Cookie Policy
This page explains which cookies and similar technologies are stored in your browser when you visit patarajewels.com, why we use them, and how to change your preferences.
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Data controller
- Registered trade title
- Patara Antalya Mücevherat Tasarım Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi
- Brand
- Patara Jewels
- Registered address
- Göksu Mah. Farabi Cad. No: 12AA, Kepez / Antalya, Türkiye
- MERSİS number
- 0723100794700001
- Tax office and number
- Antalya Kurumlar Vergi Dairesi — 7231007947
- Telephone
- 0530 305 53 07
- [email protected]
- Website
- patarajewels.com
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file saved in your browser when you visit a website. On your next visit the site can read that file to recognise you, keep you signed in, or measure how you use it.
This policy also covers other browser storage that does the same job. The site uses one such area — local storage — which is not technically a cookie but does keep a preference of yours in your browser, so it belongs here too.
The cookies we use
The table below lists every cookie and storage entry this site can write. The analytics and marketing rows exist only if you have consented to that category — without your consent they are never created.
| Name | Source | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| _medusa_jwt | Patara (essential) | Keeps you signed in to your account. Created only for visitors who have an account and sign in; it cannot be read by JavaScript. | 24 hours |
| _patara_cart | Patara (essential) | Ties your bag to your browser, so pieces you add stay there between pages and between visits. Created only when you add your first item. Not readable by JavaScript. Written as SameSite=Lax so the return from the bank after payment can be recognised. | 30 days |
| ptr-cookie-consent-v1 | Patara (essential · local storage) | Stores your cookie preference. Without this record we would have to ask you the same question on every page load. | Until you clear it |
| _ga · _ga_XXXXXXXX | Google (analytics) | Lets Google Analytics distinguish visitors and sessions. Used to measure which pages are viewed and how long visits last. | 2 years |
| _gcl_au | Google (marketing) | If you arrived by clicking a Google ad, links your later actions to that ad. Created only when a Google Ads account is connected. | 90 days |
| _fbp | Meta (marketing) | Lets the Meta Pixel recognise your browser; used to measure and target Facebook and Instagram advertising. | 90 days |
| _fbc | Meta (marketing) | If you arrived by clicking a Meta ad, stores that click's identifier and matches it to your later actions. Created only for visits from an ad. | 90 days |
- _medusa_jwt
- Patara (essential) · 24 hoursKeeps you signed in to your account. Created only for visitors who have an account and sign in; it cannot be read by JavaScript.
- _patara_cart
- Patara (essential) · 30 daysTies your bag to your browser, so pieces you add stay there between pages and between visits. Created only when you add your first item. Not readable by JavaScript. Written as SameSite=Lax so the return from the bank after payment can be recognised.
- ptr-cookie-consent-v1
- Patara (essential · local storage) · Until you clear itStores your cookie preference. Without this record we would have to ask you the same question on every page load.
- _ga · _ga_XXXXXXXX
- Google (analytics) · 2 yearsLets Google Analytics distinguish visitors and sessions. Used to measure which pages are viewed and how long visits last.
- _gcl_au
- Google (marketing) · 90 daysIf you arrived by clicking a Google ad, links your later actions to that ad. Created only when a Google Ads account is connected.
- _fbp
- Meta (marketing) · 90 daysLets the Meta Pixel recognise your browser; used to measure and target Facebook and Instagram advertising.
- _fbc
- Meta (marketing) · 90 daysIf you arrived by clicking a Meta ad, stores that click's identifier and matches it to your later actions. Created only for visits from an ad.
When we run the Google side through Google Tag Manager, additional cookies may be created depending on the tags configured there. They fall under the same consent categories: a category you have not consented to never runs.
Categories and your consent
- Essential cookies
- Required for the site to work: session security and remembering your cookie preference. They cannot be switched off, because the site does not work as intended without them. They are not used to identify you or to show you advertising.
- Analytics cookies
- Measure which pages are viewed, how long a visit lasts and how you move through the site. We use this to improve the collection pages and the way pieces are described. Off by default.
- Marketing cookies
- Used to measure advertising on Facebook, Instagram and Google, and to tailor it to your interests. Off by default.
Analytics and marketing cookies run only with your explicit consent. Until you choose, the measurement tools load but collect nothing: Google's consent state starts as 'denied' and Meta's as 'revoked'. That means no analytics or marketing cookie is written the first time you open the site.
If no tag is configured at all, none of these tools load and no cookie notice is shown — asking for consent to cookies that do not exist would be meaningless.
Changing your preference
You can withdraw your consent at any time. The “Cookie Preferences” link at the bottom of every page reopens the panel where each category can be switched on or off. The change takes effect the moment you save it: withdrawing consent is signalled to the measurement tools immediately and they stop collecting.
Your preference is stored in your browser, so it applies per browser and per device. Clearing your browsing data removes the record and you will be asked again.
You can also block all cookies or delete existing ones in your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies will stop account sign-in from working; that is a direct consequence of the block rather than a fault in the site.
Third parties and transfers abroad
When a measurement tool you consented to runs, the company providing it processes data on its own infrastructure. Separately, and regardless of consent, some parts of the site are loaded from third-party servers for technical reasons; in those cases that server sees your IP address, as it does with any internet request.
- Google Ireland Ltd. / Google LLC — consent-based
- Google Analytics and Google Ads measurement. Active if you consented to analytics or marketing.
- Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. — consent-based
- Advertising measurement through the Meta Pixel. If you consented to marketing, clicking the WhatsApp or telephone order button also sends that event to Meta from our own server, using your IP address, browser information and Meta's own cookies (_fbp, _fbc). If you arrived from an advert, Meta's click identifier (fbclid) is included in that transmission as well. Without marketing consent that transmission never happens.
- Adobe Inc. (Adobe Fonts) — technically required
- One of the site's typefaces is loaded from an Adobe server. No cookie is written; Adobe sees only the request itself and your IP address.
- Cloudflare, Inc. — technically required
- Product photography and video are served from a delivery network hosted on Cloudflare.
- Resend, Inc. — only when you submit the form
- When you fill in and send the contact form, your message reaches us as email through this service. It is not involved unless you submit the form, and it uses no cookies.
These companies may hold data on servers outside Türkiye. For the consent-based tools this constitutes a transfer of personal data abroad under Article 9 of the Turkish Data Protection Law, and that transfer rests on your explicit consent — without consent, no transfer takes place.
When you use the WhatsApp button to place an order you are taken to the WhatsApp app. From that point your conversation happens on Meta's infrastructure under Meta's own privacy terms; we see only the content of the message you send us.
Your rights and changes to this policy
In respect of personal data processed through cookies you hold the rights listed in Article 11 of the Turkish Data Protection Law. Those rights and how to exercise them are set out in full on the Privacy Policy page.
We update this page whenever the tools we use change. If a new category requiring consent is added, your stored preference is treated as void and you are asked again — an earlier consent cannot cover something we never asked about.
If you have questions about our use of cookies, write to us.
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