Cookie Policy

Best Choice Products Cookie Policy
Last Updated: October 8, 2024

 

At Best Choice Products, we use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience on our website. These tools help us provide core site functionality, remember your preferences, analyze how our services are used, and offer a more personalized experience. For details on how we handle your information, please review our Privacy Policy. 

If you have any questions or concerns about our Cookie Policy, please reach out to us at privacy@bestchoiceproducts.com.

 

What Are Cookies & Similar Technologies?

  • Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. They help identify your browser and store information or settings that enhance navigation, remember preferences, enable features, analyze activity, and support online advertising.

  • Local storage technologies like HTML5 work similarly to cookies but can hold more data and store it beyond the browser, including for specific applications on your device.

  • Web beacons (also known as pixel tags or transparent GIFs) are used to track visits to web pages or emails, as well as interactions with specific content.

Together, these technologies are referred to as "cookies."

 

How Do We Use Cookies?

Cookies are used by us, our service providers, and advertising partners to automatically gather information about how you interact with our services and communications. This includes:

  • Device Information: Details such as your device's operating system, manufacturer, model, browser type, screen resolution, RAM, disk size, CPU usage, IP address, language settings, and general location.

  • Online Activity Information: Data on the pages or screens you view, the time spent on them, your navigation path, and whether you interact with our marketing emails.

We use both persistent cookies, which remain on your device until deleted, and session cookies, which are removed when you close your browser. For instance, persistent cookies help remember your language and location preferences. These cookies may be first-party (set by us) or third-party (set by others at our request).

 

Cookie Types & Descriptions

  • Essential Cookies: Necessary for basic site functionality, such as navigating and accessing secure areas like the shopping cart. They also help maintain site security.

  • User Preferences Cookies: These cookies remember your settings and preferences to personalize your experience. They help streamline interactions like searches and save your personalized choices.

  • Analytics Cookies: Used to gather data for analyzing customer behavior, which helps us improve our website and services. For instance, we use Google Analytics to understand user interactions and site performance. You can learn more about Google Analytics and opt out here.

  • Ad Customization Cookies: Ensure that the ads you see on our partner sites align with your interests. These cookies track your browsing habits to deliver more relevant advertisements.

We may also use web beacons in promotional emails to track engagement and evaluate campaign effectiveness. You can opt to receive emails in plain text instead of HTML if you prefer not to have web beacons loaded.

 

How Can You Control the Use of Cookies?

You have several options for controlling and managing cookies. Keep in mind that deleting or blocking cookies might impair your browsing experience and limit access to some features of our website.

While most browsers are set to accept cookies by default, you can adjust your settings to accept or reject cookies through your browser’s controls, typically located in the “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For detailed instructions on modifying your browser settings, blocking, managing, or filtering cookies, consult your browser’s help documentation or visit resources like All About Cookies.

Additionally, many of the third-party advertising and tracking services mentioned offer options to opt out of their tracking systems. You can learn more about the data they collect and how to opt out by reviewing the privacy policies linked above.

 

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store

NAME

DESCRIPTION

DURATION

_ab

Used to control when the admin bar is shown on the storefront.

1y

_abv

Persist the collapsed state of the admin bar.

1y

_checkout_queue_token

Used when there is a queue during the checkout process.

1y

_cmp_a

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

1d

_identity_session

Contains the identity session identifier of the user.

2y

_master_udr

Permanent device identifier.

session

_pay_session

The Rails session cookie for Shopify Pay

session

_secure_account_session_id

Used to track a customer's session for new customer accounts.

30d

_session_id

Used for providing reporting and analytics.

2y

_shopify_country

Used for Plus shops where pricing currency/country is set from GeoIP by helping avoid GeoIP lookups after the first request.

30min

_shopify_essential

Contains essential information for the correct functionality of a store such as session and checkout information and anti-tampering data.

24h

_storefront_u

Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

1min

_tracking_consent

Used to store a user's preferences if a merchant has set up privacy rules in the visitor's region.

1y

auth_state_<<id>>

Stores authentication state before redirecting customers to third party for authentication.

25min

card_update_verification_id

Used to support verification when a buyer is redirected back to Shopify after completing 3D Secure during checkout.

20min

cart

Contains information related to the user's cart.

2w

cart_currency

Used after a checkout is completed to initialize a new empty cart with the same currency as the one just used.

2w

cart_sig

A hash of the contents of a cart. This is used to verify the integrity of the cart and to ensure performance of some cart operations.

2w

cart_ts

Used in connection with checkout.

2w

cart_ver

Set every time a cart is updated and used to track cart version mismatches.

2w

checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

21d

checkout_one_remember_me

Used to prefill checkout with the details from the previous checkout.

1y

checkout_prefill

Encrypts and stores URL parameters containing PII which are used in cart permalink URLs.

5min

checkout_session_lookup

Used in connection with checkout.

3w

checkout_session_token_<<id>>

Used when a checkout session is established on the server.

3w

checkout_token

Captures the landing page of the visitor when they come from other sites.

session

customer_account_locale

Used to keep track of a customer account locale when a redirection occurs from checkout or the storefront to customer accounts.

1y

customer_payment_method

Stores what payment method is being updated for subscriptions.

1h

customer_shop_pay_agreement

Used to help verify a new Shop Pay payment instrument.

