Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how Stellar Water ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website at stellarwater.com. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Essential Cookies (Required)

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as:

• • Security and authentication
• • Shopping cart functionality
• • Session management and order processing
• • Remembering your cookie consent preferences
• • Load balancing and network security
• • Payment processing security

These cookies cannot be disabled.

3.2 Preference Cookies (Optional)

These cookies allow us to remember choices you make on our website, such as:

• • Your preferred language
• • Light or dark theme preference
• • Delivery address preferences
• • Product favorites and wishlists
• • Previously viewed products

3.3 Analytics Cookies (Optional)

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website and services. Information collected includes:

• • Pages visited and time spent on each page
• • How you arrived at our website
• • What you click on while on our site
• • Products viewed and added to cart
• • Search terms used on our site
• • Error messages you may encounter

3.4 Marketing Cookies (Optional)

These cookies may be set by our advertising partners. They may be used to:

• • Build a profile of your interests
• • Show you relevant advertisements on other websites
• • Limit the number of times you see an advertisement
• • Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns
• • Track conversions from ads to purchases

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our website are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control the setting of these cookies. Third parties that may set cookies include:

• • Clerk: Our authentication provider uses cookies for secure login and session management
• • Convex: Our database provider may use cookies for real-time data synchronization
• • Stripe: Our payment processor uses cookies for secure payment processing and fraud prevention
• • Vercel: Our hosting provider may use cookies for performance optimization

5. Your Choices and How to Manage Cookies

You have several options for managing cookies:

5.1 Our Cookie Consent Tool

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner. You can choose to accept all cookies, reject all non-essential cookies, or customize your preferences. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link in our website footer.

5.2 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:

• • View what cookies are stored on your device
• • Delete some or all cookies
• • Block all cookies or only third-party cookies
• • Set your browser to notify you when a cookie is being set

Important: Blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of our website, particularly shopping cart and checkout features.

5.3 Industry Opt-Out Tools

You can also opt out of interest-based advertising through:

• • Digital Advertising Alliance: optout.aboutads.info
• • Network Advertising Initiative: optout.networkadvertising.org
• • European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance: youronlinechoices.eu

6. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature. We honor DNT signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a DNT browser mechanism is in place.

7. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page indicates when this policy was last revised. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at: