1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners.

Cookies typically contain the name of the website they come from, how long they will remain on your device, and a unique identifier. They help us recognize your device and remember important information about your visit.

2. How We Use Cookies

FlavorNest uses cookies for several purposes to enhance your experience on our website:

• Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility.
• Analytical/Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website. This helps us improve how our website works.
• Functionality Cookies: These enable us to personalize content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences.
• Targeting Cookies: These record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website more relevant to your interests.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:

Cookie Name	Purpose	Duration
session_id	Maintains your session state across page requests	Session
user_preferences	Stores your website preferences and settings	1 year
_ga	Google Analytics - used to distinguish users	2 years
_gid	Google Analytics - used to distinguish users	24 hours
_gat	Google Analytics - used to throttle request rate	1 minute
affiliate_token	Tracks affiliate referrals to our website	30 days

We may also use other cookies from time to time for specific purposes, which will be clearly explained when they are used.

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on.

These third-party cookies include:

• Google Analytics: This is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use our website.
• Social Media Cookies: These cookies are set by social media services we've added to our site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks.
• Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests.

5. Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please remember that removing or blocking cookies can impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers allow you to:

• See what cookies you've got and delete them on an individual basis
• Block third-party cookies
• Block cookies from particular sites
• Block all cookies from being set
• Delete all cookies when you close your browser

If you choose to disable cookies, you can still browse our website, but certain features may not work as intended.

6. Your Choices Regarding Cookies

If you'd like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

For the most common browsers, you can:

• Visit Google Chrome's help page
• Visit Microsoft Edge's help page
• Visit Mozilla Firefox's help page
• Visit Apple Safari's help page
• Visit Opera's help page

For any other web browser, please visit your web browser's official web pages.

7. Changes to This Cookies Policy

We may update our Cookies Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookies Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Cookies Policy.

We will also inform you via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Cookies Policy.

You are advised to review this Cookies Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Cookies Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, you can contact us:

By email: privacy@flavornest.com
By visiting this page on our website: Contact Us
By phone number: (555) 123-4567
By mail: 123 Culinary Avenue, Foodville, CA 90210