Cookies Policy
Cookie Policy
This policy explains clearly what cookies are, which ones we use on elite-london.com, why we use them, how long they last, and exactly how you can control or remove them at any time.
Legal Disclosure: This Cookie Policy is issued by Elite London, operated by Emanuel Kristensson (Swedish Personal ID / Personnummer: 010615-8090), registered at Jordal 111, Jörlanda, Västra Götaland, 44492, Sweden. All data practices are governed by Swedish law, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the EU ePrivacy Directive. View our Legal Notice →
Table of Contents
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device — computer, smartphone, or tablet — when you visit a website. They are widely used by websites around the world and serve a range of important functions, from keeping you logged in to understanding how visitors use a website so that improvements can be made.
Cookies do not contain executable code and cannot access other information on your device. They are not viruses and they cannot damage your files. A cookie is simply a small piece of text stored by your browser that the website can read when you return.
In addition to cookies, our website may also use similar tracking technologies including web beacons (also called pixel tags or clear gifs), local storage, and session storage. Where we refer to “cookies” in this policy, we are referring to all of these technologies collectively unless we specifically distinguish between them.
Session cookies are temporary and exist only for the duration of your visit to our website. They are deleted from your browser automatically when you close it. They are used for things like keeping items in your shopping basket while you browse from page to page.
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period of time after you close your browser, or until you delete them manually. They are used to remember your preferences when you return to our website, such as your language setting or whether you have accepted our cookie policy.
First-party cookies are set directly by elite-london.com. We have full control over these cookies and use them solely in connection with the operation of our own store. These include cookies set by the Shopify platform that powers our website.
Third-party cookies are set by external services and providers whose functionality we have integrated into our website, such as Google Analytics and payment processors. We do not have direct control over these cookies. Full details are in Section 8.
Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies for specific, legitimate purposes. We do not use cookies to collect more information about you than is necessary for the operation of our store and the provision of our services. Below is a plain-English explanation of why cookies are used on elite-london.com.
Types of Cookies We Use
Our website uses four categories of cookies. Each category is explained in detail in Sections 4 through 7. The table below provides a quick reference summary of each category, its purpose, and whether your consent is required.
| Category | Purpose | Consent Required | Can Be Disabled? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Core website functionality — basket, checkout, security, fraud prevention | No — Always Active | No — Required for the site to work |
| Functional | Remembering your preferences and settings across sessions | Yes — Consent Required | Yes — Via cookie settings or browser |
| Analytics | Understanding visitor behaviour to improve our website | Yes — Consent Required | Yes — Via cookie settings or browser |
| Marketing | Serving relevant advertisements based on your browsing behaviour | Yes — Consent Required | Yes — Via cookie settings or browser |
When you first visit elite-london.com, you will be presented with a cookie consent notice. Strictly necessary cookies are activated automatically because they are essential for the website to function. All other cookie categories require your active consent before we activate them. You can change your consent preferences at any time by accessing our cookie settings tool or by adjusting your browser settings as described in Section 10.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the basic operation of our website. Without them, our store cannot function at all. These cookies do not collect any information about you that could be used for marketing purposes, and they do not remember where you have been on the internet outside of our own store.
Because these cookies are essential, they do not require your consent under the EU ePrivacy Directive or GDPR. They are always active when you use our website.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _shopify_y | Shopify | Shopify analytics — tracks unique visitors across sessions for internal reporting purposes. | 1 year |
| _shopify_s | Shopify | Shopify analytics — tracks user navigation within a single session on the store. | 30 minutes |
| _shopify_sa_t | Shopify | Tracks marketing attribution data for Shopify’s internal analytics, specifically the time of visit. | 30 minutes |
| _shopify_sa_p | Shopify | Tracks marketing attribution data for Shopify’s internal analytics, specifically page referral data. | 30 minutes |
| cart | Shopify | Stores the contents of your shopping basket so items are retained as you browse the store. | 2 weeks |
| cart_sig | Shopify | Used in conjunction with the cart cookie to verify the integrity of the shopping basket contents. | 2 weeks |
| checkout_token | Shopify | Maintains your checkout session so your progress through the checkout process is not lost. | 1 year |
| secure_customer_sig | Shopify | Used to confirm your login status as a customer. Ensures your account session remains secure. | 20 years |
| storefront_digest | Shopify | Used to authenticate access to password-protected areas of the store during development. | Session |
| _ab | Shopify | Used for A/B testing by Shopify to ensure consistent experience during theme or feature experiments. | Session |
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow our website to remember preferences and choices you have made in order to provide a more personalised experience. For example, they may remember your currency selection or whether you have previously dismissed a notification banner. These cookies do not track your browsing activity across other websites.
