Cookie Policy
Last updated: 2024-06-01
This Cookie Policy explains how SatchelFern ("we", "us", or "our"), operating satchelfern.com, uses cookies and similar storage technologies such as localStorage when you visit our bags and backpacks review website. By continuing to use our site, you have the option to accept or decline non-essential storage as described below.
What Are Cookies and localStorage?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. localStorage is a similar browser storage mechanism that allows a website to save small pieces of information directly in your browser, without an expiration date, until it is manually cleared. SatchelFern uses localStorage rather than traditional tracking cookies for most of its core functionality.
How SatchelFern Uses Storage
- Consent Preference Storage: When you first visit SatchelFern, a cookie consent banner appears asking whether you accept or decline optional analytics tracking. Your choice (accept or decline) is saved in your browser's localStorage. This allows us to remember your preference so the banner does not reappear on every visit.
- Essential Site Functionality: Some minimal storage may be used to remember display preferences, such as whether you have dismissed a notification banner, ensuring the site functions smoothly during your visit.
- Analytics Cookies (Only If Accepted): If you click "Accept" on the consent banner, we load a third-party analytics service that places cookies on your device. These cookies help us understand how visitors use SatchelFern, including which backpack and bag reviews are most popular, how long visitors stay on pages, and general traffic patterns. If you click "Decline", these analytics scripts are never loaded, and no analytics cookies are set on your device.
Third-Party Cookies
When analytics consent is granted, our analytics provider may set its own cookies to collect aggregated, non-identifying data such as browser type, device type, approximate location (city or region level), pages visited, and referral source. These third-party cookies are governed by the respective analytics provider's own privacy and cookie policies, in addition to this policy. SatchelFern does not sell any data collected through analytics cookies to third parties.
Do We Use Advertising Cookies?
SatchelFern does not currently run third-party advertising cookies or retargeting pixels. Should this change in the future, we will update this Cookie Policy and ensure any such cookies are only activated with your explicit consent through the banner.
How to Withdraw or Change Your Consent
Because your consent choice is stored locally in your browser rather than on our servers, you can withdraw or reset your consent at any time by clearing your browser's storage for satchelfern.com. This includes:
- Clearing cookies and site data for satchelfern.com through your browser's privacy or history settings.
- Clearing localStorage specifically, which is usually available in your browser's developer tools under "Application" or "Storage", or via the general "Clear browsing data" option.
- Using your browser's private or incognito mode, which does not retain localStorage or cookies after the session ends.
Once your browser storage is cleared, the consent banner will reappear on your next visit, allowing you to make a new choice regarding analytics cookies.
Browser Controls
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies and site storage through their settings menus. You can typically choose to block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, or be notified whenever a cookie is set. Please note that blocking all storage may affect certain site features, such as the consent banner remembering your previous choice.
Children's Privacy
SatchelFern is intended for a general audience and does not knowingly direct cookie-based tracking at children. We do not use cookies to collect personal information from children under the age of 13.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our own practices. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how SatchelFern uses cookies and localStorage, please reach out to us through the contact information provided on our website.