Cookie Policy

This page explains what cookies and local storage this site uses, why, and how to control them. You choose your preferences the first time you visit, and you can change that choice at any time from the "Cookie preferences" link in the footer.

How consent works on this site

When you first visit, a banner asks you to choose: Accept all, Reject non-essential, or Manage preferences for a granular choice. No box is pre-ticked, accepting and rejecting are equally easy to choose, and nothing beyond essential cookies loads until you decide. Your choice is saved and applied on every later visit and across both languages, until you change it.

Essential — always on, no consent needed

These run the site itself and cannot be switched off:

Name	Purpose	Duration
ad_cart_v1	Remembers what’s in your cart between visits	Until you clear it or complete an order
ad_consent	Remembers your cookie preference	Until you change it

Analytics — off until you consent

Name	Purpose	Set by	Duration
_ga, _ga_*	Google Analytics 4 — pages visited, general usage patterns	Google	Up to 2 years, per Google’s standard GA4 settings

Analytics is Google Analytics 4. The script that sets these cookies is not loaded at all until you click "Accept all" or enable analytics under "Manage preferences" — not loaded-then-blocked, genuinely absent from the page until then.

Changing your mind

Click "Cookie preferences" in the footer, on any page, at any time, to reopen this panel and change your choice. Rejecting analytics later removes those cookies going forward.

Third-party processor

Google Analytics 4 data is processed by Google Ireland Limited / Google LLC. See Google’s own privacy policy for how it handles data on our behalf, including safeguards for any transfer outside the EU.