Cookie Policy
Last updated: 17 July 2025
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.
How We Use Cookies
Joio Inflatables uses cookies only for essential website functionality. Specifically, we use cookies to:
- Authenticate admin users and maintain secure login sessions
- Ensure our website functions properly
Note: We do not use cookies for tracking, analytics, or advertising purposes. Your cart contents are stored locally in your browser's storage and not in cookies.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies (Authentication Only)
We only use essential cookies for website functionality. These cookies are necessary for admin authentication and cannot be switched off:
- Session cookies to maintain admin login state (only visible to authenticated administrators)
- Security cookies to protect against unauthorized access
Note for customers: As a regular customer, you will not encounter any authentication cookies as admin login is only accessible to website administrators.
What We Don't Use Cookies For
Unlike many websites, we do not use cookies for:
- Shopping cart: Your cart contents are stored locally in your browser using localStorage
- Analytics: We use Vercel Analytics which doesn't set cookies
- Advertising: We don't use advertising cookies
- Tracking: We don't track users across websites
Third-Party Services
We use minimal third-party services, and importantly, none of them set cookies:
- Vercel Analytics: For website performance monitoring - uses the Web Analytics API (no cookies)
- Stripe: For secure payment processing (payment forms are hosted by Stripe and don't set cookies on our domain)
These services have their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to review.
Managing Your Cookies
Since we only use essential authentication cookies for admin access, there are limited cookie management options:
Browser Settings
You can manage cookies through your browser settings:
- View what cookies are stored on your device
- Delete cookies individually or all cookies
- Block cookies from specific sites
Important: Blocking authentication cookies will prevent admin access to the website's administration features. Regular customers browsing and purchasing will not be affected.
Browser-Specific Instructions
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Edge: Settings → Privacy, search, and services → Cookies and site permissions
Local Storage (Cart Data)
Your shopping cart data is stored in your browser's local storage (not cookies). This data:
- Is only stored on your device
- Is not sent to our servers
- Can be cleared by clearing your browser's site data
- Will be lost if you clear your browser's local storage
Data Retention
Our minimal cookie usage has simple retention policies:
- Authentication cookies: Session cookies are deleted when the admin logs out or the browser is closed
- Cart data (localStorage): Persists until manually cleared by the user or browser maintenance
Note: We don't use analytics cookies or persistent tracking cookies, so there are no long-term cookie storage periods.
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. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our website.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us: