Cookie Policy
This is the Cookie Policy for James Fox Cigar & Whiskey Bonders website, accessible from https://jamesfox.ie.
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies, you may want to check the Wikipedia entry here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by:
- Using the cookie settings directly on our page – prior to your initial visit to our site, we would've asked you to choose if you want to proceed with the necessary cookies only, or to allow all of them. Regardless of your decision at the time, you can revoke or amend your consent using the "Cookie Settings" option at the bottom of the screen. Please note that, to ensure the basic functionalities of the website work properly, the necessary cookies cannot be disabled this way.
- Adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
Strictly necessary cookies
Providers:
- Shopify – the engine behind our website
- Globo Software – relevant to product filtering in our online listings
Cookies necessary for the functioning of our site:
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Provider |
| secure_customer_sig | 1 year | Used in connection with customer login. | Shopify |
| localization | 1 year | Shopify store localization | Shopify |
| dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart | Session | Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify |
| cart | 1 month | Used in connection with shopping cart. | Shopify |
| cart_ts | 1 month | Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify |
| cart_sig | 1 month | Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify |
| keep_alive | 30 minutes | Used in connection with buyer localization. | Shopify |
| _tracking_consent | 1 year | Tracking preferences. | Shopify |
| _cmp_a | 1 year | Used for managing customer privacy settings. | Shopify |
| locale_bar_accepted | Session | This cookie is provided by the Geolocation app and is used to load the bar. | Shopify |
| _shopify_essential | 1 year | Used on the accounts page. | Shopify |
| customer_account_locale | 1 year | Used in connection with new customer accounts. | Shopify |
| auth_state_01JA5JBFPNZB9EZYVJB65PAH40 | 25 minutes | Stores authentication state before redirecting customers to third party for authentication. | Shopify |
| auth_state_01JA5JBJD24GM2J52N3RMRK8WR | 25 minutes | Stores authentication state before redirecting customers to third party for authentication. | Shopify |
| cart_currency | 1 month | Used in connection with shopping cart. | Shopify |
| checkout_session_lookup |
Session, which ends after 30 minutes of inactivity or at midnight UTC. |
Used to manage the checkout session and track its status. Ensures users can resume their checkout process without losing progress. | Shopify |
| checkout_session_token__cn__Z2NwLWV |
Session, which ends after 30 minutes of inactivity or at midnight UTC. |
Security token for validating and authenticating the user's session during checkout to prevent unauthorized access or tampering. | Shopify |
| smart_product_filter_search_session | 2 hours | Used in connection with product filters on our website. | Globo Software |
| XSRF-TOKEN | 2 hours | Security. | Globo Software |
| AWSALB | 7 days | Used for load balancing to direct the visitor’s session to the same server for a consistent user experience. | PageFly (via AWS) |
| _pandectes_gdpr | 1 month | Used for the functionality of the cookies consent banner. | Pandectes |
Performance cookies
Used for statistics and analytics.
Providers:
- Shopify – the engine behind our website
- Google – relevant to statistics and analysis of website traffic
- Brevo – relevant to automated email communication with customers
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Provider |
| _ga_ENZV1WNMPY | 1 year | Used in connection with Google Analytics reports. | |
| _ga | 1 year | Used in connection with Google Analytics reports. | |
| _orig_referrer | 1 year | Tracks landing pages. | Shopify |
| _shopify_y | 1 year | Shopify analytics. | Shopify |
| _shopify_s | 30 minutes | Shopify analytics. | Shopify |
| _shopify_sa_t | 30 minutes | Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. | Shopify |
| _shopify_sa_p | 30 minutes | Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. | Shopify |
| _ga_ZGPZH0FNG1 | 1 year | Used in connection with Google Analytics reports. | |
| unique_interaction_id | 10 minutes | Shopify analytics. | Shopify |
| _shopify_s | Session | Shopify analytics. | Shopify |
| wpm-test-cookie | Session | Used for testing purposes, to check whether cookies can be set on the user's browser or to ensure proper functioning of the website's content management system or plugins. | Shopify |
| sib_cuid | 6 months | Used for storing unique visits. | Brevo |
Targeting cookies
Used for marketing and advertising.
Providers:
- Pushowl – provides notifications for products returning to stock
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Provider |
| po_visitor | 1 year | Used by Pushowl to monitor related user activity on the store. | Pushowl |
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However if you are still looking for more information, then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
Email: info@jamesfox.ie
By visiting this link: https://jamesfox.ie/pages/contact-us