🍪 Cookie Policy
Learn how Apache Pizza uses cookies to enhance your online experience
📅 Last Updated: January 2025
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit our website. They help us recognize your device and remember certain information about your visit, such as your preferences and actions.
Cookies are widely used across the internet to make websites work more efficiently and provide valuable information to website owners. They enable features like remembering items in your shopping cart, keeping you logged in, and understanding how you interact with our website.
Good to know: Cookies cannot harm your device, cannot contain viruses, and cannot access other information on your computer. They simply store text-based information that helps improve your browsing experience.
Types of Cookies We Use
Apache Pizza uses different types of cookies for various purposes. Here's a breakdown of the cookies you may encounter on our website:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core features like shopping cart functionality, secure checkout, and account authentication.
RequiredFunctional Cookies
These cookies remember your preferences and choices to provide enhanced, personalized features. They may remember your delivery address, language preferences, and store location.
OptionalAnalytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website. They collect information about page views, time spent on pages, and navigation patterns to help us improve.
OptionalMarketing Cookies
These cookies track your online activity to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising. They may be used to limit how often you see an ad and measure ad campaign effectiveness.
OptionalDetailed Cookie Information
- Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser. We use these for shopping cart functionality and to maintain your session as you navigate our site.
- Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. They remember your preferences and settings for future visits.
- First-Party Cookies: Set by Apache Pizza directly, these cookies are essential for our website functionality and analytics.
- Third-Party Cookies: Set by our partners and service providers to enable additional features and advertising services.
Third-Party Cookies
We work with trusted third-party services to enhance your experience and analyze website performance. These services may set their own cookies on your device:
| Service Provider | Purpose | Cookie Type |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | Website traffic analysis and user behavior insights | Analytics |
| Google Maps | Store locator and delivery area mapping | Functional |
| Facebook Pixel | Social media advertising and conversion tracking | Marketing |
| Stripe/PayPal | Secure payment processing | Essential |
| Hotjar | User experience analysis and heatmaps | Analytics |
| Social media feed integration | Functional |
Each third-party service has its own privacy policy governing their use of cookies. We encourage you to review their policies for more information about how they handle your data.
How to Manage Cookies
You have full control over cookies on your device. You can manage your cookie preferences in several ways:
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find these options in the "Privacy" or "Security" section of your browser preferences.
Cookie Preferences on Our Site
When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or customize your cookie preferences. You can change these preferences at any time by:
- Clicking the "Cookie Settings" link in our website footer
- Clearing your browser's cookies and revisiting our site
- Contacting us directly to update your preferences
What Happens if You Disable Cookies?
Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect your experience on our website:
- Essential Cookies: Disabling these will prevent basic website functionality, including the ability to place orders online.
- Functional Cookies: Your preferences won't be remembered between visits, and some features may not work as expected.
- Analytics Cookies: We won't be able to improve our website based on user behavior data.
- Marketing Cookies: You may still see ads, but they won't be tailored to your interests.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. When we make significant changes, we'll notify you by:
- Updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page
- Displaying a notice on our website
- Sending you an email if you're subscribed to our updates
We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
Your Rights Under GDPR
If you're located in the European Union or Ireland, you have specific rights regarding your personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
- Right to Access: You can request information about the cookies we use and the data they collect.
- Right to Rectification: You can ask us to correct any inaccurate data.
- Right to Erasure: You can request deletion of your data by clearing cookies from your browser.
- Right to Object: You can opt out of non-essential cookies at any time.
- Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a machine-readable format.
Questions About Our Cookies?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this policy, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
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