Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, improve efficiency, and provide information to website owners.

How We Use Cookies

Plakato uses cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They include:

• Session cookies: maintain your shopping cart and checkout session (provided by Shopify).
• Cookie consent: stores your cookie preference so we don't ask you again on every visit.

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation:

• Preferences: remembering your currency, language, or display preferences.

Analytics Cookies

We may use privacy-friendly analytics (such as Vercel Analytics) to understand how visitors use our website. These cookies collect aggregated, anonymous usage data.

Analytics cookies are only placed if you choose "Accept all" in our cookie banner. If you choose "Necessary only", we do not load analytics scripts.

Cookieless, Anonymous Traffic Analytics

In addition to the consent-based analytics above, we operate our own fully anonymous, cookieless measurement of how our site is used (for example page views, sessions, traffic sources, device type, and aggregated shop metrics such as products viewed or added to cart).

This measurement does not store or read any cookies or other information on your device, does not use any persistent identifier, and does not store your IP address or full browser user-agent. A visit is counted using a temporary key that is derived on our server from a daily-rotating secret. The key cannot be reversed to identify you and is automatically rendered useless every day, so visitors cannot be tracked across days or recognised as individuals.

Because no information is stored on or read from your device and no personal data is retained, this measurement does not require consent under the ePrivacy Directive / the Norwegian Electronic Communications Act (Ekomloven) or the GDPR. The data is stored within the EU.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are set by third-party services that appear on our pages:

• Shopify: our e-commerce platform uses cookies to support shopping cart functionality, checkout, and payment processing.

We do not have control over third-party cookies. Please refer to the respective third party's privacy policy for more information.

Cookie Duration

Cookies we use have different lifespans:

• Session cookies: temporary and deleted when you close your browser.
• Persistent cookies: remain on your device for a set period (typically up to 12 months) or until you delete them.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preference at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the site.

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View what cookies are stored on your device
• Delete individual or all cookies
• Block cookies from specific or all websites
• Block third-party cookies
• Accept all cookies

Please note that blocking essential cookies may affect the functionality of our website, including the ability to add items to your cart or complete a purchase.

Legal Basis

Our use of cookies is governed by the EU ePrivacy Directive (as implemented in Norwegian law through the Electronic Communications Act / Ekomloven) and the GDPR.

• Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent and are placed based on our legitimate interest in providing a functional website.
• Functional and analytics cookies are only placed after you have given your consent through the cookie banner.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with a revised “last updated” date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

Email: hello@appivate.com