Cookie policy

Last updated: 8 October 2026

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files a website stores on your device. Similar technologies (such as local storage and pixels) are covered too.

Who is responsible?

Steve Meerschaut, sole proprietorship trading as Elcielicious, Begijnestraat 13, 9230 Wetteren, Belgium – company/VAT no. BE 0897.897.920 – info@elcielicious.com. More about your data in our privacy policy.

Your choice

On your first visit the cookie banner asks for your consent. Rejecting is as easy as accepting. Without consent we only set strictly necessary cookies. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time via Cookie settings (also at the bottom of every page), or delete/block cookies in your browser (the shop may then work less well).

Below are the cookies and similar technologies we measured (name – provider – purpose – duration). Other pages or actions (such as checkout or the chat) may set additional cookies from the same providers.

1. Strictly necessary (no consent needed)

  • _shopify_essential – Shopify – shop operation, session and your cookie choice – 1 year
  • localization – Shopify – selected country and language – 1 year
  • cart_currency – Shopify – cart currency – 14 days
  • cart and other checkout cookies – Shopify – cart and checkout – duration set by Shopify
  • _shop_app_essential (domain shop.app) – Shopify – Shop Pay/Shop functionality – 1 year
  • Local storage of Shopify Forms and the chat (e.g. forms_session_id, forms_visit_count) – forms and chat – session or short term
  • _iub_cs-67785440 and _iub_previous_preference_id – iubenda – store your choice in our previous cookie banner; removed once we have fully switched to the Shopify cookie banner

2. Statistics (only with consent)

  • _shopify_analytics – Shopify – shop visit statistics – 1 year
  • _ga – Google Analytics 4 – distinguishing visitors – approx. 13 months (400 days)
  • _ga_PXXMZV9P0V – Google Analytics 4 – session state – approx. 13 months
  • _ga_DC4C07RNLF – Google Merchant Center – measuring visits from Google Shopping – approx. 13 months

3. Marketing (only with consent)

  • _shopify_marketing – Shopify – marketing attribution – 1 year
  • _gcl_au and local storage _gcl_ls – Google Ads – ad conversion measurement – 90 days
  • _fbp – Meta (Facebook & Instagram) – measuring and showing ads – 90 days
  • Pinterest tag (e.g. _pin_unauth, _epik) – Pinterest – ad measurement – per Pinterest
  • Cookies of Google (e.g. doubleclick.net, google.com) and Meta on their own domains – advertising and remarketing – per provider

4. Preferences

  • Local storage recentlyViewedProduct and recommended-products – theme – show recently viewed and recommended products – until cleared

Third parties

More about our partners' cookies: Shopify · Google · Meta · Pinterest. Some partners process data outside the EEA; see our privacy policy.

Questions? Email info@elcielicious.com.