Cookie Notice
Last updated: May 18, 2026
This Cookie Notice explains how Sigenergy and its service providers use cookies and similar technologies when you visit or interact with our online store (eu-store.sigenergy.com). It describes what these technologies are, why they are used, and how you can manage or withdraw your choices.
1 What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files or data stored by your browser on your device when you visit a website.
Similar technologies include:
• Web beacons / pixels: tiny images embedded on webpages or emails to collect usage information;
• Local or session storage: browser-based storage for preferences or temporary data;
• Scripts / HTML5 tracking: tools to record page navigation, clicks, or interaction patterns.
These technologies help the website remember your preferences, provide core functionality, analyse usage, and support personalized experiences.
2 Why We Use These Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies for purposes including:
• Essential website operation – to enable navigation, secure login, checkout, and other core features.
• User preferences – to remember your language, region, or other settings.
• Analytics and performance – to understand how visitors interact with the site and improve site performance.
• Marketing and personalization – to deliver relevant content or promotions, where permitted by applicable law and with your consent.
3 Categories of Cookies
Depending on how visitors use our website, their region, cookie preferences, and the Shopify features enabled on our store, the following cookies may be set:
a. Essential Cookies Essential cookies are automatically set when you access the Sigenergy EU online store (eu.sigenergy.com) to ensure the website’s core functions operate correctly. These cookies enable crucial processes such as maintaining login sessions, preserving shopping cart contents, supporting secure checkout, and validating orders. Without these cookies, key features of the website may not function properly, and your access to certain areas or services may be limited.
| Cookie Name | Function | Duration |
| _shopify_essential | Contains essential information for the correct functionality of a store, such as session, checkout information and anti-tampering data. | 1 year |
| _shopify_essential_ | Contains an opaque token or essential identifier used to support store functionality. | 1 year |
| _shopify_test | Used to check cookie capabilities on the client. | 1 minute |
| _tracking_consent | Used to store a user's privacy preferences if privacy rules are enabled for the visitor's region. | 1 year |
| cart | Contains information related to the user's cart. | 2 weeks |
| cart_currency | Used after checkout to initialize a new empty cart with the same currency as the one just used. | 2 weeks |
| discount_code | Stores a discount code from a URL parameter so it can be applied at the next checkout. | session |
| login_with_shop_finalize | Used to facilitate login with Shop. | 5 minutes |
| shopify_pay | Used to log a buyer into Shop Pay when they return to checkout on the same store. | 1 year |
| sk_session | Authenticates the buyer's session with the Storefront Agent iframe service so chat can resume across page loads. | 7 days |
| storefront_digest | Stores a digest of the storefront password, allowing merchants to preview a password-protected storefront. | 1 year |
| _merchant_essential | Contains essential information for the correct functionality of merchant-related surfaces. | 1 year |
| _shop_app_essential | Contains essential information for the correct functionality of Shop.app. | 1 year |
| cookielist-consent | Stores the user’s cookie consent category preferences. | 1 year |
| mto_pvs | Stores page-view or visit state for the current browsing session. | session |
b. Functional Cookies Functional cookies store information about your preferences and settings to provide a consistent and personalised experience when visiting the site. They remember choices such as language, region, display preferences, or other customised settings, ensuring that you do not need to reconfigure these options on each visit. By retaining this information, the website can present content in a way that aligns with your selected preferences.
| Cookie Name | Function | Duration |
| localization | Used to localize the cart or store experience to the correct country, region or market. | 2 weeks / 1 year depending on implementation |
| shopify_override_user_locale | Used as a mechanism to set the user locale in admin. | 1 year |
| shopify_client_id | Stores a Shopify client identifier used to support visitor or client-side functionality. | 1 year |
| v:a:3 | Stores encoded visitor or application state, likely used for app functionality, personalization or visitor state. | 1 year |
| privacy_signal | Remembers a user's privacy choices about cookies and online tracking based on regional privacy laws. | 1 year |
c. Performance / Analytics Cookies Performance and analytics cookies collect anonymised or aggregated data about how users interact with the website. This may include information such as pages visited, navigation paths, time spent on pages, device types, and browser characteristics. The data gathered is used to monitor and analyse website performance, understand user behaviour trends, and improve the overall functionality, layout, and usability of the site. These cookies do not directly identify individual users.
| Cookie Name | Function | Duration |
| _landing_page | Captures the visitor’s landing page when they arrive from other sites. | 2 weeks |
| _orig_referrer | Allows the merchant to identify where visitors are coming from. | 2 weeks |
| _shopify_analytics | Contains analytics data for buyer surfaces such as the storefront or checkout. | 1 year |
| _shopify_s | Used to identify a given browser session / shop combination. Rolling expiry from last use. | 30 minutes |
| _shopify_y | Used for Shopify analytics and visitor identification. | 1 year |
| shop_analytics | Contains required buyer information for analytics in Shop. | 1 year |
| _shop_app_analytics | Contains analytics data for Shop.app. | 1 year |
| _merchant_analytics | Contains analytics data for merchant-related surfaces. | 1 year |
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | 1 year / 400 days depending on domain or configuration |
| _ga_6JGTHLPYFN | Used by Google Analytics to persist session state for a specific property. | 1 year |
| _ga_W6NECZNE63 | Used by Google Analytics to persist session state for a specific property. | 400 days |
| FPID | Used by Google Analytics / server-side tagging to store a first-party client ID. | 400 days |
d. Advertising / Targeting Cookies Advertising and targeting cookies, which are often set by third-party providers, track interactions with website content, products, and promotional materials. This information allows for the delivery of relevant advertising messages, assessment of promotional effectiveness, and measurement of campaign performance. These cookies may collect anonymised browsing behaviour, page visits, clicks, or engagement with marketing content, always subject to user consent where required by applicable laws.
| Cookie Name | Function | Duration |
| _shopify_marketing | Contains marketing data for buyer surfaces such as the storefront or checkout. | 1 year |
| _merchant_marketing | Contains marketing data for merchant-related surfaces. | 1 year |
| _fbp | Used by Meta Pixel to identify browsers for advertising and site analytics services. | 3 months |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google Ads / AdSense to store and track ad conversion and interaction information. | 3 months |
| FPAU | Used by Google advertising products to store user interaction and attribution data for ad performance measurement. | 3 months |
| li_fat_id_s | Used to store or read LinkedIn first-party ad tracking ID for conversion measurement. | 30 days |
4 Controlling or Deleting Cookies
Most browsers allow you to:
• Block or allow cookies per site;
• Delete existing cookies;
• Receive notifications before new cookies are stored.
Common resources for guidance:
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
• Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd
• Safari: http://help.apple.com/safari/mac/8.0/#/sfri1147
5 Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by independent third-party service providers (such as analytics and advertising platforms) when you use our Website.
These third-party cookies are not controlled by Sigenergy. Their collection, use and storage of your personal data are subject to the respective third parties’ own privacy and cookie policies. Please refer to the relevant third-party privacy notices for further information on their data retention period and processing rules.
6 Impact of Disabling Cookies
If you disable cookies or refuse non-essential cookies:
• Some website functions may be limited (e.g., session persistence, personalized content);
• Analytics data may be incomplete;
• Targeted marketing may be unavailable;
• You may need to manually re-enter preferences on each visit.
7 Updates to This Cookie Notice
We may update this notice to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or operational practices. The latest version will always be available on the EU store. If you have any questions or if we can help you with something, please contact support.consumer@sigenergy.com.