Implementation note: The cookie table in Section 8 is provisional and based on Salon’s current website setup. It should be checked and updated against a final CookieYes scan of the live website before launch, and periodically thereafter as website tools or integrations change.
Cookie Policy
Last updated: 9 September 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how
Salon, operated by
Blignaut Art Conseil SARL (“Salon”, “we”, “us” or “our”), uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit
lesalon.art.
It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains more broadly how we collect, use and protect personal data.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, phone or other device when you visit a website.
They allow websites to remember information about your visit and can be used for purposes such as keeping items in a shopping basket, remembering your preferences, understanding how people use a website, measuring the effectiveness of advertising, and providing embedded content.
We also use similar technologies, such as pixels, tags and server-side tracking. In this policy, we refer to these collectively as “cookies and similar technologies”.
2. How we use cookies
Salon uses cookies and similar technologies to:
- make our website and online shop work correctly;
- maintain your shopping basket and support checkout;
- remember your cookie choices and other preferences;
- understand how visitors use our website;
- measure and improve website performance;
- understand the effectiveness of our marketing;
- provide relevant advertising and measure advertising performance;
- support email marketing and understand engagement with our communications; and
- display third-party content, such as YouTube videos.
Some cookies are necessary for the website to function and do not require your consent. Other cookies are only activated after you have given us permission through our cookie consent banner.
3. Types of cookies we use
Necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the website and online shop to operate correctly.
They may be used to:
- maintain your shopping basket;
- support checkout and payment functionality;
- maintain secure website sessions;
- remember your cookie consent preferences;
- provide essential WordPress and WooCommerce functionality; and
- protect the website against security threats or misuse.
Because these cookies are necessary to provide services you request, they cannot generally be disabled through our cookie preference tool.
Functional cookies
Functional cookies support additional website features and improve your experience.
For example, they may be used in connection with embedded third-party content such as YouTube videos or to remember certain website preferences.
Where required, these cookies and the relevant third-party content will only be activated after you have provided consent.
Analytics cookies
We use analytics technologies to understand how visitors use Salon, including which pages are viewed, how visitors arrive at the website, and how they move through it.
We use
Google Analytics 4 (GA4) for this purpose.
Analytics information helps us understand how our website is performing and where we can improve the experience.
We use
Google Tag Manager to manage certain tracking technologies on the website. Google Tag Manager acts as a system for deploying and managing tags; the individual services deployed through it may use cookies or similar technologies.
Analytics cookies are not activated unless you provide the required consent.
Advertising and marketing cookies
We use marketing technologies to understand the effectiveness of our advertising and, where applicable, to show advertising that may be more relevant to visitors.
We use
Meta Pixel and
Meta Conversions API in connection with advertising on Meta platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.
These technologies may allow us and Meta to understand actions taken on our website, such as visiting particular pages or completing a purchase, and to measure the performance of advertising campaigns.
The Meta Pixel operates through browser-based tracking technologies, while Meta Conversions API may also transmit certain event information from our systems to Meta through server-side connections.
Where consent is required, these technologies are only used for advertising and marketing purposes after you have provided it.
Email marketing and Klaviyo
We use
Klaviyo to manage our email marketing and certain customer communications.
Klaviyo may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies to help us understand interactions with our website and communications. This may include information about website visits, products or artworks viewed, purchases, and engagement with emails, where applicable.
We use this information to manage our mailing list, understand the effectiveness of our communications, and provide more relevant communications to people who have chosen to hear from us.
Where cookies or similar tracking technologies require consent, they will only be activated after you have provided it.
YouTube
Some pages on our website may contain videos embedded from
YouTube, a service provided by Google.
When a YouTube video is loaded or played, YouTube may use cookies or similar technologies and may receive information about your interaction with the video.
Where required, embedded YouTube content will not load tracking technologies until you have provided the relevant consent.
You can find further information about Google’s handling of personal data in Google’s own privacy information.
4. First-party and third-party cookies
Some cookies used on Salon are
first-party cookies, meaning they are set directly by lesalon.art.
Others are
third-party cookies or technologies, meaning they are provided by services we use, such as Google, Meta, Klaviyo or YouTube.
These third parties may process information collected through their technologies in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable data-protection laws.
5. Your cookie choices
When you first visit Salon, you will be shown a cookie banner that allows you to make a choice about non-essential cookies.
You can:
- accept non-essential cookies;
- reject non-essential cookies; or
- choose which categories of cookies you wish to allow.
Necessary cookies remain active because they are required for the website and services you request to function correctly.
Your choice will not affect your ability to browse Salon or purchase an artwork, although declining certain cookies may prevent some optional features or third-party content from functioning as intended.
