Aromastaples Cookie Policy: v1.0
Document: Website Cookie Policy
Last updated: 09/07/2026
Relationship: Aromastaples Privacy Policy v1.0
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how Aromastaples uses cookies and similar technologies on aromastaples.co.uk and any related pages, features or online services controlled by Aromastaples.
For the purposes of this Cookie Policy, references to cookies include similar technologies that store information on, or access information from, your device. This may include cookies, tracking pixels, scripts, tags, local storage, session storage, device identifiers, browser identifiers, embedded content technologies and similar tools.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with the Aromastaples Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, share, retain and protect Personal Information.
Some cookies are necessary for the Website to work. Other cookies are optional and will only be used where permitted by law and, where required, after you have given consent.
2. Who We Are
This Cookie Policy is provided by Aromastaples Ltd, trading as Aromastaples.
Aromastaples Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales. Company number: 14914098.
Registered office: Aromastaples Ltd, 20 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU, United Kingdom.
Website: aromastaples.co.uk
Email: hello@aromastaples.co.uk
Aromastaples Ltd is responsible for cookies and similar technologies used on the Website where those technologies are controlled by Aromastaples. Where third-party providers use their own cookies or similar technologies, their own privacy and cookie information may also apply.
3. What Cookies and Similar Technologies Do
Cookies and similar technologies help the Website recognise a device, remember choices, support shopping and checkout, protect security, understand Website performance, and, where lawful, support marketing or conversion measurement.
Cookies may be session cookies, which last only while your browser is open, or persistent cookies, which remain for a set period unless they expire or you delete them.
Cookie-related information may include:
- device and browser information;
- IP address or approximate location information;
- pages, products or collections viewed;
- basket, checkout or Customer Account activity;
- cookie consent choices;
- referral source or campaign information;
- analytics, performance or error information; and
- marketing or advertising interaction information where enabled and lawful.
Where cookie-related information identifies you directly or indirectly, the Aromastaples Privacy Policy will also apply.
4. Categories of Cookies We May Use
The exact cookies used on the Website may change depending on the Website build, WooCommerce settings, payment flow, cookie banner, analytics tools, marketing tools, plug-ins and third-party providers active at the relevant time.
Aromastaples will classify cookies by purpose and will not treat a cookie as strictly necessary merely because it is useful to the business.
Cookie Category | Main Purpose | Consent Position |
Strictly necessary cookies | To make the Website work, support security, remember basket contents, support checkout, maintain account sessions and remember cookie choices. | May be used without consent where an applicable legal exception applies. |
Preference or functionality cookies | To remember optional choices or settings, such as display, region, accessibility or recently viewed product features where enabled. | Consent may be required unless an applicable exception applies. |
Analytics and performance cookies | To understand Website use, errors, performance, customer journeys and store performance. | Consent will be requested where required by law. Limited low-risk analytics may be used without consent only where the legal conditions are met. |
Marketing, advertising and retargeting technologies | To measure campaigns, support advertising, conversion measurement, retargeting or audience tools where enabled. | Consent will be requested where required by law. These are not strictly necessary. |
Social media, pixels and embedded content | To display embedded content, support social features, pixels, campaign measurement or platform integrations where enabled. | Consent will be requested where required by law, especially for advertising, tracking or cross-platform measurement. |
WooCommerce and e-commerce cookies | To support basket, checkout, order-related sessions, Customer Accounts, store security and optional store features. | Some may be strictly necessary; others may require consent depending on purpose and configuration. |
Third-party provider technologies | To support payments, security, analytics, marketing, delivery tools, embedded content or other Website features. | Consent depends on purpose, provider role, configuration and applicable law. |
5. Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the Website to function properly or to provide an online service requested by you. These cookies cannot normally be switched off through the Website cookie banner because the Website or requested service may not work without them.
Strictly necessary cookies may be used to:
- load Website pages and maintain Website sessions;
- remember items in your shopping basket;
- support checkout, secure payment flow and order submission;
- support Customer Account login sessions where accounts are enabled;
- remember your cookie choices;
- protect the Website against fraud, spam, misuse or unauthorised access; and
- maintain Website security and availability.
