Cookie Policy

Effective December 8th, 2024

Purpose

When you use Fresh From Scratch, you’re trusting us with your information. We understand this is a big responsibility and we work hard to protect it. Our Privacy Policy explains our principles when it comes to the collection, processing, and storage of your information. This policy specifically explains how we, our partners, and users of our services deploy cookies, as well as the options you have to control them.

What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a small text file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser, app or device and is stored by the browser, app or device. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. They help that website remember you information about your visit, which can both make the site more useful to you when you visit and make it easier to visit the site again. They ensure a consistent and efficient experience for visitors, and perform essential functions such as allowing users to register and remain logged in. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

Types of Cookies

Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies may be set by the site that you are visiting (known as “first party cookies”), or by third parties, such as those who serve content or provide advertising or analytics services on the website (“third party cookies”).

Our Use of Cookies

We can place cookies and other similar technology on your device, including mobile device, in accordance with your preferences set on our cookie consent manager. Depending on your settings in our cookie consent manager on your mobile device, the following information may be collected through cookies or similar technology: your unique device identifier, mobile device IP address, information about your device’s operating system, mobile carrier and your location information (to the extent permissible under applicable law).

Cookies accomplish a number of different jobs and the Website uses cookies for a number of reasons.

Email – We use cookies to help us to send relevant emails to users who have subscribed to our email list. f we send you a targeted email which includes web beacons, cookies or similar technologies we will know whether you open, read, or delete the message.
Security – We use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including authenticating users, preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, prevent spam and abuse, and to generally protect both you and the Website as you interact.
Advertising and Social Media – We may use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you, limit the number of times an ad is shown to you, muting ads you have chosen to stop seeing, and measuring the effectiveness of ads.
Analysis – We use cookies to help us to analyze the use and performance of our website and services. These insights allow services to both improve content and build better features that enhance your experience.
Personalization – Cookies and similar technologies are used for personalization to enhance your experience by providing personalized content and features.
Please note that this list is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather aims to be representative, and that our users may set additional cookies.

Third Party Cookies

Other websites, apps and services that also use cookies and similar technologies may be used to track your engagement on this site. Some cookies, web beacons and other tracking and storage technologies that we use are from third party companies (third party cookies), such as Facebook, Microsoft, Google, YouTube and Instagram, to provide us with web analytics and intelligence about our Website which may also be used to provide measurement services and target ads. These companies use programming code to collect information about your interaction with our sites, such as the pages you visit, the links you click on and how long you are on our sites.

For more information on how these companies collect and use information on our behalf, please refer to their privacy and cookie policies.

Similar Technologies

Both our Website and HTML emails may also contain other tracking technologies such as “web beacons” or “pixels.” or other technologies for similar purposes as above and we may include these on our sites, in marketing e-mail messages or our newsletter, affiliated websites, to determine whether messages have been opened and links clicked on. Web beacons do not place information on your device, but they may work in conjunction with cookies to monitor website activity. The information provided below about cookies also applies to web beacons and similar technologies. Conversion pixels are small codes located on a particular web page which are triggered when someone visits a page resulting in an increase in the conversion count.

Controlling Cookies

Visitors may wish to restrict the use of cookies or completely prevent them from being set. Most browsers allow you to manage how cookies are set, to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. Some browsers also allow you to manage cookies on a site-by-site basis. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can, however, obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

Google Chrome – https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Firefox – https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Opera – http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/
Internet Explorer – https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Microsoft Edge – https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows–10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy(Edge)
Safari – https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
Some of these technologies may be managed in your device settings or in an app’s settings. Most mobile devices and apps allow you to manage how cookies and similar technologies are used. Some analytics services we use, which place their own cookies or web tags on your browser, offer their own opt out choices.

Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including this Website. Some features of the Website may not be available to you.

Cookie Consent Laws

There is no comprehensive federal cookie law in the United States, but a number of states have enacted their own privacy laws that regulate the use of cookies and online tracking technologies. In the US, all current data privacy laws use an opt-out model for consent. Companies do not have to obtain prior user consent to use cookies on their websites to collect personal data, for example. Users do, however, have the right to opt out of data processing for specific purposes, e.g. sharing, sale, targeted advertising, or profiling.

You may see a “cookie banner” on our Website, particularly if you are in the European Union. If so, then our ad program does not set, or allow our ad partners to set, cookies that are used to show you targeted ads before you accept. When you consent in this manner, we and our advertising partners may set third party advertising cookies in order to show you personalized ads on the website you are visiting.

Because it is no longer part of the EU and thus not covered by European cookie laws, the UK implemented its own regulations that include cookie rules, known as the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). It’s the UK version of the ePrivacy Directive, but is in effect as a regulation, not just a directive, unlike the ePD.Similar to the ePD, the PECR regulates consent requirements for setting cookies and follows the same guidelines as underlined in the GDPR. Websites must inform users about cookie use and obtain their consent before setting any non-essential cookies. Consent must be freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous, typically via an opt-in cookie banner. Only strictly necessary cookies for core site functionality are exempt from consent requirements.

Changes to Our Cookie Policy

We may change this Cookie Policy from time to time. The most recent version of the Cookie Policy will always be posted on the Website, with the “Effective Date” posted at the top of the Policy. We may revise and update this Cookie Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please Contact Us.