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Cookie Policy
Which cookies CS Skin Forge sets and how to control them.
Last updated: 20 Aug 2026
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device when you visit it. They let the site remember information between page loads and between visits — that you are signed in, what is in your cart, which currency you selected. We also use similar technologies such as local storage and session storage, and this policy covers those in the same way.
Cookies are either first-party (set by csskinforge.com) or third-party (set by another provider whose service runs on our pages). They are either session cookies, which disappear when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which stay for a defined period.
We set strictly necessary cookies without asking, because the shop cannot work without them. Every other cookie — analytics in particular — is set only after you give consent through our cookie banner. This policy sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle personal data more generally.
2. Essential cookies we set
These cookies are required to operate the shop, keep your session secure and process your orders. They cannot be switched off through our banner, and they are set on the basis that they are strictly necessary to provide the service you have requested.
| Cookie | Purpose | Type | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| `sv_session` | Keeps you signed in and links your requests to your session | First-party, essential | 30 days |
| `sv_cart` | Remembers the items in your cart | First-party, essential | 30 days |
| `currency` | Stores whether you are viewing prices in GBP or EUR | First-party, essential | 12 months |
| `sv_consent` | Records your cookie choices so we do not ask again | First-party, essential | 12 months |
| `checkout_agreed` | Records that you accepted the Terms of Service at checkout | First-party, essential | 30 minutes |
| `sv_chat_vid` | Identifies your live-chat visitor so support can reply | First-party, essential | 180 days |
| Anti-fraud / bot protection | Detects automated traffic, credential stuffing and payment fraud | First-party and provider | Session – 12 months |
Payment pages may also set cookies from our payment service provider and from your card issuer during 3-D Secure authentication. These are strictly necessary to complete a payment securely and are governed by those providers' own policies.
3. Analytics
With your consent, we use analytics cookies to understand how people find and use the shop — which pages are visited, which listings are viewed, where checkout is abandoned, and whether the site performs correctly on your device. We use this only in aggregate, to improve the shop.
| Cookie | Purpose | Type | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| `_ga` | Distinguishes visitors for aggregate usage statistics | Third-party, analytics | 13 months |
| `_ga_*` | Maintains the analytics session state | Third-party, analytics | 13 months |
| `csf_ref` | Records how you arrived at the site (referral or campaign) | First-party, analytics | 30 days |
Analytics cookies are not set unless you accept them. If you decline, we still count page requests in our server logs, but no analytics identifier is stored on your device. We have IP anonymisation enabled and we do not use analytics data to build advertising profiles, and we do not share it with advertising networks.
We do not run advertising or retargeting cookies on csskinforge.com. If that changes, we will update this policy and ask for your consent before any such cookie is set.
4. Managing cookies
On this site. Use the "Cookie settings" link in the footer to review your choices and to accept or reject analytics at any time. Withdrawing consent takes effect immediately and we delete the corresponding cookies; it does not affect processing that already took place lawfully.
In your browser. You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings — Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge and Brave all provide controls under Privacy or Site settings. Note that blocking essential cookies will break sign-in, the cart and checkout, so you will not be able to buy from us.
Consent lifetime. We ask again every 12 months, and sooner if we introduce a new category of cookie.
Questions. Email info@csskinforge.com and we will explain what any specific cookie does.
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