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
Cookies necessary for the functioning of our store:
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Provider |
| _pay_session | Session | The cookie is necessary for the secure checkout and payment function on the website. | James Fox |
| cart | 14 days | Used in connection with shopping cart. | James Fox |
| cart_currency cart_sig cart_ts |
14 days | Used in connection with shopping cart. | James Fox |
| secure_customer_sig | Session | Used in connection with customer login. | James Fox |
| shopify_pay_redirect | 1 day | The cookie is necessary for the secure checkout and payment function on the website. This function is provided by shopify.com. | James Fox |
| _shopify_m | 1 year | Used for managing customer privacy settings. | James Fox |
| _shopify_tm | 30 minutes | Used for managing customer privacy settings. | James Fox |
| _shopify_tw | 14 days | Used for managing customer privacy settings. | James Fox |
| _tracking_consent | 1 year | Used to limit tracking for customers in the EU. | James Fox |
| _pandectes_gdpr | 30 days | Used to store information on your consent regarding cookie usage. | James Fox |
Performance cookies
Used for statistics and analytics.
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Provider |
| _landing_page _orig_referrer |
Session | Track landing pages | James Fox |
| _shopify_fs _shopify_s _shopify_sa_p _shopify_sa_t _shopify_y |
Session | Used in Shopify analytics | James Fox |
| _ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. | Google Analytics |
| _gid | 1 day | Used to distinguish users. | Google Analytics |
| _gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. | Google Analytics |
Targeting cookies
Used for marketing and advertising.
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Provider |
| _s _y |
Session | Used in Shopify analytics | James Fox |
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