Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy for Love Locks
Last Updated: October 20, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how Love Locks (“we,” “us,” and “our”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website, love-locks.com. It describes what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control their use.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owners.
Cookies can be:
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First-party cookies: Set by the website you are visiting (in this case, Love Locks).
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Third-party cookies: Set by a domain other than the one you are visiting, such as our analytics or advertising partners.
2. How and Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our website to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Third parties serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes.
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies we use and their purposes are described below:
3. Types of Cookies We Use
a. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site and making purchases. Without these cookies, services like shopping carts and secure checkouts cannot be provided.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
session_id |
Love Locks | Maintains your user session across pages. | Session |
cart_token |
Love Locks | Remembers items added to your shopping cart. | 30 Days |
csrf_token |
Love Locks | Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks. | Session |
b. Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit most often and if you receive error messages. This information helps us improve how our website works. All information collected is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga |
Google Analytics | Distinguishes users for statistical analysis. | 2 Years |
_gid |
Google Analytics | Distinguishes users for statistical analysis. | 24 Hours |
_gat |
Google Analytics | Throttles the request rate to limit data collection on high-traffic sites. | 1 Minute |
c. Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For example, they can be used to remember your login details or language preference.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
user_prefs |
Love Locks | Stores user preferences like currency or language. | 1 Year |
remember_me |
Love Locks | Remembers your login details for future visits if selected. | 90 Days |
d. Advertising and Targeting Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
_fbp |
Meta (Facebook) | Tracks visits across websites for advertising purposes. | 3 Months |
IDE |
Google Ads | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report user actions for ad targeting. | 1 Year |
4. Your Choices and How to Control Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences in the following ways:
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Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our website, you can set your preferences via our cookie consent banner. You can accept all, reject non-essential cookies, or customize your choices.
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Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to block cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Please note that if you block all cookies (including essential ones), you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
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Opt-Out of Interest-Based Advertising: You can opt-out of interest-based advertising from third-party partners by visiting:
5. “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information”
As described in our [Privacy Policy], we may “share” information with advertising partners. You can opt-out of this by clicking the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link in our website footer.
6. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this policy regularly to stay informed.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at:
info@love-locks.com
