Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 2024
Overview
At Wellnessnutritionist, we use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience on our website. This policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
Address: Market Street 149, Glasgow
The information on this site is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making health decisions.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They contain information about your browsing activity and preferences. Cookies allow websites to remember your settings and improve your user experience during subsequent visits.
Cookies are widely used across the internet and are essential for modern web functionality. They do not contain executable code and cannot transmit viruses or malware to your device.
Types of Cookies We Use
1. Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, access to secure areas, and form submissions. Without these cookies, our website cannot operate correctly. These cookies do not require user consent.
2. Performance Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting data about page load times, bounce rates, and traffic sources. They allow us to analyze website performance and identify areas for improvement. These cookies do not identify individual users.
3. Functional Cookies
These cookies remember your preferences and settings, such as language selection, text size, and theme preferences. They enhance your browsing experience by personalizing content without tracking you across other websites.
4. Analytical Cookies
We use analytical cookies to gather aggregated data about user behavior, content popularity, and engagement metrics. This information helps our editorial team create more relevant and valuable content for our readers. Data is anonymized and used only for statistical purposes.
5. Third-Party Cookies
Some content on our website may be served by third-party providers such as analytics services and content delivery networks. These third parties may place cookies on your device in accordance with their own privacy policies. We do not control these third-party cookies.
How We Use Cookies
- Improving user experience: We track which articles and sections are most popular to optimize content layout and navigation.
- Remembering preferences: We store your language and theme selections so you don't need to set them each time you visit.
- Understanding audience: Analytics cookies help us understand our reader demographics and content preferences to improve our editorial output.
- Security and fraud prevention: Essential cookies help protect your session and prevent unauthorized access.
- Website functionality: Cookies enable search functions, article bookmarking, and form submissions on our platform.
- Measuring engagement: We monitor which topics generate the most reader interest to inform our editorial calendar.
Cookie Details
| Cookie Name | Type | Expiration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Essential | Session | Maintains user session on the website |
| wn_preferences | Functional | 1 year | Stores language and theme preferences |
| wn_consent | Essential | 1 year | Records cookie consent choices |
| _ga | Analytical | 2 years | Google Analytics: tracks user sessions |
| _gid | Analytical | 24 hours | Google Analytics: tracks page views |
| _gat | Analytical | 1 minute | Google Analytics: throttle request rate |
| wn_lastvisit | Functional | 30 days | Records last visit date for content recommendations |
| wn_bookmarks | Functional | 1 year | Stores your bookmarked articles |
Managing Your Cookies
Browser Settings
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- See what cookies are set
- Delete existing cookies
- Prevent cookies from being set
- Set your browser to ask you before accepting cookies
Instructions for managing cookies in popular browsers:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Preferences → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
- Edge: Settings → Privacy, search, and services → Clear browsing data
Cookie Consent Tool
When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner appears. You can use this tool to:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Customize your cookie preferences
- Review detailed information about each cookie type
Impact of Disabling Cookies
While you have the right to disable cookies, doing so may affect your experience on our website:
Disabled essential cookies: You may experience broken functionality, authentication issues, and inability to access certain features of the website.
Disabled functional cookies: Your preferences and bookmarks will not be saved between sessions, and you'll need to reconfigure settings each visit.
Disabled analytical cookies: We'll have less insight into how readers use our platform, which may affect the quality of content recommendations and editorial decisions.
Third-Party Services
Our website uses the following third-party services that may set cookies:
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Used to deliver images, videos, and other media files efficiently
Performance cookies are set to optimize content delivery
Legal Basis
This cookie policy is based on compliance with:
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - EU regulation on data protection
- Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (ePrivacy Directive)
- UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)
- UK PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations)
Essential cookies are exempt from consent requirements, but we still provide users with clear information about their use. All other cookies require your explicit consent before being set.
Questions About This Policy?
If you have questions about our use of cookies or concerns about your privacy, our editorial team is happy to help.
Wellnessnutritionist
Market Street 149
Glasgow
For content questions or feedback about our articles, please [email protected].
Policy Updates
We may update this cookie policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our practices. We recommend reviewing this page periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
Last Updated: January 2024