Cookie Policy

1. About This Cookie Policy

Barbiesecrets uses cookies and similar technologies to help operate our website, support essential functionality, understand how visitors use our online store, and improve the overall shopping experience.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, the types of cookies that may be used on the Barbiesecrets website, why they may be used, and the choices available to you when managing cookies through your browser or device.

This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains more broadly how information associated with your use of the website may be collected and handled.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites may place on your browser or device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognize a browser or remember certain information between visits.

Cookies can help websites perform basic functions, remember preferences, maintain sessions, understand website activity, and provide a more consistent user experience.

Some cookies are placed directly by the website you are visiting, while others may be placed by third-party services that provide functionality or technical services to the website.

3. Why Barbiesecrets Uses Cookies

Cookies and similar technologies may be used for several legitimate website and business purposes.

4. Types of Cookies We May Use

The specific cookies used on the Barbiesecrets website may change as our website, technology providers, and services change. Cookies may generally fall into the following categories:

5. Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are used to support functions that are necessary for the website to operate properly.

These cookies may support functions such as website security, navigation, session management, shopping functionality, or other technical processes required to provide requested website services.

Because these cookies may be necessary for core website functionality, disabling them may cause portions of the website to operate incorrectly or become unavailable.

6. Functional Cookies

Functional cookies may help remember certain choices or preferences made while using the website.

Depending on the website functionality available at the time, these cookies may help maintain settings between pages or visits and provide a more convenient browsing experience.

Functional cookies are generally intended to improve usability rather than provide essential website security or transaction functionality.

7. Performance & Analytics Cookies

Barbiesecrets may use cookies or similar technologies to understand general patterns of website activity and evaluate website performance.

Depending on the services in use, this information may help us understand which pages are visited, how visitors navigate the website, whether certain pages experience technical issues, and how the website can be improved.

Analytics information is generally used to understand website activity at an aggregate or operational level rather than to identify individual customers unnecessarily.

8. Third-Party Cookies

Some third-party services integrated with the Barbiesecrets website may use cookies or similar technologies within their services.

These third parties may include providers involved in areas such as payment processing, website functionality, analytics, security, hosting, or other technical services.

Third-party providers may use their own cookies according to their respective privacy policies and service terms. Barbiesecrets does not control the independent cookie practices of third-party services.

9. Session & Persistent Cookies

Cookies can also be classified according to how long they remain on your device.

The duration of a particular cookie depends on its purpose, configuration, and the service responsible for placing it.

10. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

Most modern web browsers provide settings that allow you to manage cookies. Depending on your browser, you may be able to view, block, delete, or restrict certain cookies.

Browser settings are generally controlled directly by you and may vary between devices and browsers.

If you choose to block or delete cookies, certain website features may not function as intended.

11. Cookie Choices & Website Functionality

Your ability to disable or restrict cookies depends on the type of cookie and the browser or device you are using.

Some cookies are necessary for requested website functions and may not be removable through the website itself. Other cookies, particularly certain optional or third-party technologies, may be controlled through browser settings or available privacy controls.

If disabling cookies prevents a feature from operating correctly, you may need to allow the relevant cookies again to use that functionality.

12. Cookies & Personal Information

Cookies do not necessarily contain information that directly identifies you. However, information associated with cookies or similar technologies may sometimes be linked with other information depending on how the website and applicable service providers operate.

When cookie-related information is associated with personal information, it may be handled according to our Privacy Policy and applicable privacy requirements.

13. Security & Cookies

Certain cookies or similar technologies may support website security, fraud prevention, authentication, or other protective functions.

Security-related technologies may help identify unusual activity, protect website functionality, and reduce the risk of unauthorized use.

Disabling certain security-related cookies or technologies may reduce the website's ability to provide particular security functions.

14. Cookies Used During Checkout

Cookies or similar technologies may be used during the shopping and checkout process to support necessary website functions.

Depending on the checkout environment, these technologies may help maintain information between pages, support transaction functionality, or connect the checkout experience with applicable payment and technical services.

Barbiesecrets currently accepts PayPal and Venmo. When using a third-party payment service, that provider may independently use cookies or similar technologies according to its own practices.

15. How Long Cookies Remain on Your Device

Cookie duration varies depending on the purpose and configuration of the individual cookie.

Actual retention periods may differ depending on the technology provider, cookie configuration, browser settings, and website functionality.

16. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers and devices provide privacy settings or signals intended to communicate preferences regarding online tracking technologies.

Because browser and technology standards can vary, the way such signals are interpreted may depend on the specific service, browser, device, and applicable legal requirements.

We continue to evaluate privacy technologies and applicable requirements as they develop.

17. Updates to This Cookie Policy

Barbiesecrets may update this Cookie Policy when our website technology, service providers, cookie practices, or applicable privacy requirements change.

When updates are made, the revised version will be made available on the Barbiesecrets website.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically to remain informed about how cookies and similar technologies may be used.

18. Relationship to Our Privacy Policy

This Cookie Policy focuses specifically on cookies and similar technologies. Our Privacy Policy provides additional information about personal information, including how information may be collected, used, shared, protected, and retained.

Reviewing both policies provides a more complete explanation of how Barbiesecrets handles information associated with your use of our website.

19. Contact Us About Cookies

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, our use of cookies, or privacy practices associated with the Barbiesecrets website, please contact our support team.

20. Your Continued Use of the Website

By continuing to use the Barbiesecrets website, you acknowledge that cookies and similar technologies may be used as described in this policy, subject to applicable privacy choices and legal requirements.

You can manage certain cookie preferences through your browser and device settings. Please remember that restricting cookies may affect some website functionality.