Cookie Policy

Last updated: 18 July 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Emma Catharina uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit www.emmacatharina.com.

It explains:

  • what cookies and similar technologies are;

  • which types of cookies we use;

  • why we use them;

  • which third parties may place cookies;

  • how long cookies may remain on your device; and

  • how you can manage or withdraw your consent.

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.

1. About Emma Catharina

The website www.emmacatharina.com is operated by Emma Catharina, a business registered in the Netherlands.

Our business details are:

Trading name: Emma Catharina
Chamber of Commerce number: 80826849
VAT identification number: NL003493473B08
Business address: Sint Servatiusstraat 3, Weert, The Netherlands
Email address: info@emmacatharina.com
Website: www.emmacatharina.com

In this Cookie Policy, “Emma Catharina”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Emma Catharina.

“You” and “your” refer to the person visiting or using our website.

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.

Cookies allow a website to recognise your browser or device and may be used to:

  • keep the website functioning correctly;

  • remember products in your shopping basket;

  • remember your country, currency or language preferences;

  • maintain the security of the website and checkout;

  • understand how visitors use the website;

  • measure the effectiveness of campaigns; and

  • personalise advertising, where you have consented to this.

Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser. These are known as session cookies.

Other cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them. These are known as persistent cookies.

3. Similar technologies

In addition to cookies, we and our service providers may use similar technologies, including:

  • pixels;

  • tags;

  • web beacons;

  • local storage;

  • session storage;

  • software development kits;

  • device identifiers; and

  • server-side tracking technologies.

In this Cookie Policy, we generally refer to these technologies collectively as “cookies”.

4. First-party and third-party cookies

First-party cookies are cookies placed directly by Emma Catharina or through the Shopify platform on our behalf.

Third-party cookies are placed by external service providers, such as analytics, advertising or technology providers.

Third-party providers may process information collected through their cookies in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies.

5. Categories of cookies we use

We use the following categories of cookies.

5.1. Strictly necessary cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the website, shopping basket and checkout to operate correctly and securely.

They may be used to:

  • remember the contents of your shopping basket;

  • process checkout information;

  • maintain secure sessions;

  • prevent fraud and misuse;

  • remember your privacy choices;

  • enable customer-account functions;

  • remember the selected country or currency; and

  • provide other services that you have expressly requested.

These cookies cannot generally be disabled through our Cookie Preferences because the website may not function correctly without them.

We do not use strictly necessary cookies for personalised advertising.

5.2. Functional and preference cookies

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

They may remember:

  • your selected country or region;

  • your selected currency;

  • your language preferences;

  • login preferences;

  • accessibility preferences; and

  • other website settings.

Where consent is legally required for a particular functional cookie, that cookie will only be placed after you provide consent.

Disabling functional cookies may mean that some website features do not operate as intended.

5.3. Analytics and performance cookies

Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how visitors use our website.

They may collect information about:

  • the pages you visit;

  • the time spent on a page;

  • the page through which you entered the website;

  • the links or buttons you select;

  • products viewed or added to the shopping basket;

  • completed and abandoned checkouts;

  • your approximate location;

  • browser and device type;

  • website errors; and

  • general website performance.

We use this information to:

  • understand how our website is used;

  • improve navigation and usability;

  • improve our Products and services;

  • identify technical problems;

  • measure website traffic;

  • analyse shopping behaviour; and

  • measure the general effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

Where legally required, analytics and performance cookies will only be used after you provide consent through our cookie banner or Cookie Preferences.

5.4. Marketing and advertising cookies

Marketing and advertising cookies may be used to understand the effectiveness of our advertising and to show advertisements that are more relevant to you.

They may be used to:

  • record that you visited our website;

  • understand which advertisement or campaign brought you to our website;

  • measure purchases or other conversions;

  • limit how often you see an advertisement;

  • create or measure advertising audiences;

  • show relevant advertisements on third-party websites or social-media platforms; and

  • support retargeting and personalised advertising.

These cookies may allow advertising providers to recognise your browser or device across different websites and services.

Marketing and advertising cookies are not strictly necessary for the website to function.

Where legally required, we will only use these cookies after you have provided your consent.

5.5. Social-media and embedded-content cookies

Our website may contain links to social-media platforms or content provided by third parties.

Where we embed third-party content, such as a video or social-media feature, the relevant provider may place cookies or collect information about your interaction with that content.

Third-party cookies will only be activated after consent where this is legally required.

Simply following an external link may cause the third party’s own privacy and cookie policies to apply once you leave our website.

6. Consent and legal basis

Strictly necessary cookies are used because they are required to provide the website, shopping basket, checkout, security and other services you request.

