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Cookie Policy
In this cookie policy, we explain which cookies and similar technologies The Great Illuminary may use, why we use them, and how you can manage your preferences.
Last updated: July 22, 20261. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that can be stored on your computer, phone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies can contain information that allows a browser or device to be recognized during a visit or on a subsequent visit. For example, they can be used to remember your shopping cart, secure the website, save language and country settings, or gain insight into the use of the webshop.
In addition to cookies, similar technologies such as pixels, tags, local storage, and software development kits may be used. Where we refer to cookies in this policy, we also mean these similar technologies, where applicable.
Some cookies are placed by The Great Illuminary or Shopify. Other cookies may be placed by external service providers whose functions are used in our webshop.
2. Who is responsible?
The Great Illuminary, together with the shopping technology used, determines which cookies are deployed on the webshop.
The party responsible for this cookie policy is:
Superdealz, trading as The Great Illuminary
Aramstraat 32
1336 HS Almere
Netherlands
Chamber of Commerce number: 75062135
VAT identification number: NL001226683B78
Email: info@thegreatilluminary.nl
Phone: +31 (0)36 203 64 03
3. What types of cookies do we use?
The cookies used can be divided into the categories below.
Essential and functional cookies
These cookies are necessary for the webshop to function technically and remain secure.
- remembering the shopping cart;
- enabling the ordering and payment process;
- helping to prevent fraud and abuse;
- securing logins and customer accounts;
- remembering country, language, and currency;
- storing your cookie preferences.
Analytical and performance cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use the webshop and where improvements can be made.
- analyzing visited pages and products;
- detecting technical errors;
- evaluating load times and performance;
- improving navigation and user experience;
- measuring campaigns and traffic sources.
Marketing and advertising cookies
These cookies can be used to measure advertisements and tailor them better to interests and previous website usage.
- measuring advertising campaigns;
- linking conversions to advertisements;
- limiting ad frequency;
- creating target audiences for advertisements;
- displaying more relevant advertisements.
Social media and external content
When external content or social features are enabled, these parties may place cookies or receive data.
- supporting social media buttons or links;
- displaying videos or other external content;
- measuring interaction with external platforms;
- recognizing visitors at the external provider.
4. Shopify, apps, and external service providers
Our webshop is managed via Shopify. This allows Shopify and the Shopify apps we use to apply cookies and similar technologies.
Shopify
Shopify provides the shopping platform, checkout, security, customer account features, shopping carts, and other technical provisions of our webshop.
Shopify uses various categories of cookies, including strictly necessary cookies, performance cookies, advertising cookies, and cookies for social media or external content. Which cookies are actually active on our webshop may depend on our settings, your location, your consent, and the Shopify services used.
Shopify apps
Installed apps can provide additional functionalities, such as reviews, forms, marketing, shipping options, product advice, or customer service. These apps may use cookies when necessary for their operation or when you have given consent.
Analytics and advertising platforms
When these services are enabled and you have given consent, Google, Meta, or other analytics and advertising partners, for example, may process data for visitor analysis, conversion measurement, and advertisements.
5. Overview of possible cookie providers
The table below describes the types of parties that may use cookies or similar technologies.
| Provider or category | Possible purpose | Type | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Illuminary and Shopify | Shopping cart, checkout, security, customer account, preferences, country, language, and currency. | Necessary and functional. | Necessary for the operation of the webshop and execution of the requested service. |
| Shopify Analytics | Analyze webshop usage, performance, transactions, and operation. | Analytical and performance-oriented. | Consent when legally required, or another valid basis for limited privacy-friendly analysis. |
| Google services | Website analysis, campaign measurement, conversions, and advertisements, if enabled. | Analytical and marketing. | Consent for non-essential processing. |
| Meta services | Conversion measurement, target audiences, and advertisements, if enabled. | Marketing and advertising. | Consent. |
| Shopify apps | Functions such as reviews, forms, customer service, marketing, or webshop optimization. | Depending on the app. | Necessity, legitimate interest, or consent, depending on the function. |
| Payment providers | Process payments, check for fraud, and secure transactions. | Necessary, security, and payment. | Execution of the agreement and legal obligations. |
| Social media and external content | External media, social functions, and interaction measurement. | External content and marketing. | Consent when not necessary. |
6. Managing cookie preferences
You have control over the use of non-essential cookies.
Via the cookie banner
A cookie banner may be displayed on your first visit. Through this banner, you can accept, decline, or set your preferences per category.
Essential cookies cannot be disabled via the cookie banner, as the webshop may not function securely or correctly without these cookies.
Changing your choice
You can review or change your choice later via the link or button for cookie preferences available on the website. When this button is displayed by Shopify, it may be named, for example, Cookie Preferences or Privacy Preferences.
Via your browser
You can also delete or block cookies via your browser settings. Please note that this may cause certain parts of the webshop to not function properly.
How this works varies by browser. Please consult your browser's privacy or cookie settings for this.
7. How long are cookies stored?
The retention period varies per cookie and depends on the purpose for which it is used.
Some cookies are session cookies. These are generally deleted when you close the browser.
Other cookies are persistent cookies. These remain on your device for a certain period, unless you delete them earlier.
The exact period may vary by service provider, cookie, browser setting, and changes in our webshop. Cookies are not stored longer than necessary for the purpose for which they are used.
Current technical cookie information may be available via the cookie banner, the preferences center, or the cookie overview of the involved provider.
8. What data can be processed via cookies?
Depending on the type of cookie, various technical and usage data may be processed.
This may include:
- IP address;
- browser and device type;
- operating system;
- language, country, and currency settings;
- cookie and device identifiers;
- visited pages and viewed products;
- click and navigation behavior;
- date, time, and duration of the visit;
- referring website or campaign;
- shopping cart and checkout information;
- advertisement and conversion data, with consent.
More information about the processing of personal data can be found in our Privacy Policy .
9. International processing
Some providers of cookies and online services are located outside the European Economic Area.
When personal data is processed outside the European Economic Area, appropriate safeguards must be used. This can be done, for example, on the basis of an adequacy decision or by using approved standard contractual clauses.
More information about international transfers can be found in our Privacy Policy and in the privacy statements of the involved service providers.
10. Do Not Track and browser signals
Some browsers can send signals indicating that a user does not want to be tracked.
Not all websites, browsers, and external service providers interpret these signals in the same way. Our cookie preferences and the available Shopify settings are therefore the designated way to communicate your choice for non-essential cookies.
11. Changes to this cookie policy
We may adjust this cookie policy when our webshop, cookies, apps, service providers, or legal obligations change.
The most current version will always be on this page. At the top of the page, we will indicate when the cookie policy was last updated.
When significant changes affect your consent, we may ask you again to set your cookie preferences.
Questions about cookies or privacy?
Contact us if you have a question about cookies, your privacy preferences, or the processing of your data.
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Please also see our Privacy Policy for more information on the processing, security, and retention of personal data.
