Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how PergolaMod (operated by Dream Sunrooms LLC, 4124 Walney Road #H, Chantilly, VA 20151) uses cookies and similar technologies on pergolamod.com, what they do, and how you can control them. It supplements our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your computer or phone when you visit. They let the site remember your actions and preferences — such as what's in your shopping cart — either for the duration of your visit ("session cookies") or across visits ("persistent cookies"). Alongside cookies, websites use similar technologies such as local storage and tracking pixels; for simplicity, this policy calls them all "cookies".

Cookies set by us (or by Shopify, the platform our store runs on) are called first-party cookies. Cookies set by other companies whose tools we use — for example analytics or advertising platforms — are called third-party cookies.

Why we use cookies

We use cookies for four purposes: to make the store work, to remember your preferences, to understand how the site is used, and to measure and improve our marketing. We do not use cookies to collect sensitive personal information.

The cookies we use

1. Strictly necessary cookies

These are essential — without them the store cannot function. They cannot be switched off through our site.

Cart and checkout — remembering the products in your cart and enabling a secure checkout.
Session and security — keeping your session stable, preventing cross-site request forgery, remembering that you passed the storefront password where applicable.
Load balancing and platform cookies — set by Shopify to deliver the site reliably.

2. Functional cookies

These remember choices you make so the site works more smoothly on repeat visits — for example remembering quiz progress within a session, or that you have already seen a popup so we don't show it again.

3. Analytics cookies

These help us understand how visitors use the site — which pages are visited, how long visits last, where visitors come from and where they drop off. We use this information in aggregated form to improve navigation, content and product pages. Analytics data does not directly identify you.

4. Marketing cookies

These measure the effectiveness of our advertising and can be used by advertising platforms (such as Google or Meta) to show you more relevant ads on their networks. They record, for example, that you visited our site or requested a quote, so that we know which campaigns lead to real projects. Where legally required, these cookies are only set with your consent.

How long cookies stay on your device

Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain for a set period — from a few hours (security cookies) up to about two years (some analytics and preference cookies) — or until you delete them. You can see and delete individual cookies at any time in your browser.

Managing and deleting cookies

You are in control of cookies:

Browser settings — every modern browser lets you view, block and delete cookies, per-site or globally. Look for "Cookies" or "Site data" in the privacy settings of Chrome, Safari, Firefox or Edge. Browsers on phones have equivalent settings.
Blocking third-party cookies — most browsers can block third-party cookies while allowing first-party cookies, which keeps the store working while limiting cross-site tracking.
Advertising opt-outs — you can opt out of interest-based advertising through the platforms' own tools and through industry programs such as the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out page (aboutads.info).
Do Not Track / Global Privacy Control — where our platform recognizes such browser signals, we honor them as required by applicable law.

Please note: if you block strictly necessary cookies, core parts of the store — the cart, checkout and forms — will not work.

Cookies in emails

Our newsletters may contain a tracking pixel that tells us whether an email was opened and which links were clicked, helping us send fewer, better emails. You can prevent this by disabling image loading in your email client, and of course by unsubscribing.