Effective Date: March 13, 2025
At Kitchen Pro Picks, we use cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve your experience on our website, analyze site traffic, and offer personalized content. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and your choices regarding their use.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, mobile phone) when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognize your device and remember certain information about your visit, such as your preferences or actions on the site.
Cookies can be either:
- First-party cookies: These are set by the website you are visiting.
- Third-party cookies: These are set by a domain other than the website you are visiting. For example, advertisers may use third-party cookies to track your browsing activities across multiple websites.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several reasons, including:
- To enhance your user experience: Cookies allow us to remember your preferences, such as language settings and login credentials, to improve your overall browsing experience.
- To analyze site performance: We use cookies to gather data on how visitors use our site, which helps us improve our content and functionality.
- For marketing purposes: We may use cookies to show personalized advertisements based on your browsing behavior. These cookies help us track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
- For essential site functionality: Some cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of the website, such as maintaining session information during checkout or when logged into your account.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the basic operation of the website. They enable core features such as security, network management, and accessibility.
- Examples: Cookies that store login information or keep track of the items in your shopping cart.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting information about page visits, clicks, and browsing behavior. This data is used to improve the functionality and performance of the site.
- Examples: Google Analytics cookies, Site performance monitoring cookies.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make, such as language preferences or region, to provide enhanced features and personalization.
- Examples: Language preference cookies, regional location cookies.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver personalized advertisements to you based on your interests. They may also be used to track the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
- Examples: Cookies from third-party advertisers like Google Ads or Facebook Ads.
4. Third-Party Cookies
We may allow third-party service providers to use cookies on our website. These third parties may include advertisers, analytics providers, or social media platforms. These third-party cookies are subject to the privacy policies of those providers.
For example:
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to track website traffic and understand how users interact with the website.
- Advertising Partners: Our advertising partners may use cookies to serve ads that are relevant to you and your interests.
You can find more information about how Google collects and processes data here.
5. Managing and Controlling Cookies
You have control over the cookies stored on your device. You can choose to block or delete cookies by adjusting the settings in your browser. However, please note that if you disable cookies, some parts of the website may not function properly.
Here’s how to manage cookies in popular browsers:
- Google Chrome: Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data > See all cookies and site data.
- Mozilla Firefox: Go to Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data > Manage Data.
- Safari: Go to Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data.
- Microsoft Edge: Go to Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies.
You can also opt-out of third-party cookies used for advertising purposes through various industry tools:
- Google Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com/
- Network Advertising Initiative (NAI): http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
6. Your Consent
By using our website, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy. You can manage your cookie preferences and opt-out at any time by adjusting your browser settings or using the options provided by third-party advertising networks.
7. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at:
Kitchen Pro Picks
Email: kitchenpropicks@gmail.com