20min

device_fp_id

Device fingerprint identifier to help prevent fraud.

session

device_id

Session device identifier to help prevent fraud.

session

discount_code

Stores a discount code (received from an online store visit with a URL parameter) in order to the next checkout.

session

dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart

Adjusts checkout experience for buyers that proceed with regular checkout versus dynamic checkout.

30min

hide_shopify_pay_for_checkout

Set when a buyer dismisses the Shop Pay login modal during checkout, informing display to buyer.

session

identity-state

Stores state before redirecting customers to identity authentication.

1d

identity-state-<<id>>

Stores state before redirecting customers to identity authentication.

1d

identity_customer_account_number

Stores an identifier used to facilitate login across the customer's account and storefront domains.

12w

keep_alive

Used when international domain redirection is enabled to determine if a request is the first one of a session.

session

locale_bar_accepted

Preserves if the modal from the geolocation app was accepted.

session

locale_bar_dismissed

Preserves if the modal from the geolocation app was dismissed.

1d

localization

Used to localize the cart to the correct country.

2w

logged_in

Identity logged-in hint.

12w

login_with_shop_finalize

Used to facilitate login with Shop.

5min

master_device_id

Permanent device identifier.

1y

order

Used to allow access to the data of the order details page of the buyer.

3w

pay_update_intent_id

Stores an ID of a Shop Pay billing agreement update intent, required for a callback after verifying a new Shop Pay payment instrument.

20min

preview_theme

Used to indicate whether the theme is being previewed.

session

previous_checkout_one_token

Used to prefill checkout with the details from the previous checkout.

1y

previous_checkout_token

Used to prefill checkout with the details from the previous checkout.

1y

previous_step

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

profile_preview_token

Used for previewing checkout extensibility.

5min

queue_token

Powers the checkout queue for checkout one.

1h

receive-cookie-deprecation

A cookie specified by Google to identify certain Chrome browsers affected by the third-party cookie deprecation. More information about this cookie can be found here.

session

remember_me

Used to prefill checkout with the details from the previous checkout.

1y

secure_customer_sig

Used to identify a user after they sign into a shop as a customer so they do not need to log in again.

1y

shop_pay_accelerated

Indicates if a buyer is eligible for Shop Pay accelerated checkout.

1y

shopify-editor-unconfirmed-settings

Stores changes merchant does in the editor to update the preview.

16h

shopify_pay

Used to log in a buyer into Shop Pay when they come back to checkout on the same store.

1y

shopify_pay_redirect

Used to accelerate the checkout process when the buyer has a Shop Pay account.

1y

storefront_digest

Stores a digest of the storefront password, allowing merchants to preview their storefront while it's password protected.

1y

tracked_start_checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

user

Used in connection with Shop login.

1y

user_cross_site

Used in connection with Shop login.

1y

wpm-domain-test

Used to test Shopify's Web Pixel Manager with the domain to make sure everything is working correctly.

session

Reporting and Analytics

NAME

DESCRIPTION

DURATION

_landing_page

Capture the landing page of visitor when they come from other sites.

2w

_orig_referrer

Allows merchant to identify where people are visiting them from.

2w

_shopify_ga

Contains Google Analytics parameters that enable cross-domain analytics measurement to work.

session

_shopify_s

Used to identify a given browser session/shop combination. Duration is 30 minute rolling expiry of last use.

30min

_shopify_sa_p

Capture the landing page of visitor when they come from other sites to support marketing analytics.

30min

_shopify_sa_t

Capture the landing page of visitor when they come from other sites to support marketing analytics.

30min

_shopify_y

Shopify analytics.

1y

checkout_one_experiment

Used when a checkout is eligible to Checkout One and has been assigned to an experiment (control group or test group).

session

shop_analytics

Contains the required buyer information for analytics in Shop.

1y

unique_interaction_id

Used for checkout metrics.

10min

 

Reporting and Analytics

NAME

DESCRIPTION

DURATION

_assignment

Shopify analytics.

1y

_landing_page

Capture the landing page of visitor when they come from other sites.

2w

_orig_referrer

Allows merchant to identify where people are visiting them from.

2w

_shopify_s

Used to identify a given browser session/shop combination. Duration is 30 minute rolling expiry of last use.

30min

_shopify_sa_t

Capture the landing page of visitor when they come from other sites to support marketing analytics.

30min

_shopify_y

Shopify analytics.

1y

 

Additionally, we use pixels and tags from the following third parties, which may in turn place cookies.

 

THIRD PARTY

DESCRIPTION

PRIVACY POLICY

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to help measure how users interact with our website.

Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager to help manage analytics.

Google

We use Google Ads to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our website.

Facebook Pixel

We use Facebook Pixel to help measure how users interact with our website.

Instagram

We use Instagram to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our website.

YouTube

We use YouTube to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our website.

Pinterest 

We use Pinterest’s web beacons for ad personalization and analytics.

Bing (Microsoft) 

We use to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our website.

Yotpo Email Marketing & SMS

 

We use Yotpo to send marketing emails and text messages.

Yotpo Product Reviews 

We use Yotpo to collect and display customer content across the buyer journey.

Gladly

We use Gladly for Customer Service management and Live Chat.

CJ 

We use CJ for Affiliate marketing.

MouseFlow 

We use MouseFlow as a website analytics tool website analytics tool that provides session replay, heatmaps, funnels, form analytics, feedback surveys, and similar features/functionality.