A lot of sites bury a 4,000-word document under a cookie banner. Ours fits on one screen because we run almost no cookies. Here's the whole list.
A cookie is a small piece of text that a website asks your browser to store. The browser sends it back on later requests so the site can "remember" something. Most modern sites use them for analytics and advertising. We don't.
This is the entire list.
| Name | Purpose | Lifetime | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
vg_pref |
Remembers your site preferences (e.g. dismissing a one-time notice). Only set after you change a preference, never on page load. | 180 days | First-party, functional |
That's it. One cookie, set conditionally, with a clear purpose.
Separately from cookies, our web server keeps request logs for 14 days for debugging. The logs include your IP address and the page you visited but no card data and no cookies. This is the same as what every web server everywhere has done since 1991.
Three options:
vanilla.gift in your browser settings.The site works perfectly well without the cookie. The only thing you lose is whether you've dismissed a small one-time notice.
Under GDPR, cookie banners are required for non-essential cookies. Our one cookie is functional and only set after a user action, which is arguably an exemption — but more importantly, we don't track you and don't share data with anyone, so there's nothing for a banner to ask consent for. If a regulator disagrees, we'll add a banner. So far none has.
If we add a new cookie, we'll add it to the table above and update the date at the top. If the change is meaningful (any cookie that involves tracking or third parties — not that we plan to), we'll post a notice on the homepage for at least 14 days.
Email support.vanilliagift@gmail.com. See also our Privacy Policy.