Cookie Policy
Effective date: 23 September 2026
About this policy
This policy explains how Geekiam Collectables Ltd uses cookies and similar technologies on our website. It should be read alongside our Customer Privacy Policy, which explains how we use personal information more generally.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies, such as your browser's local storage, work in a comparable way. They let a website recognise your device, remember your choices and keep things secure. In this policy we use “cookies” to cover all of these technologies.
Under UK law, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, we must ask for your consent before using any cookies that are not strictly necessary.
Types of cookies
- Strictly necessary: needed for the website to work, keep it secure or remember a choice you have asked us to remember, such as your cookie preference. These do not require your consent.
- Functional: remember preferences to make the website easier to use.
- Analytics: help us understand how the website is used so we can improve it. We do not currently use analytics cookies.
- Third party: set by other organisations whose content or services appear on our pages, such as embedded maps or social-media content. Those organisations control their own cookies.
Cookies we use
The table below lists the cookies and similar technologies currently used on our website.
| Name | Type | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cookieConsent | Local storage | Strictly necessary | Remembers whether you accepted or declined optional cookies so we do not ask you on every visit. | Until you clear your browser storage |
| sb-…-auth-token | Cookie (first party) | Strictly necessary | Keeps signed-in users logged in securely. Only set when you sign in to an account area of the website. | Session, refreshed while signed in |
| fb_oauth_state | Cookie (first party) | Strictly necessary | Security check used by our staff when connecting our Facebook page to the website. Not set for customers. | 10 minutes |
| adminSidebarCollapsed | Local storage | Functional | Remembers a layout preference in our staff admin area. Not set for customers. | Until you clear your browser storage |
| last_seen_post_id | Cookie (first party) | Functional | Remembers the latest Facebook post you have viewed so we can show a "new posts" badge. Only set if you accept optional cookies. | 7 days |
| Google Maps | Third-party cookies | Third party | Our contact page shows an embedded Google map. Google may set its own cookies when the map loads. | Set by Google |
We use Vercel Web Analytics to see anonymous, aggregated information about visits to our website, such as page views. It does not use cookies or identify you across other websites.
Third-party cookies
Some pages include content from other providers, such as Google Maps. These providers may set their own cookies and are responsible for how they use them. For more information, see Google's cookie information.
Payments, receipts, loyalty and eGift cards are handled by Square. If you use a Square service, Square's own privacy and cookie information applies.
Managing your choices
When you first visit our website, we ask whether you accept or reject optional cookies. Optional cookies, including those set by embedded Google Maps, are not used unless you accept them. If you reject them, you can still load the map on our contact page on a one-off basis.
You can change your choice at any time using “Cookie settings” at the bottom of any page, or .
You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the website, such as signing in, from working. Guidance for common browsers:
General guidance on cookies is available from the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when we change the cookies we use or when the law changes. The current version will always be available on this page and will show its effective date.
Contact us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at contactus@geekiamcollectables.co.uk or call 0191 925 0436.