Cookies Settings
1. What are cookies?
Cookies and similar technologies are very small text documents or pieces of code that often contain a unique identification code. When you visit a website or use a mobile application, a computer asks your computer or mobile device for permission to save this file on your computer or mobile device and gain access to information. Information collected through cookies and similar technologies may include the date and time of the visit and how you use a particular website or mobile application.
2. Why do we use cookies?
Cookies make sure that during your visit of our online shop you remain logged in, all items remain stored in your shopping cart, you can shop safely and the website keeps running smoothly. The cookies also ensure that we can see how our website is used and how we can improve it. Furthermore, depending on your preferences our own cookies may be used to present you with targeted advertisements that match your personal interests.
3. Types of cookies we use
Necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and to comply with legal obligations. They are set before any consent decision is required and remain active regardless of whether you accept or deny optional cookies. You cannot disable these cookies in the consent banner.
The age_verification_confirmed cookie is essential because shisha.com provides tobacco-related content that is legally restricted to persons aged 21 and older. This cookie records that you have confirmed your age and must be set before the website can display any content. It does not contain personal data beyond a confirmation timestamp and is cleared when you close your browser.
- Store articles in a shopping cart for online purchases
- Save your cookie preferences for this website
- Saving language preferences
- Log in to our portal. We need to check whether you are logged in.
- Verify that you are of legal age to access age-restricted content (legally required)
Performance
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website for you. We use Google Analytics to collect and process certain website usage data.
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable more functionality for our website visitors. These cookies can be set by our external service providers or our own website. The following functionalities may or may not be activated when you accept this category.
- Live chat services
- Watch online videos
- Social media sharing buttons
- Login to our website with social media
Targeting/Advertising Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
Advertising / tracking cookies
These cookies are set by external advertising partners and are used for profiling and tracking data across multiple websites. If you accept these cookies, we may show our advertisements on other websites based on your user profile and preferences.
These cookies also save data about how many visitors have seen or clicked on our advertisements in order to optimize advertising campaigns.
Unclassified
These cookies are still in the classification process. They will show up in one on the following categories; Necessary, Performance, Functional or Advertising.
4. How can I switch off or remove cookies?
You can choose to opt out of all but the necessary cookies. In the settings of the browser, you can change the settings to ensure that cookies will be blocked. Most browsers provide you with an explanation on how to do this in the so-called ‘help-function’. However, if you block the cookies, it is possible that you will not be able to enjoy all the technical features our website has to offer and it may negatively affect your user experience.
We have made it easy to manage your consents.
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What happens when you select "Deny"
When you select "Deny" in the consent banner, the following applies:
Essential (strictly necessary) cookies remain active. These include the age verification cookie (legally required for tobacco-related content), consent preference cookies, authentication cookies, and payment security cookies. These cannot be disabled because the website cannot function or comply with legal obligations without them.
Optional cookies are blocked. This includes:
Performance/analytics cookies (e.g., Google Analytics, Application Insights) — website usage tracking is disabled.
Functional cookies (e.g., user timezone, IP address, geolocation) — location-based features and personalization are disabled.
Advertising/marketing cookies (e.g., YouTube advertising, Stripe marketing) — targeted advertising is disabled.
If you have previously accepted optional cookies and later withdraw consent, the optional cookies that were already set will be cleared from your browser. Essential cookies will not be removed.
Necessary
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| age_verification_confirmed | This cookie records that you have confirmed you are 21 years of age or older. It is strictly necessary to comply with legal age-gating requirements for age-restricted content and is set before any other cookies are loaded. It does not contain personal data beyond a confirmation timestamp. | shisha.com | Session | Shisha.com | Cookie |
| __cf_bm [2x] | The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. | .hcaptcha.com, .w.hcaptcha.com | 30 minutes | Cloudflare | Cookie |
| __stripe_mid | Stripe Payment, Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers. Set for fraud prevention purposes and helps us assess the risk associated with an attempted transaction. | .shisha.com | a year | Stripe, Inc | Cookie |
| __stripe_sid | Stripe Payment, Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers. Set for fraud prevention purposes and helps us assess the risk associated with an attempted transaction. | .shisha.com | 30 minutes | --- | Cookie |
| cookiefirst-consent | This cookie saves your cookie preferences for this website. You can change these or withdraw your consent easily. | shisha.com | a year | Cookie First | Cookie |
| cookiefirst-consent | This cookie saves your cookie preferences for this website. You can change these or withdraw your consent easily. | shisha.com | Persistent | Cookie First | Local storage |
| cookiefirst-id | This cookie contains your unique ID so CookieFirst can identify unique visitors to this website. | shisha.com | Persistent | Cookie First | Local storage |
Performance
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN [2x] | By setting this token, YouTube and therefore Google can ensure that a single user sees a consistent version of an experimental feature across different sessions or pages (a "staged rollout" or "A/B test") | .youtube.com, youtube.com | 6 months | Google LLC | Cookie |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID for a website visitor to track how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. Data transfer to third countries: USA. Google LLC. is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, indicating that your rights as a data subject can be guaranteed. | .shisha.com | a year | Google LLC. | Cookie |
