Cookie policy
Last updated: 27 August 2026
Mingtea uses cookies and similar technologies on its online shop. In this cookie policy, we explain what cookies are, why we use them, and how you can manage your preferences.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that can be stored on or read from your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies can be used, for example, to remember a shopping cart, ensure that a website functions properly, save preferences, analyze website usage, or measure the effectiveness of advertisements.
In addition to cookies, similar technologies may be used to store or read information on your device. Where we refer to cookies in this policy, this also includes such technologies where applicable.
2. What types of cookies do we use?
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the correct and secure operation of our online shop. They are used, for example, for the shopping cart, checkout, security, customer accounts and remembering certain choices that are necessary to provide the requested service.
Prior consent is not required for strictly necessary cookies. Without these cookies, certain parts of our online shop may not function correctly.
Functional cookies
Functional cookies may be used to enable additional preferences or features of the online shop and improve your user experience.
When the use of a functional cookie is legally subject to consent, it is only placed after you have given your consent.
Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies help us understand how visitors use our online shop. They allow us, for example, to gain insight into the pages visited, the use of features and the performance of our online shop.
For this purpose, we may use Google Analytics 4, among other tools.
Analytical cookies that require consent are only placed after you have given your consent.
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies and similar technologies may be used to measure the effectiveness of our advertisements and, when you have given your consent, to make advertisements more relevant.
For this purpose, we may use services from Google and Meta, among others.
Marketing cookies that require consent are only placed after you have given your consent.
3. Shopify cookies
Our online store is provided through Shopify. Shopify uses cookies and similar technologies that may be necessary, among other things, for the operation and security of the online store, shopping cart, checkout, and customer accounts.
Shopify may also use cookies and similar technologies for other purposes. Where consent is required under applicable law, they will be used in accordance with your cookie preferences.
4. Cookies and third-party technologies
Certain features of our online shop are provided with the help of external service providers. Depending on the service used and your cookie preferences, these parties may use cookies or similar technologies.
This may include services for:
- website analytics;
- advertising measurement and marketing;
- payments;
- customer reviews;
- other features that are necessary for or integrated into our online shop.
Where legally required, non-essential cookies from external parties are only activated after you have given your consent.
5. Manage your cookie preferences
When you visit our online shop, you can set your preferences for non-essential cookies via our cookie banner.
You can withdraw your consent or adjust your choices later via the cookie preferences in our online shop.
Refusing or withdrawing consent for non-essential cookies does not affect the strictly necessary cookies required for the online shop to function.
6. Delete cookies via your browser
You can also view, block, or delete cookies through your internet browser settings. Please note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may cause certain parts of our online shop to function incorrectly.
7. Personal data
When personal data is processed through cookies, our Privacy Policy also applies. There you can find more information about which personal data we process, why we do so, with whom data may be shared, and what rights you have.
8. Changes to this cookie policy
We may update this cookie policy when the cookies, services, technologies or legal requirements used change.
The most recent version is always published on our online store. At the top of this page, we state when the cookie policy was last updated.
9. Contact
Do you have any questions about our use of cookies or this cookie policy? If so, please contact us at info@mingtea.be.