Where required by applicable law, we ask for your consent before using:

  • non-essential functional cookies;

  • analytics cookies;

  • marketing cookies;

  • advertising cookies; and

  • cookies used for embedded third-party content.

You are free to accept or reject non-essential cookies.

Rejecting non-essential cookies will not prevent you from accessing our website or purchasing Products. However, certain optional features may be limited or may not work as intended.

Your consent is not permanent. You can change or withdraw it at any time through Cookie Preferences.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place before your consent was withdrawn.

7. Shopify cookies

Our online store is hosted and operated using Shopify.

Shopify places certain cookies on merchant storefronts to provide essential store functions, analytics and, depending on the store’s configuration and your consent, marketing measurement.

The following cookies may be placed through Shopify. Not every cookie will be placed during every visit.

Strictly necessary Shopify cookies

_shopify_essential

Purpose: Contains information necessary for the correct operation and security of the store, session and checkout.

Typical duration: Up to 1 year.

_shopify_test

Purpose: Tests whether your browser supports cookies.

Typical duration: Approximately 1 minute.

_tracking_consent

Purpose: Stores your cookie and privacy preferences.

Typical duration: Up to 1 year.

cart

Purpose: Stores information about the contents of your shopping basket.

Typical duration: Approximately 2 weeks.

cart_currency

Purpose: Remembers the currency used for your shopping basket and checkout.

Typical duration: Approximately 2 weeks.

discount_code

Purpose: Remembers a discount code received through a link so it can be applied during checkout.

Typical duration: The browser session.

localization

Purpose: Remembers your selected country or regional shopping settings.

Typical duration: Approximately 2 weeks.

login_with_shop_finalize

Purpose: Supports the process of signing in with Shop.

Typical duration: Approximately 5 minutes.

shopify_pay

Purpose: Supports returning customers who use Shop Pay.

Typical duration: Up to 1 year.

storefront_digest

Purpose: Supports access to a password-protected storefront where applicable.

Typical duration: Up to 1 year.

Shopify analytics cookies

_landing_page

Purpose: Records the page through which a visitor entered the website.

Typical duration: Approximately 2 weeks.

_orig_referrer

Purpose: Records the original website or source from which a visitor arrived.

Typical duration: Approximately 2 weeks.

_shopify_analytics

Purpose: Contains analytics data relating to the storefront or checkout.

Typical duration: Up to 1 year.

_shopify_s

Purpose: Identifies a particular browser session in connection with our store.

Typical duration: Approximately 30 minutes, with a rolling expiry.

_shopify_y

Purpose: Supports Shopify analytics and distinguishes website visitors.

Typical duration: Up to 1 year.

shop_analytics

Purpose: Supports analytics relating to the Shop environment.

Typical duration: Up to 1 year.

Shopify marketing cookies

_shopify_marketing

Purpose: Supports marketing attribution and measurement on Shopify buyer surfaces.

Typical duration: Up to 1 year.

Some Shopify cookie names, purposes or durations may change when Shopify updates its platform or services.

8. Google Analytics

We may use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors find and use our website.

Google Analytics may process information including:

  • pages viewed;

  • session information;

  • approximate geographic location;

  • browser and device information;

  • interactions with the website; and

  • purchases or other website events.

Google Analytics may use the following first-party cookies:

_ga

Purpose: Distinguishes website users.

Typical duration: Up to 2 years.

_ga_<container-id>

Purpose: Maintains session information.

Typical duration: Up to 2 years.

The exact name of the second cookie contains the identification number associated with our Google Analytics property.

Where legally required, Google Analytics cookies are only activated after you provide consent.

If Google Analytics is connected to Google advertising services, Google may use additional advertising or measurement cookies. These will only be activated after consent where required.

Google Search Console may be used to understand the visibility and performance of our website in Google Search. Google Search Console does not generally place cookies on your device through our website and is therefore not treated as a cookie provider in this policy.

9. Meta advertising technologies

Where enabled in our store and subject to your consent, we may use Meta advertising technologies, including the Meta Pixel and related measurement services.

These technologies help us:

  • measure the effectiveness of advertisements on Facebook and Instagram;

  • understand whether an advertisement resulted in a visit or purchase;

  • create advertising audiences;

  • show advertisements to people who may be interested in Emma Catharina; and

  • retarget previous website visitors.

Meta may use cookies including:

_fbp

Purpose: Identifies a browser for advertising and website-analytics services.

Typical duration: Up to 90 days.

_fbc

Purpose: Records information connected with visits from Meta advertisements where applicable.

Typical duration: Up to 90 days.

