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 more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and give website owners information about how their site is being used.
Your Consent
When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or manage your preferences for non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Preferences" button below.
How DailyDish uses cookies
We use different types of cookies on our site for the following purposes:
🍪 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These are essential for you to browse our website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site (like your account dashboard). Without these cookies, services you've asked for cannot be provided.
Examples: Session cookies, authentication cookies.
📊 Performance & Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance, which pages you go to most often. This data helps us optimize our site and make it easier for you to navigate. Information collected is typically aggregated and does not directly identify individual users.
Examples: Google Analytics cookies.
⚙️ Functional Cookies
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
Example: Remembering your spice level preference.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are placed by third-party service providers such as payment processors, analytics providers, and hosting services. These providers may collect information in accordance with their own privacy policies. For example:
- Stripe places cookies for payment processing and fraud prevention
- Google Analytics places cookies to help us understand site usage
- Vercel may place cookies for performance monitoring
International Data Transfers
Some cookie data may be processed outside Canada depending on the service providers we use. For example, our analytics and payment providers may store data on servers located in the United States. When this occurs, the information may be subject to the laws of the jurisdiction where it is processed.
Specific cookies we set
Below is a non-exhaustive list of some of the individual cookies we may set. A full list is available through your browser's developer tools.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| __stripe_sid | Stripe | Used to process payments and prevent fraud. (Strictly Necessary) | 30 minutes |
| __stripe_mid | Stripe | Used to distinguish users for payment processing. (Strictly Necessary) | 1 year |
| _ga | Google Analytics | Registers a unique ID to generate statistical data on how you use the site. (Performance) | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Registers a unique ID to generate statistical data on how you use the site. (Performance) | 1 day |
How to control cookies
You have the right to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking the appropriate buttons on our cookie consent banner.
You can also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
Updates to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. We encourage you to review this page periodically for the latest information on our cookie use.
For more information on how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.