Cookie policy

1. What cookies and similar technologies are

Cookies are small files stored by a browser. Local storage is a browser storage mechanism that can remember preferences. Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, and SDKs. This policy uses "cookies" broadly to include these technologies where relevant.

2. Current BayStore public-site storage

The current static marketing site stores one local preference named bs-analytics-consent with the value granted or declined when a visitor responds to the privacy notice. It records the analytics choice and hides the notice on later visits. It is not a tracking identifier and is not used for advertising.

3. Cookie categories

BayStore may use the following categories if approved for production:

• Strictly necessary: required to operate the site, route requests, maintain security, remember consent, or provide authenticated access.
• Functional: remember preferences such as dismissed notices, product selections, or interface settings.
• Analytics: measure page views, traffic sources, and aggregate usage. The current site uses Plausible — a cookieless, first-party analytics tracker proxied through baystore.com — loaded only after analytics consent is granted. No analytics cookies are set.
• Marketing: support advertising, retargeting, or cross-context behavioral advertising. The current static bundle does not use marketing cookies.

4. Current consent behavior

The public site shows a privacy notice until the visitor chooses Accept or Decline. Accept stores granted and loads cookieless, first-party analytics; Decline stores declined and loads no analytics. The choice is remembered on later visits. No marketing or advertising scripts are loaded.

5. How to change preferences

You can clear the preference by clearing site data for baystore.com in your browser. After clearing it, the notice should appear again. If production analytics or marketing cookies are added, BayStore should provide a preference control that allows visitors to change non-essential choices without clearing all browser storage.

6. Third-party cookies

The current marketing bundle loads analytics first-party (Plausible proxied through baystore.com) and no other third-party scripts. Production authentication, support chat, payment checkout, or advertising tools may set their own cookies if approved. Those tools should be listed here before deployment, including provider name, purpose, cookie category, and retention period.

7. Do Not Track and global privacy controls

The current static bundle does not perform tracking that responds to browser "Do Not Track" signals. If sale, sharing, targeted advertising, or analytics tools are introduced, BayStore should evaluate support for applicable opt-out signals, including Global Privacy Control where required.

8. Retention

The local analytics-consent preference remains until the visitor clears browser storage or the site changes the storage key. Approved production cookies should be listed with specific retention periods.

9. Relationship to the Privacy Policy

For more information about personal information handling, see the Privacy Policy. For customer-service processing, see the Data Processing Addendum.

10. Contact

Questions about this Cookie Policy should be sent to [email protected].