Cookie Policy
Last updated: 23 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Mystique Masala uses cookies and similar technologies on this website. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and protect personal information.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer, tablet or mobile device. They allow websites to function correctly, remember preferences, protect forms from abuse and provide information about how visitors use a website.
Cookies may be:
- Session cookies, which expire when you close your browser; or
- Persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them.
Some cookies are placed directly by this website. These are known as first-party cookies. Others are placed by external service providers and are known as third-party cookies.
2. How We Use Cookies
City Design and Print uses cookies and similar technologies to:
- Operate and secure this WordPress website;
- Remember your cookie preferences;
- Protect website forms from spam, fraud and automated abuse;
- Understand how visitors use the website;
- Measure website traffic and performance; and
- Identify technical problems and improve the website.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for essential website functions, security or recording your cookie choices. The website may not function correctly without them.
Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent, although we explain their use in this policy.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how people find and use the website. For example, they may tell us which pages are visited, how visitors move around the website and whether any errors occur.
We use Google Analytics for this purpose. Analytics cookies will only be placed where you have given permission through our cookie banner or preference controls.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies remember choices and provide enhanced website features. Whether these cookies are used depends on the functions and plugins enabled on the website.
4. Cookies Used on This Website
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Type | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes one website visitor from another and supports anonymous website-usage statistics. | Analytics | Up to 2 years |
_ga_<container-id> | Google Analytics | Maintains and records information about a visitor’s Google Analytics session. The final part of the cookie name relates to this website’s Google Analytics measurement container. | Analytics | Up to 2 years |
_GRECAPTCHA | Google reCAPTCHA | Provides risk analysis to help distinguish genuine visitors from automated activity and protect website forms against spam, fraud and abuse. | Strictly necessary/security | Up to 6 months |
| Cookie-consent preference cookie | This website or our consent-management provider | Records whether you have accepted or rejected optional cookies so that the website can respect your choice. | Strictly necessary | Depends on the consent tool in use |
wordpress_test_cookie | WordPress | Checks whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie is normally associated with the WordPress login page. | Strictly necessary | Session |
wordpress_logged_in_* | WordPress | Recognises an authenticated WordPress user and maintains their logged-in session. | Strictly necessary | Session or login period |
wordpress_sec_* | WordPress | Supports authentication and security for logged-in WordPress users and administrators. | Strictly necessary | Session or login period |
wp-settings-* and wp-settings-time-* | WordPress | Stores interface and administration preferences for logged-in WordPress users. | Functional | Up to 1 year |
comment_author_*, comment_author_email_* and comment_author_url_* | WordPress | Remembers a commenter’s details for convenience. These cookies are only relevant if commenting is enabled and a visitor chooses to leave a comment. | Functional | Up to 1 year |
Cookies marked with an asterisk or containing <container-id> have a variable suffix. The precise cookie name depends on the relevant WordPress user, website setting or Google Analytics measurement ID.
Not every conditional WordPress cookie listed above will be placed on every visitor’s device. WordPress login and administration cookies are generally only used for authorised users who sign in, while comment cookies only apply if website comments are enabled and used.
5. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics may collect information including:
- Your approximate location;
- Your device and browser type;
- Your operating system;
- Your IP address and related technical information;
- The pages you visit;
- The time spent on pages;
- How you reached the website; and
- Your interactions with website content.
We use this information to produce aggregated website statistics, understand which content is useful and improve the performance and usability of the website.
Google Analytics cookies are treated as optional and should not be activated unless you consent to analytics cookies. You can withdraw your consent at any time through the cookie preference controls on this website.
For more information, please read:
6. Google reCAPTCHA v3
We use Google reCAPTCHA v3 to protect our website and enquiry forms from spam, fraud and automated abuse.
Unlike a traditional CAPTCHA, reCAPTCHA v3 usually operates without asking you to complete a visible challenge. It analyses interactions with the website and returns a risk score that helps determine whether an interaction is likely to come from a person or an automated system.
When reCAPTCHA operates, information may be sent to Google, including:
- Your IP address;
- Device and browser information;
- The date and time of your interaction;
- Referrer and website-interaction information;
- Information about your operating system; and
- Cookies or other information needed to perform security and risk analysis.
Google states that reCAPTCHA places the _GRECAPTCHA cookie when it is executed for the purpose of providing risk analysis. We classify this as a strictly necessary security cookie because it helps protect our forms and website from malicious or automated activity.
Your use of reCAPTCHA is subject to:
7. WordPress Cookies
This website is built using WordPress. WordPress may use cookies for functions such as:
- Checking whether cookies are supported;
- Authenticating authorised users and administrators;
- Protecting logged-in sessions;
- Remembering administration preferences; and
- Remembering commenter details where commenting is enabled.
Additional WordPress themes or plugins may use cookies or similar technologies. Where optional services are added to the website, this policy and the website’s cookie controls will be reviewed and updated as appropriate.
8. Your Cookie Choices
When you first visit this website, you may be shown a cookie banner that allows you to accept or reject optional cookies.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the cookie preference control available on this website. Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing that took place before it was withdrawn.
Strictly necessary cookies cannot normally be disabled through our preference controls because they are required for security or essential website functions.
9. Browser Controls
Most web browsers allow you to view, block or delete cookies through their settings. The steps vary between browsers, so please consult your browser’s help section for instructions.
Blocking all cookies may affect the operation of this and other websites. For example, certain forms, security features, login functions or saved preferences may not work correctly.
10. International Processing
Google and other technology providers may process information in countries outside the United Kingdom. Where personal information is transferred internationally, applicable legal safeguards are used as required by data-protection law.
Further information about how Google handles international data transfers is available in Google’s Privacy Policy.
11. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy if the cookies used by the website change, new services or plugins are introduced, or relevant legal requirements change.
The latest version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.
12. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us through the contact details or enquiry form published on this website, or write to:
Meghdoots Mystique Masala
East St
Petworth
GU28 0AB
United Kingdom
Email: sanjay@mystiquemasala.co.uk
Telephone: 01798 879879
