WOW GLAMA COOKIE POLICY

WOW GLAMA COOKIE POLICY

Last updated: September 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Wow Glama uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or use our website.

Website: www.wowglama.co.uk

By using our website, certain cookies may be placed on your device. Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, mobile phone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies allow websites to recognise your device and remember certain information about your visit.

They can help websites function correctly, improve performance and provide a better customer experience.

2. Why We Use Cookies

Wow Glama may use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Make our website function correctly

  • Keep your shopping basket working

  • Remember your preferences

  • Process and manage orders

  • Keep your account and checkout secure

  • Understand how visitors use our website

  • Improve website performance

  • Analyse sales and customer journeys

  • Personalise aspects of your experience

  • Measure the effectiveness of marketing

  • Support advertising and social-media features

  • Detect fraud and protect our website

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Cookies used on our website generally fall into the following categories.

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function.

They may be used for functions such as:

  • Shopping baskets

  • Checkout

  • Customer accounts

  • Secure areas

  • Payment processes

  • Fraud prevention

  • Website security

Because these cookies are necessary for the operation of the website, they generally cannot be disabled through our website's cookie preference tool.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced functionality.

For example, they may remember:

  • Language preferences

  • Region

  • Certain website preferences

  • Previously selected settings

Where required, we will ask for your consent before using non-essential functional cookies.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website.

They may help us understand:

  • How many people visit our website

  • Which pages are most popular

  • Which products receive the most interest

  • How visitors move around the website

  • Whether our website is working effectively

  • How we can improve the customer experience

Analytics information is generally used in an aggregated or pseudonymised form where possible.

Marketing & Advertising Cookies

Marketing cookies may be used to help us understand the effectiveness of advertising and promotional campaigns.

They may allow us or our advertising partners to:

  • Measure advertising performance

  • Understand which advertisements brought visitors to our website

  • Show relevant advertisements

  • Build advertising audiences

  • Measure conversions

  • Improve marketing campaigns

These cookies are generally non-essential and, where required, will only be placed with your consent.

Social Media Cookies

Our website may include features from social-media platforms.

These features may place cookies or similar technologies on your device.

For example, social-media features may help us:

  • Display social-media content

  • Allow you to interact with social-media content

  • Measure engagement

  • Understand the effectiveness of social-media campaigns

The relevant social-media provider may process information in accordance with its own privacy policy.

4. Shopify Cookies

Our online shop is powered by Shopify.

Shopify and associated services may use cookies and similar technologies that are necessary for operating the online store, including functions relating to shopping carts, checkout, security and website performance.

Additional cookies may be used depending on the Shopify features, apps and integrations installed on our store.

For more information about how Shopify handles information and cookies, please refer to Shopify's own privacy and cookie information.

5. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies may be placed by third-party service providers that operate services on our behalf or provide functionality on our website.

These may include providers involved in:

  • Payments

  • Analytics

  • Advertising

  • Social media

  • Customer support

  • Website functionality

  • Fraud prevention

Third parties may use cookies in accordance with their own privacy policies.

We recommend reviewing the privacy information provided by those third parties for further details.

6. Your Cookie Choices

When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie banner or preference centre.

Where applicable, you can:

  • Accept non-essential cookies

  • Reject non-essential cookies

  • Select individual cookie categories

  • Change your preferences later

You can also control cookies through your browser settings.

Please be aware that blocking certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website. For example, disabling essential cookies may prevent parts of the shopping or checkout process from working correctly.

7. Withdrawing Consent

Where we rely on your consent to use cookies, you can withdraw that consent at any time.

You can do this through our cookie preference tool where available or by changing your browser settings.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before your consent was withdrawn.

8. How Long Cookies Remain on Your Device

Cookies may be either:

Session Cookies

These cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser.

Persistent Cookies

These cookies remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them.

The length of time a particular cookie remains on your device depends on the purpose of the cookie and the organisation that places it.

9. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

Most web browsers allow you to control or delete cookies through their settings.

You can usually:

  • Block cookies

  • Delete existing cookies

  • Allow only certain cookies

  • Receive notifications when cookies are being used

Please consult your browser's help documentation for instructions.

10. Privacy & Personal Information

Some cookies and similar technologies may collect information that can be associated with an individual or device.

Where this happens, the information will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable UK data-protection law.

For more information about how Wow Glama collects and uses personal information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

11. International Data Transfers

Some third-party cookie and technology providers may process information outside the United Kingdom.

Where applicable, we will take appropriate measures to ensure that international transfers comply with applicable UK data-protection requirements.

12. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect:

  • Changes to our website

  • Changes to Shopify or third-party services

  • New cookies or technologies

  • Changes to our business

  • Changes to applicable law

The latest version will be published on our website with the relevant “Last updated” date.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or similar technologies, please contact:

Wow Glama
Website: www.wowglama.co.uk

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