COOKIE POLICY
What Are Cookies
A cookie is a small file that is downloaded onto your computer when you visit a website. It allows us to recognize and tailor our site to you and it won’t harm your computer. A cookie is a small data file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. The length of time a cookie will stay on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a "persistent" or "session" cookie. Hardwood Ventures Ltd uses both types of cookies. Session cookies will only stay on your device until you stop browsing. Persistent cookies stay on your computer or mobile device until they expire or are deleted.
For What Purpose Do We Use Cookies?
We use cookies and similar technologies like pixels, tags, web beacons, and other identifiers to help us personalize our website for you, remember your preferences, understand how users are using our website, and help customize our marketing offerings. The information we obtain through Cookies will tell us, for example, if you have used our Site before, from what country and what contents you have visited. It will also tell us whether you have opened an email we sent to you, and allow us to display relevant content, provide advertising and enhance your online experience.
The Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies; help make a website usable by enabling basic functions. They are needed to make the website work properly and include, for example, cookies that enable you to log in, navigate pages, use a shopping cart or make secure payments. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Name |
Purpose |
Provider |
Type |
Expiry |
_cfduid |
Used by the content network, Cloudfare, to identify trusted web traffic and individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. |
ionicframework.com |
HTTP |
1 Year |
cookitest |
Used to determine if the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
Session |
laravel_session |
Used internally by the website’s owners, when uploading or renewing website content |
Currency .grizzlyapps.com |
HTTP |
Session |
secure_customer_sig |
Used to store customer credentials securely when processing a purchase on the website – the cookie is essential in making a secure online transaction |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
20 years
|
Analytical/Performance cookies allow us to understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting the number of visitors and reporting on how visitors move around and use our website. We use analytics cookies, like those offered by Google Analytics, to help us understand things like how long a visitor stays on our website, what pages they find most useful, and how they arrived at retromixer.com. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. To learn more about Google Analytics and your data, visit this Google webpage.
_ga |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
2 years |
_gat |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
Session |
_gid |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
Session |
Collect (google – analytics) Pixel |
Uses to send data to Google Anayltics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
google-analytics.com |
Pixel |
Session |
Marketing & Third Party cookies; are used to track visitors across website. The Intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website relevant to your interests and for advertising and retargeting purposes. These cookies may be used on our website to improve our products or services or to help us provide more relevant advertising. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose. These cookies are subject to the respective privacy policies for these external services, for example, Facebook Data Use Policy.
Name |
Purpose |
Provider |
Type |
Expiry |
_orig_referrer |
This cookie is used to collect information on a visitor. This information will become an ID string with information on a specific visitor – ID information strings can be used to target groups with similar preferences, or can be used by third-party domains or ad-exchanges. |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
14 days |
fr |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products. |
facebook.com |
HTTP |
3 months |
GPS |
Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geogrophaical GPS location. |
youtube.com |
HTTP |
Session |
PREF |
Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. |
youtube.com |
HTTP |
8 months |
r/collect |
This cookie is used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. It tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
doubleclick.net |
Pixel |
Session |
tr |
Used by Facebook to track and monitor the success of advertisements we use on Facebook |
facebook.com |
Pixel |
session |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
youtube.com |
HTTP |
180 days |
YSC |
Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
youtube.com |
HTTP |
Session |
yt-remote-cast-installed |
Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
youtube.com |
HTML |
Session |
yt-remote-connected-devices |
Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
youtube.com |
HTML |
Persistent |
yt-remote-device-id |
Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
youtube.com |
HTML |
Persistent |
yt-remote-fast-check-period |
Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
youtube.com |
HTML |
Session |
yt-remote-session-app |
Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
youtube.com |
HTML |
Session |
yt-remote-session-name |
Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
youtube.com |
HTML |
Session |
Reporting, Functionality & Analytics cookies are created as session IDs to aid the functionality of the website and personalization. These cookies allow our websites to remember choices you make while browsing and personalize your experience. Retromixer uses the Shopify Ecommerce Platform, which in its Analytics may store your geographic location in a cookie for instance, to ensure that we show you the website relevant to your area. Or recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it to report back to us. This analysis helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Name |
Purpose |
Provider |
Type of Cookie |
Expiry |
_landing_page |
Tracks landing pages. |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
14 days |
_s |
Used by Shopify’s Analytics to review the store’s recent activity, give insight into visitors and analyze transactions. |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
Session |
_shopify_fs |
Used by Shopify’s Analytics to review the store’s recent activity, give insight into visitors and analyze transactions. |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
2 Years |
_shopify_s |
Used by Shopify’s Analytics to review the store’s recent activity, give insight into visitors and analyze transactions. |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
Session |
_shopify_sa_p |
Used by Shopify’s Analytics to review the store’s recent activity relating to marketing and referrals. |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
Session |
_shopify_sa_t |
Used by Shopify’s Analytics to review the store’s recent activity relating to marketing and referrals. |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
Session |
_shopify_y |
Used by Shopify’s Analytics to review the store’s recent activity, give insight into visitors and analyze transactions. |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
2 Years |
_y |
Used by Shopify’s Analytics to review the store’s recent activity, give insight into visitors and analyze transactions. |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
2 Years |
cart_sig |
Used by Shopify in connection with checkout. |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
14 Days |
XSRF-TOKEN
|
This cookie is written to help with site security in preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks. |
Currency .grizzlyapps.com |
HTTP |
Session |
storefront/page |
Pending |
v.shopify.com |
Pixel |
Session |
storefront/session-attribution |
Pending |
v.shopify.com |
Pixel |
Session |
storefront/track |
Pending |
v.shopify.com |
Pixel |
Session |
_g1505187487 |
Pending |
retromixer.com |
HTTP |
Session |
We also have additional cookies which are related to Google Analytics, Paypal and Shopify Pay.
Cookies for Google Analytics will have the name PREF, the cookies are set by Google themselves and it helps us track how many people have visited the store and where they came from. These cookies are persistent for a very short period of time.
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
Cookies for Paypal are used for tracking payment transactions and are only sessional, so for the time that you are making the transaction.
BEST Currency Converter is used by Shopify Pay to process payments and by using our website, you (the visitor) agree to allow third parties to process your IP address, in order to determine your location for the purpose of currency conversion. You also agree to have that currency stored in a session cookie in your browser (a temporary cookie which gets automatically removed when you close your browser). We do this in order for the selected currency to remain selected and consistent when browsing our website so that the prices can convert to your (the visitor) local currency.
Further Information about Cookies
If you would like to know more about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org, if you would like to opt out of any cookies, please visit Your Online Choices; http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/ .
How to Manage Cookies & Opting Out
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, by limiting the ability of websites to set cookies, you may impair your overall user experience, as it will no longer be personalized to you. If you prefer, you can restrict, block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings, but unfortunately that may mean that you won’t be able to add and buy products from our store. For example, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new Cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new Cookie, and how to disable existing Cookies. You can learn about how to manage cookies by using www.allaboutcookies.org. Below are links on how to control cookie settings on popular web browsers:
Pixels
In addition to cookies, we sometimes use small graphic images known as 'pixels' (also known as web beacons, clear GIFs, or pixel tags). We use pixels in our email communications to you (if you have selected to receive such communications) to help us to understand whether our email communication has been viewed. We also use third party pixels (such as those from Google, Facebook) to help us provide advertising that is relevant to your interests.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about the use of your personal information, please get in touch with our Data Protection Officer Denny Schenk via contact form or by using the company’s address at
Denny Schenk DPO
Retromixer Ltd
11-15 Thistle Street
EH2 1DF Edinburgh
United Kingdom
You can also send an email at