Cookies Policy
Last updated: September 11, 2026
This Cookies Policy explains how PawPrints Of Fame ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on www.pawprintsoffame.com. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
We use cookies and similar technologies for secure login, checkout, fraud and abuse prevention, cookie preference storage, star view tracking, and first-party visitor behavior analytics when optional analytics cookies are accepted. We also use limited cookieless aggregate analytics before optional analytics cookies are accepted or when you choose necessary cookies only, as described below.
- Essential session/security cookies: required to keep users signed in and support secure core functionality.
- Consent preference cookie: stores whether you chose optional analytics cookies or necessary cookies only from our cookie banner.
- Temporary checkout cookie: supports the sign-up to payment flow before checkout is completed.
- Star view tracking cookie: helps identify repeat star visits and reduce artificial view activity.
- Visitor behavior analytics cookie: helps us understand first-party page visits, sessions, and Stars searches after you accept cookies.
- Cookieless aggregate analytics: before you accept optional analytics cookies or if you choose necessary cookies only, we may record limited anonymous aggregate page-view activity without setting or reading analytics cookies.
- Third-party checkout/security cookies: may be used by Stripe during checkout and by Cloudflare Turnstile if bot protection is enabled.
We may use limited IP-derived or CDN-provided location signals, such as country or city, for star view tracking, purchase analytics, service integrity, and accepted-cookie visitor behavior analytics.
We do not currently run advertising cookies or social media tracking pixels on the site.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Provider | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ppof_session |
Keeps your session active and supports secure core functionality while using the site. The exact session cookie name may vary in non-production environments. | First-party (PawPrints Of Fame) | Session | Essential |
cookie_consent |
Stores whether you selected optional analytics cookies or necessary cookies only in the cookie banner. | First-party (PawPrints Of Fame) | Up to 1 year | Preference |
user_email (encrypted) |
Temporarily links registration and checkout before payment completion. Deleted after successful checkout. | First-party (PawPrints Of Fame) | Up to 1 hour (or sooner if deleted after checkout) | Essential (checkout flow) |
star_viewer_token (encrypted) |
Helps identify repeat visits to the same star within a daily window to reduce repeated artificial views and support service integrity. | First-party (PawPrints Of Fame) | Up to 1 year | Service integrity / view tracking |
visitor_analytics_token (encrypted) |
Groups accepted-cookie page views and Stars searches into a first-party visitor session so we can understand usage and improve the service without storing full user-agent strings or full page query strings. | First-party (PawPrints Of Fame) | Up to 1 year | Analytics |
Cookieless aggregate analytics is not stored in an analytics cookie and does not use local storage,
fingerprinting, a visitor token, or the visitor_analytics_token cookie. It may record limited
aggregate event details such as page path, star ID for star-profile pages, timestamp, referrer host, broad
country code, device category, and whether optional cookies had not yet been accepted or necessary cookies only had
been selected.
It does not store raw IP addresses, hashed IP addresses, full user-agent strings, or individual visitor journeys.
When you first visit the site, we show a cookie banner with options to accept optional analytics cookies or
use necessary cookies only.
Your choice is saved in the cookie_consent cookie for up to 1 year.
You can change your choice later from the Cookie Settings link in the site footer.
Choosing necessary cookies only does not disable cookies that are necessary for login, checkout, security, fraud prevention, service integrity, or remembering your cookie choice.
Cookie-based visitor behavior analytics only runs after you choose to accept optional analytics cookies in the cookie banner. Until you accept optional analytics cookies, and if you choose necessary cookies only, we do not set or use the visitor behavior analytics cookie, but we may still record limited cookieless aggregate page-view statistics that do not identify or follow you across pages.
If you switch from optional analytics cookies to necessary cookies only, we remove the first-party visitor analytics cookie from your browser and stop recording cookie-based visitor journeys from that point forward.
During checkout, payment services provided by Stripe may place cookies or similar technologies on your device. Those technologies are controlled by the provider and are subject to their policies.
If Cloudflare Turnstile is enabled on public forms, Cloudflare may process limited technical information and use cookies or similar technologies to help detect bots and protect the Service from abuse.
You can delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may affect core features such as sign-in, checkout, security protections, and star view tracking.
For information about your privacy rights (including California rights) and how to submit requests, please see our Privacy Policy.
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date on this page.
For contact details, please see our Privacy Policy.