Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how F. Abaya House uses cookies, local browser storage, and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, F. Abaya House) are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies". Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., interactive content, icons, and fonts).

2. What Technologies Do We Use?

Our website utilizes both standard cookies and HTML5 Local Storage to support customer orders, store checkout progression, and verify preferences. Local Storage performs a similar function to cookies but is stored directly on your browser for better client-side performance.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We only use technologies that are necessary for the website to run or that support basic user preferences. The categories of cookies we utilize include:

Essential Cookies (First-Party / Local Storage)

These cookies and local storage items are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as accessing secure areas, handling checkout steps, and remembering items in your shopping bag.

• `fabaya_cart`: First-party Local Storage used to persist the items, sizes, and quantities in your shopping bag as you browse the website or navigate between pages.
• `fabaya_orders`: First-party Local Storage used to store local confirmation details of orders you have submitted, ensuring they display correctly.
• `cookie-consent-settings`: First-party Local Storage used to remember your cookie preferences (Accept/Reject choice) so the banner does not reappear.

Functional & Third-Party Assets (First-Party / CDN)

We load external libraries to display luxury fonts and icons on the website. These services do not track you across the web or collect marketing data, but they load files from external Content Delivery Networks (CDNs):

• Google Fonts: Loads the `Cormorant Garamond` and `Outfit` font libraries to style the boutique's elegant texts.
• FontAwesome CDN: Loads graphic icons used throughout the boutique buttons, search toggles, and shopping bag indicators.

Analytics & Marketing Cookies (Non-Essential)

We do not use any third-party tracking, ad-targeting, or marketing cookies (such as Facebook Pixel or Google Ads Remarketing) on our boutique without your explicit consent. Non-essential tracking scripts are blocked by default until you click "Accept All" on our Cookie Consent Banner.

4. How Can I Control Cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your preferences using the floating Cookie Consent Banner shown at the bottom of the boutique:

• Accept All: Enables both essential and non-essential analytical features.
• Reject Non-Essential: Disables any analytic tracking while keeping first-party shopping bag items and order state functions active.
• Browser Controls: You can also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies through browser controls, you may still use our website, though your access to some features and areas (such as maintaining your shopping bag state across browser sessions) may be restricted.

5. Contact Information

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at `f.abayahouse@gmail.com` or contact us via WhatsApp at `+44 7534 413588`.