Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide transaction data to website owners. In addition to traditional cookies, we also use browser local storage (HTML5 Local Storage) to persist preferences and shopping cart items.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies and local storage tokens exclusively to provide essential site functionality. Because we prioritize privacy and ingredient-focused curation, we do not deploy invasive marketing trackers or third-party advertising cookies.

The cookies and storage structures used on mintello.shop are categorized below:

1. Essential System Cookies (Strictly Necessary)

These are required to enable core features like logging into your customer account, checking out, and secure fraud protection:

• Clerk (User Authentication): Cookies starting with __clerk or session tokens stored in browser memory are used to verify your identity, secure your dashboard, and sync your account profiles.
• Paddle (Billing & Checkout): Paddle's client SDK (paddle.js) sets essential cookies to securely verify currency settings, manage checkout session tokens, prevent payment fraud, and process transactions.

2. Local Storage Preferences (Functionality)

These store choices you make on our storefront to personalize your experience and avoid repetitive queries:

• mintello-cart-storage: Local browser storage is used to save items you add to your cart, selected promo codes, and "Buy Now" queue details so they persist across tabs and visits.
• mintello_dismissed_welcome: A flag set in your browser local storage when you dismiss or submit the first-visit welcome popup, preventing it from displaying again during your session.
• mintello_cookie_consent: Stores your preferences regarding non-essential cookie consents.

Managing & Disabling Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can configure your browser to block cookies entirely, notify you when a cookie is set, or automatically delete cookies when the browser is closed.

Please note: blocking essential system cookies (like Clerk or Paddle identifiers) will prevent you from accessing your account page or completing transactions on our checkout page.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or local storage preferences, please write to us at: