This is the Cookie Policy for MayBeauty.de, accessible from https://MayBeauty.de
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, 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 sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
Account related cookies
If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
Login related cookies
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
Orders processing related cookies
This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
| Cookie Name | When does it expire? (Duration) | Description |
| PHPSESSID | The cookie is deleted when you close your web browser. | Stores a random unique number or string of letters and numbers. |
| wordpress_test_cookie | A session cookie, deleted when you close your web browser. | Stores the text ‘WP Cookie check’. WordPress sets this cookie when you navigate to the login page. The cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow, or reject cookies. |
| wordpress_xxxxx | A session cookie, deleted when you close your web browser. | Stores Your login authentication details in an encrypted form. WordPress uses these cookies to store your authentication details, and their use is limited to the admin console area. |
| wordpress_logged_in_xxxxx | A session cookie, deleted when you close your web browser. | Stores Your login details in an encrypted form. WordPress uses this cookie to indicate when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use. |
| wp-settings-xxxxx, wp-settings-time-xxxxx | Persistent cookie, expire a little under one year from the time they’re set. | Stores text indicating your preferred settings. WordPress uses this cookie to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. |
| woocommerce_cart_hash | Session cookie. 1 day | Stores an encoded string representing the contents of the WooCommerce shopping cart. Contain information about the cart as a whole. Helps WooCommerce know when the cart data changes. This cookie is strictly necessary. No personal information is stored within this cookies. |
| woocommerce_items_in_cart | Session cookie. 1 day | Records if there are any items in the WooCommerce shopping cart. Contain information about the cart as a whole. Helps WooCommerce know when the cart data changes. This cookie is strictly necessary. No personal information is stored within this cookies. |
| wp_woocommerce_session_ | 48 hours | Contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer and session expiration time. For guest shoppers this a randomly generated cryptographically strong ID. This cookie is strictly necessary. No personal information is stored within this cookie. |
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.
This site uses Google Analytics and Hotjar which are one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics Cookie information page.For more information on Hotjar cookies, see the official Hotjar Cookie information page.
| Cookie Name | When does it expire? (Duration) | Description |
| _ga | 2 years | Google Universal Analytics. Used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. |
| _gid | 24 hours | Google Universal Analytics. Used to distinguish users. |
| _gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. |
| gadwp_wp_default_dimension, gadwp_wp_default_metric, gadwp_wp_default_swmetric | Up to 1 year | Google Analytics Sessions |
| _hjIncludedInSample | 1 year | Hotjar cookie. This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels, heatmaps, recodrings. |
More Information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
- Email: service@maybeauty.de
