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Cookie Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2024 | Last Updated: September 9, 2025

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.

Cookies help us enhance your browsing experience, analyze website traffic, and provide personalized content and advertisements.

2. How We Use Cookies

Shiny Holdings uses cookies to:

  • Ensure our website functions properly (essential cookies)
  • Remember your preferences and settings
  • Analyze how visitors use our website
  • Improve our website performance and user experience
  • Provide relevant content and advertisements
  • Enable social media features

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt-out of these cookies.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
cookiePreference Remembers your cookie consent preferences 1 year
sessionID Maintains your session while browsing Session
security Provides security features and prevents attacks Session

3.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This data helps us improve our website and services.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
_ga Distinguishes unique users for Google Analytics 2 years
_gid Distinguishes unique users for Google Analytics 24 hours
pageViews Tracks page views and user behavior 30 days

3.3 Marketing Cookies

These cookies track your browsing habits to enable us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to you. They may be used to build a profile of your interests and show relevant ads on other websites.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
fbTrack Facebook advertising and tracking 90 days
adPrefs Stores advertising preferences 1 year
remarketing Enables remarketing advertisements 30 days

4. Third-Party Cookies

Our website may contain content from third-party services that set their own cookies. These include:

  • Google Analytics: For website traffic analysis
  • Facebook: For social media integration and advertising
  • YouTube: For embedded video content
  • Payment Processors: For secure payment processing

These third parties have their own privacy policies and cookie practices, which are independent of ours.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

5.1 Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner with options to:

  • Accept All: Consent to all cookie categories
  • Necessary Only: Accept only essential cookies
  • Custom Settings: Choose which categories to accept

5.2 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can:

  • Block all cookies
  • Delete existing cookies
  • Set your browser to prompt before accepting cookies
  • Block third-party cookies only

5.3 Opt-Out Links

You can opt out of specific third-party cookies using these links:

  • Google Analytics: Google Analytics Opt-out
  • Facebook: Facebook Ad Preferences
  • General Advertising: Your Online Choices

6. Impact of Disabling Cookies

Disabling cookies may affect your experience on our website:

  • Essential Cookies: Website may not function properly
  • Analytics Cookies: We cannot improve the website based on usage patterns
  • Marketing Cookies: You may see less relevant advertising

7. Cookie Retention

Cookies are retained for different periods depending on their purpose:

  • Session Cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
  • Persistent Cookies: Remain until they expire or you delete them
  • First-party Cookies: Set by our website directly
  • Third-party Cookies: Set by external services we use

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please check this page regularly for updates.

The "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when the latest changes were made.

9. International Visitors

This Cookie Policy complies with:

  • UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018
  • ePrivacy Directive (Cookie Law)
  • PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations)

Visitors from other countries should be aware that data may be transferred and processed in the UK.

10. Contact Information

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

  • Email: [email protected]
  • Phone: +447783437620
  • Address: 74 Hoxton St, London N1 6LP, United Kingdom

11. Additional Resources

For more information about cookies and privacy, visit:

  • ICO (Information Commissioner's Office): ico.org.uk
  • About Cookies: allaboutcookies.org
  • Your Online Choices: youronlinechoices.com