This Cookie Policy explains how Aiden Wear Ltd uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or use aidenwear.com.
Cookies help us operate our website, provide essential functionality, remember preferences, understand how visitors use our website, and improve your overall shopping experience.
Please read this policy together with our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.
1. About Us
Our website is operated by:
Aiden Wear Ltd 20 George Street Macduff United Kingdom AB44 1SX
Cookies are small text files that may be placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies allow a website to recognise a device and remember certain information about your visit.
Similar technologies may also be used for purposes such as storing information locally, measuring website activity, or supporting website functionality.
In this policy, we use the term “cookies” to refer generally to cookies and similar technologies.
3. Why We Use Cookies
Depending on the cookies and technologies actually used on our website, we may use them for purposes including:
Keeping our website functioning correctly
Maintaining website security
Remembering shopping basket information
Remembering selected preferences
Improving website performance
Understanding how visitors use our website
Measuring website traffic
Identifying technical problems
Improving our products and online shopping experience
Supporting marketing activities where permitted
Measuring the effectiveness of advertising or promotional activities where applicable
4. Types of Cookies We May Use
Cookies used on our website may generally fall into the following categories.
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to operate correctly.
They may support functions such as:
Shopping basket functionality
Checkout
Account or session management
Website security
Fraud prevention
Load balancing
Maintaining basic website functionality
Because these cookies may be necessary for the operation of the website, they may not always be capable of being disabled through a cookie preference tool.
Preference Cookies
Preference cookies allow the website to remember information such as settings or choices made during previous visits.
For example, they may help remember:
Language preferences
Region or location settings
Display preferences
Other website preferences
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies may help us understand how visitors interact with our website.
They may provide information such as:
Pages visited
Time spent on pages
General navigation patterns
Website traffic
Device or browser information
General interaction with website features
This information can help us identify areas for improvement and understand overall website performance.
Where required by applicable law, we will obtain consent before using non-essential analytics cookies.
Marketing Cookies
Where applicable, marketing cookies may be used to help deliver or measure relevant advertising and promotional activities.
These technologies may help us understand whether visitors interact with marketing content or advertisements.
Marketing cookies will only be used where permitted by applicable law and, where required, after obtaining appropriate consent.
5. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be placed directly by aidenwear.com.
These are generally known as first-party cookies.
Other cookies may be placed by third-party service providers that provide functionality or services for our website.
These may include providers involved in areas such as:
Payment processing
Website analytics
Security
Advertising
Marketing
Website functionality
Customer support
The exact third-party cookies used may change depending on the services and technologies implemented on our website.
6. Cookie Consent
Where applicable, we may display a cookie consent banner or preference tool when you first visit our website.
Depending on applicable legal requirements, you may be able to:
Accept non-essential cookies
Reject non-essential cookies
Select individual cookie categories
Change your preferences later
Essential cookies may continue to operate where they are necessary to provide requested website functionality or comply with applicable requirements.
7. Managing Cookie Preferences
You may be able to manage cookies through our website’s cookie preference tool.
You can also control cookies through your web browser.
Most modern browsers allow you to:
View stored cookies
Delete cookies
Block cookies
Block third-party cookies
Receive notifications before cookies are stored
Adjust privacy settings
Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
For example, disabling essential cookies may prevent features such as shopping baskets, checkout, account functions, or other parts of the website from operating correctly.
8. Browser Cookie Controls
You can usually find cookie and privacy controls within your browser’s settings.
Common browsers include:
Google Chrome
Apple Safari
Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox
Browser settings vary, so please refer to the relevant browser’s support documentation for instructions.
9. Cookies and Online Shopping
Cookies may be important for providing an effective online shopping experience.
They may help us maintain information during your browsing session, such as products added to your shopping basket or preferences selected during your visit.
If you block or delete certain cookies, some shopping functionality may not work as intended.
10. Cookies and Payments
When you proceed through checkout, third-party payment service providers may use cookies or similar technologies as part of their services.
These technologies may support:
Payment processing
Transaction security
Fraud prevention
Authentication
Maintaining a secure payment session
The use of cookies by third-party payment providers may be subject to their own privacy policies and terms.
11. Cookies and Website Security
Certain cookies or similar technologies may be used to protect our website and customers from malicious activity, fraud, automated abuse, or unauthorised access.
These technologies may help us identify unusual activity and maintain the security and reliability of our website.
12. Cookies and Analytics
Where analytics services are used, information collected through cookies may help us understand general website usage.
Analytics information may include technical or usage information such as:
Browser type
Device type
Operating system
Approximate location information
Pages viewed
Referral source
General interaction information
Where required, we will obtain appropriate consent before placing non-essential analytics cookies.
13. Cookies and Marketing
If marketing or advertising technologies are used on our website, cookies or similar technologies may help us:
Measure promotional campaigns
Understand interactions with advertisements
Improve marketing performance
Provide more relevant promotional content
Understand general customer interests
Where consent is required, these technologies will only be used after appropriate consent has been obtained.
You may withdraw or change your consent where applicable.
14. Third-Party Privacy Policies
Third-party services operating cookies or similar technologies may have their own privacy policies.
We recommend reviewing the privacy information of any third-party provider whose services are used on our website.
Aiden Wear Ltd is not responsible for the independent privacy practices of third-party websites or services.
15. How Long Cookies Remain
Cookies may be either:
Session Cookies
These cookies generally remain on your device only while you are using the website and may be deleted when your browsing session ends.
Persistent Cookies
These cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until they are manually deleted.
The duration of a particular cookie depends on its purpose and the service that places it.
16. Changes to Cookies Used on Our Website
The cookies and similar technologies used on aidenwear.com may change from time to time as we update our website, services, security measures, analytics tools, payment systems, or marketing activities.
As a result, the exact cookies in use may vary.
Where required, we will update our cookie information and consent mechanisms when material changes are made.
17. Privacy and Personal Information
Information collected through cookies may sometimes be associated with other information that could identify or relate to an individual.
Where this occurs, we will handle such information in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.
For more information about how we collect and use personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.
18. Your Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information and the use of cookies or similar technologies.
Where consent is required for certain cookies, you may have the right to withdraw that consent.
You may also have rights relating to access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or other data protection matters.
For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.
19. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or similar technologies, please contact us:
Aiden Wear Ltd 20 George Street Macduff United Kingdom AB44 1SX
