COOKIE POLICY FOR WHYTE.BIKE
What are cookies?
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information is gathered, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored. However, this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the site’s functionality.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies for various reasons, all of which aim to enhance the user-experience of visitors to our site. Generally, we use two kinds of cookies – internal and external.
We use internal cookies; those set directly by us and by Squarespace, that we have used to develop this site to enhance the site performance and functionality. Not all cookies are essential for the website to work but they will enhance your online experience and allow us to learn about how you use the Whyte Bikes website in order to improve the quality of our website.
Apart from internal cookies, by visiting our site, you may additionally receive cookies from third parties we cooperate with. External cookies are set by third parties and you may wish to consult their websites for privacy policies. You can do so by clicking on the links below.
How to control cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
Third party cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
Google Analytics
When someone visits our website (https://whyte.bike/) we make use of the Google Analytics service to collect standard information about visitors to the sites and their behaviour (e.g. what pages they viewed). The data provided by Google Analytics is anonymised and in no way enables us to identify individual visitors, however, Google Analytics will place a cookie on your device to enable the service. For more information about how Google Analytics cookies work on websites visit: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage.
You can also opt out of the use of Google Analytics across all websites: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Other cookies used, tracking pixels or similar tools
We also make use of other tracking technologies to help us run our business. We may use Facebook pixels for the purposes of measuring the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
Before we make use of these technologies via the website you will be prompted to provide consent for their use. If you do not consent to their use, we will not make use of these pixels and will not be able to measure the effectiveness of our marketing messaging. However, if you do consent to the use of these cookies then certain information about you and your web activity will be shared with Facebook for the purposes of their advertising services, and as such this data may be processed outside the UK and EEA.
We also make use of third-party cookies where we embed content from those services onto our website (e.g. a YouTube video).
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
Third party links
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to key features of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| COOKIE NAME | PURPOSE | DOMAIN | TYPE | EXPIRY |
| _shopify_d | The cookie is necessary for the secure checkout and payment function on the website. Th is function is provided by shopify.com. |
shopify.com | Shopify Cart / HTTP | Session |
| cart_currency |
The cookie is necessary for the secure checkout and payment function on the website. Th is function is provided by shopify.com. |
shopify.com | Shopify Cart / HTTP | 13 Days |
| CONSENT | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors. This cookie is necessary for GDPR compliance of the website. | youtube.com | YouTube / HTTP | 2 Years |
| cookietest | Th is cookie is used to determine if the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. | shopify.com | Shopify / HTTP | Session |
| Secure_customer_sig | This cookie is used to store customer credentials securely when processing a purchase on the website - the cookie is essential in making a secure online transaction. | whyte.bike | Shopify Customer Login / HTTP | 1 Year |
Preferences
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
| COOKIE NAME | PURPOSE | DOMAIN | TYPE | EXPIRY |
| localization | Holds the users timezone | Whyte.Bike | HTTP | 13 Days |
| yt-player-bandwidth | Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor's device and network settings. | youtube.com | YouTube / HTML | Persistent |
Analytics, Performance and Statistics Cookies
Analytics, performance and statistics cookies are used to collect information about how visitors interact with the site. The information is collected and reported anonymously and used to enable us to improve your experience.
| COOKIE NAME | PURPOSE | DOMAIN | TYPE | EXPIRY |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Source Google Analytics. | Whyte.Bike | Google Analytics / Pixel | 2 years |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | Whyte.Bike | Google Analytics / HTTP | 24 Hours |
| _gid | Registers unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Used to distinguish users. Source Google Analytics. | Whyte.Bike | Google Analytics / HTTP | 24 Hours |
| yt-player-headers-readable | Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor's device and network settings. | youtube.com | HTTP | Persistent |
Marketing
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
| COOKIE NAME | PURPOSE | DOMAIN | TYPE | EXPIRY |
| _landing_page | Stores visitors' navigation by registering landing pages - Th is allow s the website to present relevant products and /or measure their advertisement efficiency on other websites. | whyte.bike | HTTP | 13 days |
| _orig_referrer | Th is cookie is used to collect information on a visitor. Th is in formation will become an ID string with information on a specific visitor – ID in formation strings can be used to target groups with similar preferences, or can be used by third- party domains or ad-exchanges. | whyte.bike | HTTP | 13 days |
| _s | Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. | shopify.com | Shopify Analytics / HTTP | 1 day |
| _shopify_s | Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. | shopify.com | Shopify Analytics / HTTP | 1 day |
| _shopify_sa_p | Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. The cookie also allows the website to detect any referrals from other websites. | shopify.com | Shopify Analytics / HTTP | 1 day |
| _shopify_sa_t | Collects data on visitors' behaviour and interaction - Th is is used to make advertisement on the website more relevant. The cookie also allows the website to detect any referrals from other websites. | shopify.com | Shopify Analytics / HTTP | |
| _shopify_y | Collects data on visitors' behaviour and interaction - Th is is used to make advertisement on the website more relevant. The cookie also allows the website to detect any referrals from other websites. | shopify.com | Shopify Analytics / HTTP | 1 year |
| _y | Collects data on visitors' behaviour and interaction - Th is is used to make advertisement on the website more relevant. The cookie also allows the website to detect any referrals from other websites. | shopify.com | Shopify Analytics / HTTP | 1 year |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | youtube.com | YouTube / HTTP | 179 days |
| YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of w hat videos from You Tube the user has seen. | youtube.com | YouTube / HTTP | Session |
| yt.innertube::nextId | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of w hat videos from You Tube the user has seen. | youtube.com | YouTube / HTTP | Persistent |
| yt.innertube::requests | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of w hat videos from You Tube the user has seen. | youtube.com | YouTube / HTTP | Persistent |
| yt-remote-cast-available | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | youtube.com | YouTube / HTTP | Session |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | youtube.com | YouTube / HTTP | Session |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | youtube.com | YouTube / HTTP | Persistent |
| yt-remote-device-id | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | youtube.com | YouTube / HTTP | Persistent |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | youtube.com | YouTube / HTTP | Session |
| yt-remote-session-app | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | youtube.com | YouTube / HTTP | Session |
| yt-remote-session-name | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded You Tube video | youtube.com | YouTube / HTTP | Session |
More Information
We hope we have explained our use of cookies clearly. If you require more information, you can contact us via our online contact form