COOKIE POLICY

Last updated July 31, 2026

Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website. TheStillCat uses them for three things: to make the shop work, to understand how it is used, and to measure our advertising. This page explains exactly which cookies we set, who sets them, and how long they last.

Only the essential cookies are set automatically. Analytics and marketing cookies are set only if you agree, and the shop works exactly the same if you do not. You can change your mind whenever you like:

Essential

These are needed for the shop to function — your basket, the checkout, fraud checks on payment, your delivery country, and remembering your cookie choice. They cannot be switched off, because without them the shop would not work.

Cookie	Set by	What it does	Kept for
cookie_consent	TheStillCat	Remembers the cookie choices you made here, so we do not ask again on every visit.	12 months if you accepted everything, 6 months otherwise
x-user-id	TheStillCat	Keeps your basket, checkout and site experience consistent as you move between pages.	Session only, unless you allow analytics or marketing — then 12 months
preferred_cc	TheStillCat	Remembers the delivery country you picked, so we show the right prices and shipping.	12 months
__stripe_mid, __stripe_sid	Stripe	Payment fraud prevention. Set by our payment provider when you reach checkout.	Up to 12 months

Analytics

These tell us which designs and pages people actually use, so we know what to improve. We look at this in aggregate — we are not interested in what any one person did.

Cookie	Set by	What it does	Kept for
_ga, _ga_*	Google Analytics	Counts visits and shows us which pages and designs people actually use.	Up to 24 months
ph_*_posthog	PostHog	Product analytics — which features get used, and where people get stuck.	Up to 12 months
_ALGOLIA	Algolia	Search analytics — which searches return results people go on to buy.	Up to 6 months

Marketing

These let us see whether an advert actually led to a visit or an order, and help us show you designs you are more likely to like rather than the same advert repeatedly. If you refuse these, you will still see adverts — they will simply be less relevant, and we will not be able to tell whether they worked.

Cookie	Set by	What it does	Kept for
_gcl_au, FPAU, FPLC	Google Ads	Measures whether an advert led to a visit or an order, and limits repeat adverts.	Up to 90 days
_fbp, _fbc	Meta (Facebook, Instagram)	Measures whether an advert on Facebook or Instagram led to a visit or an order.	Up to 90 days
_ttp, _tt_enable_cookie, ttcsid*	TikTok	Measures whether an advert on TikTok led to a visit or an order.	Up to 13 months
_pin_unauth, _epik	Pinterest	Measures whether a Pin or Pinterest advert led to a visit or an order.	Up to 12 months

Changing or withdrawing your choice

Use the Cookie settings link in the footer of any page, or the button above. Withdrawing is as easy as agreeing was, and takes effect immediately — we stop setting the relevant cookies from that moment. You can also delete cookies already stored through your browser settings.

If you refuse, we will not keep asking. We will only ask again after around six months, or sooner if we start using cookies for a genuinely new purpose that your earlier answer could not have covered.

Where your choice applies

We ask for consent before setting analytics or marketing cookies for visitors in the UK, the European Economic Area, and Switzerland. Elsewhere these cookies are enabled by default, in line with local rules — but the same Cookie settings link is available to everyone, so you can opt out wherever you are.

More information

For how we handle personal information more broadly, see our Privacy Policy. Questions about this policy: [email protected].