Cookie Policy

About Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Painted Halloween("we," "us," "our") uses cookies to remember your choices, and — only with your consent — to measure how our site performs and to support advertising.

This policy explains exactly which cookies we set, what they do, and how you stay in control. For broader detail on how we handle your data, see our Privacy Policy.

Your Consent Controls What Loads

When you first visit, we show a consent banner. Until you choose "Accept all," we load only essential cookies — no analytics or advertising technologies run. If you reject, if your browser sends a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, or if you have not yet chosen, none of the analytics or advertising cookies described below are set.

Your choice is remembered for 365 days in a first-party cookie named pw_consent.

Essential Cookies and Storage

These first-party entries are strictly necessary for the service to function. They are set regardless of your consent choice and cannot be turned off through the banner.

• pw_consent — remembers your cookie consent choice (accepted or rejected) for 365 days.
• privacy_opt_out — records your "Do Not Sell or Share" choice from the Privacy Choices page so we stop loading advertising cookies.
• ad_utm_id — not a cookie but an entry in your browser's own local storage, holding the id of the ad that brought you here for 30 days, so we can credit how you found us. It is attached to your order and read by no third party.

Analytics & Advertising Cookies

These load only after you click "Accept all" in the consent banner. If you reject, send a GPC signal, or have not chosen, none of these run. When enabled, they set their own cookies and may share data with the providers below:

• Google Analytics 4 (GA4) — measurement. Helps us understand which pages and styles are popular and how visitors move through the site, in aggregate.
• Meta (Facebook) Pixel — conversion tracking and retargeting. Measures the results of our Facebook and Instagram ads and lets us show relevant ads to people who have visited.
• Pinterest Tag (if enabled) — conversion tracking and retargeting. Measures the results of our Pinterest ads and supports retargeting on Pinterest.

These providers act as third parties and may process data, including identifiers and your activity on our site, on their own infrastructure. We never load them without your prior consent.

How to Withdraw or Change Consent

You can change your mind at any time:

• Use the Privacy Choices page — opting out there sets your consent to rejected. It takes effect immediately and we stop loading those technologies.
• Clear your cookies — deleting cookies in your browser removes pw_consent, which resets your choice and shows the banner again on your next visit.
• Enable Global Privacy Control (GPC) — supported browsers and extensions can send a GPC signal. We honor it automatically as an opt-out, and no analytics or advertising cookies will load.
• Browser settings — most browsers let you block or delete cookies entirely. Blocking essential cookies may break parts of the service.

For additional privacy choices, including opting out of any sale or sharing of personal information, visit our Your Privacy Choices page.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as our cookie practices evolve. Material changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. Please check back periodically.

Contact

For questions about our use of cookies, email us at paintedalways@gmail.com.