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Cookies Policy

By visiting this website with your browser settings adjusted to allow cookies, you are consenting to Cheshires Chest Limited trading us Patches "R" Us ("patchesrus") using cookies for the purposes outlined below in order to provide you with a fully functional user experience.

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are small text files with small pieces of data that are downloaded and stored on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit that help to make your user experience more efficient.

Information gathered through cookies and web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Website, and the websites visited just before and just after our Website.

Cookies, in conjunction with our web server's log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Website and which parts of the website are most popular. This helps us gather feedback so that we can improve our Website and better serve our customers. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal Information about you and we do not generally store any personal Information that you provided to us in your cookies.

What Cookies do we use?

We use ‘session’ cookies which enable you to carry information across pages of the Website and avoid having to re-enter information. Session cookies enable us to compile statistics that help us to understand how the Website is being used and to improve its structure.

We also use ‘persistent’ cookies which remain in the cookies file of your browser for longer and help us to recognise you as a unique visitor to the Website, tailoring the content of certain areas of the Website to offer you content that match your preferred interests.

The list below contains the details of cookies used on patchesrus. We have outlined who sets these cookies and also their purpose. If the party displays something other than 'patchesrus', these are our third party business partners who help us to enhance your browsing experience.

 Category Party Purpose
Necessary Patches "R" Us Patches "R" Us uses cookies to enable
some of the basic functionality that is
required for customers to both browse
and shop on our website, such as
remembering products they may
have added to their basket. The
information collected through
these cookies is only used for
this purpose and is never  shared
or sold on to third parties.
Analytics &
experience
testing

Google Analytics
(including Universal Analytics
and Google Analytics
for Display Advertisers)

Google Analytics (GA) uses cookies
and/or anonymous identifiers to collect
data that helps us understand how
people are using the site. This
information is used by us to help
identify how and where we can improve
the customer experience whilst also
allowing us to determine where our
ads will be most effective online.
When you are logged in to our website
Google Analytics will also collect
your User ID. This data is exported
into our database, where it may be
linked to previous browsing
behaviours and personally identifiable
information.

 

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store:

Name Function
_ab Used in connection with access to admin.
_secure_session_id Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.
Cart Used in connection with shopping cart.
cart_currency Used in connection with shopping cart.
cart_sig Used in connection with checkout.
cart_ts Used in connection with checkout.
cart_ver Used in connection with shopping cart.
checkout Used in connection with checkout.
checkout_token Used in connection with checkout.
cookietest Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.
master_device_id Used in connection with merchant login.
previous_checkout_token Used in connection with checkout.
dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart Used in connection with checkout.
previous_step Used in connection with checkout.
remember_me Used in connection with checkout.
Secure_customer_sig Used in connection with customer login.
storefront_digest Used in connection with customer login.
_shopify_country Used in connection with checkout.
_shopify_m Used for managing customer privacy settings.
_shopify_tm Used for managing customer privacy settings.
_shopify_tw Used for managing customer privacy settings.
_storefront_u Used to facilitate updating customer account information.
_tracking_consent Tracking preferences.
tracked_start_checkout Used in connection with checkout.
keep_alive Used in connection with buyer localization.

Reporting and Analytics

Name Function
_landing_page Track landing pages.
_orig_referrer Track landing pages.
_s Shopify analytics.
_shopify_d Shopify analytics.
_shopify_fs Shopify analytics.
_shopify_s Shopify analytics.
_shopify_sa_p Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.
_shopify_sa_t Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.
_shopify_y Shopify analytics.
_y Shopify analytics.