{"id":2855,"date":"2017-09-11T00:30:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T22:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/designchess\/faq-2-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T14:55:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T12:55:49","slug":"cookie-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/cookie-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cookie Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"row row-full-width align-center\"  id=\"row-1308887069\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-325830134\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<header class=\"dc-legal-header dc-page-header dc-page-header--plain dc-page-header--legal dc-page-header--cookie\" aria-labelledby=\"dc-cookie-title\" data-component=\"cookie-header-native-plain-v1\" data-page-header-key=\"cookie-policy\" data-page-header-variant=\"plain\">\n<div class=\"dc-legal-header__inner\">\n<h1 id=\"dc-cookie-title\" class=\"dc-legal-header__title dc-page-header-title\">Cookie Policy<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-full-width\"  id=\"row-1268203397\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-606324263\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"dc-legal-document\" id=\"cookie-policy\" data-document=\"cookie-policy\" data-edition-date=\"2026-08-08\">\n<p class=\"dc-legal-document__updated\"><strong>Last updated:<\/strong> 8 August 2026<\/p>\n<p>This Cookie Policy explains how Design Chess uses cookies and similar technologies on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designchess.com\/\">www.designchess.com<\/a>. It should be read together with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designchess.com\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<details class=\"dc-legal-toc\">\n<summary>On this page<\/summary>\n<nav aria-label=\"Cookie Policy sections\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#1-what-cookies-are\">1. What cookies are<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2-how-we-use-cookies\">2. How we use cookies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#3-cookie-categories-and-current-details\">3. Cookie categories and current details<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#4-third-party-technologies\">4. Third-party technologies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#5-your-cookie-choices\">5. Your cookie choices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#6-how-long-cookies-remain\">6. How long cookies remain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#7-changes-and-contact\">7. Changes and contact<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/details>\n<div class=\"dc-legal-document__content\">\n<section id=\"1-what-cookies-are\" class=\"level2\">\n<h2>1. What cookies are<\/h2>\n<p>A cookie is a small text file that a website stores in your browser or on your device. Cookies allow a website to recognise a browser, remember information or provide a particular function.<\/p>\n<p>We may also use similar technologies, such as local storage or pixels. In this policy, \u201ccookies\u201d includes these technologies where relevant.<\/p>\n<p>Cookies may be placed by Design Chess or by a third-party service used on our website. Some last only for the browser session, while others remain for a defined period or until you delete them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"2-how-we-use-cookies\" class=\"level2\">\n<h2>2. How we use cookies<\/h2>\n<p>We use cookies to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>provide essential shop functions, including the shopping cart, checkout, account access and cookie-preference controls;<\/li>\n<li>protect the website, prevent fraud and diagnose technical problems;<\/li>\n<li>remember choices such as country, currency, language or other display preferences;<\/li>\n<li>understand how the website is used and improve its structure, content and performance; and<\/li>\n<li>measure or support advertising and marketing where those services are enabled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Strictly necessary cookies may be used without consent because they are needed to provide a service you request or to keep the website secure. Where consent is required, we use functional, analytics, performance, advertising or other non-essential cookies only according to your choices.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"3-cookie-categories-and-current-details\" class=\"level2\">\n<h2>3. Cookie categories and current details<\/h2>\n<p>The categories shown in our cookie preference tool may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Necessary:<\/strong> cookies required for core website, security, shopping and consent-management functions;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functional:<\/strong> cookies that provide optional features or remember additional preferences;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Analytics and performance:<\/strong> cookies that help us understand visits, use and technical performance; and<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advertisement:<\/strong> cookies used to measure or personalise advertising and related campaigns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The services used on the website may change. Our cookie preference tool provides the current categories and available details about individual cookies, including their purposes, providers and storage periods.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"4-third-party-technologies\" class=\"level2\">\n<h2>4. Third-party technologies<\/h2>\n<p>Some website functions are supplied by third parties, such as payment, security, analytics, advertising, review or embedded-content providers. These providers may place or read cookies when their service is used and your choices permit it.<\/p>\n<p>Where a third party determines how it uses information for its own purposes, its privacy and cookie notices also apply. Current providers and cookie details are shown in the cookie preference tool where available.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"5-your-cookie-choices\" class=\"level2\">\n<h2>5. Your cookie choices<\/h2>\n<p>When the cookie banner is shown, you can accept, reject or customise non-essential cookies. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be switched off through the preference tool.<\/p>\n<p>You can review or change your choices at any time by selecting <a href=\"#\" class=\"cky-banner-element\">Cookie Settings<\/a>. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that took place before the withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking necessary cookies may prevent the shopping cart, checkout, account, pricing, tax display or other parts of the website from working correctly. Deleting cookies may cause the cookie banner to appear again.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"6-how-long-cookies-remain\" class=\"level2\">\n<h2>6. How long cookies remain<\/h2>\n<p>Session cookies expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain for the period assigned to them, unless you delete them earlier. The current storage period for each identified cookie is shown in the cookie preference tool where available.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"7-changes-and-contact\" class=\"level2\">\n<h2>7. Changes and contact<\/h2>\n<p>We may update this policy when our website, services, providers or legal obligations change. The current version and its last-updated date are published at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designchess.com\/cookie-policy\/\">https:\/\/www.designchess.com\/cookie-policy\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For questions about this policy, email <a href=\"mailto:info@designchess.com\">info@designchess.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-606324263 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 8%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cookie Policy - Design Chess Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cookie Policy - Design Chess Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/cookie-policy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Design Chess Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/designchess\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-09T12:55:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/cookie-policy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/cookie-policy\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cookie Policy - Design Chess Staging\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-10T22:30:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-09T12:55:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/cookie-policy\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/cookie-policy\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/cookie-policy\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cookie Policy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/\",\"name\":\"Design Chess Staging\",\"description\":\"Staunton Chess Pieces and Chess Boards\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Design Chess Company\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/DC_g_ver_gr_half-filled.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/DC_g_ver_gr_half-filled.png\",\"width\":806,\"height\":693,\"caption\":\"The Design Chess Company\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/designchess.com\\\/staging\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/designchess\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DesignChess\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/designchess\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@designchess\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cookie Policy - Design Chess Staging","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"nofollow"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cookie Policy - Design Chess Staging","og_url":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/cookie-policy\/","og_site_name":"Design Chess Staging","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/designchess\/","article_modified_time":"2026-08-09T12:55:49+00:00","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/cookie-policy\/","url":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/cookie-policy\/","name":"Cookie Policy - Design Chess Staging","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-09-10T22:30:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-09T12:55:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/cookie-policy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/cookie-policy\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/cookie-policy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cookie Policy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/","name":"Design Chess Staging","description":"Staunton Chess Pieces and Chess Boards","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/#organization","name":"The Design Chess Company","url":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/DC_g_ver_gr_half-filled.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/DC_g_ver_gr_half-filled.png","width":806,"height":693,"caption":"The Design Chess Company"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/designchess\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DesignChess","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/designchess\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@designchess"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2855"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11005,"href":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2855\/revisions\/11005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/designchess.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}