Cookie Policy
Draft version - last updated [date]
Draft placeholder. This text is a starting skeleton for the legal team to rewrite and finalize before launch - not reviewed or approved copy. Every bracketed [placeholder] needs a real value, and the actual cookies listed below need to be confirmed against what the site truly sets once analytics/marketing tools are connected.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site function, remember preferences, and understand how it's used.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to keep the site working correctly, remember your preferences (such as cookie consent choices), and - where enabled - to understand aggregate usage and measure marketing effectiveness.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
- Strictly necessary - required for the site to function (e.g. session handling, security, remembering your cookie choice). Cannot be disabled.
- Performance / analytics - help us understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it. [Name actual tool, e.g. Plausible / GA4, once selected.]
- Functional - remember choices you make (e.g. dismissed announcements) to improve your experience.
- Marketing - used, where enabled, to measure campaign performance. [Confirm once ad/marketing pixels are added - none are active today.]
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be set by third-party services we use to operate the site (for example, analytics or scheduling tools). These providers have their own privacy and cookie policies. [List actual third-party providers once integrated.]
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can control non-essential cookies through the cookie banner shown on your first visit, or at any time via your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect site functionality. [Add link to preference center if/when built.]
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy as our use of cookies changes. Material changes will be reflected here with an updated date.
7. Contact Us
Questions about this policy can be sent to privacy@shep.io [replace with real contact].