Cookie Policy
Last updated: November 13, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how AURABAGS SHOP uses cookies and similar technologies on aurabags.ca, the choices you have, and how we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools on our website. This Cookie Policy forms part of our Privacy Policy.
Cookies and tracking
AURABAGS SHOP uses cookies and similar technologies (such as browser storage and pixels) to run our store, remember your choices, understand how our store is used, and — only with your permission — measure our advertising. This section explains what we use, why, and how you stay in control.
Strictly necessary — always on
These are needed for the store to work at all: keeping your session secure, running your cart and checkout, protecting the site, and remembering the privacy choices you make in our cookie banner. They cannot be switched off in the banner, because the store and your consent record itself depend on them.
Functional and preferences
With your permission (the "Preferences" switch in the banner), we remember things that make shopping easier — for example your selected country and currency, and simple settings such as whether our Shopping Assistant's sounds are on or off.
Analytics and performance
With your permission (the "Analytics" switch), we count and study how our store is used in aggregate — which pages and products are popular, where shoppers get stuck, and whether our Shopping Assistant is helping. We use Shopify's built-in store analytics and Google Analytics for this.
Marketing and advertising
With your permission (the "Marketing" and "Sale / sharing of data" switches), advertising tools from Meta (Facebook and Instagram), Pinterest, TikTok, and Google measure how our ads perform and help us show relevant ads on those platforms — for example, reminding you about a product you looked at. Some privacy laws describe this kind of sharing with advertising partners as a "sale" or "sharing" of personal information; those switches are how you allow it or opt out. We do not sell your personal information for money.
Some store features also rely on services covered by the categories above — for example, Judge.me, which shows our product reviews, and gallery features on product pages.
The main cookies on aurabags.ca
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | Category | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _shopify_essential | Shopify | Secure session, cart and checkout, site security | Strictly necessary | About 1 year |
| _shopify_cmp | Shopify | Remembers the cookie choices you made | Strictly necessary | About 1 year |
| cart | Shopify | Identifies your cart | Strictly necessary | About 2 weeks |
| localization | Shopify | Remembers your selected country or region | Functional and preferences | About 1 year |
| cart_currency | Shopify | Remembers your cart currency | Functional and preferences | About 2 weeks |
| _shopify_analytics, _shopify_y, _shopify_s | Shopify | Store analytics identifiers | Analytics and performance | Up to about 1 year |
| _ga, _gid | Google Analytics identifiers | Analytics and performance | Up to about 2 years | |
| _shopify_marketing | Shopify | Marketing attribution | Marketing and advertising | About 1 year |
| _fbp, _fbc | Meta | Advertising measurement | Marketing and advertising | About 90 days |
| _pin_unauth | Advertising measurement | Marketing and advertising | About 1 year | |
| _ttp | TikTok | Advertising measurement | Marketing and advertising | About 13 months |
Your choices
When you first visit, our cookie banner lets you Accept all, Decline, or open Manage choices and decide category by category. Your choice is saved through Shopify's privacy system, and the banner then stays out of your way.
You can change your mind at any time:
- Clear the cookies for aurabags.ca in your browser settings — the banner will ask you again on your next visit.
- Use your browser settings to block or delete cookies at any time (the store may not work fully with necessary cookies blocked).
- Email us at support@aurabags.ca and we will help.
Notifications — only if you ask for them
If you choose to allow notifications from aurabags.ca or from our mobile apps, your browser or device stores a notification subscription so we can send what you signed up for. We only ever send to people who opted in, no cookie is involved, and you can turn notifications off at any time in your browser or device settings.
How we use artificial intelligence
We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help run AURABAGS SHOP and to help you shop. Here is what that means in practice.
Our Shopping Assistant. The chat assistant on aurabags.ca answers questions about our products, shipping, and returns, and suggests products for you. To help, it uses what you tell it during your conversation (for example, your budget or who you are shopping for) and the context of your current visit (the product you are viewing and what is in your cart). Most answers come from our own guidance and the store's live product and policy information. For open-ended questions, an AI model (Muse, provided through Meta's model service) may draft the answer; the recent messages in that conversation are processed by the model to generate the reply, and any product names, prices, and availability are checked against the store's live data before anything is shown to you. When the assistant helps you add an item to your cart, we note that the assistant helped, so we can measure how well it works. The usage statistics we keep about the assistant count events — chats started, searches run, items added — and do not include the text of your messages. We do not sell your chat messages or the information you share with the assistant.
Product suggestions around the store. Sections such as "Frequently Bought Together", "Pairs well with", and "You could like" on product, cart, search, and order pages suggest items based on the product you are viewing or bought and on the store's product information. They are suggestions only — please review any item before buying.
Content and images. Some written content and images on our website and social channels are created or drafted with the help of AI tools, including Shopify's built-in image generator.
Behind the scenes. AI tools also support our day-to-day operations — for example, helping draft replies to customer emails and supporting bookkeeping and other business tasks.
However they are produced, recommendations are only suggestions: prices and availability always come from the store's live product data, and you can browse and buy everything on aurabags.ca without ever using the assistant or any AI feature.
If you allow Preferences in the cookie banner, the assistant can also remember products you viewed on earlier visits, so it can pick up where you left off; if you decline or later withdraw that permission, it does not keep or use them.
Questions about this Cookie Policy: support@aurabags.ca.
