Cookie policy and preferences

1. Site controller

Controller: Install Beer S.L.
Trade name: Install Beer
Tax ID (NIF/CIF): B61005526
Intra-Community VAT: ESB61005526
Address: Carrer de Joaquim Valls, 109, local, 08042 Barcelona, Spain
Telephone: +34 93 346 46 56
Email: info@installbeer.com
Website: installbeer.com

2. What cookies are

Cookies are small files or pieces of information that a website stores on or accesses from the user’s browser or device while they are browsing.

They may be used to:

• Keeping a session open.
• Remember products added to the cart.
• Save language, country or currency preferences.
• Protect the store and prevent fraudulent transactions.
• Analyze use of the site.
• Measure campaigns and conversions.
• Personalize content or advertising.
• Enable forms, reviews, chat and other features.

Some cookies only identify a session or device. Others may be linked to an account, order, IP address, advertising identifier or interaction when necessary for the relevant purpose.

3. Similar technologies

This policy uses the term “cookies” to also refer, where appropriate, to other technologies that store, retrieve or transmit information from the device.

These technologies may include:

• Local storage or localStorage.
• Session storage or sessionStorage.
• Tracking pixels.
• Advertising labels or tags.
• Measurement SDKs and APIs.
• Web beacons.
• Browser or device identifiers.
• Attribution parameters included in a URL.
• Technical records and consent signals.

These technologies may work in a similar way to a cookie even though they technically do not store a file with that name in the browser.

4. Scope of application

This policy applies to:

• The installbeer.com online store.
• The cart and checkout process.
• Customer accounts.
• Shopify forms.
• Product, collection and content pages.
• Review and trust modules.
• Chat and messaging tools.
• Analytics or advertising pixels and tags.
• Hosted or integrated payment pages.

Websites, apps or external platforms accessed via a link will be subject to their own cookie and privacy policies.

5. Legal basis and consent

Strictly necessary cookies

Strictly necessary cookies may be used without requesting consent when their sole purpose is to enable the transmission of a communication or to provide a function expressly requested by the user.

This may include the cart, the session, the checkout process, security, fraud prevention, authentication and the storage of consent preferences.

Non-essential cookies

Cookies used for analytics, advertising, audience creation, personalization, cross‑service tracking or other non‑essential purposes require consent when so established by the regulations.

Consent is requested via Shopify’s banner and preference panel or via another management platform properly integrated with the store.

The user may:

• Accept all non-essential categories.
• Reject all non-essential categories.
• Configure categories individually.
• Change your choice later.

Acceptance of cookies is requested separately from acceptance of the terms of service, the Privacy Policy, or the creation of an account.

6. Cookies according to their duration

Session cookies

They are used during a browsing session and normally disappear when the user closes the browser or ends the session.

Persistent cookies

They remain stored for a set period or until the user deletes them.

Their duration may vary depending on the purpose, the provider, the browser settings and the cookie’s renewal date.

Install Beer will seek to ensure that the duration is proportionate to the purpose pursued and will periodically review the technologies used.

7. First‑party and third‑party cookies

First-party cookies

These are sent from the Install Beer domain or managed directly to provide the store’s functions.

A cookie that is technically stored under installbeer.com may be managed by an external provider and used for its services. In that case, it will not necessarily be considered an exclusively first‑party cookie.

Third-party cookies

These are managed by entities other than Install Beer, such as e‑commerce platforms, analytics, advertising, payment, review or messaging services.

These third parties may receive information about browsing and process it in accordance with Install Beer’s configuration, the consents granted and their own policies.

8. Categories of cookies used

8.1. Necessary cookies

They are essential for the store to function, maintain security and provide features requested by the user.

They may be used to:

• Keep the session and browsing active.

• Save products in the cart.

• Remember the checkout status.
• Authenticate customer accounts.
• Processing orders and payments.
• Prevent fraud, abuse, and unauthorized access.
• Balance the load and ensure technical operation.
• Remember the privacy selection.
• Manage expressly submitted forms.

These cookies cannot be disabled from the panel when they are strictly necessary, although they can be blocked in the browser. Blocking them may prevent the store from functioning.

