Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains how Gourmet Delights ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, gourmetdelightschicago.com (the "Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you have closed your browser, while session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the Website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use the Website, such as which pages you visit most often and if you get error messages from web pages. This data helps us to optimize our Website and improve your browsing experience.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We currently do not use advertising cookies, but may do so in the future. Any changes to this policy will be updated here.
- Analytics Cookies: We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors engage with our Website. This helps us to improve the site's functionality and user experience. We use Google Analytics for this purpose.
Types of Cookies We Use
The following table describes the types of cookies we use on our Website:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| sessionID | Maintains user session across pages | Essential | Session |
| cookieConsent | Remembers user's cookie consent preference | Functionality | 1 year |
| ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | Analytics | 2 years |
| gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | Analytics | 1 minute |
| gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | Analytics | 24 hours |
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on. These cookies are subject to the respective third parties' privacy policies.
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy
How to Control Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our Website.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
You can also opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Managing Cookies in Your Browser
Below are links to the documentation for managing cookies in some of the most popular web browsers:
Updates to Our Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please re-visit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Gourmet Delights Team
444 North Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (312) 555-7890
Our Data Protection Officer, Ms. Anya Petrova, oversees our privacy practices and can be reached through the contact information above.