Meta may receive information including:

  • the pages or Products viewed;

  • Products added to a shopping basket;

  • checkout and purchase events;

  • browser and device information;

  • IP address;

  • cookie identifiers; and

  • information about the advertisement or campaign that brought you to our website.

Meta cookies and similar advertising technologies will only be activated after consent where this is legally required.

10. Other apps and service providers

Shopify apps or other services installed on our website may use cookies or similar technologies.

These may include services relating to:

  • customer accounts;

  • payments;

  • fraud prevention;

  • website security;

  • email marketing;

  • product reviews;

  • customer support;

  • forms;

  • analytics;

  • advertising;

  • social media;

  • currency or language localisation; and

  • website optimisation.

The exact cookies used may change if we add, remove or update an app or service.

We periodically review the apps and tracking technologies used on our website. Where necessary, we update our Cookie Policy, Cookie Preferences and consent settings.

11. How long cookies remain on your device

The period for which a cookie remains on your device depends on:

  • whether it is a session or persistent cookie;

  • the purpose of the cookie;

  • the settings selected by us;

  • the settings selected by the relevant third party;

  • your browser settings; and

  • whether you manually delete the cookie.

Session cookies are usually deleted when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies remain until their stated expiry date or until you delete them.

The durations shown in this Cookie Policy are typical maximum durations. A cookie may expire sooner because of browser restrictions, user settings, platform updates or other technical factors.

12. Cookie Preferences

You can review or change your cookie choices at any time through the Cookie Preferences function available on our website.

Cookie Preferences allow you to:

  • accept non-essential cookies;

  • reject non-essential cookies;

  • review the available cookie categories; and

  • withdraw or change consent that you previously provided.

Strictly necessary cookies cannot generally be disabled through Cookie Preferences because they are required for essential website functions.

When you change your preferences, the new settings will apply to future use of cookies.

Previously placed cookies may remain on your device until they expire or are deleted through your browser settings.

13. Browser settings

Most browsers allow you to view, manage, block or delete cookies.

Browser settings differ depending on the browser and device you use. Please consult the privacy, security or help settings of your browser for detailed instructions.

Blocking all cookies may affect:

  • the shopping basket;

  • checkout;

  • saved preferences;

  • customer-account functions;

  • currency or country selection; and

  • other website features.

Browser controls are separate from the Cookie Preferences available on our website.

14. Data collected through cookies

Depending on the cookie and your choices, information collected through cookies may include:

  • IP address;

  • browser type;

  • device type;

  • operating system;

  • approximate location;

  • language;

  • selected country or currency;

  • referring website;

  • pages and Products viewed;

  • links and buttons selected;

  • shopping-basket activity;

  • checkout activity;

  • purchase information;

  • cookie identifiers; and

  • date, time and duration of website interactions.

Some of this information may constitute personal data.

We process personal data collected through cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

15. Sharing information with third parties

Information collected through cookies may be shared with service providers that help us operate, analyse, protect and advertise our website.

These providers may include:

  • Shopify;

  • payment and fraud-prevention providers;

  • Google;

  • Meta;

  • analytics providers;

  • advertising providers; and

  • providers of Shopify apps used by our store.

Third parties may act as processors, independent controllers or joint controllers depending on the service and circumstances.

Further information about how personal data is shared can be found in our Privacy Policy.

16. International data transfers

Some cookie and technology providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or your country of residence.

Where required, international transfers will be subject to appropriate legal safeguards, such as:

  • an adequacy decision;

  • approved standard contractual clauses;

  • contractual and organisational safeguards; or

  • another lawful transfer mechanism.

More information about international data transfers is provided in our Privacy Policy and in the privacy policies of the relevant service providers.

17. Your privacy rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights relating to personal data collected through cookies, including the right to:

  • request access to your personal data;

  • request correction of inaccurate personal data;

  • request deletion of personal data;

  • restrict certain processing;

  • object to certain processing;

  • withdraw consent;

  • request data portability; and

  • submit a complaint to a competent supervisory authority.

These rights may be subject to legal conditions and exceptions.

Information about how to exercise your rights is provided in our Privacy Policy.

18. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:

  • the cookies and technologies we use;

  • our Shopify settings;

  • installed apps;

  • analytics or advertising services;

  • our business activities; or

  • applicable laws and regulatory guidance.

The latest version will be published on our website.

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

Where a change materially affects your choices or consent, we may ask you to review or provide your preferences again.

19. Contact

For questions about this Cookie Policy, our use of cookies or your privacy choices, contact:

Emma Catharina
Email: info@emmacatharina.com
Website: www.emmacatharina.com