Cookie Policy
Last updated: October 16, 2026
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device to store information. They help websites remember your preferences and understand how you interact with the site.
In addition to traditional cookies, modern websites also use browser storage mechanisms such as localStorage (data that persists until manually cleared) and sessionStorage (data that is automatically cleared when you close your browser tab). This policy covers all of these technologies as used on whollywaterfarms.com.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies and browser storage for two purposes:
- Essential functionality: To make the website work correctly, including remembering your cookie consent choice, maintaining your shopping cart, and supporting admin authentication.
- Optional analytics: With your explicit consent, we use privacy-preserving, first-party analytics to understand how visitors use our site so we can improve it. These analytics do not track you across other websites.
3. Cookie Categories
We organize our cookies and browser storage into two categories:
- Essential (Required): These are necessary for the website to function properly. They cannot be disabled without breaking core site features such as the shopping cart and cookie consent mechanism.
- Analytics (Optional, Opt-In): These are only activated when you explicitly consent through our cookie banner. They help us understand aggregate traffic patterns and improve the site experience.
4. Cookies We Use
The following table lists all cookies and browser storage items used on our site:
| Name | Type | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wwf_consent | Cookie | Essential | Stores your cookie consent preference | 1 year |
| wwf_cookie_consent | localStorage | Essential | Stores detailed consent preferences (which categories you accepted or declined) | Until cleared |
| wwf_sid | sessionStorage | Analytics | Anonymous session identifier for analytics | Browser session |
| admin_token | sessionStorage | Essential | Admin authentication token | Browser session |
| Cart data | localStorage | Essential | Stores the contents of your shopping cart | Until cleared |
5. Managing Your Preferences
When you first visit our site, a cookie consent banner allows you to accept or decline optional analytics cookies. Essential cookies are always active because they are required for basic site functionality.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time. To reset your preferences, clear your browser cookies for this site and refresh the page. The cookie consent banner will reappear, allowing you to make a new selection. You can also look for the cookie settings option at the bottom of the page.
Additionally, most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find these options in your browser's "Settings," "Preferences," or "Privacy" menu. Please note that disabling essential cookies may cause parts of the website to stop working correctly.
6. Third-Party Cookies
We do not use any third-party cookies on whollywaterfarms.com. All cookies and browser storage items listed above are first-party, meaning they are set by and accessible only to our website. We do not allow advertisers, social media platforms, or other third parties to place tracking cookies on our site.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
Wholly Water Farms
Central Florida
Email: hello@whollywaterfarms.com