1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how Hempcoasterly, operating through www.hempcoasterly.com, uses cookies and similar storage technologies when visitors access our website.
We operate from Canada and serve customers in Europe. We handle cookie preferences and related personal information in accordance with applicable Canadian privacy legislation and relevant European data protection and electronic communications requirements.
Brand: Hempcoasterly
Email: coast@hempcoasterly.com
Website: www.hempcoasterly.com
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored in a visitor’s browser or device. They may help a website remember preferences, maintain a shopping basket, manage a browsing session or support payment processing.
Cookies may be set by Hempcoasterly as first-party cookies or by external service providers as third-party cookies.
3. Cookie Consent and Visitor Choices
Our website displays a cookie consent banner that allows visitors to make a choice about non-essential cookies.
Non-essential cookies will only be used after the visitor selects “Accept” on our cookie banner. Declining or withholding consent will not, by itself, prevent visitors from browsing the parts of our website that do not require those cookies.
Cookies that are strictly necessary to provide a service expressly requested by the visitor, maintain a shopping basket or complete an essential website function may be used where permitted by applicable law.
Visitors may change or withdraw their cookie consent through the cookie preference controls available on our website. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that took place lawfully before withdrawal.
4. Categories of Cookies We Use
Depending on the website functions being used, cookies may fall into the following categories.
4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies support essential website functions, such as maintaining a shopping basket, remembering checkout progress, recording cookie preferences and supporting payment-related operations requested by the visitor.
They are used only to the extent necessary for the relevant function and do not require consent where an applicable legal exemption applies.
4.2 Preference Cookies
These cookies remember choices such as language preferences or other website settings. Where they are not strictly necessary for a service requested by the visitor, they will only be used after consent has been obtained.
4.3 Analytics Cookies
These cookies may help us understand website visits and general browsing patterns so that we can assess how visitors use our website.
Analytics cookies that require consent will remain inactive until the visitor selects “Accept” on the cookie banner.
4.4 Third-Party Cookies Used by Stripe
Hempcoasterly uses Stripe as its payment processor. When a visitor uses payment-related functions, Stripe may set or process cookies and similar identifiers in connection with payment processing, session management and transaction monitoring.
These are third-party cookies or identifiers associated with Stripe’s services, rather than cookies controlled solely by Hempcoasterly.
Where a Stripe cookie or similar technology is strictly necessary to provide a payment service expressly requested by the visitor, it may be used where permitted by applicable law. Any non-essential Stripe cookies or similar technologies that require consent will only be used after the visitor has given the relevant consent.
Stripe determines the purposes and retention periods of cookies it controls in accordance with its applicable policies. Further information is available in Stripe’s Cookie Information.
5. Cookie Retention Periods
Cookies are retained for periods appropriate to their purposes, subject to applicable legal requirements and the settings of the relevant service.
| Cookie category | Typical retention period |
|---|---|
| Session cookies | Until the browser session ends, unless the specific cookie is configured otherwise |
| Shopping basket and checkout cookies | For the active shopping or checkout session, or for the shorter period configured for the relevant function |
| Cookie consent preference | Up to 6 months, after which the visitor may be asked to review their choice again |
| Preference cookies | For the period needed to remember the relevant preference, as configured |
| Analytics cookies | According to the specific analytics service and its configured retention period, subject to consent requirements |
| Stripe third-party cookies | According to the individual cookie’s purpose and the retention period specified by Stripe |
These periods describe our intended retention approach, not a claim that every cookie has the same lifespan. The actual duration depends on the specific cookie and the service that sets it.
Canadian and European laws do not establish one universal retention period for every type of cookie. We retain cookie information only for as long as needed for its stated purpose or as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law. Where a shorter period is appropriate, the shorter period should be applied.
6. Managing or Deleting Cookies
Visitors may manage cookies through the cookie preference controls on our website and through their browser settings. Browser controls may allow visitors to review, block or delete stored cookies.
Blocking strictly necessary cookies may affect functions such as the shopping basket or checkout. Declining non-essential cookies will not, by itself, prevent access to website functions that do not depend on those cookies.
Where consent is required, visitors may withdraw it at any time through the available preference controls.
7. Personal Information and Data Protection
Cookies and similar identifiers may collect information such as browser settings, session identifiers, consent choices and website interaction details. Depending on the service, this information may be associated with other information processed during a visit or transaction.
Hempcoasterly handles personal information in accordance with applicable Canadian privacy legislation and relevant European data protection requirements. Where a service provider processes information on our behalf or for its own purposes, the applicable roles and responsibilities depend on the service and the relevant processing activity.
Please refer to our Privacy Policy for further information about personal information, purposes of processing, data retention, disclosures and applicable privacy rights.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when our website functions, cookie settings or applicable legal requirements change. The current version will be published on our website with its latest revision date.