Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site remember your preferences, understand how you use it, and improve your experience.

2. How We Use Cookies

Growing Offline uses cookies in the following categories:

• Essential cookies — required for the site to function (e.g. remembering your session, keeping you secure during checkout).
• Analytics cookies — help us understand which pages are visited and how users move through the site. All data is anonymised.
• Preference cookies — remember settings like your cookie consent choice so you don't see the same banner on every visit.

3. Third-Party Cookies

We use trusted third-party services that may set their own cookies:

• Stripe — for secure payment processing.
• Analytics providers — for anonymised visitor statistics.

These providers have their own cookie and privacy policies.

4. Managing Your Cookies

You can control cookies through your browser settings:

• Block all cookies
• Delete existing cookies
• Allow cookies only from visited sites
• Set alerts when a site tries to place a cookie

Please note that disabling essential cookies may prevent parts of the site from working correctly (e.g. checkout or login).

5. How Long Cookies Last

Session cookies expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain for a set period (typically 30 days to 1 year) unless you delete them manually.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as our site or services evolve. The latest version will always be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

7. Contact

If you have questions about cookies or this policy, email us at hello@growingoffline.co.uk.