8.2. Preference and functionality cookies

They allow certain choices to be remembered in order to offer a more tailored experience.

They can be used to remember:

• Language.
• Country or market.
• Currency.
• Display preferences.
• Status of certain components.
• Accessibility options.

Some preferences may be considered necessary when they have been expressly requested. Others will only be activated with consent.

8.3. Analytics and performance cookies

They allow measurement of site usage and understanding of how visitors interact with the store.

They may be used to analyze:

• Number of visits and sessions.
• Pages and products viewed.
• Approximate origin of traffic.
• Device, browser and operating system.
• Performance and technical errors.
• Interaction with buttons, forms and navigation.
• Carts, purchases, and aggregated conversions.

Install Beer includes Google Analytics and Shopify’s non‑essential analytics features in this category.

These technologies will only be activated with consent when this is required.

8.4. Advertising and measurement cookies

They make it possible to measure campaigns, attribute conversions, limit ad repetition, create audiences, and display advertising related to the user’s activity or interests.

Install Beer may use advertising technologies from:

• Google Ads.
• Goal.
• Microsoft Advertising.
• Pinterest.
• Shopify Network Intelligence and Shopify enhanced services.

These technologies can log events such as:

• Visit to a page.
• Search completed.
• Product inquired about.
• Product added to cart.
• Start of the payment process.
• Purchase completed.
• Amount and currency of a conversion.
• Interaction with an ad.

Non-essential advertising cookies and features require consent in territories where this is mandatory.

8.5. Review and trust cookies

Trusted Shops and Judge.me may use cookies or similar technologies to display trust elements, manage reviews, verify purchases, prevent fraudulent reviews and measure interaction with their components.

When a feature is strictly necessary to display a requested service, it may be activated when you use it. Non-essential tracking or measurement features will be subject to the corresponding consent.

8.6. Chat and messaging cookies

Konvo AI and Meta services may use storage or identifiers to start a conversation, maintain its continuity, remember its state, protect the channel, and link messages to a session or contact.

Functions that are strictly necessary to respond to a conversation requested by the user may be activated when the user opens or uses the channel.

Additional, non-essential analytics, tracking or personalization features will be subject to consent.

8.7. Payment and fraud-prevention cookies

Shopify Payments, PayPal, MONEI and the financial institutions involved may use cookies and technical signals to:

• Process the payment.
• Authenticate the buyer.
• Apply strong customer authentication.
• Prevent fraud and unauthorized transactions.

• Manage returns and disputes.

• Fulfil financial and security obligations.

When these technologies are necessary to execute the requested payment or ensure its security, they may be used without advertising or analytics consent.

8.8. Artificial intelligence services

Install Beer’s use of OpenAI does not necessarily mean that OpenAI installs cookies directly in the browser. Some functions may run from Install Beer’s systems or via server-to-server connections.

When an artificial intelligence tool is integrated directly into the site and uses storage, identifiers or scripts on the device, it will be classified according to its purpose and will be subject to the corresponding consent when it is not strictly necessary.

9. Providers and services

Depending on the pages visited, features used, location and preferences chosen, the following providers may be involved:

This table identifies the intended providers and purposes. Not all technologies are loaded on all pages, devices, countries or sessions.

The mere existence of an installed application does not necessarily mean that it places a cookie on every visit. Its activation may depend on the page, the action taken and the consent given.

10. When they are triggered

In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and other regions configured with prior consent:

• Strictly necessary cookies may be enabled from the outset.
• Non-essential analytics, advertising, and personalization cookies will remain disabled until consent is obtained.
• Functions that you actively request, such as a payment or conversation, may use the technologies that are essential to provide the service.
• The user’s selection will be communicated to the tools integrated with Shopify’s privacy API.

In other territories, a different consent, objection, or opt-out system may apply depending on local regulations and the Shopify Markets configuration.

Install Beer may voluntarily extend the banner to regions where it is not mandatory in order to offer greater control to the user.

11. How to manage preferences

The user can manage their preferences through:

• The banner displayed when accessing the store.

• The configuration panel included in the banner.

• The permanent “Cookie preferences” link located in the footer.
• The options available in Shopify’s privacy section.
• Your browser or device settings.

