Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
How Maker's Nook uses cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies, without the mystery
Maker's Nook uses cookies and similar technologies to help our website and marketplace work properly.
Some cookies are necessary for things like keeping products in your basket, allowing you to log in and making checkout work.
Others may help us understand how Maker's Nook is being used so that we can improve the experience.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, why we use them and the choices you have.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of information that a website stores on your device when you visit.
They can help a website remember information about your visit — such as whether you're logged in, what's in your shopping basket or certain choices you've made.
Some cookies last only for your current browsing session. Others can remain on your device for a longer period.
Why Maker's Nook uses cookies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Keep Maker's Nook functioning properly
- Maintain your shopping basket
- Support checkout and payments
- Keep you signed in to your account
- Remember certain preferences
- Help protect accounts and the website
- Understand how people use Maker's Nook
- Improve the performance and experience of the marketplace
We don't use cookies simply for the sake of collecting information.
Essential cookies
Some cookies are necessary for Maker's Nook to function.
These may be used for things such as:
- Shopping basket functionality
- Checkout
- Customer and Maker account login
- Session management
- Security
- Remembering information required while you move between pages
Because these cookies are required to provide core website functionality, disabling them may prevent parts of Maker's Nook from working correctly.
Shopping & checkout cookies
Maker's Nook uses WooCommerce to provide shopping and checkout functionality.
Cookies may be used to remember the contents of your basket and maintain information required while you shop and complete your order.
Without these technologies, the website may not be able to reliably remember your basket as you move between pages.
Account & login cookies
If you log in to Maker's Nook as a customer or Maker, cookies may be used to maintain your authenticated session.
These help the website recognise that you have already logged in while you move through areas of your account or Maker Dashboard.
If you log out, relevant session information may be removed or expire according to the website's authentication settings.
Payment services
Payments on Maker's Nook are processed through PayFast.
During checkout, PayFast or technologies required to provide the payment service may process information necessary to authorise, complete and administer your payment.
Where PayFast uses its own cookies or similar technologies, those technologies are subject to PayFast's own privacy and cookie practices.
Analytics & performance
Maker's Nook may use analytics or performance technologies to understand how visitors use the website.
This can help us understand things such as which pages are being used, how visitors move through the marketplace and whether parts of the website are performing as expected.
Where these technologies require consent, they should only be activated after the appropriate consent has been provided.
At present, Maker's Nook does not run dedicated third-party analytics cookies on the live site. If analytics tools are introduced later, this section will be updated and any required consent controls will be provided.
Third-party content & services
Some parts of Maker's Nook may rely on services provided by other organisations.
These can include payment, website infrastructure, media or other services necessary to operate parts of the marketplace.
Where third-party content or services are loaded, those providers may use their own cookies or similar technologies.
Their use of information is governed by their own privacy and cookie practices.
Your cookie choices
Where consent is required for non-essential cookies, Maker's Nook will provide you with a way to make your choice.
You may be able to:
- Accept optional cookies
- Reject optional cookies
- Change your cookie preferences
You can also control or delete cookies through your web browser.
Please remember that blocking essential cookies may affect important functions such as your basket, login or checkout.
How to control cookies in your browser
Most web browsers allow you to see, delete or block cookies through their privacy or security settings.
The exact controls depend on the browser and device you're using.
Blocking all cookies may cause some parts of Maker's Nook to stop working as intended.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy if the technologies used by Maker's Nook change or if our legal obligations change.
When we make changes, the updated policy will be published on this page and the "Last updated" date will be changed.
Questions about cookies?
If you have a question about the cookies or technologies used by Maker's Nook, you can contact us.
privacy@makersnook.co.za
For more information about how Maker's Nook handles personal information, please read our Privacy Policy.
Questions about your privacy?
We want the way Maker's Nook handles your information to be clear.
If there's something you'd like to know about our use of cookies or your personal information, get in touch.
Contact Maker's Nook