Cookie Policy
Effective date: January 15, 2026
Last updated: January 15, 2026
What are cookies?
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use (i.e., the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used), and how to manage your cookie settings.
Cookies are small text files used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when a website loads in your browser. These cookies help ensure that the website functions properly, enhance security, provide a better user experience, and analyse performance to identify what works and where improvements are needed.
How do we use cookies?
Like most online services, our website uses both first-party and third-party cookies for various purposes. First-party cookies are primarily necessary for the website to function properly and do not collect any personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website primarily help us understand how the website performs, track how you interact with it, keep our services secure, deliver relevant advertisements, and enhance your overall user experience while improving the speed of your future interactions with our website.
We use cookies on the website and associated domains of www.mysecretwish.ca and on associated stores and websites for the following purposes (some of which are provided by our hosting platforms, Payhip and Wordpress):
Authentication, Customization, Security and Other Functional Cookies. Cookies help us verify your Account and device and determine when you’re logged in, so we can make it easier for you to access the Services and provide the appropriate experiences and features. We also use cookies to help prevent fraudulent use of login credentials and to remember choices you’ve made on the Services, such as your language preference.
Performance And Analytics. Cookies help us analyze how the Services are being accessed and used, and enable us to track performance of the Services. For example, we use cookies to determine if you viewed a page or opened an email. This helps us provide you with information that you find interesting.
Third Parties. Third Party Services may use cookies to help you sign into their services from our Services. Any such third party cookie usage is governed by the policy of the third party placing the cookie.
Ads. We partner with third party publishers, advertising networks and service providers to manage our ads on other sites. Our third party partners may set cookies on your device or browser to gather information about your activities on the Services and other sites you visit, in order to provide you with targeted ads for Talena Winters or My Secret Wish Knitting. For example, if you visit mysecretwish.ca and also use a social media platform, you may see a My Secret Wish Knitting ad in your social media newsfeed or timeline.
Opting Out. You can set your browser to not accept cookies, but this may limit your ability to use the Services. We currently don’t respond to DNT:1 signals from browsers visiting our Services. You can also opt out of receiving interest-based ads from certain ad networks here (or if located in the European Union, here). When signing up for any of our email marketing, you also have the option of opting out of targeted advertising based on your email address. These preferences can be adjusted at any time.
Currently, we use cookies or pixels from the following third-party providers:
- Payhip (Cookie Policy)
- Wordpress.com for blog (Cookie Policy)
- Google Analytics - This service collects personal information related to your device, location, and Google User ID, in order to serve you relevant ads across devices. While our website does not personally receive this information, by using our website, you acknowledge that your information may be used by Google in accordance with their Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. See how Google uses your information and personalize your ad settings. See more information about their cookies.
- Facebook (Cookie Policy - How to adjust Facebook ad targeting settings)
- Microsoft Clarity (Cookie Policy)
- Amazon.ca (Cookie Policy)
- Pinterest (Cookie Policy)
Privacy Statement for the Service Microsoft Clarity
Personal data is processed when you visit this website.
- Processed data categories: data for creating usage statistics.
- Purpose of processing: Anonymization and creation of statistics and analysis of user behavior.
- The legal basis for processing: Your consent according to Art. 6 (1) a GDPR.
- Data is transmitted: to the data controller Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd., One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland.
The legal basis for the data transfer to Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd. is Your consent according to Art. 6 (1) a GDPR. This may also mean a transfer of personal data to a country outside the European Union. The data is transferred to the USA on the basis of Art. 45 GDPR in conjunction with the European Commission's adequacy decision C(2023) 4745, since the data recipient has committed to comply with the data processing principles of the Data Privacy Framework (DPF). To contact the data protection officer by email Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd.: https://www.microsoft.com/de-at/concern/privacy. The privacy policy of Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd.: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement.