Last Updated: January 1, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how Yoga Dining Club, LLC ("Yoga Dining Club," "we," "our," or "us") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website at yogadiningclub.com. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which provides comprehensive information about how we collect, use, and protect your personal data. By continuing to use our website after being presented with our cookie consent notice, you agree to the use of cookies as described in this policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, tablet, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website operators to make their sites work efficiently, to improve the user experience, and to provide reporting information. Cookies are stored in your web browser's file directory and are retrieved by the website each time you revisit it, allowing the site to recognize your device and remember certain information about your previous visits.
Cookies set by the website operator (in this case, Yoga Dining Club) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website operator are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website, such as analytics, interactive content, and advertising. The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your device both when you visit our website and when you visit certain other websites.
In addition to cookies, we may use similar technologies such as web beacons (also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs), local storage, and session storage. These technologies serve similar functions to cookies and are covered by this policy. Where we refer to "cookies" in this policy, we include these similar technologies unless otherwise stated.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
We categorize the cookies used on our website into four groups based on their purpose: essential cookies, analytics cookies, functionality cookies, and advertising cookies. Below we describe each category in detail.
2.1 Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly, and they cannot be disabled. Essential cookies do not require your consent because they are necessary to provide you with the services you have requested.
These cookies handle tasks such as maintaining your session as you navigate between pages, remembering your cookie consent preferences, enabling security features that protect against unauthorized access and cross-site request forgery, and ensuring our website loads correctly and performs as expected. Essential cookies are typically deleted when you close your browser (session cookies), though some may persist for a short period to remember your preferences across visits.
2.2 Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information about your browsing behavior. The data collected is aggregated and anonymized, meaning we cannot identify individual users from this information. Analytics cookies help us answer questions such as which pages are most popular, how visitors navigate through the site, where visitors encounter errors, and whether our content and layout effectively serve our community.
We use this information to improve our website's performance, content relevance, and overall user experience. Analytics data helps us make informed decisions about new features, content priorities, and technical improvements. These cookies are placed by third-party analytics services that we have engaged to provide us with website usage reports.
2.3 Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, personalized features. For example, these cookies may remember your preferred language or region, recall your name and email if you have previously filled out a form, store your preferences for our wellness tools and calculators, and remember whether you have previously dismissed a notification or banner.
If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these personalized features may not function properly, and you may need to re-enter your preferences each time you visit. Functionality cookies may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
2.4 Advertising Cookies
Advertising cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies track your visits to our website and other websites and build a profile of your interests, which is then used to show you relevant advertisements on other sites you visit.
Advertising cookies are typically placed by third-party advertising networks with our permission. We use advertising cookies sparingly and primarily to promote our events and services to people who have previously visited our website (a practice known as retargeting or remarketing). If you do not allow advertising cookies, you will still see advertisements online, but they will not be tailored to your interests based on your browsing history on our website.
3. Specific Cookies Used on Our Website
The following table lists the specific cookies currently used on yogadiningclub.com, their purpose, and their duration:
- ydc-cookie-consent (First-party, Essential) — Records your cookie consent preference so the consent banner is not shown on every visit. Duration: 1 year.
- ydc-session (First-party, Essential) — Maintains your session state as you navigate the website, ensuring form data and page context are preserved. Duration: Session (deleted when browser is closed).
- ydc-csrf-token (First-party, Essential) — Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks on form submissions. Duration: Session.
- _ga (Third-party, Analytics, Google Analytics) — Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. Used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for site analytics reports. Duration: 2 years.
- _ga_[container-id] (Third-party, Analytics, Google Analytics) — Used to persist session state and track interactions across pages. Duration: 2 years.
- _gid (Third-party, Analytics, Google Analytics) — Stores and updates a unique value for each page visited, used to count and track pageviews. Duration: 24 hours.
- _gat_gtag (Third-party, Analytics, Google Analytics) — Used to throttle the request rate to Google Analytics, limiting data collection on high-traffic sites. Duration: 1 minute.
