Cookie Policy
Effective Date: April 2025

To comply with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and applicable data protection laws, we periodically review and update our use of cookies. This Cookie Policy outlines how Purité uses cookies on our website and was last updated in April 2025.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device to help websites function effectively, enhance user experience, and collect analytical data. Cookies do not give us access to your device or any personal information unless you choose to share it with us.

Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies to:

• Enable essential website functionality

• Analyze site traffic and user behavior

• Remember your preferences and improve your experience

• Deliver relevant content and marketing (where applicable)

Types of Cookies We Use

1. Essential (First-Party) Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the website and do not store personal data.

• PHPSESSID: A session cookie used to identify your session during a visit. This expires once you leave the site.

• Cookie Consent: Stores your preference to hide the cookie banner after you accept or close it.

2. Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to track user behavior and improve the site. These cookies help us understand which pages are visited most often and how users interact with the site.

• __utma: Identifies unique visitors (expires after 2 years)

• __utmb: Session tracker (expires after 30 minutes)

• __utmc: Determines if a session is new (expires on browser close)

• __utmz: Tracks the traffic source (expires after 6 months)

• __utmv: Used for user-defined reports (varies)

We do not share this data with Google or third parties, and all data is anonymized.

To opt out of Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

3. Third-Party Cookies

You may encounter cookies from external services we embed or link to.

ShareThis

We may use ShareThis to allow easy sharing of content. ShareThis may place cookies for tracking interactions and delivering targeted advertising. These may include:

• BC_BANDWIDTH, ShareUT, __stid, __unam, __uset, stOAuth

• Google Analytics cookies such as __utma, __utmz

We only activate ShareThis after obtaining your consent.

Read ShareThis’s full privacy policy and opt-out options here.

Other Third-Party Services

As we improve our website, we may integrate new external tools that also use cookies. We will update this policy as new services are introduced.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can control and delete cookies using your browser settings. Most browsers accept cookies by default, but you can usually modify your settings to reject or delete cookies:

• Learn how to manage cookies: AboutCookies.org

• To delete cookies: refer to your browser’s help section

Please note that disabling some cookies may affect your ability to fully interact with our site.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our cookie use, or how we seek your consent, please get in touch:

Purité
16-18 Port Jack,
Onchan,
IM3 1EA,
Isle of Man
📧 info@purite.im