COOKIE POLICY
Effective date: 12 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Grape Empire, operated by Horváth Balázs, Sole Proprietor, uses cookies and similar technologies on grape-empire.com.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website.
Cookies allow websites to recognise your device, remember certain information about your visit and provide functions necessary for the operation of the website.
Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while others may remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.
We may also use technologies similar to cookies, such as pixels, tags and other tracking technologies. References to “cookies” in this Policy also include these technologies where applicable.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to:
- ensure the proper and secure operation of our website;
- maintain shopping cart and checkout functionality;
- remember certain preferences;
- understand how visitors use our website;
- improve the performance and usability of our website; and
- measure and improve our advertising activities, where applicable.
Cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of the website may be used without your consent where permitted by applicable law.
All other cookies, including analytics and marketing cookies, are used only after you have provided the required consent through our cookie consent system.
3. Cookie Consent
When you first visit grape-empire.com, a cookie consent banner is displayed.
Through this banner, you can accept or reject non-essential cookies and, where available, manage your preferences by cookie category.
Non-essential cookies will not be activated before the required consent has been provided.
You may withdraw or modify your consent at any time through the cookie settings available on our website.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal of consent.
4. Types of Cookies We Use
4.1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website and online store to function properly.
They may be used for purposes such as:
- maintaining website security;
- maintaining user sessions;
- remembering the contents of your shopping cart;
- enabling checkout functionality;
- enabling secure online payment processing and fraud prevention;
- remembering your cookie consent preferences; and
- providing other functions necessary for the operation of the website.
Because these cookies are required for services requested by the user or for the technical operation of the website, they cannot generally be disabled through our cookie consent system.
Disabling them through your browser settings may cause parts of the website or online store to stop functioning correctly.
4.2. Preference Cookies
Preference cookies allow the website to remember information that affects how the website behaves or appears.
This may include, for example:
- language preferences;
- regional preferences; and
- other website settings selected by the visitor.
Where these cookies are not strictly necessary, they are used only with your consent.
4.3. Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website.
They may collect information about:
- pages visited;
- time spent on the website;
- navigation between pages;
- device and browser information;
- approximate geographic information; and
- how visitors arrived at our website.
We may use analytics services such as Google Analytics, where enabled.
Analytics cookies are used only after you have provided consent where required by applicable law.
The information collected helps us understand the performance of our website and improve our services and user experience.
4.4. Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies and similar technologies may be used to measure advertising performance and provide more relevant advertising.
Where enabled, these technologies may be provided by advertising platforms such as Meta (Facebook and Instagram) or Google.
They may be used to:
- measure advertising campaign performance;
- understand whether an advertisement resulted in a visit or purchase;
- create audiences for advertising purposes; and
- show advertisements that may be more relevant to visitors.
Marketing cookies and tracking technologies are activated only after the visitor has provided the required consent.
5. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies or similar technologies may be placed or operated by third-party service providers whose services are integrated into our website.
Depending on the services enabled on grape-empire.com, these providers may include:
Stripe, for secure online payment processing, payment authentication, fraud prevention and related payment functionality;
Google, where Google Analytics, Google Ads or other Google services are enabled and the required consent has been provided; and
Meta (Facebook and Instagram), where advertising or measurement technologies such as the Meta Pixel are enabled and the required consent has been provided.
Strictly necessary technologies required to provide services explicitly requested by the user, including certain payment and security functions, may operate without consent where permitted by applicable law.
Analytics, advertising and other non-essential third-party technologies are activated only after the required consent has been obtained.
Third-party providers may process information in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies.
The third-party services used on our website may change over time as we update or modify the functionality of the Website.
6. Cookie Duration
Cookies may be either:
Session cookies – these generally expire when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies – these remain on your device for a specified period or until they are deleted.
The exact duration depends on the individual cookie and the service that places it.
Where available, further information about individual cookies and their duration can be found through the cookie settings or consent interface on our website.
7. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can change or withdraw your consent to non-essential cookies at any time using the cookie settings available on grape-empire.com.
You can also manage cookies directly through your web browser.
Most browsers allow you to:
- view stored cookies;
- delete cookies;
- block certain cookies;
- block third-party cookies; or
- prevent websites from storing cookies.
Please note that blocking or deleting strictly necessary cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
For example, shopping cart, checkout, account or other essential website functions may not operate correctly.
8. Browser Settings
Cookie settings can also be managed through your browser.
Instructions are generally available in the privacy or cookie settings of commonly used browsers, including:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Edge
- Apple Safari
As browser interfaces and settings may change over time, we recommend consulting the current documentation provided by your browser provider.
9. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example when:
- we introduce new website functionality;
- we change the technologies or service providers used on the website;
- our use of cookies changes; or
- applicable legal requirements change.
The current version of this Cookie Policy will always be available on grape-empire.com.
The effective date shown at the top of this Policy indicates when the current version became effective.
10. Contact
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact:
Grape Empire
Horváth Balázs, Sole Proprietor
7000 Sárbogárd, Tinódy utca 156.
Hungary
Email: info@grape-empire.com