Cookie Policy

1. Purpose of this policy

This Cookie Policy explains how cookies and similar browser technologies may be used in connection with the Grelmont Architecture website. It should be read with our Privacy Policy, which describes the broader handling of personal information. The purpose is to explain website technologies and choices in clear terms, without treating the mere existence of this page as consent to optional processing.

Our website is hosted on Shopify. Actual technologies can vary according to the hosting platform, the active theme, privacy settings and any services enabled by the site operator. This policy distinguishes essential website operation from optional analytics or marketing. A category described below does not mean that every technology in that category is installed or active on this website.

2. What cookies and similar technologies do

A cookie is a small piece of information stored by a website in your browser. The browser can make that information available again to the site or provider that set it. Cookies may help maintain a session, remember a choice or support a security control. Some remain only for the current session; others continue until they expire or are removed.

Related technologies include local storage, session storage, tracking pixels and similar mechanisms. Local storage can retain information in the browser without using the traditional cookie format. A pixel can cause a request to a provider when content is loaded. This policy uses “technologies” to refer to these mechanisms together where the distinction is not material. Their privacy effect depends on what they collect and how the provider uses it.

3. Essential operation and security

Essential technologies may support functions required to deliver requested content, maintain platform security, manage a session, prevent abuse or preserve a privacy choice. Shopify and the active theme may use these technologies as part of hosting and operating the website. Where applicable law allows essential technologies without consent, that treatment applies only to the functions that meet the relevant requirements.

Blocking essential technologies can affect website availability, navigation, security checks or the persistence of your settings. An essential classification is not a general exemption for unrelated analytics or advertising. A technology should be assessed by its actual purpose, and a multi-purpose technology may require additional controls. Website security and platform configuration should be reviewed when tools or settings change.

4. Preferences and functionality

Preference technologies may remember a choice, such as a display setting, language preference or a cookie consent decision. A preference that you explicitly request may be necessary to provide that feature, while other preference processing may require consent depending on the context and applicable law.

The Grelmont project interface can open service details, filter the displayed service list and show a project form in the current page. These interactions do not themselves require optional advertising or analytics technologies. Temporary page state is different from a persistent browser identifier. If additional preference features are introduced, the relevant notice and controls should accurately describe them rather than assuming that all convenience features are essential.

5. Analytics and performance technologies

Optional analytics can help a website operator understand visits, navigation and technical performance. Depending on the service, this may involve browser identifiers, device information, page views, referral information or diagnostic events. Some technical monitoring may be part of essential hosting, while audience measurement and behavioral analysis may need separate consent or another lawful basis.

The Grelmont service pages do not use a separate third-party audience analytics tool. Shopify features, theme code or subsequently installed applications may introduce additional processing. If optional analytics is enabled, it must be configured consistently with applicable consent requirements and the information presented to visitors. Declining optional analytics should not prevent access to the ordinary service descriptions or project information on this website.

6. Advertising and cross-site technologies

Advertising technologies may be used to measure campaigns, build audiences or associate activity across services. These purposes differ from delivering the website or responding to a project enquiry. They can involve third-party identifiers and may trigger consent, opt-out or disclosure requirements depending on the visitor and the applicable law.

The Grelmont service pages do not use advertising pixels, remarketing tags, embedded social feeds or behavioral advertising. Additional Shopify features or applications may involve different processing, depending on the active configuration. If marketing technologies are added, their purposes and providers must be reflected in the relevant notices and controls before use where required. A service enquiry is not consent to cross-site tracking.

7. Shopify and other platform functions

Shopify provides the infrastructure on which the website is presented and can process information associated with platform operation. Its available features and customer privacy settings influence what technologies may operate. The website operator’s configuration, including any optional features and installed applications, matters when determining the actual processing taking place.

Platform features can change over time. A fixed list of cookie names can become inaccurate when a platform version, theme or application changes. For that reason, this policy describes purposes rather than claiming an unverified set of exact identifiers or expiry periods. Information about active categories and any identified optional providers should be available through the applicable privacy control when those technologies are used.

8. Consent and privacy controls

Where optional technologies require consent, you should be able to choose whether to allow them through the privacy controls provided for your visit. Essential technologies may remain active when they are necessary for the requested service. Optional technologies should not be activated on the assumption that silence, scrolling or continued browsing is always valid consent.

You can change an available preference later using the applicable privacy control. A revised choice affects future processing that the control governs, but it does not undo processing that lawfully occurred before the change. Some existing browser identifiers may need to be removed through the browser settings as well. The absence of an optional category in a control can mean that it is not enabled for that configuration; it should not be read as permission to introduce it without an appropriate assessment.

9. Browser settings and deletion

Most browsers allow you to view or remove stored cookies, clear site data and limit some third-party storage. The available options differ by browser and device. You may also be able to block selected sites, use private browsing or clear stored information when a session ends. Consult the settings of the browser you actually use rather than relying on instructions for a different product or version.

Removing cookies or local storage may reset preferences, including the record of a prior privacy choice. Blocking storage broadly can affect essential website functions or other services you use. Private browsing does not necessarily prevent all technical information from being processed by hosting providers or network operators. Browser settings complement the website’s controls and do not replace the operator’s responsibility to configure technologies lawfully.

10. Signals, duration and third-party changes

Some browsers send privacy preference signals. Where applicable law requires a supported signal to be honored for a particular processing activity, the relevant site or platform configuration should respond accordingly. A general “Do Not Track” setting and a legally recognized opt-out signal are not always the same thing. The effect depends on the signal, the platform and the processing involved.

Session technologies usually end with the session, while persistent technologies remain until their configured expiry or deletion. Exact durations are determined by the active provider and configuration. Third parties may change identifiers or retention behavior, which is why an operational review is needed when services are added or materially reconfigured. We do not promise that every provider uses the same lifespan or that all browser-level information is removed by a single control.

11. Updates and questions

We may update this policy to reflect changes in website technologies, platform settings, service providers or applicable requirements. The dates at the top show when the current version takes effect and when it was last revised. Where a change requires a new consent choice or an additional notice, a revised policy alone does not replace that step.

If you have a question about website technologies or a privacy preference, contact Grelmont Architecture using the details below. Describe the page, browser and concern where practical, but do not send passwords or other sensitive information. For broader requests concerning personal information, refer to our Privacy Policy and identify the interaction or records involved so that we can assess the request appropriately.