Strictly necessary cookies do not include cookies used only for analytics, marketing, advertising, retargeting, behavioural advertising, campaign measurement, optional personalisation or advertising-audience creation.
You may be able to block strictly necessary cookies in your browser settings, but doing so may prevent basket, checkout, account, payment or security features from working properly.
6. Optional Cookies
Optional cookies are not required for the Website to provide its core service. Where consent is required by law, Aromastaples will ask for your consent before using optional cookies or similar technologies.
6.1 Preference or Functionality Cookies
These may remember choices such as display preferences, accessibility preferences, region or country settings, currency display preferences, recently viewed products or other optional Website settings where enabled.
6.2 Analytics and Performance Cookies
These may help Aromastaples understand Website traffic, product views, collection views, checkout journeys, error reports, loading performance, referral sources and general customer interaction with the Website.
Where possible, Aromastaples will use analytics information in aggregated, statistical, pseudonymised or anonymised form. Analytics tools should not be configured to collect full payment card details, passwords, detailed Measurements, private design communications or unnecessary children’s Personal Information.
6.3 Marketing, Advertising and Retargeting Technologies
Marketing, advertising and retargeting technologies may include pixels, tags, scripts, tracking links, campaign identifiers, advertising platform integrations and conversion measurement tools where enabled.
These technologies are not strictly necessary. Where consent is required, Aromastaples will request consent before using them and will not treat silence, inactivity or continued browsing as consent.
6.4 Social Media and Embedded Content
The Website may include links to, or embedded content from, platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X or other providers where enabled. Embedded content, pixels or platform tools may use cookies or similar technologies and may be subject to the provider’s own policies.
7. WooCommerce, Stripe and E-Commerce Cookies
The Website uses WooCommerce and related e-commerce functionality to support the online store. WooCommerce and related cookies may support product browsing, basket functionality, checkout, Customer Account sessions, order-related activity, store security and fraud prevention.
Some WooCommerce cookies may be strictly necessary because they are required to provide the basket, checkout, account, secure payment-flow or security service requested by you. Other WooCommerce-related tools, such as optional store analytics, recently viewed products or marketing integrations, may require consent depending on their purpose and configuration.
Stripe or another authorised payment provider may use cookies or similar technologies to support secure payment processing, payment authentication, fraud prevention, payment authorisation and payment risk checks. Aromastaples does not intentionally collect or store complete payment card details through ordinary Website cookies.
Where e-commerce events such as product views, add-to-basket, checkout start or completed purchases are used for analytics, campaign measurement, advertising or retargeting, they must be handled according to the rules for that purpose and consent must be requested where required by law.
8. Third-Party Cookies and Providers
Some cookies and similar technologies may be set or operated by third-party providers where enabled on the Website.
These may include providers supporting:
- payment processing and fraud prevention;
- Website hosting, security and technical performance;
- WooCommerce extensions and store functionality;
- analytics and conversion measurement;
- marketing, advertising and social media campaigns;
- embedded content, videos, maps, feeds or plug-ins;
- email marketing or customer communications where enabled; and
- other Website features or business operations.
Third-party providers may act as independent Data Controllers, joint controllers or processors depending on the specific technology, purpose and provider role. Where they act independently, their own privacy notices, cookie notices, settings and terms may also apply.
9. Cookie Consent and Preference Management
Where cookies or similar technologies require consent, Aromastaples will request consent before using them.
The cookie banner or preference tool should allow you to accept, reject or manage non-essential cookies. Consent requests should be clear, specific, informed and based on a positive action. Aromastaples will not use silence, inactivity, pre-ticked boxes or continued browsing as consent where consent is required by law.
Aromastaples may use necessary cookies or similar technologies to remember your cookie choices, including whether you accepted, rejected, changed or withdrew consent.
If you do not make a choice, non-essential cookies should not be set unless and until valid consent is obtained, subject to the technical operation of the Website and any applicable legal exception.