Functional cookies require your consent. If you decline functional cookies, certain features of our website may not work as intended and you may need to re-select your preferences each time you visit.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _shopify_tw | Shopify | Tracks and stores the currency selection made by the visitor so that the correct currency is shown on return visits. | 2 weeks |
| keep_alive | Shopify | Prevents the customer session from expiring while the customer is actively browsing, ensuring continuity of experience. | 20 days |
| cookie_consent | Elite London | Stores the record of your cookie consent preferences so that the consent banner is not repeatedly shown on subsequent visits. | 1 year |
| recently_viewed | Shopify | Stores a record of recently viewed products so that the recently viewed section on product pages can be populated for your session. | Session |
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how customers use our website. They collect information in aggregated, anonymised form about pages visited, time spent on pages, and how visitors navigate through the store. This information is used solely to improve the performance and content of our website. It does not identify you personally.
We use Google Analytics as our primary analytics tool. Google Analytics data is processed in accordance with Google’s privacy policy. We have configured Google Analytics to anonymise IP addresses, which means your full IP address is not stored. Analytics cookies require your consent.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Registers a unique identifier used to generate statistical data on how you use the website. IP addresses are anonymised before storage. | 2 years |
| _ga_[ID] | Google Analytics | Used by Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to persist session state and track engagement metrics across pages. | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Registers a unique identifier used to distinguish users within a single day for statistical analysis. | 24 hours |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Used to throttle the rate of requests sent to Google’s servers, preventing overloading during high-traffic periods. | 1 minute |
| _shopify_fs | Shopify | Tracks the first session of a visitor to the store for attribution and analytics reporting within Shopify’s own dashboard. | 30 minutes |
We have enabled IP anonymisation within Google Analytics. This means that Google truncates your IP address before storing it, making it impossible to identify you from the analytics data alone. The data collected is used only for statistical purposes and to help us understand overall website performance. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available free from Google.
Marketing and Advertising Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to your interests. They work by tracking your browsing behaviour across our website and, in some cases, across other websites you visit. This allows advertising networks to build a profile of your interests and show you targeted adverts on other platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Google.
Marketing cookies are set by third-party advertising networks. We do not have direct control over the data collected by these cookies. Marketing cookies require your explicit consent. If you do not consent to marketing cookies, you will still see advertisements, but they will not be tailored to your specific interests.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Meta (Facebook / Instagram) | Used by Meta to deliver and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on Facebook and Instagram. Enables retargeting of visitors who have interacted with our store. | 3 months |
| _fbc | Meta (Facebook / Instagram) | Stores the click identifier when a user arrives at our website from a Facebook advertisement, used to attribute the visit to the correct ad campaign. | 2 years |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads | Used by Google Ads to store and track conversions from Google advertising campaigns, helping us understand which ads lead to purchases. | 3 months |
| IDE | Google DoubleClick | Used by Google to register and report user actions after viewing or clicking a Google advertisement, to measure the effectiveness of advertising and present targeted ads. | 1 year |
| ads/ga-audiences | Google Ads | Used by Google Ads to re-engage visitors who are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour across websites. | Session |
You can opt out of interest-based advertising from Meta by visiting your Facebook Ad Preferences settings. You can opt out of Google interest-based advertising at Google Ad Settings. You can also use the Your Online Choices platform (EU) or the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out tool to manage advertising preferences across multiple networks simultaneously.
Third-Party Cookies
Some of the cookies on our website are set by third-party services whose functionality we have integrated into our store. We use these services to provide features such as secure payment processing, analytics, and advertising. The cookies these third parties set are governed by their own privacy policies, not by this document.
Below is a list of the main third-party providers whose cookies may be present on our website, along with links to their respective privacy and cookie policies.
| Third Party | Service Provided | Cookie Category | Privacy Policy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shopify Inc. | Website and e-commerce platform, payment processing infrastructure, checkout functionality | Necessary Functional | shopify.com/legal/privacy |
| Google LLC | Analytics (Google Analytics), advertising (Google Ads, DoubleClick), Google Pay | Analytics Marketing | policies.google.com/privacy |
| Meta Platforms Inc. | Advertising measurement and retargeting via the Meta Pixel (Facebook and Instagram) | Marketing | facebook.com/privacy/policy |
| Stripe Inc. | Secure payment processing for card payments via Shopify Payments | Necessary | stripe.com/privacy |
| PayPal Holdings Inc. | Secure payment processing for PayPal transactions at checkout | Necessary | paypal.com privacy policy |
| Klarna AB | Buy now, pay later financing and instalment payment options at checkout | Necessary | klarna.com privacy policy |
Elite London does not control how third-party providers use the data they collect through their cookies. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of each third party listed above, particularly if you have specific concerns about how your data is used for advertising or profiling purposes. If a third-party service changes its cookie or data practices after the publication date of this policy, those changes will be governed by the third party’s own policies and not by this document.
