Privacy Policy

Privacy & Cookie Policy

Effective Date: 10/15/2025

Quick Summary

We use cookies from Google and Meta to show you targeted ads based on your browsing. Under US privacy laws, you have the right to opt out. Use the button below to stop ad tracking instantly. Your choice only applies to this device/browser and won't store any personal data when opted out.

Your Privacy Choice

Current Status: Tracking Enabled

This setting only applies to this device and browser. You'll need to opt out separately on other devices.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies from Google and Meta to understand how visitors use our site and to serve targeted advertising. "Targeted advertising" means showing you ads based on your browsing activity across other websites.

When you opt out:

  • We immediately stop all ad tracking on this device/browser
  • We don't store or collect any personal data for advertising
  • Google and Meta cookies are blocked from loading
  • Your browsing on our site won't be used for ad personalization

Your Rights by State

Under various US state privacy laws, residents have specific rights regarding their personal data:

State Law Your Rights
California CCPA/CPRA Opt out of sale/sharing of personal information, including targeted ads
Virginia VCDPA Opt out of targeted advertising and profiling
Colorado CPA Opt out of targeted advertising and sale of personal data
Connecticut CTDPA Opt out of sale, targeted advertising, and profiling
Utah UCPA Opt out of targeted advertising and sale of personal data
Montana MCDPA (2025) Opt out of targeted advertising and sale of personal data
Oregon OCPA (2025) Opt out of targeted advertising and sale of personal data
Texas TDPSA (2025) Opt out of targeted advertising and sale of personal data

How to Exercise Your Rights

You can opt out of targeted advertising in several ways:

1. Privacy Toggle (Recommended)

Click the "Do Not Track" button above. This immediately stops all ad tracking on this device/browser.

2. Browser Signal (GPC)

If your browser supports Global Privacy Control (GPC), we automatically honor that signal as an opt-out request.

3. Manage Your Data

You can also manage your data with Meta and Google Directly:

  • Google: https://myaccount.google.com/data-and-privacy?hl=en
  • Meta: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy?section_id=6-HowCanYouManage

Additional Privacy Rights

Depending on your state, you may also have rights to:

  • Access: Request what personal data we have about you
  • Delete: Request deletion of your personal data
  • Correct: Request correction of inaccurate personal data
  • Non-discrimination: We won't penalize you for exercising your rights

To exercise these rights, contact us using the information above. We'll respond within 14 business days.

Data Retention

When tracking is enabled, we retain data for 540 Days. When you opt out, we immediately stop collecting new data and existing data is not used for advertising purposes.

International Users

This policy primarily covers US state privacy laws. If you're visiting from outside the US, tracking is turned off by default.

Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.

Contact Information

Email: [email protected]

Phone:

Address:
The Candlemakers Store

Response Time: 14 business days

List of functional cookies we collect

The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store. These are required for the online store to function.

Last Updated: 10/15/2025

COOKIE name COOKIE Description
CART The association with your shopping cart.
CATEGORY_INFO Stores the category info on the page, that allows to display pages more quickly.
COMPARE The items that you have in the Compare Products list.
CURRENCY Your preferred currency
CUSTOMER An encrypted version of your customer id with the store.
CUSTOMER_AUTH An indicator if you are currently logged into the store.
CUSTOMER_INFO An encrypted version of the customer group you belong to.
CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDS Stores the Customer Segment ID
EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE A flag, which indicates whether caching is disabled or not.
FRONTEND You sesssion ID on the server.
GUEST-VIEW Allows guests to edit their orders.
LAST_CATEGORY The last category you visited.
LAST_PRODUCT The most recent product you have viewed.
NEWMESSAGE Indicates whether a new message has been received.
NO_CACHE Indicates whether it is allowed to use cache.
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART A link to information about your cart and viewing history if you have asked the site.
POLL The ID of any polls you have recently voted in.
POLLN Information on what polls you have voted on.
RECENTLYCOMPARED The items that you have recently compared.
STF Information on products you have emailed to friends.
STORE The store view or language you have selected.
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies.
VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS The products that you have recently viewed.
WISHLIST An encrypted list of products added to your Wishlist.
WISHLIST_CNT The number of items in your Wishlist.