Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 2024
This Cookie Policy explains how Balanced Diet Habits uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our informational platform at balanceddiethabits.info.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us understand how visitors interact with our content and improve your browsing experience. Cookies may be stored for different periods—some expire when you close your browser, while others persist for longer.
We use cookies to provide a better editorial experience, analyze reader engagement with our articles, and ensure our platform functions properly. All cookie usage on our site is designed to support our informational mission without compromising your privacy.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They enable core features such as page navigation, security, and access to protected areas of our platform. Without these cookies, our site would not work as intended.
Status: Always active
Performance & Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how readers engage with our content. We collect anonymous data about page views, article performance, and user behavior patterns. This information helps our editorial team create more relevant and valuable content.
Status: Requires consent
Preference Cookies
These cookies remember your preferences and settings, such as your language choice, font size, and theme preferences. They allow us to personalize your reading experience across visits.
Status: Requires consent
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization features, such as bookmarking articles, saving reading history, and maintaining user sessions across our platform.
Status: Requires consent
How We Use Cookies
- • Improving Editorial Content: Analytics cookies help us track which articles resonate most with our readers, guiding our editorial strategy.
- • Enhancing User Experience: Preference cookies remember your settings, making each visit more convenient.
- • Security & Authentication: Essential cookies maintain your session and protect against security threats.
- • Platform Functionality: Functional cookies enable features like article bookmarking and reading history.
- • Understanding Readership: We use aggregated, non-personal data to understand reader demographics and content preferences.
Detailed Cookie List
| Cookie Name | Type | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| SESSION_ID | Essential | Session | Maintains user session |
| CSRF_TOKEN | Essential | Session | Security protection |
| _ga | Analytics | 2 years | Google Analytics tracking |
| _gid | Analytics | 24 hours | Google Analytics session tracking |
| theme_preference | Preference | 1 year | Saves theme choice (light/dark) |
| language_setting | Preference | 1 year | Remembers language preference |
| reading_history | Functional | 90 days | Tracks recently viewed articles |
| bookmarks | Functional | 2 years | Stores bookmarked articles |
| cookie_consent | Essential | 1 year | Records cookie consent preferences |
Managing Your Cookies
Browser Controls
You have the right to control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Most modern browsers allow you to:
- • View cookies stored by our site
- • Delete specific cookies or all cookies
- • Block cookies from specific websites
- • Set your browser to refuse all cookies
Note: Disabling essential cookies may prevent some platform features from working properly. Analytics and preference cookies can be disabled without affecting core functionality.
Cookie Consent Settings
When you first visit our site, you'll be asked to consent to non-essential cookies. You can change your consent settings at any time through our cookie preference center.
Do Not Track
If your browser is configured to send "Do Not Track" signals, we will respect this setting and limit certain tracking activities. However, some analytics functions may still operate based on your explicit consent choices.
Third-Party Services
Our platform uses Google Analytics to understand reader behavior and content engagement. Google Analytics may place cookies on your device to collect anonymous, aggregated data about site usage. This data is processed according to Google's privacy policies.
Privacy: All analytics data we collect is anonymized and used only to improve our editorial content and platform performance. We do not share personal information with third parties.
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by visiting Google's Analytics Opt-out page.
Data Security & Privacy
We take your privacy seriously. Cookies containing personal information are encrypted and transmitted securely. We never sell your data to advertisers or marketers.
- • Limited Data Collection: We collect only data necessary to improve your experience and understand article engagement.
- • Anonymization: Analytics data is aggregated and anonymized—we cannot identify individual readers.
- • Encryption: All data transmissions use HTTPS encryption.
- • Retention: We retain analytics data only as long as needed for platform improvement.
International Compliance
Balanced Diet Habits complies with international data protection regulations including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other privacy laws.
- • GDPR Compliance (EU): We obtain explicit consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.
- • CCPA Compliance (California): We provide clear options to control data collection and deletion.
- • Right to Access: You can request information about cookies we've stored on your device.
- • Right to Deletion: You can request that we delete cookies associated with your device.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the updated policy here with a new "last updated" date.
Your continued use of our site after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Cookie Policy. We encourage you to review this page regularly to stay informed about how we use cookies.
Questions About Cookies?
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies on our platform, please contact our editorial team:
Balanced Diet Habits
Address: High Street 166, London, UK
Website: balanceddiethabits.info
Email: For content questions or privacy concerns, please email us at [email protected]
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