Cookies Policy

Last updated February 7, 2022

This is the Cookie Policy for Random Thoughts Art (David Barajas), accessible from https://www.randomthoughts.art/

In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.

 

What are cookies?

 

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

 

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Random Thoughts Art (David Barajas)) are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

 

Why do we use cookies?

 

We use first and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Websites for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

 

The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):


How can I control cookies?

By using this website, you agree to our use of cookies. We use cookies to provide you with a great experience, help our website run effectively, and track our social media marketing ads performance.

Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The user can at any time revoke consent for the use of cookies by deactivating or deleting them, through the privacy/security options of their browser. For more information, we recommend that you consult the help that your browser offers you to manage cookies:

Internet Explorer http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies
Mozilla Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/
Google Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es
Safari http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677?viewlocale=es_ES

Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The Cookies We Set

  • Email newsletters related cookies

    This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.

  • Orders processing related cookies

    This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.

    Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by Squarespace. You may find their privacy notice link(s) here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy.

  • Forms related cookies

    When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

Third Party Cookies

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

  • This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.

    For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

  • As we sell products it's important for us to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to our site actually make a purchase and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.

  • Social Media
    We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; {Faceboo, Instagram, Mailchimp}, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

    https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/

    Instagram cookie, as provided in its Cookies Policy.

    https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370

    Youtube cookie, according to the provisions of its Cookies Policy.

    https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=es

    MailChimp: We also sometimes use Cookies generated by the MailChimp tracking system, operated by The Rocket Science Group LLC, a company based in the state of Georgia in the United States, to analyze the use made by our subscribers of the website. and enhance your experience. You can find out about the privacy policy of this platform here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

More Information

Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.

However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:

  • Email: david@randomthoughts.art