6. Changing or withdrawing your consent
You can change your cookie preferences or withdraw your consent at any time using the
Cookie Settings control available on our website.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing that took place before you withdrew it.
You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Please note that blocking necessary cookies through your browser may affect the operation of the website or checkout.
7. Our cookie consent tool
We use
CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent on our WordPress website to manage cookie consent and cookie preferences.
CookieYes allows us to display a consent banner, manage cookie categories, remember your consent choices, and prevent non-essential cookies from being activated before the required consent has been provided.
CookieYes itself uses the
cookieyes-consent cookie to remember your consent preferences.
8. Cookies currently used on Salon
The following table is based on the services currently configured or planned for Salon. The exact cookies present may vary depending on how individual services are configured and how you interact with the website.
| Cookie / technology |
Provider |
Purpose |
Category |
Typical duration |
cookieyes-consent |
CookieYes |
Remembers your cookie consent choices so they can be respected on future visits. |
Necessary |
Up to 1 year |
woocommerce_cart_hash |
WooCommerce |
Helps WooCommerce determine when the contents of your shopping basket change. |
Necessary |
Session |
woocommerce_items_in_cart |
WooCommerce |
Records whether your shopping basket contains items. |
Necessary |
Session |
wp_woocommerce_session_* |
WooCommerce |
Assigns a unique session identifier so WooCommerce can retrieve shopping basket data. |
Necessary |
Approximately 2 days |
woocommerce_recently_viewed |
WooCommerce |
May record recently viewed products or artworks where this WooCommerce functionality is enabled. |
Functional |
Session |
_ga |
Google Analytics |
Distinguishes visitors and helps measure how the website is used. |
Analytics |
Up to 2 years |
_ga_* |
Google Analytics |
Maintains and records session information for Google Analytics 4. |
Analytics |
Up to 2 years |
_gid |
Google Analytics, where used |
Helps distinguish visitors for analytics purposes. |
Analytics |
Approximately 24 hours |
_gat / _gat_* |
Google Analytics, where used |
May be used to limit the rate at which analytics requests are sent. |
Analytics |
Approximately 1 minute |
_fbp |
Meta |
Helps Meta measure advertising performance and understand visits to our website. |
Marketing |
Approximately 3 months |
_fbc |
Meta, where applicable |
May store information relating to a visit following a click on a Meta advertisement. |
Marketing |
Approximately 3 months |
| Meta Pixel |
Meta |
Records website events such as page views and purchases for advertising measurement and campaign optimisation. |
Marketing |
Depends on the technology used |
| Meta Conversions API |
Meta |
Sends selected website or transaction event information from our systems to Meta for advertising measurement and optimisation. This is server-side technology and does not necessarily place a cookie itself. |
Marketing |
Depends on the event data processed |
| Klaviyo tracking cookies / identifiers |
Klaviyo |
Helps understand website activity, purchasing behaviour and engagement for email marketing and related communications. |
Marketing / Functional |
Varies by cookie |
YouTube cookies, including YSC where used |
YouTube / Google |
Supports embedded video playback and may measure video interactions. |
Functional / Marketing |
Session or otherwise as determined by Google |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE or related YouTube identifiers, where used |
YouTube / Google |
May be used by YouTube for video functionality, audience measurement and related services. |
Functional / Marketing |
Varies |
| Other WordPress or WooCommerce session/security cookies |
WordPress / WooCommerce |
Provide essential login, security, session, checkout or website functionality where applicable. |
Necessary |
Session or limited duration |
This table is provisional. Because cookies may change when WordPress plugins, WooCommerce, Google, Meta, Klaviyo, YouTube or other website services are updated or reconfigured, we periodically scan the website and update this list where required.
9. How long cookies remain on your device
The length of time a cookie remains on your device depends on its purpose.
Some are
session cookies, which disappear when you close your browser. Others are
persistent cookies, which remain for a defined period or until you delete them.
The retention period for individual cookies is shown, where available, in the cookie list above.
We periodically review the cookies and tracking technologies used on Salon and their retention periods.
10. International data transfers
Some of the third-party providers we use, including Google, Meta and Klaviyo, operate internationally.
As a result, information collected through cookies or similar technologies may in some circumstances be processed outside the European Economic Area.
Where personal data is transferred internationally, we and our service providers rely on appropriate legal safeguards as required under applicable data-protection law.
Further information about international transfers and how we handle personal data is available in our Privacy Policy.
11. Updates to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when our website, technologies, service providers or legal obligations change.
The date at the top of this page shows when the policy was most recently updated.
12. Contact us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or similar technologies, please contact us at:
Salon / Blignaut Art Conseil SARL
Email: hello@lesalon.art
For further information about how we collect and use personal data, please see our
Privacy Policy.
