Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
Last updated: 6 October 2026
Introduction
At Home Flair Decor, we want our website to be easy to use and to provide our customers with a reliable, secure and convenient shopping experience.
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to operate our online store, remember certain preferences, understand how our website is used and, where you have given your consent, support personalisation, analytics and advertising.
Our online store is powered by Shopify. Shopify uses cookies and similar technologies to provide and secure the ecommerce platform on which our website operates.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies and similar technologies are, how we use them and the choices available to you.
This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files containing information which are stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies can perform a number of functions. For example, they can enable a shopping basket to work, remember preferences, maintain website security, help us understand how visitors use our website and, where you have consented, help us measure and improve our advertising.
Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser. These are known as session cookies. Others remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them. These are known as persistent cookies.
Websites can also use other technologies that perform functions similar to cookies, including pixels, tags, scripts and local storage. This policy uses the term “cookies” to include these similar technologies where appropriate.
Who Sets Cookies and Similar Technologies on Our Website?
Cookies and similar technologies used when you visit our website may be set or operated by:
Home Flair Decor – technologies used in connection with the operation and functionality of our website.
Shopify – our website and checkout are powered by Shopify. Shopify uses cookies and similar technologies to provide its ecommerce platform, including shopping basket and checkout functionality, security, fraud prevention, customer privacy preferences, analytics and other services.
Our service providers and partners – we use selected third-party services in connection with our website. These currently include Google & YouTube, Meta (Facebook & Instagram) and Spoks.
Where consent is required, these technologies are controlled through the cookie and privacy choices available on our website.
The Cookie Categories We Use
Required
Required cookies and similar technologies are necessary for the website to function properly or to provide a service that you have requested.
They may be used for purposes including:
- maintaining your shopping basket;
- remembering information during checkout;
- applying discount codes;
- maintaining website and checkout security;
- fraud prevention and anti-tampering measures;
- remembering your cookie and privacy choices;
- selecting the appropriate country, market or currency;
- enabling customer account functionality; and
- supporting Shop and Shop Pay functionality where used.
These technologies cannot be disabled through our cookie preference controls where they are necessary to provide the website or a service you have requested.
Personalization
Personalization technologies allow us and our service providers to remember information about your actions and preferences and use that information to personalise your experience when you use our website.
On our website, Personalization is an optional category. These technologies will not be used for this purpose unless you make the appropriate choice through our cookie controls.
Marketing
Marketing technologies are used by us and our partners to help measure and optimise marketing communications and advertising.
They may be used to understand interactions with advertisements, measure whether advertising leads to visits or purchases and, where you have consented, help provide advertising that is more relevant to your interests.
Our marketing technologies may include services provided by Shopify, Google and Meta.
Marketing cookies and similar technologies are optional and will not be used for these purposes unless you give your consent.
Analytics
Analytics technologies help us understand how visitors interact with our website.
They can provide information about matters such as:
- how many people visit our website;
- which pages and products are viewed;
- how visitors reached our website;
- how visitors navigate around the website;
- website and checkout performance; and
- whether visits result in purchases.
We use this information to understand how our website performs and identify areas where we can improve the customer experience.
On our website, Analytics is an optional category and is controlled through our cookie preferences.
Shopify Cookies
Shopify currently identifies the following cookies as being used on merchant storefronts. Not every cookie will necessarily be placed during every visit; the cookies used can depend on the functionality and services being used.
