Cookies policy.

This Cookies Policy explains how Sauce Essentials uses cookies and similar technologies (such as localStorage) on this website. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device. They let a site remember things between visits — like the fact that you already confirmed you're 21 — and help it function and improve.

2. Cookies we use

Strictly necessary

• Age confirmation — remembers that you passed the 21+ age gate so you aren't asked on every page. Without it the site cannot function lawfully.
• Verification session — keeps your product-verification flow working while you're using it.
• Security — helps protect forms and the verifier from abuse.

Analytics (optional)

• Aggregate, privacy-respecting measurement of which pages are used and where errors occur, so we can fix and improve the site. These do not identify you personally and are not used for advertising.

Third-party

• Google Maps sets its own cookies when the store locator loads, governed by Google's privacy policy. We use Maps only to show licensed dispensaries.
• Klaviyo may set a cookie if you submit an email form, to manage your subscription.

3. What we don't do

We don't use cookies for cross-site advertising, we don't sell cookie data, and we don't load third-party ad networks or social-media trackers on this site.

4. Managing cookies

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings, and set most browsers to refuse them. Note that blocking the strictly-necessary cookies will break the age gate and verifier, so parts of the site may stop working. Browser help pages explain how to manage cookies for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge.

5. Changes

We'll update this policy if our use of cookies changes, and revise the "Effective" date above.

6. Contact

Questions? Email privacy@sauceessentials.com or use our contact form.