Cookies Policy
Last updated: 12 October 2026
Food for Thought uses cookies and similar technologies to operate our website and, with your permission where required, understand how it is used and support our marketing.
What are cookies and tracking technologies?
Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website. Some are deleted when you close your browser. Others remain for a set period or until you delete them.
Pixels and similar technologies can collect information about how you interact with pages, products or advertisements.
Some services also use server-side event sharing. This means information about an interaction is sent directly between systems rather than relying solely on a browser cookie.
Types of cookies and tracking
Essential
These support functions such as your shopping basket, checkout, security and remembering your privacy choices. They do not require consent where they are strictly necessary to provide a service you request.
Preferences and functionality
These support optional features and remember choices that personalise your experience. Where they are not strictly necessary, consent is required.
Analytics
These help us understand how visitors use the website, including which pages and products are viewed and where improvements may be needed. We ask for consent before using non-essential analytics tracking.
Marketing and affiliate attribution
These help measure advertising performance, show relevant advertisements and attribute visits or purchases to creator and affiliate referrals. They may allow providers to recognise your browser or device across websites. We ask for consent where required.
Your choices
You can accept optional cookies, reject them, or choose which categories to allow using our cookie controls.
Where consent is required, optional tracking should only operate after you have given it. You do not need to accept optional cookies to browse our products or place an order.
You can change your choices or withdraw consent by selecting Cookie preferences in the website footer. Withdrawal does not affect processing lawfully carried out before you withdrew consent.
You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may affect features such as the shopping basket or checkout. You may need to set your preferences separately on different browsers or devices.
Cookies and tracking technologies used
Our website includes the following services. The features that operate during your visit depend on your interactions, our configuration and your privacy choices.
| Provider / technology | Purpose | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify store and checkout technologies | Operate the storefront, basket, checkout and related shopping features | Essential, where necessary to provide the requested service |
| Shopify consent tools | Record and apply cookie and privacy choices | Essential |
| Shopify analytics | Understand visits, shopping activity and website performance | Analytics |
| Google Analytics and Google tag | Measure website use and visitor interactions | Analytics; marketing where used for advertising |
| Google & YouTube integration | Support advertising measurement and conversion tracking through browser and server events | Analytics and marketing |
| Meta / Facebook & Instagram | Measure advertising results and support relevant advertising through browser and server events | Marketing |
| Klaviyo | Support sign-up forms, understand visitor activity and personalise marketing communications | Functional, analytics and marketing, depending on the feature |
| Judge.me Reviews | Display and manage product reviews and measure associated interactions | Functional and analytics, depending on the feature |
| UpPromote Affiliate | Attribute visits and purchases to affiliate referrals | Marketing / affiliate attribution |
| Shopify Collabs | Attribute activity and purchases to creator or affiliate referrals | Marketing / affiliate attribution |
| Hulk Form Builder | Provide website forms | Functional |
These categories describe the purposes of the technologies. A functional feature is not automatically exempt from consent requirements.
Shopify and Shopify Network Intelligence
Our store is hosted by Shopify. You can read about its cookies in Shopify’s Cookie Policy.
Shopify Network Intelligence is enabled for our store. Shopify uses customer data alongside data from other Shopify services to improve products, personalise experiences and support advertising, subject to applicable privacy choices.
More information is available in Shopify’s Consumer Privacy Policy.
Cookie duration and data retention
Cookie duration refers to how long information remains stored in your browser. Durations vary by technology, provider settings and browser restrictions.
Deleting a cookie does not necessarily delete information already collected. That information may be retained separately under the provider’s applicable privacy policy and our data-retention practices.
Personal information
Where these technologies collect personal information, our Privacy Policy explains how we use it, who we share it with and your rights.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy to reflect changes to our website, providers or practices. The latest version will appear on this page with an updated date.
Contact
For questions about cookies or your privacy choices, email hi@foodforthoughtproject.net.