Cookie Policy

1. Who We Are

Artisan Sofas is operated by Harvest Moon Interiors, an independent
furniture retailer based in Southport, Merseyside.

Harvest Moon Interiors
6 Portland Street
Southport
Merseyside
PR8 1JU
United Kingdom

2. What Are Cookies?

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

They allow websites to recognise your device, remember certain
information about your visit and provide functionality such as
maintaining the contents of your shopping basket.

Similar technologies, including local storage, scripts and tracking
technologies, may perform comparable functions. References to
“cookies” in this policy include these technologies where appropriate.

3. Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies for a number of purposes,
including to:

Make our website function correctly
Remember items placed in your shopping basket
Maintain your session while you browse and purchase products
Provide secure website and checkout functionality
Remember choices or preferences you have made
Understand how visitors use our website
Identify technical problems and improve website performance
Measure the effectiveness of our website and marketing, where permitted

4. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for the website to work properly and
provide services that you request.

For example, our online shop uses cookies to remember products that
you add to your basket and maintain the contents of your basket as
you move between pages.

Strictly necessary cookies may also be used for website security,
fraud prevention, customer login functionality and to remember your
cookie choices.

Because these cookies are necessary to provide the service you have
requested, they do not generally require your consent.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics technologies help us understand how visitors use the
Artisan Sofas website. This can include information such as:

The number of visitors to the website
The pages that people visit
How visitors move through the website
How long visitors spend on particular pages
The type of device and browser being used
How visitors arrived at our website
Website loading speeds and technical performance

We use this information to understand how the website is performing,
identify areas that can be improved and provide a better experience
for customers.

Where analytics are used solely to create aggregate statistical
information for the purpose of improving our website, they may be
used in accordance with the statistical purposes provisions of
applicable UK privacy law.

Where analytics technologies are used in a way that requires your
consent, they will not be activated until the appropriate permission
has been given.

Functional Cookies

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

Depending on the features available on the website, these could
include remembering display preferences, recently viewed products
or other settings.

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

Marketing cookies may be used to understand the effectiveness of
advertising campaigns or to provide advertising that is more relevant
to visitors.

Cookies or similar technologies used for behavioural advertising,
profiling or tracking visitors across different websites will only
be used where the appropriate consent has been obtained.

If these technologies are not currently used on the Artisan Sofas
website, this section also explains how they will be treated should
they be introduced in the future.

5. Cookies Used by Our Online Shop

Artisan Sofas uses WooCommerce to provide our online shopping
functionality. WooCommerce may use cookies to enable essential
ecommerce functions.

Cookie	Purpose	Type
woocommerce_cart_hash	Helps WooCommerce determine when the contents of your shopping basket change.	Necessary
woocommerce_items_in_cart	Helps WooCommerce determine whether your shopping basket contains products.	Necessary
wp_woocommerce_session_*	Provides each customer with a unique session so that WooCommerce can locate their basket information.	Necessary

Additional WooCommerce or WordPress cookies may be created when
particular website functions are used, such as customer accounts,
recently viewed products or administrative functionality.

6. Payment and Checkout Services

When you proceed through the checkout, our payment service providers
may use cookies or similar technologies to process payments securely,
prevent fraud and provide their payment services.

Some of these technologies may be essential for completing the
transaction you have requested.

Payment providers are responsible for the cookies and technologies
that they operate directly and may provide additional information
within their own privacy and cookie policies.

7. Third-Party Cookies

Some services used on our website are provided by third parties.
These services may place their own cookies or use similar technologies.

Depending on the services enabled on the website, these may include:

Website analytics providers
Payment providers
Embedded video or media providers
Website security services
Marketing and advertising platforms

Where third-party technologies require consent, they will not be
activated until you have made the appropriate choice through our
cookie controls.

8. Your Cookie Choices

When you first visit our website, you may be presented with cookie
controls allowing you to make choices about the technologies that
are used.

You can accept or reject optional categories of cookies where
applicable and can change your preferences later using the cookie
settings facility provided on the website.

Cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of the website
cannot normally be disabled through our cookie controls because
doing so may prevent important website functions from working.

Where we rely on an applicable legal exception for statistical or
preference-related technologies, we will provide appropriate
information and a simple means for you to object where required.

9. Browser Cookie Controls

Most web browsers also allow you to control cookies through their
settings. You can normally configure your browser to:

View cookies stored on your device
Delete existing cookies
Block cookies from particular websites
Block third-party cookies
Block all cookies

Please be aware that blocking all cookies may affect the operation
of our website. In particular, functionality such as the shopping
basket, customer account and checkout may not work correctly if
necessary cookies are disabled.

10. How Long Cookies Remain on Your Device

Cookies may be either session cookies or persistent cookies.

Session cookies normally expire when you close your
browser.

Persistent cookies remain on your device for a
specified period or until you delete them.

The length of time a cookie remains on your device depends on its
purpose and the service that provides it.

11. Personal Information and Cookies

Information collected using cookies may sometimes constitute
personal information, particularly where information can be linked
to an identifiable individual or device.

Where personal information is collected, it will be handled in
accordance with our
Privacy Policy.

12. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect
changes to the technologies used on our website, the services we
provide or changes to applicable law and regulatory guidance.

The latest version will always be published on this page together
with the date it was last updated.

13. Contact Us

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