- General Overview & Business Identity
This Cookie Policy explains how cookies and similar tracking tools are deployed on www.sunhatry.com.
Our website and online commerce operations are managed under our registered business enterprise in Germany. We are committed to maintaining compliance with European data privacy standards, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (Telekommunikation-Digitale-Dienste-Datenschutz-Gesetz – TDDDG).
Customer Support Email: sunhat@sunhatry.com
- What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, mobile phone, or device when you visit an online portal. They are widely used to make websites function efficiently, improve user navigation, support operational security, and provide analytical insights to website operators. - Consent Mechanism & User Choice
In compliance with European legal requirements, we enforce a strict prior-consent framework regarding the placement of cookies on your device:
Cookie Consent Banner: When you first access www.sunhatry.com, a Cookie Consent Banner is displayed giving you full autonomy over optional cookies.
Explicit Opt-In: Non-essential cookies (such as performance, analytics, or functional preference cookies) are only activated and deployed after you explicitly click the “Accept” button on our consent banner.
Essential Cookies: Essential technical cookies required for fundamental website functionality (such as maintaining your shopping basket or managing basic security layers) operate without requiring prior consent under statutory exceptions.
Managing Preferences: You may change, manage, or revoke your cookie preferences at any time via your internet browser settings or by updating your preferences through our website interface.
- Categories of Cookies Used & Third-Party Processing
We categorize cookies deployed on www.sunhatry.com into two distinct operational groups:
A. Essential & Technical Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the technical operation and administrative stability of our website. They enable core functions such as shopping cart operations, page navigation, and secure checkout processing.
Third-Party Processing (Stripe): Necessary technical and security cookies are processed by our payment provider, Stripe, during the checkout procedure to maintain transaction integrity, process authorization requests, and detect fraudulent activity.
B. Analytical & Functional Cookies (Optional)
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website pages, measure site performance, and remember your regional preferences. These cookies are processed strictly based on your explicit consent given via our consent banner.
- Cookie Retention Periods
Cookies used on www.sunhatry.com are stored on your terminal device for differing durations, strictly adhering to German and European regulatory frameworks:
Session Cookies: These temporary cookies remain active only during your active browsing session and are automatically erased from your device as soon as you close your web browser.
Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain stored on your device across multiple sessions to remember your settings and consent choices. Persistent cookies used on our portal are subject to predefined expiration thresholds:
Consent Preference Cookies: Stored for 6 to 12 months, after which you will be requested to confirm your preferences again.
Third-Party Payment & Security Cookies (Stripe): Stored for variable operational periods ranging from 30 days up to a maximum of 2 years, in accordance with payment processing security requirements and statutory documentation standards.
Analytical Cookies (Optional): Stored for a maximum period of 12 to 24 months unless manually deleted or revoked earlier by the user.
- How to Control and Delete Cookies
In addition to our consent banner, most internet browsers allow you to manage or delete stored cookies through their standard settings interface. You may configure your browser to block third-party cookies, clear existing cookies upon browser closure, or notify you whenever a new cookie is set.
Please note that restricting essential cookies may impact the technical performance or functionality of the checkout interface on www.sunhatry.com.
- Contact Information & Privacy Concerns
For further details regarding how personal data is processed on www.sunhatry.com, please review our comprehensive Privacy Policy. If you have specific inquiries regarding our cookie management framework, please contact our support desk:
Support Email: sunhat@sunhatry.com