Cookie Policy

Last updated: 19 August 2026

This policy explains the cookies and similar technologies used on windmiillnursery.co.uk, what each type does, and the controls available to you. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy.

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. Similar technologies — pixels, local storage and software development kits — do comparable jobs. We refer to all of them as "cookies" here.

Categories we use

Strictly necessary

These keep the shop working: they remember your basket, keep you signed in, protect the checkout and help detect fraudulent activity. Our store runs on Shopify, so these include Shopify cookies such as _shopify_essential, cart, _secure_session_id and keep_alive. The site cannot function without them and they are not used for advertising.

Performance and analytics

These tell us how the shop is used in aggregate — which pages are visited, where errors occur, how a journey ends. Shopify sets _shopify_y and _shopify_s for this purpose. We use the results to fix problems and improve the store, never to identify you personally.

Marketing and targeting

These may be set by advertising partners so that the ads you see elsewhere are more relevant, and so we can tell whether an ad led to a visit. Where we use them, they are only set on the basis of your consent.

Your controls

Use the cookie preferences shown on the site, where available, to accept or reject non-essential cookies.
Use Your Privacy Choices to opt out of sharing personal information for targeted advertising.
Turn on a Global Privacy Control signal in your browser — we treat it as an opt-out request for that browser and device.
Change your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Blocking strictly necessary cookies will stop the basket and checkout from working.

Retention

Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies used by our platform typically last up to 12 months, after which they expire unless you return and they are refreshed.