Cookie Policy
Last Updated: January 2024
This Cookie Policy explains how Mindful Eating Studio uses cookies and similar technologies on our website to enhance your reading experience and understand how our editorial content is accessed.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more effectively and to provide information to site owners about how visitors use their content.
Cookies are not harmful and do not contain viruses. They simply help us understand your reading patterns and improve the overall quality of our editorial content and platform.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functionality such as page navigation and access to secure areas of our content platform.
Duration: Session or up to 1 year
Performance Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our editorial content. They collect anonymized data about page load times, article engagement, and device types used to access our platform.
Duration: 2 years
Preference Cookies
These cookies remember your choices when visiting our website, such as language preference, text size, and theme settings. They help personalize your reading experience.
Duration: Up to 1 year
Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources to evaluate the popularity of our articles and content sections. This helps our editorial team understand what topics resonate most with our readers.
Duration: 2 years
How We Use Cookies
- • Improving Content Delivery: We analyze which articles receive the most engagement to enhance our editorial focus and content structure.
- • Understanding Reader Behavior: Cookies help us understand how readers navigate our site, which topics interest them, and how long they spend reading articles.
- • Personalizing Experience: We use preference cookies to remember your settings and provide a more tailored reading experience on return visits.
- • Site Performance: Performance cookies help us identify technical issues and ensure our website loads quickly for optimal readability.
- • Security: Essential cookies protect your session and ensure secure access to any protected content on our platform.
Cookie List
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Essential | Session management and security | Session |
| user_preference | Preference | Remembers user language and theme preference | 1 year |
| _ga | Analytics | Google Analytics - tracks unique users | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | Google Analytics - tracks sessions | 24 hours |
| _gat | Analytics | Google Analytics - request throttling | 1 minute |
| article_views | Performance | Tracks recently viewed articles | 30 days |
| cookie_consent | Essential | Remembers cookie consent choice | 1 year |
Managing Your Cookies
Browser Controls
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through settings. You can typically:
- View cookies stored on your device
- Delete all or specific cookies
- Block cookies from being set in the future
- Receive alerts when cookies are being set
Instructions for popular browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) can be found at allaboutcookies.org
Cookie Consent Preferences
When you first visit our website, you can choose which types of cookies to allow. You can change your consent preferences at any time by clicking the cookie consent banner at the bottom of any page.
Opting Out of Analytics
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies while still accessing our editorial content. Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your browser to prevent analytics tracking across websites.
Note: Disabling essential cookies may affect website functionality and your ability to access all content. Non-essential cookies can be disabled without impacting core features.
Third-Party Cookies
Our website uses third-party services that may set their own cookies:
Google Analytics
Helps us analyze traffic and user engagement with our articles. Privacy Policy
Content Delivery Networks
May use cookies to optimize the delivery of images and media files for faster article loading.
We do not control third-party cookies. Please review their privacy policies for more information.
Data Privacy & Security
Cookie data collected on this website is handled in accordance with GDPR and other applicable privacy regulations. We:
- ✓ Do not sell or share your personal cookie data with third parties for marketing purposes
- ✓ Use cookies only to enhance your experience and analyze site performance
- ✓ Implement appropriate security measures to protect cookie data
- ✓ Retain cookie data only as long as necessary for stated purposes
For more details, please review our Privacy & Disclaimer page.
Questions About Cookies?
If you have concerns or questions about our cookie practices, please send us feedback about this policy:
Mindful Eating Studio
Mill Lane 198
London
mindfuleatingstudio.info
For content questions and feedback: [email protected]
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