Our Cookie Policy: Your Privacy, Our Priority
At Vitality & Bloom, we believe in transparency and empowering you with control over your personal data. This detailed Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and what choices you have regarding their use.
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 site. They act as a memory for the website, allowing it to remember your preferences (like login or region) or track your browsing activity.
Without cookies, every time you open a new page on a website, the server would treat you as a completely new visitor, forcing you to log in again or re-enter your preferences. They are essential for a seamless online experience.
How Vitality & Bloom Uses Cookies
At Vitality & Bloom, we use cookies for several important reasons, all aimed at improving your experience on our site and understanding how we can serve you better. Our use of cookies is always in compliance with relevant data protection laws and focused on ensuring your privacy.
We categorize our cookies to give you a clearer picture of their purpose and impact. These categories help us manage our site effectively and provide you with relevant content and services.
Types of Cookies We Utilize
1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site or making a purchase. Without these cookies, services like shopping carts or e-billing cannot be provided. They do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you've been on the internet.
- Maintaining session state across pages
- Ensuring security of your transactions
- Remembering items in your shopping cart
2. Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
- Analyzing website traffic and usage patterns
- Monitoring site performance and load times
- Identifying popular content and areas for improvement
3. Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located.
- Remembering user preferences and settings
- Personalizing content and user experience
- Providing services you have requested, like watching a video
4. Targeting/Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers.
- Delivering personalized advertisements
- Tracking ad campaign performance
- Understanding user interests for marketing purposes
5. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on. These cookies are set by a domain different from that of our website. For example, when you visit a page with embedded content from YouTube or social media widgets, these services may set their own cookies on your browser.
- Social media sharing functionality
- Embedded video or content from external platforms
- Analytics from partners like Google Analytics
6. Session vs. Persistent Cookies
Cookies can be either "Persistent" or "Session" cookies. A persistent cookie remains on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while a session cookie is deleted as soon as you close your web browser. We use both session and persistent cookies for the purposes set out below, depending on their function and necessity.
- Session cookies for temporary browsing activities
- Persistent cookies for remembering long-term preferences
- Ensuring a consistent experience across visits
Your Cookie Choices & Control
We respect your right to control your personal data. You have various options to manage your cookie preferences and settings. While some cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function, you can choose to accept or refuse others.
Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, which gives you the chance to decide whether to accept it or not. You can also block all cookies, but be aware that this may affect the functionality of our website and many others.
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Site Settings > Cookies and site data.
- Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Enhanced Tracking Protection.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Tracking prevention.
- Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data.
Please note that if you delete cookies or disable future cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our site.
Opt-Out of Specific Advertising Cookies
Many companies involved in online advertising are members of industry bodies that provide opt-out mechanisms. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting the following links:
- Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA)
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA)
- Network Advertising Initiative (NAI)
Opting out does not mean you will no longer receive advertising; it means the advertising you see will not be tailored to your interests.
Consent Management Platform (CMP)
Vitality & Bloom may employ a Consent Management Platform (CMP) to provide you with granular control over your cookie preferences directly on our website. This tool allows you to easily review and adjust which categories of cookies you consent to, beyond the strictly necessary ones.
Look for a 'Cookie Settings' or 'Privacy Preferences' link, usually found in our website's footer, to access and manage your choices at any time.
Updates to Our Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this page periodically for the latest information on our cookie practices.
Any changes will be posted on this page, and the "Effective Date" at the top of the policy will be updated accordingly. Your continued use of the site after any changes to our Cookie Policy will signify your acceptance of those changes.
