Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy – AULIAK

Last updated: 01/13/2026

This Cookie Policy explains how AULIAK (“we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on auliak.com(“the Website”).

We use cookies in a limited and careful way, primarily to ensure that the Website and the online gallery function correctly, to support secure transactions, and to understand how visitors explore the work.

For information about how we process personal data more generally, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet or mobile) when you visit a website. They allow the site to recognise your device, remember your preferences, and help certain features work.

Some cookies are strictly necessary for the site and the online shop to function. Others are optional and are used, for example, for analytics or to display embedded content.

Cookies can be:

Session cookies
They are deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies
They remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them.

Cookies can also be:

First-party cookies
Set by the Website (auliak.com).
Third-party cookies
Set by other domains that provide services to the Website, such as analytics or embedded media.

2. Types of cookies we use

2.1. Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the Website and the shop to function. They cannot be switched off in our systems and they are usually only set in response to actions made by you, such as:

Navigating between pages.
Adding a work to the cart.
Proceeding to checkout and completing a purchase.
Managing cookie preferences.

Without these cookies, services you have asked for, such as purchasing a numbered and signed photographic work and receiving your confirmation, cannot be provided.

Examples include:

Cookies that remember the contents of your cart while you move through the site.
Cookies that manage security and access to the checkout.
Cookies that store your cookie consent choices.

2.2. Functional / preference cookies

These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make, such as:

Preferred language.
Region or currency, where available.
Certain display or browsing preferences.

They are intended to make your experience more comfortable and tailored, but are not strictly necessary for the core functioning of the site.

2.3. Analytics / performance cookies

If enabled, these cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the Website, for example:

Which pages are visited most often.
How visitors arrive at the site (for example, from search, social media, or a direct link).
How long visitors stay on certain pages.

We use this information in aggregated form, to improve navigation and to better understand how collectors and curators explore the work. These cookies are only set with your consent, where required by law.

If we use a third-party analytics service (for example, Google Analytics), that provider may also set cookies, and process data in anonymised or pseudonymised form according to its own privacy policy.

2.4. Cookies for embedded content and social media

The Website may occasionally include:

Embedded video content (for example, from Vimeo or YouTube).
Links to social media platforms or external portfolios.

These services may set their own cookies, beyond our direct control. They can be used to track the use of embedded content or to build profiles of your interests for advertising or personalisation elsewhere.

Such cookies are only set when you interact with the relevant content (for example, by playing a video). You can usually control these cookies directly through the settings of each third-party platform.

3. Cookies used by the online shop

Our online shop is powered by WooCommerce and related components. These set cookies that are necessary for:

Remembering which works you have added to the cart.
Maintaining your cart across pages and during your session.
Managing the checkout process in a secure and consistent way.
Remembering basic order information between page loads.

These cookies do not store your full payment card details. Payment data are processed by our payment service providers, not directly by AULIAK, and are handled according to strict security standards.

4. Legal basis and consent

Where cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with the services you request (for example, purchasing and receiving a work), we use them on the basis of our legitimate interest and the performance of a contract.

For cookies that are not strictly necessary, such as analytics or certain third-party cookies, we will request your consentthrough the cookie banner or preferences panel. You can withdraw or adjust your consent at any time.

5. How to control cookies

You have several options to manage cookies:

5.1. Through our cookie banner or settings

When you first visit auliak.com, you will see a cookie banner that allows you to:

Accept all cookies.
Reject non-essential cookies.
Adjust your preferences in more detail (where this functionality is provided by the theme or cookie tool).

You can usually revisit these choices by clicking on a link such as “Cookie settings” or similar, in the footer or within the banner.

5.2. Through your browser settings

Most web browsers allow you to:

See which cookies are stored on your device.
Block cookies from all or specific sites.
Delete cookies when you close the browser.

Please refer to your browser’s help section for more information on how to manage cookies. Keep in mind that blocking certain cookies may affect the functioning of the Website and the shop, and may prevent you from completing a purchase.

5.3. Through third-party tools

Some third-party services provide their own mechanisms to control cookies and tracking, especially for analytics or advertising. You can usually find these settings within your account or privacy settings on those platforms.

6. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example:

To reflect changes in the cookies we use.
To comply with new legal or technical requirements.
To reflect changes in the way we present and sell our work.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. In some cases, we may also display an updated cookie banner or provide additional notice on the Website.

7. Contact

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or about how we use cookies and similar technologies, you can contact us at:

Email: privacy@auliak.com

We will be pleased to clarify how we balance technical needs, legal obligations and the respect for the privacy of collectors, curators and visitors to AULIAK