This is the cookie policy for https://www.worldwidetapestries.com
This website is operated by Spruce Tree Pty Ltd ATF Spruce Tree Trust in Western Australia.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device to store data when you visit our website. They help us improve your browsing experience and analyze site usage.
Type Of Cookies
In general:
First party cookies are created by the website your are browsing
Third party cookies are created by a different domain to the one you are browsing
Session cookies expire when the browser is closed
Persistent cookies expire after a set period
Neccessary cookies are neccessary for the normal functioning of the website
Analytics cookies eg Google analytics are used to report on visitor interactions on a website
Cookies On Our Website
1) Neccessary cookies
We use cookies to enable proper functioning of the website:
a) Website, store, shopping cart, checkout
| Cookie Name | Duration | Purpose |
| __cfruid (third party cookie from sibforms.com set by Cloudflare.com, servers in the USA) | session | to manage session settings for optin form processing |
| wordpress_test_cookie | session | helps determine if the browser supports cookies |
| wp_lang | session | stores the selected language setting |
| woocommerce_cart_hash | session | helps determine when cart contents/data changes |
| woocommerce_items_in_cart | session | helps determine when cart contents/data changes |
| wp_woocommerce_session_ | 2 days | contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer. |
| woocommerce_recently_viewed | session | powers the Recent Viewed Products widget. |
| store_notice[notice id] | session | allows customers to dismiss the Store Notice. |
b) Payment processor
“__stripe_mid” – to record the merchant id, lasts 1 year
“__stripe_sid” – to record the session id, lasts approximately 30 minutes
These cookies help distinguish legitimate from fraudulent activity.
c) Customer account
If you create a customer account with us, these cookies are used:
“wordpress_[hash]” to store your authentication details upon login.
“wordpress_logged_in_[hash]” indicates when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use.
“wp-settings-{time}-[UID]” to customize your view of interface.
2) Analytics cookies
We use Google Analytics on our website. Google analytics is provided by Google.com which has multiple international locations and datacenters. Google Analytics uses cookies to report on visitor interactions on our websites:
| Cookie name | Duration | Purpose |
| ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
| _ga_<container id> | 2 years | Used to persist session state. |
We use Google Analytics to measure data, including urls and page titles visited, page referrer (previous page url), screen resolution, page views, scroll events, outbound clicks, site search, form interactions, video engagement, file downloads, ecommerce conversion, in order to obtain information about our website performance and statistics.
Manage Your Cookie Consent
You can set your cookie consent options via our cookie banner on the bottom of our website pages. This banner either appears as a banner, or a cookie icon if you have set your settings.
Browser Settings for Cookie Control
In additon to setting your cookie options via our cookie banner, you can manage or delete cookies via your browser settings as follows:
For Google Chrome:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
For Mozilla Firefox:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored
For Microsoft Internet Explorer
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc
For Microsoft Edge:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/manage-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-view-allow-block-delete-and-use-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
For Apple Safari:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
For Opera:
https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/
For other browsers, please see your browser official help pages to find out how to manage cookies on that browser.
Updates To This Cookie Policy
This cookie policy was updated on 7th September 2025.