Cookie Policy
Understanding how we use cookies to protect and enhance your wedding page experience
Effective Date: October 4, 2025 | Last Updated: June 12, 2026
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
Fizz Wedding is committed to transparency about how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our wedding services. This policy explains our use of cookies and similar technologies in plain language, helping you understand how they support our mission to help couples celebrate and share their wedding day. Cookies help us provide essential features like secure access to wedding pages, remembering your preferences, and ensuring guests can safely contribute photos, videos, and messages. We believe in minimal data collection - using only what's necessary to create a meaningful, lasting record of your celebration. This policy complies with UK GDPR, EU GDPR, and international privacy regulations. We've designed our approach to respect both your privacy and the personal nature of wedding content.
Quick Summary: We use cookies primarily to keep your wedding pages secure and to remember your preferences. We don't use tracking cookies for advertising or marketing purposes.
Compliance: This policy complies with UK PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations), UK GDPR, and ICO guidance on cookies and similar technologies.
What Are Cookies?
Think of cookies as digital memory helpers - small text files that help our website remember important details about your visit. Just as a wedding page preserves precious memories of your celebration, cookies help preserve your preferences and settings as you navigate wedding pages. When you visit a wedding page, cookies might remember: • Your preferred language settings • Whether you've already posted to the wedding page • Your privacy choices and consent preferences • Security tokens that keep wedding page content safe • Technical settings that ensure photos and videos load properly Cookies don't store personal details like your name, email, or the messages you write. Instead, they work behind the scenes to make your experience smoother and more enjoyable as you share and celebrate.
Cookies allow us to remember your preferences and provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They also help us to understand how our site is being used.
Cookies We Use
We use a minimal number of cookies, focusing only on what's necessary to provide our wedding services securely and effectively.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality and security features. No consent required - these cookies are always active.
Cookies we use:
- • session_jwt_* - Secure authentication for guest users accessing wedding pages
- • sb-*-auth-token - Authentication for wedding page owners and administrators
- • subscription_ref - Temporary reference during subscription checkout (30 minutes)
- • cky-consent - Stores your cookie consent preferences from CookieYes banner
- • cookieyes-necessary - CookieYes cookie that enables basic consent banner functionality (session)
- • cky-active-check - CookieYes cookie that checks if the consent banner is active (session)
Legal Basis: Legitimate interest - necessary for website operation and security
Preference Cookies
These cookies remember your choices and settings to provide a personalized experience, and include analytics cookies that help us understand how our wedding services are used. Your consent is required for these cookies.
Cookies we use:
- • currency - Remembers your preferred currency (GBP, EUR, USD) for 1 year
- • locale - Remembers your language and region preferences (en-gb, en-us, en-ie) for 1 year
Legal Basis: Consent - we ask for your permission to set these cookies
Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics 4 via Google Tag Manager to understand how our wedding services are used and to improve the user experience. The following analytics cookies may be set with your consent: _ga - Main Google Analytics cookie that distinguishes unique users (expires in 2 years) _ga_* - Google Analytics 4 session and engagement tracking (expires in 2 years) _gtm_* - Google Tag Manager cookies for analytics events and conversions (30 minutes to 2 years) These cookies help us track page views and user interactions, monitor subscription conversion rates, analyse user journeys, and measure the effectiveness of our help centre and support resources. Analytics data is anonymised and aggregated. We do not track individual users across other websites or use this data for advertising purposes. You can opt out of analytics tracking through your browser settings or by disabling analytics cookies in our cookie preferences. Your consent is required for analytics cookies, and they can be disabled without affecting the core functionality of wedding pages.
Marketing Cookies
We do not use any marketing or advertising cookies. We don't track your browsing behavior for advertising purposes or share your information with advertising networks.
Wedding Page Cookie Uses
Cookies help us provide a secure and personalized wedding page experience.
Wedding Page Security
- • Secure guest authentication
- • Wedding page access control and privacy protection
- • Prevention of unauthorized wedding page access
- • Protection against wedding page content vandalism
Couple & Guest Experience
- • Remember wedding page privacy preferences
- • Maintain wedding page customization settings
- • Support multiple guest access
- • Preserve wedding page layout and display choices
Long-Term Access
- • Support wedding page access over many years
- • Remember accessibility preferences
- • Preserve couple and guest collaboration settings
International Guests
- • Automatic currency and locale detection
- • Support for international guests
- • Consistent experience across regions
- • Wedding page sharing across time zones
Third-Party Services
We work with trusted third-party services to provide essential features for wedding pages. Each service has been carefully selected for their commitment to data protection and their specific role in supporting wedding page experiences:
Stripe (Payment processing)
Handles secure payment transactions.
Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy
Supabase (Database management)
Provides backend services for data storage.
Privacy Policy: https://supabase.io/privacy
Vercel (Hosting and deployment)
Hosts our website and ensures fast delivery.
Privacy Policy: https://vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy
Google Fonts (To display custom fonts on our site.)
