meta | 3 months | Helps deliver ads and measure ad performance. |
| test_cookie | Google Ads | 1 year | Checks if the browser supports cookies for ads. |
| ttcsid | Trustpilot | Session | Loads Trustpilot review widgets and related features. |
| ttcsid_variant | Trustpilot | Session | Unique Trustpilot session id for review widgets. |
| yotpo_pixel | Yotpo | 1 year | Tracks behaviour related to reviews and marketing. |
Preference Cookies
| Name | Provider | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| locale_bar_accepted | Shopify | Session | Remembers if the visitor closed the locale notification bar. |
