Cookie Policy
Last updated: 18 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how The Plush Pillow UK uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.
Cookies help our website work correctly, keep your shopping basket and checkout functioning, remember certain choices and help us understand how visitors use our website.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Some cookies are required for the website to work, while others support analytics, preferences and marketing.
We only use non-essential cookies where your consent is required and you have chosen to allow them through our cookie settings.
How we use cookies
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for essential website functions. They support features such as:
- keeping products in your shopping basket
- processing checkout
- maintaining website security
- remembering privacy choices
- applying discount codes
- recognising your selected country or currency
- supporting secure payment and Shop Pay functions
These cookies do not require consent where they are strictly necessary to provide a service you have requested.
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use The Plush Pillow UK, including how customers arrive on our website, which pages are visited and how the website performs.
We use this information to understand website performance and improve the shopping experience.
Analytics cookies are only used where required consent has been provided.
Preference cookies
Preference cookies remember certain choices you make while using our website, such as location, language or other settings.
They help provide a more consistent experience when you return to the website.
Where these cookies are not strictly necessary, they are only used with your consent.
Marketing and advertising cookies
Marketing technologies may be used to understand how customers interact with our marketing and to measure the performance of advertising campaigns.
Where personalised advertising or similar tracking requires consent, these technologies will only operate after you have chosen to allow them.
Shopify cookies used on our store
The Plush Pillow UK is powered by Shopify. Shopify places certain cookies on merchant storefronts to provide store functionality, analytics and other services.
| Cookie | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|
_shopify_essential |
Supports essential store, session, checkout and security functions | 1 year |
_shopify_test |
Checks whether your browser supports cookies | 1 minute |
_tracking_consent |
Stores your privacy and cookie preferences | 1 year |
cart |
Stores information about your shopping basket | 2 weeks |
cart_currency |
Remembers the currency associated with your basket | 2 weeks |
discount_code |
Remembers a discount code for checkout | Session |
localization |
Supports country and location settings | 2 weeks |
login_with_shop_finalize |
Supports logging in with Shop | 5 minutes |
shopify_pay |
Supports returning Shop Pay users | 1 year |
storefront_digest |
Supports access to password-protected storefronts where applicable | 1 year |
_landing_page |
Helps identify the page where a website visit began | 2 weeks |
_orig_referrer |
Helps identify where a visitor arrived from | 2 weeks |
_shopify_analytics |
Supports Shopify storefront and checkout analytics | 1 year |
_shopify_s |
Identifies a browser session for analytics | Around 30 minutes |
_shopify_y |
Supports Shopify analytics | 1 year |
_shopify_marketing |
Supports marketing measurement where permitted | 1 year |
Shopify may update the cookies used across its platform as its services change.
Third-party technologies
Some services connected to our website may use cookies, pixels, tags or similar technologies.
Where these technologies are not strictly necessary, they should only operate after you have provided the relevant consent.
The third parties involved may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies.
You can review the choices available to you through our cookie settings.
Managing your cookie choices
When you visit The Plush Pillow UK, you may be given the option to accept, reject or manage non-essential cookies.
You can change or withdraw your choices at any time using the Cookie Settings or privacy controls available on our website.
Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before your preferences were changed.
Strictly necessary cookies will continue to operate because they are required for essential website functions.
Browser controls
Most browsers also allow you to view, delete or block cookies through their privacy or security settings.
Blocking all cookies may affect parts of The Plush Pillow UK. For example, your basket, checkout or other essential website features might not work correctly.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when our website, technology providers or legal requirements change.
When we make changes, we will update the date shown at the top of this page.
Contact us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies and similar technologies, please contact The Plush Pillow UK through the contact details provided on our website.
You can also read our Privacy Policy for more information about how we collect, use and protect personal information.