Cookie Policy

Effective Date: 14th August 2025

Introduction

I use cookies and similar technologies on my website, May Annella, to enhance your Browse experience, provide personalised content, and analyse my website traffic. By using my website, you consent to my use of cookies in accordance with this policy and your preferences. You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through my cookie consent banner.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They help me make my website work efficiently, remember your preferences and collect anonymised information about how my website is used.

How I Use Cookies

Like most online services, my website uses first party and third party cookies for several purposes.

  • First party cookies ~ are those set directly by me and are mostly necessary for the website to function correctly. They do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
  • Third party cookies ~ are set by services I use, such as analytics and advertising partners. These are mainly used for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with my website, keeping my services secure, and providing relevant advertisements to you.

Your Consent

Under the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, I must obtain your informed and explicit consent before storing non essential cookies on your device. When you first visit my site, you are presented with a cookie banner that allows you to:

  • Accept all cookies.
  • Reject all non essential cookies.
  • Customise to enable or disable specific categories of cookies.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for my website to function and cannot be switched off in my systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. 

Under the ICO’s guidance, I do not need your consent for these cookies, but I must inform you that I use them.

To protect my forms from spam and bots, I use Cloudflare Turnstile. This service is designed to be privacy preserving and does not use cookies to track or collect your personal data. It operates by analysing technical data from your browser to verify that you are a human user.

Types of Cookies I Use

The section below provides a detailed and specific list of the cookies used on this website. This list is a crucial part of providing informed consent as required by the GDPR.

Strictly Necessary:

These cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site and cannot be disabled. They are usually set only in response to actions you make, such as providing secure log in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

Cookie NameProviderPurposeExpiry
woocommerce_items_in_cartwww.mayannella.comWooCommerce sets this cookie to record if there are any items in the WooCommerce shopping cart.Session
woocommerce_cart_hashwww.mayannella.comWooCommerce sets this cookie to determine when cart contents/data changes.Session
wp_woocommerce_session_*www.mayannella.comWooCommerce sets this cookie to make a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each one.2 days
cookieyes-consentwww.mayannella.comCookieYes sets this cookie to remember users' consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors.180 days

Analytics:

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate and traffic source. This data helps me improve the website’s performance and the overall user experience.

Cookie NameProviderPurposeExpiry
sbjs_migrationswww.mayannella.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.Session
sbjs_current_addwww.mayannella.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.Session
sbjs_first_addwww.mayannella.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.Session
sbjs_currentwww.mayannella.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.Session
sbjs_firstwww.mayannella.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.Session
sbjs_udatawww.mayannella.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.Session
sbjs_sessionwww.mayannella.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.1 hour

Manage Your Cookie Settings

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the button below. This will allow you to revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block or delete cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.

If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

I may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in my practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. I will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on my website.

Still Have Questions?

Don’t hesitate to reach out! I’m here to help.