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Cookie policy
Last updated: 13 November 2026
We use only strictly necessary cookies. They keep your basket and currency, let you log in, and help checkout and payments work securely. We do not use analytics, advertising or social media cookies, so we do not ask for your consent. This page lists every cookie we use.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. Similar technologies, such as your browser’s session storage, work in the same way. Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations and the EU ePrivacy rules (in Germany, § 25 TDDDG), a website does not need your consent for cookies that are strictly necessary to provide the service you ask for. All the cookies below fall into this category.
Cookies set by our shop
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| wp_woocommerce_session_* | Keeps your shopping session: your basket and the country and currency used for your prices | 2 days, or 7 days if you are logged in |
| woocommerce_cart_hash | Detects changes to your basket so the totals stay correct | Until you close your browser |
| woocommerce_items_in_cart | Records whether your basket has items in it | Until you close your browser |
| woocommerce_geo_hash | Makes sure you see prices for your country when pages are cached | 1 hour |
| _lscache_vary | Tells our page cache to show you your own version of a page when you are logged in or have items in your basket | Up to 2 days, or until your login expires |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Checks that your browser accepts cookies, so you can log in | Until you close your browser |
| wordpress_logged_in_*, wordpress_sec_* | Keeps you securely logged in to your account. Set only if you log in | Until you close your browser, or 14 days if you choose “Remember me” |
The shop also uses your browser’s session storage (wc_fragments_* and wc_cart_hash_*) to show your basket quickly. It is cleared when you close the browser tab.
Your country is worked out from your IP address on our own server so we can show prices in your currency. This does not set a separate cookie; the result is stored in the shopping session cookie above.
Cookies set by our payment providers
These are set only on pages where payment options are shown, such as checkout.
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| __stripe_mid | Stripe | Fraud prevention for card payments | 1 year |
| __stripe_sid | Stripe | Fraud prevention for the current payment session | 30 minutes |
| wc_stripe_express_checkout_redirect_url | Our shop, for Stripe | Returns you to checkout after you log in, if an express payment option asks you to log in first | 10 minutes |
| Various | PayPal | If you choose PayPal, PayPal sets its own cookies on paypal.com for security, fraud prevention and to keep you logged in to PayPal | Set by PayPal |
More information: Stripe cookie settings and the PayPal Cookie Statement.
Managing cookies
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. If you block the cookies above, your basket, login and checkout will not work.
If we ever add cookies that are not strictly necessary, such as analytics, we will ask for your consent first, make refusing as easy as accepting, and update this page.
Contact
Questions about cookies: support@osverina.com. See also our Privacy Policy.