Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies when you visit www.foodmatterslive.com (the “Site”), how our third-party partners may use cookies on the Site, your choices regarding cookies and further
information about cookies.
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device.
Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information”.
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:- “Cookies”. For more information, please see What are cookies?.
- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
- “Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the website or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the website more useful to you. There are two types of cookies:
- Session cookies, which expire as soon as you close the browser and are mainly used to help you navigate the site by storing information on your location and the pages you have visited.
- Persistent or permanent cookies will remain on your computer once you close your browser down until expiry or deletion by you. These are mainly used to personalise the website, so that it remembers you from previous visits and can display relevant information.
How we use cookies and third-party cookies
When you use and access the Site, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser. For some of these, we need your consent (please see What are your choices regarding cookies? or our cookie consent tool).
We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the Site, to report usage statistics of the Site, to provide analytics, to store your preferences, to enable advertisement delivery, including behavioural advertising.
We use both session and persistent cookies on the Site and we use different types of cookies to run the Site. To learn more about the cookies our site uses, click here to our cookie consent tool and click “more details”.
Our website provides links to websites that are controlled by third parties. When using our Site you may come across embedded content, such as [YouTube] videos and [sharing tools for Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter]. These websites and embedded content may use their own cookies. We do not have control over the placement of cookies by other websites, even if you are directed to them from our Site. We recommend that you check the relevant third party websites’ privacy policies for information about any cookies which may be used.
We use the following third parties’ cookies:
- Google Analytics
- YouTube
We use Google Analytics to gather information and analyse the use of our Site. The information is gathered by means of cookies. The information is then used to create reports about our Site. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
We use Facebook for targeted advertisements and marketing communications – you can read more about how Facebook uses your Personal Information here: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation. You can also opt-out of Facebook targeted advertising here: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risks (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
What are your choices regarding cookies?
Cookie Consent tool. Our cookie consent tool can be used to customise your cookie preferences. The consent tool specifically controls the non-essential cookies used on our Site. We do not need your consent to use essential cookies, and they cannot be disabled using this tool. Also, the tool cannot be used to block cookies on third-party websites linked from our Site.
Using your Browser. If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences and some of our pages might not display properly.
Also, note that disabling a cookie or category of cookies does not delete the cookie from your browser unless manually completed through the browser
function.
Do not track. Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
Where can you find more information about cookies
You can learn more about cookies on the following third-party websites:
- AllAboutCookies: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
- Network Advertising Initiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org/
Changes to this cookie policy. We may amend this cookie policy from time to time. Please check this cookie policy regularly to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. This cookie policy was last updated in September 2021.