COOKIE POLICY

Last Updated: 17/03/26

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
At Marco De Luca Jewels, we use cookies to keep track of what you have in your basket, remember your preferences when you return to our site, and improve your overall shopping experience.

2. HOW WE USE COOKIES

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential Functionality: To make the website work correctly (e.g., allowing you to buy items).
• Analytics: To understand how customers use our site so we can improve it.
• Preferences: To remember your settings (like language or currency).
• Marketing: To show you relevant products or offers (if applicable).

3. TYPES OF COOKIES WE USE

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These are essential for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart, or make use of e-billing services. Without these, the store cannot function.

Analytical/Performance Cookies

These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We typically use tools like Google Analytics for this purpose.

Functionality Cookies

These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Targeting/Marketing Cookies

These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties (such as social media platforms) for this purpose.

4. THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

Common third-party providers on our site may include:

• Google Analytics (for site statistics)
• PayPal / Stripe (for secure payment processing)
• Instagram / Facebook (if social media feeds or pixels are enabled)

5. MANAGING YOUR COOKIES

You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies.

• Cookie Consent Banner: Upon your first visit, you were presented with a banner allowing you to accept or manage specific categories of cookies. You can change these preferences at any time.
• Browser Settings: You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our site (such as the checkout). To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

6. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this page specifically to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

7. CONTACT US

If you have questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at: marcodelucajewels@gmail.com