Where applicable, the panel will allow you to:

• Accept all non-essential cookies.
• Reject them.
• Enable or disable categories.
• Save selection.
• Change your choice later.

Strictly necessary categories will appear as enabled and cannot be disabled from the panel when they are essential to provide the store or the requested function.

12. How to withdraw consent

Consent can be withdrawn at any time and in a way that is just as easy as the way in which it was given.

To change or withdraw a choice, the user must open the “Cookie preferences” link, which is permanently available in the footer.

Withdrawal of consent:

• This does not affect processing lawfully carried out beforehand.
• It will prevent new non‑necessary uses from that device or browser.
• You may need to manually delete cookies previously stored by third parties when the tool cannot remove them directly.
• It must be repeated in other browsers or devices used by the user.

Install Beer may request a new decision when the purposes or providers change significantly, preferences are deleted, or an appropriate period has elapsed.

As a general rule, the validity of a choice should not exceed 24 months without a new review, unless the applicable regulations or configuration set a shorter period.

13. Browser settings

Browsers allow you to view, block and delete cookies. The options are usually found in the privacy, security, history or site settings sections.

The user can configure their browser to:

• Block all cookies.
• Block only third-party cookies.
• Delete cookies when closing the browser.
• View stored cookies.
• Delete cookies from a specific domain.
• Limit advertising tracking.

Browser settings are complementary to the Install Beer panel and do not replace the obligation to provide an in-house mechanism to refuse or withdraw consent.

The exact instructions depend on the browser, operating system, and version used.

14. Consequences of refusing cookies

Rejecting non-essential cookies will not prevent access to the store, viewing products, adding items to the cart or making a purchase.

However, it may cause:

• Certain preferences are not remembered.
• Some external content will not load automatically.
• Recommendations will be less personalized.
• Some visits or conversions may not be measurable.
• Reviews or chat require an additional action.
• The ads shown are less relevant.

Blocking strictly necessary cookies in the browser may prevent the cart, account, payment, security, or certain requested functions from working.

15. International transfers

Some Shopify, analytics, advertising, messaging, review, payment or artificial intelligence providers may process information from countries located outside the European Economic Area.

When a cookie or technology involves an international transfer of personal data, the mechanisms and safeguards accepted under the regulations will be used, such as:

• Adequacy decisions of the European Commission.
• Standard contractual clauses.
• Binding corporate rules.

• Recognized data protection frameworks.

• Another legally valid warranty or exception.

Additional information is available in the Privacy and data protection policy.

16. Processing of personal data

When cookies or similar technologies make it possible to identify a person directly or indirectly, the information will be considered personal data.

Processing may include:

• IP address.

• Browser, session or device identifiers.
• Approximate location data.
• Pages visited and actions taken.
• Products viewed and added to the cart.
• Purchases and conversion events.
• Preferences and consent.
• Interactions with ads, reviews or chat.

Information on the controller, legal bases, recipients, retention, transfers and rights can be found in the Privacy Policy.

17. Minors

The Install Beer store is not specifically aimed at minors.

When a service is specifically aimed at minors and the processing requires consent, the additional measures provided for by law will be applied to verify the authorisation of parents or legal guardians where appropriate.

18. Inventory updates

Cookies and providers may change due to:

• Shopify updates.
• Installation, removal, or modification of apps.
• Changes to pixels and campaigns.
• Updates from external providers.
• New payment methods.
• Changes in markets, languages or features.
• Regulatory or technical changes.

Install Beer will periodically review the technologies that are loaded before and after consent and will update this policy when the change is relevant.

If the purposes or the third parties using the cookies change substantially, the information will be updated and a new decision will be requested where appropriate.

The exact inventory may vary depending on the device, browser, page visited, country, payment method, active apps, and privacy selection.

19. Contact

For any questions about cookies or privacy settings:

Install Beer S.L.
Carrer de Joaquim Valls, 109, local
08042 Barcelona, Spain
Telephone: +34 93 346 46 56
Email: info@installbeer.com

Indicate “Cookies and privacy” in the subject line to facilitate handling of the request.

For other commercial inquiries, order issues or complaints not exclusively related to cookies, please see: Customer service, complaints and claims.