Cookie Policy
Last updated: 17 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how InstyOra (“we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit and use our website.
By continuing to use our website, you may consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this policy. Where required, we will ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies allow a website to recognise your device and remember certain information about your visit. They can help websites function correctly, improve your browsing experience and provide information about how visitors use the website.
2. How We Use Cookies
InstyOra may use cookies for several different purposes, including:
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Essential cookies – These are necessary for our website to operate correctly and cannot generally be switched off. They may be used for functions such as shopping baskets, checkout, account access and website security.
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Performance and analytics cookies – These help us understand how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited and how customers navigate around the site. This information helps us improve our website and services.
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Functional cookies – These allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced and more personalised features.
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Advertising and marketing cookies – These may be used to deliver relevant advertising and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
3. Cookies We May Use
Depending on how you interact with our website, we may use cookies and similar technologies provided by third-party services.
These may include services such as:
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Shopify, which provides our online store platform
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Google Analytics, where enabled, to help us understand website usage
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Google Ads, where enabled, to measure advertising performance
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Meta/Facebook, where enabled, for advertising, remarketing and conversion measurement
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Other third-party applications or services integrated with our website
The specific cookies used may change over time as we add, remove or update services on our website.
4. Shopify Cookies
Our website is hosted and operated using Shopify. Shopify may place cookies on your device that are necessary to provide essential website functionality, including shopping cart and checkout functionality, fraud prevention and website security.
Shopify may also use cookies and similar technologies for analytics and other purposes depending on the configuration of our store.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie banner or preference centre allowing you to manage which categories of cookies you accept.
You can change your preferences at any time where our website provides a cookie preference or consent-management tool.
You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
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View the cookies stored on your device
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Delete individual or all cookies
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Block cookies from particular websites
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Block third-party cookies
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Block all cookies
Please note that blocking or deleting certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website and could prevent some features, including parts of the shopping or checkout process, from working correctly.
6. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be placed by third-party services that appear on or are integrated with our website.
These third parties may use cookies to collect information about your online activities across different websites. Their use of cookies is governed by their own privacy and cookie policies.
We recommend reviewing the relevant third party's privacy and cookie policies for more information about how they process your data.
7. Personal Information
Some cookies and similar technologies may collect information that can be associated with an individual or device.
Where cookies involve the processing of personal data, we will process that information in accordance with applicable UK data protection legislation and our Privacy Policy.
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies and technologies we use, changes to our website, or changes in legal or regulatory requirements.
Any updates will be posted on this page, and the “Last updated” date will be amended accordingly.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how InstyOra uses cookies, please contact us through the contact details provided on our website.