Last updated: August 17, 2026
This page lists the cookies and similar storage that actually run on VeryCosy.com, what each one is for, and what stops working if you block it. It is deliberately specific. A cookie policy that describes categories nobody on the site uses is worse than none at all.
What a cookie is
A cookie is a small text file a site asks your browser to keep and hand back on your next request. Related technologies do the same job by other means: local storage keeps values in the browser until they are cleared, and pixels or beacons record that a page or an image was loaded. Where this policy says cookie, treat it as covering those too.
Strictly necessary cookies
These make the site work at all and there is no way to use VeryCosy.com without them.
- WordPress cookies. The site runs on WordPress. Names beginning
wordpress_,wordpress_logged_in_andwp-settings-are set only when somebody signs in to the admin area, which for almost every visitor means never. A test cookie may be set briefly to check that your browser accepts cookies. - Cloudflare cookies. Cloudflare sits in front of the site as a content delivery network and security layer. It may set
__cf_bmorcf_clearanceto tell automated traffic from human traffic. These are set and read by Cloudflare, not by us. - Security and form cookies. Bot filtering and the contact form use short lived values to check that a submission came from a real browser session on this site.
WooCommerce session cookies
WooCommerce is installed because it provides the product catalog and category structure this site is built on. Cookies such as woocommerce_cart_hash, woocommerce_items_in_cart and wp_woocommerce_session_ can be set when you interact with catalog pages. They hold a temporary session reference in your browser and are cleared when the session ends.
Worth being clear about: VeryCosy.com does not sell anything and does not take payments. Buying happens on Amazon. No card details ever pass through this site or through these cookies.
Analytics cookies
We count traffic with a first party analytics tracker rather than a large advertising network. It sets two values: dd_vid, which distinguishes one browser from another so a repeat visit is not counted twice, and ddc_sid, a session marker that groups the pages you look at in one sitting. A small amount of local storage is used to hold events that could not be sent immediately, for example if the network dropped.
What this records is page addresses, referring pages, rough device type and timing. Your IP address is hashed before storage rather than kept in readable form. The data is used to see which reviews are read and which pages fail, and it is not sold, not used to build an advertising profile, and not shared with ad networks.
Affiliate link cookies
When you follow a product link, the click is logged on our side so we can see which recommendations people use, and you are then handed to the retailer. At that point Amazon sets its own cookies on its own domain to attribute the referral. We cannot read those, cannot change them, and cannot switch them off for you. They are governed by the retailer privacy notice. Our side of the arrangement is set out on the affiliate disclosure page.
What we do not run
There is no advertising network tag on this site, no retargeting pixel, no social media tracking pixel and no cross site advertising profile built by us. Embedded content from another service, such as a video player, would set its own cookies under its own policy, and any such embed is identifiable on the page it appears on.
How to refuse or delete cookies
Your browser is the control. Every current browser lets you block cookies, block third party cookies only, delete everything already stored, or open a private window that discards storage on close. The settings live under Privacy or Privacy and security in Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge, and the browser help pages give the exact steps for your version. Deleting the analytics cookies simply makes your next visit look like a new one.
What happens if you block them
- Blocking analytics cookies: nothing changes for you. Pages load and read exactly as before. We lose an accurate count.
- Blocking WooCommerce session cookies: reading reviews and browsing categories still works. Any catalog feature that needs to remember a selection between pages may not hold it.
- Blocking strictly necessary or Cloudflare cookies: parts of the site can break. The contact form may refuse to submit, the security layer may challenge you repeatedly, and signing in becomes impossible.
Changes and questions
If the software behind the site changes, this list changes with it and the date at the top is updated. Cookies are personal data in some jurisdictions, so the rights described in our privacy policy apply to them as well. Questions go through the form on our contact page.