About Cookies

About Cookies

How cookies and similar technologies are used across the site and how to manage them.

What Cookies Do

Explain essential, analytics, and preference cookies clearly.

Managing Cookies

Tell users how to update browser and consent settings.

Third Parties

List external tools and services that may set cookies.

Last updated: 12/05/2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Overcast Products uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.

1. What Are Cookies? Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website when you visit it. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, and to provide information to the website owner.

2. How We Use Cookies We use cookies for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies These cookies are necessary for the website to function. They enable core features such as your shopping cart, checkout sessions, and account login. You cannot opt out of these cookies as the website cannot function properly without them. _session_id — Maintains your shopping session and cart contents. _shopify_y — Shopify analytics tracking (anonymous). cart — Stores your current cart contents. secure_customer_sig — Keeps you signed in to your account.

Functional Cookies These cookies remember choices you have made (such as currency preference or recently viewed products) to improve your experience. Recently viewed products — Stores the last few products you have viewed. Wishlist — Stores items saved to your wishlist locally.

Analytics Cookies We may use analytics tools such as Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. These cookies collect aggregated, anonymous data such as pages visited and time spent on the site. No personally identifiable information is collected. _ga, _gid — Google Analytics session and user identification (anonymous).

Marketing Cookies If you arrive at our website via a paid advertisement, cookies may be set to measure campaign effectiveness. These cookies do not contain personally identifiable information.

3. Third-Party Cookies Some cookies are set by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control these cookies. Third parties include: Shopify — Our e-commerce platform sets cookies required to operate the store and process payments. Payment providers — Cookies may be set during the checkout process by payment processors (e.g. Stripe, PayPal) to enable secure transactions. Google Analytics — For anonymous website usage statistics.

4. Managing Cookies You can control cookies through your browser settings. Please be aware that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of this website, including your ability to add items to your cart or complete a purchase. Most browsers allow you to: View cookies stored on your device and delete them individually. Block third-party cookies. Block all cookies from specific sites. Block all cookies from being set. Delete all cookies when you close your browser. For guidance on managing cookies in your browser, visit www.aboutcookies.org or your browser's help documentation.

5. Your Consent By continuing to use our website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy. Where required by law, we will ask for your explicit consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.

6. Changes to This Policy We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised.

7. Contact Us If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at richard.barlow@overcastproducts.co.uk.