The short version: Shopify sets the cookies that make the store work. We add a little storage in your own browser so your saved records and recently viewed list survive a reload. No ad networks, no cross-site trackers, and your saved list never leaves your browser. That's the whole story — the rest of this page is just the same thing with more words.

Essential cookies (Shopify)

Our store runs on Shopify, which sets first-party cookies that the shop can't function without: keeping your cart together (cart), holding a session (_shopify_s, _shopify_y), securing checkout (secure_customer_sig) and remembering your country/currency (localization). Shopify also uses its session cookies for its own store analytics — order counts, traffic — which is how we know anyone visited at all. Rejecting non-essential cookies in our notice passes your choice to Shopify's consent system too.

Storage we add

Three small entries in your browser's own storage, all first-party, none of them sent to us or anyone else:

hc_wantlist

The records you hit SAVE on. Lives in this browser until you clear it (or clear your browsing data). Never transmitted — we genuinely cannot see your wantlist.

sb_recently_viewed

The last records you looked at, so the "Recently viewed" row works. Capped at 20, only in your browser. If you hit Reject on the notice, we stop recording and wipe what's there.

hc_consent

Remembers the choice you made on the cookie notice, for one year, so we don't ask you every visit.

Audio previews

Track previews stream straight from Apple's servers (iTunes previews) when you press play. Apple sees that request the way any server sees any request; we set nothing and learn nothing from it.

What we don't do

No advertising cookies, no cross-site tracking pixels, no analytics beyond Shopify's own, no selling or sharing of data. If that ever changes, this page changes first and the notice comes back asking again.

Your choices

Reject non-essential storage on the notice, clear your browser data anytime (your saved records go with it — that's the trade of keeping the list in your browser instead of an account), or block cookies wholesale in your browser settings — though checkout won't survive without the essential ones. We operate under Canada's privacy law (PIPEDA). Questions: hi@artshostak.com.

Last updated July 11, 2026.