Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Stored Payments Limited uses cookies and similar technologies on storedpayments.com and within the Stored merchant portal. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device when you visit it. They allow the site to remember your actions and preferences over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

Similar technologies, such as web beacons, pixels and local storage, are used for comparable purposes. In this policy we refer to all of them as “cookies”.

2. How we use cookies

We use cookies to keep our site secure, remember your preferences, understand how visitors use storedpayments.com, measure the effectiveness of our marketing, and provide a better experience inside the merchant portal.

We do not use cookies to make automated decisions that have a legal or similarly significant effect on you. We will not set any non-essential cookies before you have given consent through the cookie banner displayed on your first visit.

3. Types of cookies we use

Strictly necessary

These cookies are essential for the site or portal to function, for example, to keep you signed in, route requests to the right server, or remember items in a sign-up flow. They cannot be switched off.

Performance & analytics

These cookies tell us how visitors use the site so we can measure and improve performance. They collect aggregate, anonymised information about page views, bounce rates and traffic sources.

Functional

These cookies remember choices you make (such as language or region) to provide a more personal experience.

Marketing

These cookies are used to deliver advertising relevant to you and your interests, and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns across third-party platforms.

4. Cookies we set

The table below lists the main cookies in use on storedpayments.com. The list is not exhaustive and may change as we add or remove third-party services.

Name	Purpose	Duration	Type
_stored_session	Maintains your authenticated session in the merchant portal	Session	Strictly necessary
_stored_csrf	Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks	Session	Strictly necessary
cookie_consent	Stores your cookie banner preferences	12 months	Strictly necessary
_ga	Google Analytics, distinguishes unique visitors	14 months	Analytics
_ga_*	Google Analytics, persists session state	14 months	Analytics
_gcl_au	Google Ads, measures visits and sign-ups that come from our adverts	3 months	Marketing
_uetsid	Microsoft Advertising, links your visits in one day to our adverts on Bing	1 day	Marketing
_uetvid	Microsoft Advertising, recognises returning visitors who came from our adverts on Bing	13 months	Marketing
MUID	Microsoft Advertising, identifies your browser across Microsoft sites so ad visits can be measured	13 months	Marketing
intercom-id-xxx	Powers the in-product support chat (Intercom)	9 months	Functional
_fbp	Meta Pixel, measures effectiveness of Facebook/Instagram ads	3 months	Marketing
_li_id	LinkedIn Insight Tag, conversion tracking	6 months	Marketing

5. Managing cookies

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the “Cookie preferences” link in the footer of any page on storedpayments.com. You can also control cookies through your browser settings, most browsers allow you to block cookies, delete cookies, or be alerted when cookies are being placed.

Please note that blocking strictly necessary cookies will affect how the site and merchant portal function, and certain features may not be available.

6. Third-party cookies

Some cookies on our site are set by third parties such as Google, Microsoft, Meta, LinkedIn and Intercom. These third parties are independently responsible for the data they collect through their cookies. Where consent is required we ask for it before any third-party cookie is set.

For more information about how these providers handle data, please refer to their own privacy policies.

7. Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect new cookies we use or changes in the law. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised. Material changes will trigger a refreshed cookie banner so you can review your preferences.

8. Contact

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies:

• Email: dpo@joinstored.com
• Post: Stored Payments Limited, 4th Floor, 86–90 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NE