What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file which is downloaded and stored on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. Where cookie technology is not available, an anonymous identifier may be used. An anonymous identifier is a random string of characters used for the same purposes as a cookie.
Your browser accesses the cookie file only when you visit the website that generated it. This helps to ease your navigation by automatically logging you in and remembering things like your preferences and what’s in your shopping basket. Cookies allow sites like metoyou.com to deliver you a personalised, improved shopping experience.
The information stored within any given cookie can only be accessed by the website that created it and cookies are limited to communicating only the information that you have disclosed to the site.
We use the following types of cookie:
Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of this website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use the shopping cart or make use of being able to pay online.
Performance cookies
They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the performance of our website, for example by making sure that users can find what they are looking for quickly & easily.
The list below details the cookies used on metoyou.com. We have outlined who sets these cookies and their purpose. If the party reads something other than 'metoyou.com', these are our third party business partners who help us to enhance your browsing experience.
| Category | Name | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Necessary | _secure_session_id | Used in connection with navigation through a storefront |
| Necessary | Cart | Used in connection with shopping cart |
| Necessary | cart_sig | Used in connection with checkout |
| Necessary | cart_ts | Used in connection with checkout |
| Necessary | checkout_token | Used in connection with checkout |
| Necessary | Secret | Used in connection with checkout |
| Necessary | Secure_customer_sig | Used in connection with customer login |
| Necessary | storefront_digest | Used in connection with customer login |
| Necessary | _shopify_u | Used to facilitate updating customer account information |
| Reporting & Analytics | _tracking_consent | Used to facilitate updating customer account information |
| Reporting & Analytics | _tracking_consent | Tracking preferences |
| Reporting & Analytics | landing_page | Track landing pages |
| Reporting & Analytics | _orig_referrer | Track landing pages |
| Reporting & Analytics | _s | Shopify Analytics |
| Reporting & Analytics | _shopify_fs | Shopify Analytics. |
| Reporting & Analytics | _shopify_s | Shopify Analytics |
| Reporting & Analytics | _shopify_sa_p | Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals |
| Reporting & Analytics | _shopify_sa_t | Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals |
| Reporting & Analytics | _y | Shopify Analytics |
| Reporting & Analytics | _shopify_y | Shopify Analytics |
| Reporting & Analytics | _ga | Google Analytics to distinguish user |
| Reporting & Analytics | _gid | Google Analytics to distinguish user |
| Reporting & Analytics | _gat | Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
| Reporting & Analytics | gac<property-id> | Google Analytics - Contains campaign related information for the user |
| Miscellaneous | testcookie | Used to test whether cookies are supported |
| Miscellaneous | newsletter_dismissed | Used to show newsletter information to new visitors |
Duration of cookies
Session (or Transient) Cookies
Session cookies are stored in your computer's memory for the length of your browsing session. They become inaccessible after the session has been inactive for a time and are automatically deleted from your computer when the browser is closed. They allow you to move from page to page without having to log-in repeatedly.
Persistent (or Permanent) Cookies
Persistent cookies are stored in your computer memory and are not deleted when the browser is closed. They are used to keep your preferences for the website, so they will be remembered for next time you visit the website. They are also used to collect information about the numbers of visitors, the average time spent on a particular page and analyse shopping behaviour on the website. This information is used to find out how well the website works and where it can be improved.
Flash Cookies (or Locally Shared Objects)
You probably have Adobe Flash installed on your computer. Websites that contain Flash can also store small files on your computer that are used in the same way as cookies.
Flash cookies can also back up the data that is stored in other cookies. When you delete cookies, your Flash cookies are not affected. So a website may still recognise you if it backed up the deleted cookie information on a Flash cookie.
Sharing with social networks
If you use the buttons that allow you to share products and content with your friends via social networks like Twitter and Facebook, these companies may set a cookie on your computer memory. Find out more about these here:
Managing Cookies
If cookies aren't enabled on your computer, it will mean that your shopping experience on our website will be limited to browsing and researching; you won't be able to add products to your basket or buy them. To enable and manage cookies, you can use your browser to do this. Each browser is different, so check the 'Help' menu of your particular browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.