Required Shopify Cookies
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
__Host-Http-shop_binding |
Supports and secures the Login with Shop authentication process. | 3 hours |
_shopify_essential |
Contains information necessary for the correct operation of the store, including session and checkout information and anti-tampering data. | 1 year |
_shopify_test |
Checks whether the visitor's browser can use cookies. | 1 minute |
_tracking_consent |
Stores a visitor's privacy preferences where privacy rules have been configured for their region. | 1 year |
cart |
Contains information relating to the visitor's shopping basket. | 2 weeks |
cart_currency |
Helps initialise a new shopping basket with the appropriate currency following checkout. | 2 weeks |
discount_code |
Stores a discount code so that it can be applied at checkout. | Session |
localization |
Helps localise the shopping basket to the appropriate country or market. | 1 year |
login_with_shop_finalize |
Supports Login with Shop functionality. | 5 minutes |
shopify_pay |
Supports returning users of Shop Pay. | 1 year |
storefront_digest |
Supports access to a password-protected storefront where applicable. | 1 year |
Shopify Analytics Cookies
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
_landing_page |
Records the landing page when a visitor arrives from another website. | 2 weeks |
_orig_referrer |
Helps identify where visitors arrived from. | 2 weeks |
_shopify_analytics |
Contains analytics data relating to Shopify buyer surfaces such as the storefront or checkout. | 1 year |
_shopify_s |
Identifies a particular browser session and store combination for analytics. | 30-minute rolling expiry |
_shopify_y |
Used for Shopify analytics. | 1 year |
shop_analytics |
Contains buyer information used for analytics within Shop. | 1 year |
Shopify Marketing Cookie
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
_shopify_marketing |
Contains marketing data relating to Shopify buyer surfaces such as the storefront or checkout. | 1 year |
Shopify User Preference Cookie
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
shopify_override_user_locale |
Used by Shopify to set the user's locale where applicable. | 1 year |
This table reflects Shopify's published merchant-storefront cookie information as at the date of this policy. Shopify may change the cookies and technologies it uses as its platform develops.
For the latest information, please see Shopify's Cookie Policy.
Shopify Network Intelligence
We have enabled Shopify Network Intelligence.
When this service is enabled, Shopify may securely use information from interactions with our store together with information from interactions with Shopify and other Shopify merchants to provide enhanced Shopify services.
These services can include functionality designed to improve security, analytics, personalisation and advertising.
For customers in the United Kingdom, where Shopify Network Intelligence involves non-essential uses of device data, Shopify respects the consent choices made through our cookie controls. You can change or withdraw your consent through our Cookie Preferences controls.
Further information about Shopify's processing of personal information is provided in our Privacy Policy.
Google & YouTube
We use Shopify's Google & YouTube integration.
Google technologies may be used for analytics, advertising, conversion measurement and to help us understand the effectiveness of our advertising.
Where these technologies are used for Analytics or Marketing purposes on our website, they are controlled by your cookie choices and will only be used where you have given the required consent.
For information about how Google processes information, please see Google's Privacy Policy.
Facebook & Instagram – Meta
We use Shopify's Facebook & Instagram integration provided by Meta.
Meta technologies, including the Meta Pixel where applicable, may be used to help us measure interactions with our website and advertising, understand whether advertisements result in visits or purchases and, where you have consented, provide or measure advertising relevant to your interests.
Where Meta technologies are used for Marketing or other non-essential tracking purposes, they will only be used where you have given the required consent through our cookie controls.
For information about how Meta processes information, please see Meta's Privacy Policy.
Spoks
We use Spoks as our email communications and marketing platform.
Spoks helps us send transactional communications relating to orders and our services, as well as marketing communications where we are permitted to send these to you.
Spoks is also integrated with our Shopify store and may receive information about how customers interact with our website to help us understand the effectiveness of our communications and provide relevant marketing.
Where this involves Analytics or Marketing cookies, pixels or similar tracking technologies, the relevant information will only be collected where you have provided the appropriate permission through our cookie controls.
Your cookie choices and your choices about receiving marketing communications are related but separate. For example, declining Marketing cookies does not prevent us from sending essential transactional communications concerning an order you have placed.
You can unsubscribe from our email marketing using the unsubscribe option provided in our marketing emails.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our website from the United Kingdom, our cookie banner allows you to Accept or Decline optional cookies or select Manage preferences.
Within Cookie Preferences, you can make individual choices for:
- Personalization;
- Marketing; and
- Analytics.
Required cookies remain enabled because they are necessary for the website to function properly or to provide services you request.
You can choose Accept all, Decline all, or make individual choices and select Save my choices.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the Cookie Preferences option available on our website.
Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
Browser Controls
You can also control or delete cookies through your web browser.
Most browsers allow you to:
- view cookies stored on your device;
- delete individual or all cookies;
- block cookies from particular websites;
- restrict third-party cookies; or
- prevent cookies from being stored.
The precise controls vary between browsers and devices, so we recommend referring to your browser's current privacy or cookie settings.
Please be aware that blocking Required cookies may prevent parts of our website from working correctly. For example, your shopping basket, customer account or checkout may not function as intended.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, the Shopify platform, the services we use or applicable legal requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies and similar technologies, please contact us using the contact details provided on our website.