COOKIE POLICY
Last updated March 18, 2024
This Cookie Policy explains how K. Phillips & Co., Inc. dba KP Gems (“Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://kpgems.com (“Website”). It explains these technologies, why we use them, and your rights to control our use.
Sometimes, we may use cookies to collect personal information, which becomes personal if we combine it with other information.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Website owners widely use cookies to improve the performance of their websites and provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, K. Phillips & Co., Inc.) are called “first-party cookies.” Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies.” Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer when it visits the website in question and certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide services.
The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website, though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also modify your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.
The table below describes the specific types of first—and third-party cookies served through our Website and their purposes (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit).
Essential website cookies:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
Name: __stripe_sid
Purpose: Fraud prevention and detection
Provider: .kpgems.com
Service: Stripe View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 29minutes
Name: __stripe_mid
Purpose: Fraud prevention and detection
Provider: .kpgems.com
Service: Stripe View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 11 months 30 days
Name: m
Purpose: Tracks the user’s session for Stripe
Provider: m.stripe.com
Service: Stripe View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 1 year 11 months 29 days
Name: __paypal_storage__
Purpose: This cookie is used by PayPal to store account details
Provider: kpgems.com
Service: PayPal View Service Privacy Policy
Type: html_local_storage
Expires in: persistent
Name: wordpress_test_cookie
Purpose: Used by sites created with WordPress to check whether a browser has cookies enabled. Expires after a session is ended.
Provider: kpgems.com
Service: WordPress View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: rc::a
Purpose: Tracking and analyzing user behavior to distinguish humans from bots or automated software.
Provider: www.google.com
Service: reCAPTCHA View Service Privacy Policy
Type: html_local_storage
Expires in: persistent
Performance and functionality cookies:
These cookies enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential. However, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable without these cookies.
Name: woocommerce_items_in_cart
Purpose: Helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents data changes.
Provider: kpgems.com
Service: WooCommerce View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: woocommerce_cart_hash
Purpose: Helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents/data changes.
Provider: kpgems.com
Service: WooCommerce View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: session
Analytics and customization cookies:
These cookies collect information that is used in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used, how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to customize our Website for you.
Name: 11435155099
Provider: www.google.com
Type: pixel_tracker
Expires in: session
Name: _ga
Purpose: Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user.
Provider: .kpgems.com
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 year 1 month 4 days
Name: NID
Purpose: Set by Google to set a unique user ID to remember user preferences. Persistent cookie that stays for 182 days.
Provider: .google.com
Service: Google View Service Privacy Policy
Service: server_cookie
Expires in: 6 months
Name: _ga_#
Purpose: It distinguishes individual users by designating a randomly generated number as a client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions.
Provider: .kpgems.com
Service: GoogleAnalytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 year 1 month 4 days
Advertising cookies:
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and, in some cases, selecting advertisements based on your interests.
Name: test_cookie
Purpose: A session cookie is used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.
Provider: .doubleclick.net
Service: DoubleClick View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 15 minutes
Name: _gcl_au
Purpose: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.
Provider: .kpgems.com
Service: GoogleAdSense View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 2 months 29 days
Name: landing
Purpose: Used to track user interactions with online advertisements.
Provider: googleads.g.doubleclick.net
Service: DoubleClick View Service Privacy Policy
Type: pixel_tracker
Expires in: session
Name: IDE
Purpose: Used to measure the conversion rate of ads presented to the user
Provider: .doubleclick.net
Expires in1.5years.
Service: DoubleClick View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 1 year 11 months 29 days
Unclassified cookies:
These are cookies that have not yet been categorized. We are in the process of classifying these cookies with the help of their providers.
Name: _wpfuuid
Provider: kpgems.com
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1year1month4days
Name: sbjs_current
Provider: .kpgems.com
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: sbjs_first
Provider: .kpgems.com
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: sbjs_migrations
Provider: .kpgems.com
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: sbjs_session
Provider: .kpgems.com
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 29minutes
Name: sbjs_first_add
Provider: .kpgems.com
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: sbjs_current_add
Provider: .kpgems.com
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: sbjs_udata
Provider: .kpgems.com
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: uOH1CNf7n5cZEJu92swq,5126663111
Provider: kpgems.com
Type: html_local_storage
Expires in: persistent
Name: uOH1CNf7n5cZEJu92swq,5126663111_expiresAt
Provider: kpgems.com
Type: html_local_storage
Expires in: persistent
Name: wp_woocommerce_session_cc8c4e43049282ad618c3f97b79950a9
Provider: kpgems.com
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 1day
How can I control cookies on my browser?
As how you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
In addition, most advertising networks offer a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
- Digital Advertising Alliance
- Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”). These tiny graphics files contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. These technologies often rely on cookies to function properly, so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?
Websites may also use so-called “Flash Cookies” (also known as Local Shared Objects or “LSOs”) to collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention, and other site operations.
If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to “information” on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that the operator is not delivering of the page you are on at the time).
Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.
Do you serve targeted advertising?
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services you may be interested in. They may also employ technology used to measure advertisements’ effectiveness. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you provide these.
How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please, therefore, revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at:
KP Gems
5511 Parkcrest Drive, Suite 105
Austin, TX 78731 United States
Phone: 512-666-3111
Email: info@kpgems.com
