Cookie Policy
What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit The Cite Shop. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owners.
How We Use Cookies
The Cite Shop uses cookies for several purposes, including:
- Necessary cookies — These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas, and shopping cart functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
- Functional cookies — These cookies enable the website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or region) and provide enhanced, more personalised features.
- Analytics cookies — These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the website and your experience.
- Marketing cookies — These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Cookies We Use
The table below lists the cookies used on this website, along with their purpose, duration, and category.
Necessary
| Cookie | Domain | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | theciteshop.com | session | PHP session cookie for managing user sessions. |
| woocommerce_items_in_cart | theciteshop.com | session | WooCommerce cookie to track items in cart. |
| woocommerce_cart_hash | theciteshop.com | session | WooCommerce cookie to determine cart contents changes. |
| fazcookie-consent | theciteshop.com | 1 year | Cookie consent preferences set by the visitor. |
| __stripe_mid | theciteshop.com | 1 year | Stripe fraud prevention cookie for payment processing. |
| __stripe_sid | theciteshop.com | 30 minutes | Stripe fraud prevention session cookie for payment processing. |
| cf_clearance | .theciteshop.com | session | Set by Cloudflare Turnstile |
| test | theciteshop.com | Session | This cookie is used to discover cookie support, value undefined |
Functional
| Cookie | Domain | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| breakdance_view_count | theciteshop.com | session | Counts page views in the current session, used by the page builder\'s conditional display rules |
| breakdance_session_count | theciteshop.com | session | Counts how many separate sessions this visitor has had, used by conditional display rules. |
| breakdance_last_session_id | theciteshop.com | session | Stores the previous session identifier, so a returning visit can be told apart from a continuing one. |
Analytics
| Cookie | Domain | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| tk_ai | theciteshop.com | session | Stores a randomly-generated anonymous ID. This is only used within the dashboard (/wp-admin) area and is used for usage tracking, if enabled. |
| _clsk | .theciteshop.com | 1 day | Microsoft Clarity session cookie. |
| _clck | .theciteshop.com | 1 year | Microsoft Clarity cookie for analytics. |
| CLID | www.clarity.ms | 1 year | Microsoft Clarity cookie that identifies the first time Clarity saw this browser. Set on Microsoft\'s own domain rather than ours. |
| _ga_LR03Z864ZR | theciteshop.com | 2 years | Google Analytics 4 cookie used to persist session state. |
| _ga | theciteshop.com | 2 years | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users. |
| _gid | theciteshop.com | 24 hours | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users. |
| _gat | theciteshop.com | 1 minute | Google Analytics cookie used to throttle request rate. |
Marketing
| Cookie | Domain | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| sbjs_migrations | theciteshop.com | session | Technical data to help with migrations between different versions of the tracking feature |
| sbjs_current_add | theciteshop.com | session | Timestamp, referring URL, and entry page for your visitor’s current visit to your store |
| sbjs_first_add | theciteshop.com | session | Timestamp, referring URL, and entry page for your visitor’s first visit to your store (only applicable if the visitor returns before the session expires) |
| sbjs_current | theciteshop.com | session | Traffic origin information for the visitor’s current visit to your store |
| sbjs_first | theciteshop.com | session | Traffic origin information for the visitor’s first visit to your store (only applicable if the visitor returns before the session expires) |
| sbjs_udata | theciteshop.com | session | Information about the visitor’s user agent, such as IP, the browser, and the device type |
| sbjs_session | theciteshop.com | 30 minutes | The number of page views in this session and the current page path |
How to Manage Cookies
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the cookie icon in the bottom corner of the page, or by using the button below.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- View what cookies are stored and delete them individually
- Block third-party cookies
- Block cookies from specific sites
- Block all cookies from being set
- Delete all cookies when you close your browser
Please note that if you disable cookies, some features of this website may not function properly.
More Information
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected].
This cookie policy was last updated on 25 September 2026.