Full Cookie Reference Table
The table below provides a consolidated reference of all cookies used across elite-london.com, their category, purpose, duration, and whether they require your consent.
| Cookie | Category | Provider | Duration | Consent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _shopify_y | Necessary | Shopify | 1 year | Not required |
| _shopify_s | Necessary | Shopify | 30 minutes | Not required |
| _shopify_sa_t | Necessary | Shopify | 30 minutes | Not required |
| _shopify_sa_p | Necessary | Shopify | 30 minutes | Not required |
| cart | Necessary | Shopify | 2 weeks | Not required |
| checkout_token | Necessary | Shopify | 1 year | Not required |
| secure_customer_sig | Necessary | Shopify | 20 years | Not required |
| _ab | Necessary | Shopify | Session | Not required |
| cookie_consent | Functional | Elite London | 1 year | Required |
| _shopify_tw | Functional | Shopify | 2 weeks | Required |
| keep_alive | Functional | Shopify | 20 days | Required |
| _ga | Analytics | 2 years | Required | |
| _ga_[ID] | Analytics | 2 years | Required | |
| _gid | Analytics | 24 hours | Required | |
| _fbp | Marketing | Meta | 3 months | Required |
| _fbc | Marketing | Meta | 2 years | Required |
| _gcl_au | Marketing | Google Ads | 3 months | Required |
| IDE | Marketing | Google DoubleClick | 1 year | Required |
How to Control Your Cookies
You have several options for controlling which cookies are active on your device. You can use our cookie consent tool, adjust your browser settings, or use platform-specific opt-out tools. Each method is explained below.
When you first visit elite-london.com, you will see a cookie consent banner. You can use this to accept all cookies, reject optional cookies, or customise your preferences by category. You can revisit and change your preferences at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer of our website.
If you disable or delete all cookies, certain features of our website may not function correctly. Your shopping basket may not retain its contents, your checkout session may be interrupted, and you may be unable to stay logged in to your account. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled without this impact occurring.
You can also manage cookies directly through your browser. Instructions for the most common browsers are provided below.
Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data. Choose from “Block all cookies”, “Block third-party cookies”, or manage site-specific exceptions.
Chrome Cookie Help →
Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and Site Data. You can clear cookies, block all cookies, or manage exceptions for individual websites.
Firefox Cookie Help →
Safari → Preferences → Privacy. Select “Block all cookies” or choose to block only cross-site tracking cookies. On iOS: Settings → Safari → Privacy and Security.
Safari Cookie Help →
Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data. Choose your preferred tracking prevention level or manage cookies per site.
Edge Cookie Help →
Settings → Advanced → Privacy and security → Site Settings → Cookies and site data. You can manage and clear cookies or set exceptions for specific websites.
Opera Cookie Help →
Menu → Settings → Privacy and Security → Delete browsing data. Toggle cookie blocking under “Sites and downloads” in Privacy settings. Options available for blocking third-party cookies.
Samsung Browser Help →
Cookie Consent and Your Rights
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the EU ePrivacy Directive, you have specific rights in relation to how your data is processed through cookies. Because Elite London is operated from Sweden and serves customers worldwide, these rights apply to all EU and EEA residents. We extend the same standards to all of our customers globally, regardless of their location.
If you have a complaint about how we handle your data or cookies and are unable to resolve it directly with us, EU residents may contact the Swedish Data Protection Authority (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten — IMY) at imy.se, or their national data protection authority. EU consumers may also use the European Commission’s Online Dispute Resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, changes in applicable law, or changes to the services we use on our website. When we make a significant change, we will update the effective date shown at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify customers via email or a prominent notice on our website.
We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies. The effective date at the top of this document indicates when the policy was last reviewed and updated.
A significant change is one that materially affects your rights or the way we process your data, such as adding a new category of cookies, introducing a new third-party provider that places marketing cookies, or a change in the legal basis we rely on for processing. Minor changes such as correcting a typographical error or updating a cookie duration by a small amount will not necessarily be communicated separately.
If we make a significant change to this Cookie Policy that requires fresh consent, we will ask for your consent again through our cookie consent tool the next time you visit our website. Your previous consent settings will be reset in respect of any newly added cookie categories so that you can make an informed choice.
Business Information and Contact
If you have any question about this Cookie Policy, want to exercise any of your rights, or have a concern about how we handle cookie data, please contact us using the details below. All enquiries are handled personally by Emanuel Kristensson.
We Are Here to Help.
If anything in this policy is unclear, if you want to exercise your data rights, or if you have a specific concern about how cookies operate on our website, please reach out directly. Every enquiry is handled personally.