Use of Cookies
This Cookie Policy explains how Photon Matrix ("we", "us" and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies in connection with photonmatrixlab.com and our online store at store.photonmatrixlab.com. It describes the purposes of these technologies and the choices available to you.
Read this policy together with the Privacy Policy available on the relevant website. The Privacy Policy provides further information about the organisation responsible for your personal information, how information is handled, and your privacy rights.
1. What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your browser or device. They can help a website remember information between visits or between pages, such as items in a shopping cart or a privacy choice.
Similar technologies include browser local storage, session storage, tracking pixels, tags and software identifiers. Some store information on your device, while others read information or transmit events when a page or feature is used. In this policy, references to cookies include these technologies where relevant.
Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by another provider (third-party cookies). Session cookies generally expire when your browser session ends. Persistent cookies remain until their stated expiry or until you delete them.
2. Where This Policy Applies
This policy covers the Photon Matrix brand website and online store identified above. Different pages and services may use different technologies. The brand website and store may have separate consent settings; a choice on one domain may not automatically apply to the other.
External payment pages, social networks, crowdfunding platforms and other websites have their own privacy and cookie notices. This policy does not replace those notices. It also does not describe all data processing by the Photon Matrix app or physical devices; consult the privacy information provided with those products and services.
3. Categories and Purposes
The categories below describe the purposes for which cookies may be used. Not every category or example is necessarily active on every page. A technology is classified by its actual purpose, rather than by its name or provider.
4. Information These Technologies May Process
Depending on the feature and your choices, cookies and similar technologies may process browser or device identifiers, IP address, browser type, operating system, language settings, referring pages, pages viewed, timestamps, interactions and approximate location inferred from an IP address.
On the store, they may also support shopping-cart activity, checkout sessions and purchase events. Where permitted and appropriately disclosed, advertising or analytics tools may receive event information such as a product identifier, order value or currency. Some of this information can constitute personal information even if it does not include your name.
Rejecting optional cookies does not prevent processing independently necessary to fulfil your order, protect the service or meet legal obligations. Such processing is explained in the applicable Privacy Policy.
5. Third-Party Providers
Our store uses Shopify. Depending on the services enabled, Shopify and other providers may process information to deliver storefront, checkout, security and related functions. Optional integrations can introduce additional analytics or advertising technologies; their presence does not make every cookie necessary.
If enabled, services such as Google Analytics, Meta advertising tools or embedded video players may process usage or event information under their applicable terms and privacy notices. The technologies actually deployed, their providers and their purposes should be identified in the relevant site's cookie settings or accompanying cookie information.
Providers may process information in countries other than your own. See the applicable Privacy Policy for information about recipients, international transfers and safeguards. You can also review Shopify's Privacy Policy, Google's Privacy Policy and Meta's Privacy Policy for information about their practices.
6. Giving, Refusing and Withdrawing Consent
Where consent is required, the relevant site's cookie controls must allow you to accept or reject optional categories and review your preferences. Optional choices must not be preselected, and rejecting optional cookies must be as straightforward as accepting them. Strictly necessary cookies are handled separately.
You can change your choice through the cookie preference control on the relevant site. Withdrawal applies to future consent-based activity and does not make earlier lawful processing unlawful. Cookies already stored on your device may also need to be removed through your browser settings.
Declining optional cookies should not prevent access to basic product information or the ability to make a purchase. An optional feature that depends on a third-party service may remain unavailable until you choose to enable it.
If the preference control is unavailable or does not work, contact us using the contact options published on the Website. You may also use your browser controls while the issue is addressed.
7. Browser and Device Controls
Most browsers let you view and delete cookies, block some or all cookies, and manage website storage. Consult the help or privacy settings for your browser. Blocking strictly necessary cookies can affect shopping carts, account access, checkout or other requested functions.
Browser cookie controls do not necessarily stop every pixel, server-side event or similar technology. Use the site's privacy controls as well where available. Deleting cookies can remove the record of your preferences, which may cause a consent notice to appear again. Choices may need to be made separately for different browsers, devices and domains.
8. Regional Privacy Choices
Requirements differ by jurisdiction. Where prior consent is required for storing or accessing information on your device, we apply that requirement to non-exempt technologies. A separate lawful basis may also be required for subsequent processing of personal information.
Where applicable law gives you a right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information or its use for targeted advertising, that right applies even if no money is exchanged. Advertising integrations may fall within these legal definitions depending on how they operate.
Where legally required, recognised opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, must be honoured for covered processing. Such signals are distinct from general browser "Do Not Track" settings and do not necessarily communicate every cookie preference. Further privacy rights and request procedures are described in the applicable Privacy Policy.
9. How Long Cookies and Related Information Last
Retention varies by purpose and provider. Session technologies generally last for the session; persistent technologies use defined expiry periods. Some expiry periods can be renewed when a service is used again, subject to applicable rules and your choices.
For the technologies actually in use, consult the relevant site's cookie settings or accompanying cookie details for names, providers, purposes and durations. Cookie expiry is not necessarily the same as the retention period for information already collected. The applicable Privacy Policy describes the approach to retaining personal information.
10. Updates to This Policy
We may update this policy when website features, providers or applicable requirements change. The date above identifies the latest revision. Where a change requires a new choice or renewed consent, an update to this page alone does not replace that requirement.
11. Contact Photon Matrix
For questions about cookies or your privacy choices, use the contact options published on our brand website or online store. Tell us which domain and browser you used and describe the issue. Do not include passwords or full payment-card details.
Photon Matrix
Brand website: https://photonmatrixlab.com/
Online store: https://store.photonmatrixlab.com/