Effective date: 2 August 2026
1. About this policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Made Lore uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or use made-lore.co.uk.
Made Lore is a trading name of Christopher Baxter, a sole trader also trading as Mad Potter’s Studio.
Email: hello@made-lore.co.uk
Our full business details are available on our Legal Information page.
2. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, telephone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.
We may also use similar storage and access technologies, including:
- local storage;
- session storage;
- pixels;
- tags;
- software development kit identifiers;
- device identifiers; and
- similar browser or device technologies.
In this policy, we refer to all these technologies as “cookies” unless a distinction is necessary.
3. Why we use cookies
Cookies may be used to:
- operate the website;
- keep the website secure;
- remember your cookie choices;
- maintain your shopping basket;
- provide checkout and payment functions;
- keep you signed in;
- remember product and personalisation choices;
- operate the product editor and preview tools;
- provide the Universe Creator;
- detect errors, fraud or misuse;
- understand how the website is used;
- improve website performance;
- measure marketing effectiveness; and
- display relevant content or advertising, where you have agreed to this.
4. Categories of cookies
4.1 Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the website or a service you have requested to work.
They may be used for:
- website security;
- account login;
- session management;
- shopping baskets;
- checkout;
- payment processing;
- fraud prevention;
- remembering privacy choices;
- load balancing;
- personalisation sessions; and
- saving information required to provide a requested feature.
These cookies cannot normally be switched off through our cookie controls because the website may not function correctly without them.
4.2 Functional and appearance cookies
These cookies remember choices that affect how the website appears or works for you.
They may remember:
- display preferences;
- accessibility preferences;
- language or regional choices;
- editor settings;
- dismissed notices; and
- other requested website preferences.
Where the law allows these cookies to be used without consent, we will only use them for permitted purposes and will provide a simple way to object where required.
4.3 Statistical and performance cookies
These cookies help us understand how people use the website, identify technical problems and improve its performance.
Some limited first-party statistical cookies may be used without consent where they meet the applicable legal exemption. Where we rely on this exemption:
- the information will be used only to produce statistics about use of our service;
- it will be used to improve the website or service;
- it will not be used to track you across unrelated websites;
- it will not be used for personalised advertising; and
- you will be given a simple way to object.
Other analytics cookies will only be used after you have consented.
4.4 Marketing and advertising cookies
These cookies may be used to:
- measure advertising campaigns;
- understand whether an advertisement led to a visit or sale;
- limit how often advertisements are shown;
- create marketing audiences; or
- show advertising based on browsing activity.
Marketing cookies are not strictly necessary and will not be used unless you have consented.
4.5 Embedded content cookies
Pages may contain content supplied by another service, such as:
- video;
- maps;
- social media content;
- review platforms;
- payment services; or
- customer-support tools.
These services may place their own cookies or receive device information.
Non-essential embedded content will be blocked or limited until you provide the required consent where technically possible.
5. Cookies used by ecommerce and account functions
The website is built using WordPress and WooCommerce.
These systems may use necessary cookies to:
- maintain your session;
- remember basket contents;
- identify when basket contents change;
- operate checkout;
- keep registered users signed in;
- protect account areas;
- remember website settings; and
- prevent unauthorised access.
The precise cookie names may include a changing identifier or security hash.
6. Payment cookies
Stripe or another payment provider may place cookies or use similar technologies for:
- payment processing;
- authentication;
- fraud prevention;
- transaction security; and
- regulatory compliance.
Some payment cookies are necessary to complete a payment securely.
Payment providers may act as independent data controllers for some of their processing. Their own privacy and cookie information will apply to that processing.
7. Personalisation and Universe Creator cookies
Our product editor, preview system and Universe Creator may use necessary browser storage to:
- preserve an active editing session;
- associate uploads with the correct session;
- retain temporary design choices;
- generate previews;
- prevent lost work during navigation;
- manage generation limits;
- detect misuse; and
- maintain service security.
Temporary browser storage may be deleted when you close your browser or when the session expires.
8. Your cookie choices
When consent is required, our cookie controls will allow you to:
- accept non-essential cookies;
- reject non-essential cookies; or
- choose individual categories.
Rejecting non-essential cookies must be as straightforward as accepting them.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the Cookie Settings control on the website.
Withdrawing consent does not make earlier processing unlawful, but it prevents the relevant cookies from being used in future where technically possible.
9. Current cookie register
The current cookie register is displayed through our Cookie Settings tool.
The register should identify, where applicable:
- the cookie or technology name;
- the provider;
- its purpose;
- its category;
- whether it is first-party or third-party; and
- how long it remains on your device.
The live cookie register forms part of this Cookie Policy.
Because website services and cookie identifiers can change, the live register may be updated more frequently than the main wording of this policy.
10. Browser controls
Most browsers allow you to:
- view stored cookies;
- delete cookies;
- block all cookies;
- block third-party cookies; or
- receive a warning before cookies are stored.
Blocking all cookies may prevent baskets, accounts, checkout, payments and personalisation tools from working correctly.
Browser controls do not always remove information stored using every similar technology. The website Cookie Settings control should therefore be used as well.
11. Do Not Track and similar signals
Browser privacy signals are not interpreted consistently across all services.
Where our consent-management system supports a recognised privacy signal, we may use it to apply the relevant privacy preference.
You should also use our Cookie Settings tool to record your choices directly.
12. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when:
- cookies change;
- website features change;
- service providers change;
- the Universe Creator changes;
- legal requirements change; or
- our consent-management system changes.
The effective date at the top of the policy shows when it was last materially updated.
13. Contact us
Questions or complaints about cookies may be sent to:
Email: hello@made-lore.co.uk
Our postal address is available on our Legal Information page.
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