Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.

How We Use Cookies

Vitalance Nutrition uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience, understand how visitors use our website, and improve our services. We use cookies in accordance with UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).

Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. These cookies do not require consent as they are necessary for the website to work.

Examples:

• Session cookies that remember your preferences during your visit
• Security cookies that authenticate users and prevent fraud
• Cookie consent preferences

Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, personalised features. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Examples:

• Cookies that remember your language preference
• Cookies that remember your contact form details
• Cookies that enable enhanced website features

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the website and understand what content is most useful to our visitors.

What we collect:

• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• How you arrived at our website
• Device and browser information
• General location data (country/city level)

Marketing Cookies

These cookies track your online activity to help us deliver more relevant advertising or to limit how many times you see an advertisement. We do not currently use marketing cookies, but if we do in the future, we will request your explicit consent.

Google Consent Mode v2

We implement Google Consent Mode v2 to respect your cookie preferences while still providing aggregated, anonymous analytics data. This means:

• If you consent to analytics cookies, we collect standard analytics data
• If you decline, we only collect anonymised, aggregated data without personal identifiers
• Your consent choices are communicated to Google services
• No personal data is shared without your consent

Cookie Duration

Cookies may be either "session" cookies or "persistent" cookies:

• Session cookies: Temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser
• Persistent cookies: Remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them

Most of our cookies are session cookies. Persistent cookies we use typically last for:

• Cookie consent preferences: 12 months
• Analytics cookies: Up to 26 months
• Functional cookies: Up to 12 months

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings link in our website footer.

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:

• View what cookies you have and delete them individually
• Block all cookies from being set
• Allow cookies only from specific websites
• Delete all cookies when you close your browser

Browser-specific guidance:

• Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data
• Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions

Mobile Devices

On mobile devices, you can manage cookies through your browser settings or device settings. Refer to your device manufacturer's instructions for specific guidance.

Impact of Disabling Cookies

If you disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly. Specifically:

• Your preferences may not be saved between visits
• Some forms may not work correctly
• You may see the cookie consent banner repeatedly
• We won't be able to track how visitors use the site to make improvements

Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled as they are essential for the website to function.

Third-Party Cookies

We may use third-party services that set their own cookies. We do not control these cookies. Please refer to the third-party's privacy and cookie policies for more information about their cookies:

• Google Analytics (if analytics cookies are enabled)

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our practices. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last revised.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

Additional Resources

For more information about cookies and how to manage them, visit:

• www.aboutcookies.org
• www.allaboutcookies.org
• ICO - Cookies