Cookie Policy
Last updated: 2026-02-27
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit MotorPartsFinder. They serve various purposes, from enabling essential platform functionality to helping us understand how you use our service. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, and pixel tags, which function in comparable ways. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can control your preferences. By continuing to use our platform with cookies enabled, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy for a complete understanding of our data practices.
2. Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of MotorPartsFinder and cannot be disabled without affecting core functionality. These include authentication cookies that maintain your logged-in session, security cookies that protect against cross-site request forgery and other attacks, and session cookies that preserve your search state and preferences during a browsing session. Essential cookies also manage load balancing across our servers and ensure the stability and performance of the platform. These cookies do not collect personal information for marketing purposes and are automatically deleted when you close your browser or after a defined session period.
3. Functional Cookies
Functional cookies enhance your experience by remembering your preferences and settings across visits. These include your selected language and locale, preferred currency for price displays, dark or light mode theme selection, saved search filters and sorting preferences, and notification delivery preferences. Without these cookies, you would need to reconfigure your preferences each time you visit. Functional cookies typically persist for up to 12 months unless you clear your browser data. They do not track your activity across other websites and are used solely to personalise your experience within MotorPartsFinder.
4. Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with MotorPartsFinder, which pages are most popular, how users navigate between features, and where users encounter difficulties. We use this data to improve our platform's usability, performance, and content. Analytics data is aggregated and anonymised wherever possible, meaning it cannot be used to identify individual users. We may use third-party analytics services that set their own cookies to collect this information on our behalf. You can opt out of analytics cookies through our cookie consent banner without affecting the functionality of the platform.
5. Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies may be used to deliver advertisements relevant to your interests on third-party platforms. These cookies track your browsing activity across websites and build a profile of your interests to show you relevant advertisements for MotorPartsFinder when you visit other sites. We may partner with advertising networks that use these cookies to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. Marketing cookies are entirely optional and can be declined through our cookie consent banner. Declining marketing cookies will not affect your ability to use MotorPartsFinder, though you may still see generic, non-targeted advertisements elsewhere on the web.
6. Third-Party Cookies
Certain third-party services integrated into MotorPartsFinder may set their own cookies. Stripe, our payment processor, uses cookies to prevent fraud and process transactions securely. Embedded content from external sources such as video tutorials or marketplace previews may also set cookies. We do not control the cookies set by third parties and recommend reviewing their respective cookie and privacy policies. Third-party cookies are subject to the respective provider's data handling practices, and we are not responsible for their collection, use, or disclosure of information gathered through their cookies on our platform.
7. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can manage your cookie preferences through several methods. Our cookie consent banner, displayed on your first visit, allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookie categories. You can update these preferences at any time through the cookie settings link in our website footer. Most web browsers also allow you to control cookies through their settings, including blocking all cookies, accepting only first-party cookies, or deleting existing cookies. Please note that blocking essential cookies may prevent you from using certain features of MotorPartsFinder. Browser-level cookie controls apply across all websites, not just ours.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in the cookies we use, our practices, or regulatory requirements. When we make material changes, we will update the 'Last updated' date at the top of this policy and may notify you through a revised cookie consent banner. We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies. If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this policy, please contact us at hello@motorpartsfinder.com. Your continued use of MotorPartsFinder after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated Cookie Policy.