Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website:

www.chantalsartgallery.com

We use cookies to ensure our website functions correctly, improve your browsing experience, understand how visitors use our website and support the operation of our online art shop. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, tablet or mobile device when you visit a website. They help websites remember information about your visit, such as your preferences, shopping activity and browsing behaviour. Some cookies are necessary for a website to function properly, while others help website owners understand how visitors interact with their website. We may also use similar technologies, such as pixels, tags and local storage, for comparable purposes.

What Types of Cookies Do We Use?

Depending on the features and services enabled on our website, we may use the following categories of cookies:

A. Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly and cannot generally be disabled through our website's cookie settings. They help with:

Website security and protection.
Navigation between website pages.
Basic website functionality.
Shopping cart functionality.
Checkout and order processing.
Remembering essential website settings.

Without these cookies, certain website features, including our online shop, may not work correctly.

B. Functional Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember certain choices and preferences to improve your browsing experience. For example:

Remembering selected preferences.
Supporting certain website features.
Improving the overall visitor experience.

These cookies are only used where applicable and, when required, with your consent.

C. Analytics and Performance Cookies

We use website analytics to understand how visitors interact with Chantal’s Art Gallery. These cookies may help us understand:

How many people visit our website.
Which pages and artwork attract the most interest.
How visitors navigate through the website.
How long visitors spend on different pages.
Whether visitors experience problems when using the website.

We may use Wix Analytics and/or other analytics services to collect this information. The information helps us improve our website, content and online shopping experience. Analytics cookies are only activated where required consent has been obtained.

D. Marketing and Advertising Cookies

Marketing cookies may be used to track visitors across websites and provide relevant advertising or measure advertising campaigns. Chantal’s Art Gallery does not intentionally use marketing or advertising cookies for its own advertising campaigns at present. However, third-party services or integrations may introduce additional cookies if enabled in the future.

Where required, these cookies will only be activated after you have provided your consent.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies may be placed by third-party services that we use to operate and improve our website. These may include:

Wix: Website hosting, security, website functionality and online shop services.
Analytics providers: To understand website traffic and visitor behaviour.
Payment providers: To support secure payment processing and checkout functionality.

Third-party providers may collect information in accordance with their own privacy policies.

For further information, please consult: Wix Privacy Policy: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie banner allowing you to manage your cookie preferences. You can choose whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies. Essential cookies will remain active because they are necessary for the operation of the website. You can also change or withdraw your consent at any time through the cookie settings available on our website. You may additionally manage or delete cookies through your internet browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect how some website features function, including parts of our online shop.

How Long Do Cookies Remain on Your Device?

Cookies may be either:

Session cookies: These are temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies: These remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.

The duration of each cookie depends on its purpose and the service provider that places it.

International Data Transfers

Some third-party providers may process information collected through cookies outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Where personal data is transferred internationally, appropriate safeguards must be in place in accordance with applicable data protection legislation. For further information, please refer to our Privacy Policy and the privacy policies of the relevant third-party providers.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, cookies, third-party services or applicable legislation. Any updates will be published on this page, together with the revised update date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.