Cookie policy
COOKIE POLICY
Last updated June 2024
This Cookie Policy explains how The Mindful Cook (" Company ", "we", "us", and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites at https://www.themindfulcook.co.uk, ("Websites"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, The Mindful Cook) are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Websites for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit).
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to decline or allow all cookies. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
Essential website cookies:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
Stripe
__stripe_sid - Fraud prevention and detection -United States
M - Tracks the user's session for Stripe
__stripe_mid - Fraud prevention and detection - United States
CloudFlare
__cf_bm - Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
PayPal
__paypal_storage__- This cookie is used by PayPal to store account details - United States3
Advertising
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
AdWords
ga-audiences - Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites
United States
Meta Platforms, Inc
lastExternalReferrer - Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address - United States
lastExternalReferrerTime - Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address. United States
Lidc - These cookies are associated with a B2B marketing platform, formerly known as Bizo, which is now owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn's marketing services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn profile data, to improve targeting. United States
UserMatchHistory - This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn's marketing services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn profile data, to improve targeting. United States
Fr - Used by Facebook to collect a unique browser and user ID, used for targeted advertising. United States
_fbp - Facebook tracking pixel used to identify visitors for personalized advertising. United States
Linkedin Ad Analytics
Bcookie - Used to optimize the range of advertising on Linkedin. United States
Analytics and customisation:
These cookies collect information that is used to us to understand how the website is being used, how effective our marketing campaigns are, and to help us to customise the experince on the website for you the user.
rl_page_init_referrer - Stores the initial referrer of the page when a user visits a site for the first time. United States
rl_page_init_referring_domain - Stores the initial referring domain of the page when a user visits a site for the first time. United States
rl_page_init_referring_domain - Stores the initial referring domain of the page when a user visits a site for the first time.United States
rl_anonymous_id - Stores the anonymous ID. By default, it would be the auto-generated unique ID by SDK for each visitor unless overridden via setAnonymousId API. United States
rl_page_init_referrer - Stores the initial referrer of the page when a user visits a site for the first time. United States
rl_anonymous_id - Stores the anonymous ID. By default, it would be the auto-generated unique ID by SDK for each visitor unless overridden via setAnonymousId API.United States
Google Analytics
_ga - Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user. United States
_ga_# - Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions. United States
_gid - Keeps an entry of unique ID which is then used to come up with statistical data on website usage by visitors. It is a HTTP cookie type and expires after a browsing session. United States
_gid - Keeps an entry of unique ID which is then used to come up with statistical data on website usage by visitors. It is a HTTP cookie type and expires after a browsing session. United States
_ga - Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user. United States
_gat - Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager. United States
Performance and functionality
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of the website, but are not essential to its use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
CloudFlare
__cfruid - Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic.
Enzuzo - Enzuzo uses cookies that enable basic functionality, which are essential for the cookie preference banner to work. United States.
Social Networking
These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting from this website through third-party social media platforms. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes
Linkedin Ad Analytics
Bscookie - Cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or for Linkedin follow feature on 3rd party websites. United States
