Cookie Policy

Effective Date: July 1, 2026

Cookie Policy for Earth & Ember

This Cookie Policy explains how Earth & Ember ("we," "our," or "us") uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.

By continuing to browse or use our website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this Cookie Policy, except where prohibited by applicable law.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website. Cookies help websites function properly, improve performance, remember your preferences, and provide information to website owners about how visitors use their sites.

Cookies do not typically contain information that personally identifies you, although personal information that we store about you may be linked to information obtained through cookies.

How We Use Cookies

Earth & Ember uses cookies to provide a better shopping experience and improve the functionality of our website.

Cookies help us:

• Keep your shopping cart active while you browse

• Remember your preferences and settings

• Process purchases securely

• Improve website performance

• Analyze website traffic and visitor behavior

• Detect fraud and maintain website security

• Personalize your shopping experience

• Measure the effectiveness of marketing and advertising campaigns

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They cannot be disabled through our website because they enable core features such as:

• Shopping cart functionality

• Secure checkout

• User authentication

• Fraud prevention

• Website security

• Load balancing

Without these cookies, certain features of the website may not work correctly.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website so we can improve its performance.

They may collect information such as:

• Pages visited

• Time spent on pages

• Navigation paths

• Device type

• Browser type

• General geographic region

• Error reports

This information is generally aggregated and does not directly identify individual visitors.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies remember choices you make to provide a more personalized experience.

These may include:

• Preferred language

• Saved preferences

• Recently viewed products

• Account settings

• Region selection

Advertising and Marketing Cookies

These cookies may be used by us or our advertising partners to:

• Show relevant advertisements

• Limit the number of times you see an advertisement

• Measure advertising effectiveness

• Build audiences for marketing campaigns

• Deliver personalized promotional content

These cookies may track your browsing activity across websites.

Third-Party Cookies

Our website may use cookies placed by trusted third-party service providers, including but not limited to:

• Wix (website hosting and ecommerce platform)

• PayPal

• Apple Pay

• Google Pay

• Payment processing providers

• Shipping and fulfillment partners

• Analytics providers

• Email marketing platforms

• Advertising and social media platforms

These third parties maintain their own privacy and cookie policies governing the use of their cookies.

Cookies Used by Wix

Because Earth & Ember is hosted on the Wix platform, Wix automatically places certain essential cookies that support website functionality, security, login sessions, shopping cart operations, and fraud prevention.

Additional information regarding Wix cookies can be found in Wix's documentation and privacy resources.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings.

You may choose to:

• View stored cookies

• Delete cookies

• Block all cookies

• Block third-party cookies

• Receive notifications before cookies are stored

Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain features on our website, including shopping cart functionality and checkout.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature.

Because there is currently no universally accepted standard for responding to DNT signals, our website may not respond to these browser requests.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our business practices.

When changes are made, we will update the Effective Date at the top of this page.

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us.

Earth & Ember

Bremerton, Washington, USA

Email: hello@earthandembershop.com

Phone: (248) 983-1140