Google Fonts is used to enhance the visual appearance of our site.
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Analytics 4 (Website analytics and user behavior tracking)
Tracks website usage patterns, page views, and user interactions to help us improve our wedding services.
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Tag Manager (Analytics and conversion tracking management)
Manages our analytics tags and tracking pixels to measure website performance and user engagement.
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
CookieYes (Cookie consent management and compliance)
Manages cookie consent banners, user preferences, and compliance records to ensure GDPR and privacy regulation compliance.
Privacy Policy: https://www.cookieyes.com/privacy-policy/
Sentry (Error Monitoring & Performance Analytics)
Tracks application errors, performance metrics, and user session replays to improve service reliability and identify issues that may affect wedding page access
Privacy Policy: https://sentry.io/privacy/
Legal Basis for Cookie Use
Under data protection laws (including UK GDPR and EU GDPR), we must have a legal basis for using cookies. Our legal basis varies depending on the purpose:
Legitimate Interest
For essential security, functionality, and service delivery cookies that are necessary to provide wedding services effectively and safely
Consent
For analytics cookies (Google Analytics 4), preference cookies, and any future marketing cookies that enhance your experience but aren't essential for basic wedding page functionality. You can withdraw consent at any time through your browser settings or cookie preferences.
Contract Performance
For cookies essential to delivering the wedding services you've subscribed to, such as maintaining your session and ensuring proper billing
Cookie Data Protection
We take data protection seriously, implementing multiple security layers to protect both your personal information and the wedding photos, videos, and messages you share:
Security Measures
- • All authentication cookies are httpOnly and secure
- • Cookies use SameSite attributes to prevent CSRF attacks
- • Sensitive data is encrypted in transit and at rest
- • Regular security audits and penetration testing
Data Retention
- • Session cookies expire when you close your browser
- • Preference cookies last up to 1 year
- • Subscription cookies expire after 30 minutes
- • All cookies are automatically deleted when expired
- • Google Analytics cookies expire after 2 years
- • Google Tag Manager cookies expire after 30 minutes to 2 years
- • Analytics data is anonymized after 14 months in Google Analytics
Access Controls
- • Only authorized personnel can access cookie data
- • All access is logged and monitored
- • Cookie data is compartmentalized by purpose
- • Regular access reviews and updates
Data Minimization
- • We collect only necessary cookie data
- • No personal information is stored in cookies
- • Cookies contain only technical identifiers
- • Regular review of cookie necessity
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have full control over cookies on our website. We use CookieYes (integrated via Google Tag Manager) to manage your cookie preferences and ensure compliance with privacy regulations. Here's how to manage your cookie preferences:
Browser Controls
You can manage cookies through multiple methods: Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our website, CookieYes will display a consent banner where you can accept or decline different types of cookies. Cookie Preferences: You can change your preferences at any time using the cookie settings link (usually in the footer). Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings - you can choose to block cookies or receive warnings before cookies are stored. Google Analytics Opt-out: You can specifically opt out of Google Analytics tracking using Google's opt-out browser add-on.
Google Chrome
Settings → Advanced → Privacy and security → Site Settings → Cookies
Mozilla Firefox
Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
Safari
Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
Microsoft Edge
Settings → Site permissions → Cookies and site data
Mobile Devices
iOS Safari
Settings → Safari → Advanced → Website Data
Android Chrome
Chrome → Settings → Site Settings → Cookies
Important Notes
Please note: Disabling essential cookies may prevent you from accessing wedding pages or using important features like posting messages and photos. Preference cookies can be safely disabled, but you may need to reset your language and currency preferences on each visit.
Your Rights Regarding Cookies
Under data protection laws, you have specific rights regarding cookies and the data they collect:
Right to Information
You have the right to be informed about how your data is used.
Right to Control
You have the right to control the use of your data.
Right to Access
You have the right to access your data.
Right to Deletion
You have the right to request the deletion of your data.
International Compliance
We comply with international data protection regulations.
UK Compliance
- • Compliant with the UK GDPR
- • Compliant with PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations)
- • Regularly reviewed for updates
- • Following ICO guidance
EU Compliance
- • Compliant with the EU GDPR
- • Privacy contact available for data protection enquiries
- • Adhering to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
US Compliance
- • Compliant with CCPA
- • Opt-out options provided
- • Following applicable state privacy laws
Other Jurisdictions
- • Compliant with applicable local laws
- • Regular compliance checks
- • Respecting privacy laws in other jurisdictions
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or service improvements. When we make significant changes:
- • We will notify you via email if you have an account with us
- • We will post a notice on our website
- • We will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy
- • Material changes will take effect 30 days after posting
- • We may seek new consent if required by law
Questions About Cookies?
For questions about this policy, please use our contact form or reach out to our data protection contact directly.
Data Protection Contact
Email: privacy@fizz.wedding
General Support
Mailing Address
We aim to respond to all cookie-related inquiries within 48 hours during business days.