(“Birchwood Price Tools”, “BPT” “we”, “our”) uses cookies on our website. This Cookie Policy explains more about cookies, why we use them and the choices you have.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that may be placed on your device when you visit our website. Cookies can help recognise that you have visited the website before. We use cookies to help our website work properly, remember your preferences and understand how visitors use our website.
Cookies Used by Birchwood Price Tools
The cookies used on our website are listed below. Third-party cookies may share collected information for targeted advertising purposes. Please refer to the relevant third parties’ privacy policies for more information.
Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store
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NAME |
DESCRIPTION |
DURATION |
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_shopify_essential |
Contains essential information for the correct functionality of a store such as session and checkout information and anti-tampering data. |
1y |
|
_shopify_test |
Used to check cookie capabilities on the client. |
1min |
|
_tracking_consent |
Used to store a user's preferences if a merchant has set up privacy rules in the visitor's region. |
1y |
|
cart |
Contains information related to the user's cart. |
2w |
|
cart_currency |
Used after a checkout is completed to initialize a new empty cart with the same currency as the one just used. |
2w |
|
discount_code |
Stores a discount code (received from an online store visit with a URL parameter) in order to the next checkout. |
session |
|
localization |
Used to localize the cart to the correct country. |
1y |
|
login_with_shop_finalize |
Used to facilitate login with Shop. |
5min |
|
shopify_pay |
Used to log in a buyer into Shop Pay when they come back to checkout on the same store. |
1y |
|
storefront_digest |
Stores a digest of the storefront password, allowing merchants to preview their storefront while it's password protected. |
1y |
Reporting and Analytics
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DESCRIPTION |
NAME |
DURATION |
|
Capture the landing page of visitor when they come from other sites. |
_landing_page |
2w |
|
Allows merchant to identify where people are visiting them from. |
_orig_referrer |
2w |
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Contains analytics data for buyer surfaces such as the storefront or checkout. |
_shopify_analytics |
1y |
|
Used to identify a given browser session/shop combination. Duration is 30 minute rolling expiry of last use. |
_shopify_s |
30min |
|
Shopify analytics. |
_shopify_y |
1y |
|
Contains the required buyer information for analytics in Shop. |
shop_analytics |
1y |
Marketing
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NAME |
DESCRIPTION |
DURATION |
|
_shopify_marketing |
Contains marketing data for buyer surfaces such as the storefront or checkout. |
1y |
User Preferences
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NAME |
DESCRIPTION |
DURATION |
|
shopify_override_user_locale |
Used as a mechanism to set User locale in admin. |
1y |
Changing Your Cookie Preferences
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We update this Cookie Policy from time to time in response to changes in applicable laws and regulations, changes to our processing practices and changes to the products and services we offer. When changes are made, we will update this policy. Please review this Cookie Policy periodically to check for updates.
This policy was published in August 2026.