Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how this WordPress storefront uses cookies and similar storage when you browse, add to cart, log in, or check out. It is written for this site, not copied from another brand. If a plugin is later enabled that sets extra cookies, an operator must add those names to this page before relying on them.

Essential cookies make the shop work. WooCommerce cart and session cookies remember the items you added. Authentication cookies keep you logged into My Account. Checkout cookies store the step you are on. A security cookie may record that you arrived over HTTPS. These cookies are necessary for a purchase. Blocking them will usually empty the cart or bounce you out of checkout.

Preference cookies remember UI choices such as a dismissed announcement or a selected shipping country if a plugin stores that choice. They are not required to load the homepage, but they prevent the same banner from repeating every click.

Analytics and marketing cookies are off unless an operator enables them. If Google Analytics, a pixel, or a marketing suite is not installed, we are not dropping those cookies. The placeholder for a future list is [ANALYTICS COOKIE NAMES — EDIT IN WP ADMIN]. Until that list is filled, you should not see third-party advertising cookies from this theme. Social network buttons in the footer are ordinary links; they do not mount those networks’ SDKs by themselves.

How to control cookies: use your browser settings to delete or block cookies. Most browsers let you block third-party cookies while allowing first-party checkout cookies. If you block all cookies, WooCommerce may not keep your cart. We will not instruct you to disable security software. Do not paste cookie values into email; they can be session tokens.

Retention: session cookies expire when you close the browser or after WooCommerce’s session length, whichever comes first. Account cookies last for the “remember me” duration WordPress uses. Cart cookies follow WooCommerce defaults unless a developer changes them: [CART COOKIE LIFETIME — EDIT IN WP ADMIN].

Processors: the host that serves this domain, WooCommerce, and the payment gateway (during checkout only) are the parties that reasonably need cookies to complete a purchase. We do not sell cookie identifiers. We do not join cookie IDs to a data broker list.

Legal bases, where a privacy law asks for one, are: performance of a contract for essential checkout cookies, and consent for any future non-essential analytics cookies. If a consent banner is not visible, non-essential cookies should not be firing. If you see a banner, use it. Contact buildabear@gmail.com if a banner and this policy disagree.

Updates to this policy will be posted here. Questions: 877-789-2327, 415 S. 18th Street, Suite 200, St. Louis, MO 63103, buildabear@gmail.com.