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Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information about who we are, how we use cookies and similar technologies on sportshed.co.uk (the “Website”), and how you can manage your cookie preferences. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, store and use personal information generally, and your rights in relation to your personal data.
This cookie policy relates only to your use of the Website at sportshed.co.uk. From time to time, we may link to other websites or services (for example, to make additional products or services available to you). These websites may have their own cookie policies; please refer to the relevant policies on those sites for details of how they use cookies.
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (e.g. computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website. We use cookies on our website. Cookies allow a website to recognise your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions. They are widely used by website owners to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the owners of the site. We also use similar technologies, such as pixels and local storage, which perform the same or similar functions (collectively referred to in this policy as “cookies”).
Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.
For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.
For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, or www.allaboutcookies.org.
We will ask for your consent to place cookies on your device except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested (for example, to enable you to add items to your shopping basket and use our check‑out process).
You can withdraw consent or change your preferences at any time by adjusting the settings in our cookie banner or privacy dashboard on the Website. You can also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. It may be necessary to refresh the page for the updated settings to take effect. Please note that if you disable cookies, some features of the Website may not operate as intended.
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why. Where a cookie is described as essential, it is necessary for the proper functioning of the Website or for us to provide you with a service you have requested. Essential cookies are always enabled and do not require your consent. Non‑essential cookies are used for analytics or advertising. We will ask for your consent before using these cookies.
| The cookies (and other similar technologies) we use | Name | Purpose | Whether the technology is essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested and whether we will seek your consent before using it |
| Session and security cookies (SportShed) | sessionid, csrftoken (or similar) | These cookies recognise you when you log in and allow you to stay logged in as you move from page to page. They also help us to secure the Platform by preventing cross‑site request forgery (CSRF) and other malicious attacks. | These cookies are essential to provide the services you request and we do not seek your consent to use them. |
| Cookie preference | cookie_consent | Stores your cookie preferences so that we know whether or not to set non‑essential cookies on your device. | This cookie is essential because it records your choices about cookie settings. |
| Shopping cart cookies | woocommerce_cart_hash, woocommerce_items_in_cart (or equivalent) | Remember what items you have added to your shopping basket and allow you to use our check‑out process. | These cookies are essential to provide the shopping cart and do not require consent. |
| Payment processor cookies (Stripe/WooPayment) | __stripe_sid, __stripe_mid | These cookies are set by our payment processors (such as Stripe or WooPayment) to enable secure payment processing and to detect and prevent fraudulent activity. For example, Stripe uses the __stripe_sid cookie to identify a payment session for 30 minutes and the __stripe_mid cookie for fraud prevention for up to one year. | These cookies are essential for processing payments; we will therefore not request your consent before using them. |
| Analytics cookies (Google Analytics) | _ga, _ga_*, _gid, _gat | These cookies are set by Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use the Website. They help us understand, for example, how many users visit the Website, which pages are most popular and how long visitors spend on each page. We use this information to improve the performance of the Website. Google Analytics cookies typically expire after two years for _ga, one day for _gid and one minute for _gat. | These cookies are non‑essential. We will ask for your consent before placing them on your device. |
The cookies we use will only be accessed by us and the third parties named in the table above for the purposes set out in this policy. These cookies will not be accessed by any other third party. When we use third‑party providers (for example, for analytics or advertising), those providers may also collect and use information about your visits to the Website and other websites for their own purposes. Please refer to their privacy or cookie policies for more information.
If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our website.
If you wish to contact us about this cookie policy or the information we hold about you, please send an email to te**@**********co.uk
This policy was published on and last updated on 8th August 2025.
We may change this policy from time to time.