| _ga_******** [2x] | This cookie stores a unique ID for a website visitor and tracks how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. Data transfer. to third countries: USA. Google LLC. is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, indicating that your rights as a data subject can be guaranteed. | .shisha.com | a year | Google LLC | Cookie |
Functional
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie allows YouTube to check bandwidth usage. | .youtube.com | 6 months | YouTube | Cookie |
| wp-wpml_current_language | This cookie is used to store language settings for the user. | shisha.com | Session | Cookie | |
| YSC | Register unique IDs and keep statistics on which videos users have viewed from YouTube. | .youtube.com | Session | YouTube | Cookie |
Advertising
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| __Secure-YEC | These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. | .youtube.com | Session | Cookie | |
| m | This cookie is being set for advertising purposes. | m.stripe.com | a year | Cookie | |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | This cookie is used to track and enrich the users privacy settings on Youtube. | .youtube.com | 6 months | Youtube (Google LLC) | Cookie |
Unclassified
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| __Secure-YNID | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | .youtube.com | 6 months | Cookie | |
| _gauges_cookie | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | Session | Cookie | |
| _gauges_unique | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | a year | Cookie | |
| _gauges_unique_day | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | a day | Cookie | |
| _gauges_unique_hour | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | an hour | Cookie | |
| _gauges_unique_month | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | a month | Cookie | |
| _gauges_unique_year | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | a year | Cookie | |
| heateorSsBrowserMsg | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | Persistent | Local storage |
The cookies we use on our website
Updated: 1/14/2026, 08:23 PM
Necessary
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| age_verification_confirmed | This cookie records that you have confirmed you are 21 years of age or older. It is strictly necessary to comply with legal age-gating requirements for age-restricted content and is set before any other cookies are loaded. It does not contain personal data beyond a confirmation timestamp. | shisha.com | Session | Shisha.com | Cookie |
| __cf_bm [2x] | The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. | .hcaptcha.com, .w.hcaptcha.com | 30 minutes | Cloudflare | Cookie |
| __stripe_mid | Stripe Payment, Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers. Set for fraud prevention purposes and helps us assess the risk associated with an attempted transaction. | .shisha.com | a year | Stripe, Inc | Cookie |
| __stripe_sid | Stripe Payment, Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers. Set for fraud prevention purposes and helps us assess the risk associated with an attempted transaction. | .shisha.com | 30 minutes | --- | Cookie |
| cookiefirst-consent | This cookie saves your cookie preferences for this website. You can change these or withdraw your consent easily. | shisha.com | a year | Cookie First | Cookie |
| cookiefirst-consent | This cookie saves your cookie preferences for this website. You can change these or withdraw your consent easily. | shisha.com | Persistent | Cookie First | Local storage |
| cookiefirst-id | This cookie contains your unique ID so CookieFirst can identify unique visitors to this website. | shisha.com | Persistent | Cookie First | Local storage |
Performance
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN [2x] | By setting this token, YouTube and therefore Google can ensure that a single user sees a consistent version of an experimental feature across different sessions or pages (a "staged rollout" or "A/B test") | .youtube.com, youtube.com | 6 months | Google LLC | Cookie |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID for a website visitor to track how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. Data transfer to third countries: USA. Google LLC. is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, indicating that your rights as a data subject can be guaranteed. | .shisha.com | a year | Google LLC. | Cookie |
| _ga_******** [2x] | This cookie stores a unique ID for a website visitor and tracks how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. Data transfer. to third countries: USA. Google LLC. is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, indicating that your rights as a data subject can be guaranteed. | .shisha.com | a year | Google LLC | Cookie |
Functional
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie allows YouTube to check bandwidth usage. | .youtube.com | 6 months | YouTube | Cookie |
| wp-wpml_current_language | This cookie is used to store language settings for the user. | shisha.com | Session | Cookie | |
| YSC | Register unique IDs and keep statistics on which videos users have viewed from YouTube. | .youtube.com | Session | YouTube | Cookie |
Advertising
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| __Secure-YEC | These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. | .youtube.com | Session | Cookie | |
| m | This cookie is being set for advertising purposes. | m.stripe.com | a year | Cookie | |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | This cookie is used to track and enrich the users privacy settings on Youtube. | .youtube.com | 6 months | Youtube (Google LLC) | Cookie |
Unclassified
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| __Secure-YNID | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | .youtube.com | 6 months | Cookie | |
| _gauges_cookie | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | Session | Cookie | |
| _gauges_unique | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | a year | Cookie | |
| _gauges_unique_day | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | a day | Cookie | |
| _gauges_unique_hour | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | an hour | Cookie | |
| _gauges_unique_month | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | a month | Cookie | |
| _gauges_unique_year | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | a year | Cookie | |
| heateorSsBrowserMsg | This cookie has not yet been given a description. Our team is working to provide more information. | shisha.com | Persistent | Local storage |