Cookie Policy
Effective Date: November 11, 2026
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you browse websites. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
2. How We Use Cookies
Our Website (https://chrisjarvis.me/) uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps us provide you with a good experience and allows us to improve our site. We use the following categories of cookies:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: Always Active. These are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
- Functional Cookies: These help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
- Analytical Cookies: Used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, and traffic source.
- Performance Cookies: Used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
- Advertisement Cookies: Used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages previously visited and to analyze the effectiveness of ad campaigns.
3. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our Website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. You can choose to “Accept All,” “Reject All” (non-essential cookies), or “Customize” your preferences.
You can also set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
- Cookie Table & Tools We Use Below is a list of the specific tools and cookies used on chrisjarvis.me, categorized by their purpose:
Strictly Necessary (Always Active) These cookies are required for the website to function, secure your data, and manage your consent.
- CookieYes (cookieyes-consent): Remembers your cookie consent preferences so you aren’t asked repeatedly. (Duration: 1 year)
- WooCommerce (woocommerce_cart_hash, woocommerce_items_in_cart, wp_woocommerce_session_): Remembers the items in your shopping cart and keeps your session active during checkout. (Duration: Session)
- Stripe (__stripe_mid, __stripe_sid): Used for fraud prevention and to securely process credit card transactions. (Duration: 1 year / Session)
- Google reCAPTCHA (_grecaptcha): Prevents spam and bots on our contact forms and checkout pages. (Duration: Session)
Analytics (Requires Consent) These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our site.
- Google Analytics 4 (_ga, _ga_[ID]): Calculates visitor, session, and campaign data to track site usage for our site’s analytics report. It stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. (Duration: 1 year / 2 years)
Advertisement & Marketing (Requires Consent) These cookies are used to deliver relevant ads and track ad campaign performance.
- Meta / Facebook Pixel (_fbp): Used by Meta to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. (Duration: 3 months)
Functional / Media (Requires Consent) These cookies are set by third-party video players embedded on our site.
- Vimeo (vuid): Collects data on the user’s visits to the website, such as which videos have been viewed. (Duration: 2 years)
- YouTube (YSC, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE): Measures video bandwidth, keeps track of user preferences for embedded YouTube videos, and tracks views. (Duration: Session / 6 months)