- ydc-form-prefs (First-party, Functionality) — Remembers your previously entered contact form information (name and email only) so you do not need to re-enter it on subsequent visits. Duration: 30 days.
- ydc-tool-settings (First-party, Functionality) — Stores your preferences and last-used settings for our wellness calculator tools. Duration: 90 days.
- _fbp (Third-party, Advertising, Meta/Facebook) — Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. Duration: 3 months.
- _gcl_au (Third-party, Advertising, Google Ads) — Used by Google AdSense to experiment with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. Duration: 3 months.
4. Third-Party Cookies
As described above, certain cookies on our website are placed by third-party service providers. These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies that govern how they collect and use information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties to understand their data practices:
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymized data about page visits, time spent on site, and user flow. You can learn more about Google's data practices at Google Privacy Policy and opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- Meta (Facebook): We use the Meta Pixel to measure the effectiveness of our social media advertising and to enable retargeting of website visitors on Facebook and Instagram. You can manage your Meta advertising preferences at Facebook Ad Preferences.
- Google Ads: We use Google Ads conversion tracking to measure the effectiveness of our search and display advertising campaigns. You can manage Google advertising preferences at Google Ad Settings.
5. How to Control Cookies
You have several options for controlling and managing cookies on your device. Please note that removing or blocking cookies may affect your user experience and some features of our website may no longer function as intended.
5.1 Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find these controls in the "Settings," "Preferences," or "Privacy" section of your browser. The specific steps vary by browser, but generally you can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, notify you when a cookie is set so you can decide whether to accept it, block third-party cookies while allowing first-party cookies, and delete cookies that have already been stored on your device.
Here are links to cookie management instructions for common browsers:
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
- Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies and site data
5.2 Opt-Out Tools
You can also opt out of certain third-party cookies using industry opt-out tools. The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) offers an opt-out tool at optout.aboutads.info. The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) provides an opt-out tool at optout.networkadvertising.org. These tools allow you to opt out of targeted advertising from participating companies.
6. Impact of Disabling Cookies
If you choose to disable or block cookies, please be aware of the following potential impacts on your experience with our website:
- Disabling essential cookies may prevent you from using certain features of the website, including form submissions, account login, and secure page access. We strongly recommend keeping essential cookies enabled.
- Disabling analytics cookies will not affect your browsing experience, but it will limit our ability to understand how our website is used and to make data-driven improvements.
- Disabling functionality cookies means the website will not remember your preferences, and you may need to re-enter information each time you visit. Calculator and tool settings will not be saved between sessions.
- Disabling advertising cookies will not reduce the number of advertisements you see, but the advertisements you encounter may be less relevant to your interests. You will no longer see retargeted ads from Yoga Dining Club on other websites.
7. Cookie Consent
When you first visit our website, you are presented with a cookie consent banner that gives you the option to accept or decline non-essential cookies. Your choice is stored in a first-party cookie (ydc-cookie-consent) so that we remember your preference on future visits. If you accept cookies, all categories described in this policy will be activated. If you decline, only essential cookies that are strictly necessary for the website to function will be used.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting our website, at which point the consent banner will appear again. Alternatively, you can contact us at [email protected] to request that we update your cookie preferences on our end.
8. Do Not Track Signals
Some web browsers transmit "Do Not Track" (DNT) signals to websites. Because there is no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals, we do not currently respond to or alter our data collection practices upon receiving DNT signals. If a standardized approach to DNT is adopted in the future, we will update this policy and our practices accordingly.
9. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, the technologies available, legal or regulatory requirements, or our business practices. When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. For significant changes, we will display an updated cookie consent banner to give you the opportunity to review and re-consent to our cookie practices. We encourage you to periodically review this Cookie Policy to stay informed about how we use cookies.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies and similar technologies, please contact us:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: (424) 369-8247
- Mail: Yoga Dining Club, 742 Mindful Way, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90028
We are committed to being transparent about our data practices and will respond to your inquiry as promptly as possible, typically within 5 business days.