You can change or withdraw your cookie choices at any time using the Website cookie preference tool where available. Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of any use of cookies before consent was withdrawn.
10. Browser, Device and Platform Controls
You may also be able to control cookies through your browser, device or platform settings. These settings may allow you to block, delete or restrict cookies and similar technologies.
If you block or delete cookies, some Website features may not work correctly. This may affect page loading, basket functionality, checkout, payment flow, Customer Account access, cookie preference management, embedded content or optional convenience features.
Third-party platforms, such as social media platforms, advertising platforms, analytics providers and payment providers, may also provide their own privacy, advertising or cookie settings.
11. Cookie Table and Live Cookie Audit
Aromastaples should maintain a cookie table or preference-centre record that identifies the cookies and similar technologies active on the live Website, where reasonably available.
The cookie table or preference tool should include, where possible:
- cookie or technology name;
- provider;
- category;
- purpose;
- duration;
- whether it is first-party or third-party;
- whether consent is required; and
- how users can manage the relevant cookie or technology.
Cookie / Technology Type | Example Purpose | Consent Position | Implementation Note |
Basket / checkout cookies | Remember basket contents, checkout session and order-related actions. | May be strictly necessary where required for the shopping service. | Developer should confirm exact WooCommerce cookie names and durations. |
Payment / security technologies | Support secure payment flow, authentication and fraud prevention. | May be strictly necessary where required for secure payment requested by the customer. | Developer should confirm Stripe/payment-provider cookies and links to provider notices. |
Cookie consent record | Remember accept, reject or preference choices. | Usually necessary to remember choices and support compliance. | Developer should confirm consent tool name and retention period. |
Analytics / performance tools | Understand Website use, errors, journeys and performance. | Consent required unless a valid exception applies. | Developer should confirm whether Google Analytics/GA4 or similar is enabled. |
Marketing / social pixels | Campaign measurement, retargeting, advertising audiences or conversion tracking. | Consent required where cookies/storage/access technologies are used and no exception applies. | Developer should confirm if Meta, TikTok, Google Ads or similar pixels are enabled. |
Embedded content | Display videos, feeds, posts, maps or other external content. | Consent may be required if non-essential cookies or similar technologies are used. | Developer should confirm all embedded providers and delayed-loading settings. |
Before publication and after material Website changes, the live Website should be checked so that the cookie table, cookie banner and Cookie Policy remain consistent with the technologies actually in use.
12. Personal Information, Children and Sensitive Information
Some cookies and similar technologies may involve Personal Information where information is linked to a device, browser, Customer Account, order, online identifier, marketing preference, payment journey, social media interaction or other information.
Aromastaples sells products that may be intended for children, but the Website is intended for use by adults, parents and legal guardians. Aromastaples will not knowingly use cookies or similar technologies to profile children for behavioural advertising, retargeting, direct electronic marketing or advertising-audience creation based on children’s Personal Information.
Aromastaples will take reasonable steps not to configure analytics, pixels, tags, scripts or similar technologies to intentionally collect complete payment card details, passwords, detailed Measurements, private design communications, unnecessary children’s Personal Information, Special Category Personal Information or sensitive customer communications.
13. Changes to This Cookie Policy
Aromastaples may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the Website, cookies, consent tool, WooCommerce configuration, analytics tools, marketing tools, plug-ins, service providers, legal requirements or business operations.
Where a change materially affects how non-essential cookies or similar technologies are used, Aromastaples will update the Cookie Policy, cookie table, cookie banner or preference tool where required and will request fresh consent where required by law.
The Last updated date at the top of this Cookie Policy shows when it was last revised.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, cookie preferences, privacy matters or Personal Information, you can contact Aromastaples using:
Email: hello@aromastaples.co.uk
Website: aromastaples.co.uk
Registered office: Aromastaples Ltd, 20 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU, United Kingdom.
The registered office is provided for company identification and legal correspondence. Customer enquiries should normally be sent by email.
For wider information about how Aromastaples processes Personal Information, please read the Aromastaples Privacy Policy.