Cookie Policy

How Sonark Marine Uses Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Last Updated: January 26, 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Sonark Marine ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website at sonarkmarine.com. We use these technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and understand how visitors interact with our content.

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognize your device and remember information about your visit, such as your preferences, login status, and items in your shopping cart. Cookies help make websites work more efficiently and provide information to site owners about how visitors use their site.

How We Use Cookies

Sonark Marine uses cookies for several purposes including operating our website, providing features you request, analyzing how our site performs, and improving your overall shopping experience. We do not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information unless you voluntarily provide it to us.

Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for our website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, shopping cart operations, and accessibility. You cannot opt out of these cookies as the website cannot function properly without them.

Cookie Name	Purpose	Duration
_shopify_s	Session tracking for shopping cart functionality	30 minutes
_shopify_y	Persistent identifier for your device	1 year
cart	Stores your shopping cart contents	2 weeks
cart_ts	Cart timestamp for checkout functionality	2 weeks
cart_sig	Cart signature for security verification	2 weeks
secure_customer_sig	Customer authentication verification	1 year
storefront_digest	Password protection verification	1 year

Analytics and Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, including which pages are visited most often, how visitors navigate between pages, and whether they experience any errors. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous. We use this data to improve how our website works.

Cookie Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
_ga	Google Analytics	Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number	2 years
_ga_*	Google Analytics 4	Maintains session state and tracks user interactions	2 years
_gid	Google Analytics	Distinguishes users for analytics purposes	24 hours
_gat	Google Analytics	Throttles request rate to limit data collection	1 minute
_gcl_au	Google Ads	Stores and tracks conversions	90 days

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences, language selection, and region. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Cookie Name	Purpose	Duration
localization	Remembers your country and language preferences	1 year
_shopify_country	Stores your selected country for shipping	Session
_shopify_m	Marketing and referral tracking	1 year
_tracking_consent	Stores your cookie consent preferences	1 year

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

These cookies track your online activity to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising or to limit how many times you see an advertisement. These cookies can share information with other organizations or advertisers. We may use these cookies if you have consented to marketing communications.

Cookie Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
_fbp	Facebook/Meta	Tracks visits across websites for targeted advertising	90 days
_pin_unauth	Pinterest	Groups actions for users who cannot be identified	1 year
_uetsid	Microsoft Bing	Tracks visitors across sessions for advertising	1 day
_uetvid	Microsoft Bing	Tracks visitors across multiple visits for advertising	13 months

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control the dissemination of these cookies. These third parties include Google (Analytics and Ads), Meta/Facebook, Pinterest, Microsoft, and Shopify. Please refer to the privacy policies of these third parties for information about their cookies and how to manage them.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about your use of our site, including your IP address. This information is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google may transfer this information to third parties where required by law or where third parties process information on Google's behalf. For more information, visit Google's Privacy Policy. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Shopify

Our website is hosted on Shopify. Shopify provides us with an e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products to you. Shopify uses cookies for essential site functionality, analytics, and security.

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