Understanding Cookies
At Vitality Bloom Wellness, located in vibrant Austin, Texas, we are committed to providing you with a seamless and informative online experience. This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on our website vitalitybloomwellness.com, and how you can manage your preferences. Our address is 2300 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78705. You can contact us at [email protected] or call us at 512-555-WELL.
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, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies help websites remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings. This can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. Think of them as tiny digital assistants working behind the scenes to enhance your browsing experience.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use various types of cookies to ensure our website functions correctly and provides the best possible experience for our users. Here's a breakdown of the main categories:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas and making purchases. Without these cookies, certain services you have asked for cannot be provided.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they experience any error messages. This information is used to improve how our website works. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.
Specific Cookies Used on Vitality Bloom Wellness
The table below provides detailed information about the specific cookies we use on our website. This list is regularly updated to ensure transparency.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Performance | 2 years |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Performance | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | Performance | 1 minute |
| PHPSESSID | A session cookie used to maintain user session state. | Strictly Necessary | Session |
| cookieConsent | Remembers if the user has accepted the cookie policy. | Functionality | 1 year |
| marketingCookie | Tracks user browsing behavior for targeted advertising. | Targeting | 30 days |
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences through your web browser settings. Here’s how you can do it:
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to block all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or delete cookies when you close your browser. Please note that blocking all cookies may affect your ability to access certain parts of our website. Refer to your browser's help documentation for instructions on how to manage cookies.
- Third-Party Tools: Several third-party tools are available that allow you to manage cookies from multiple websites at once. These tools can provide a convenient way to control your cookie preferences.
- Our Cookie Consent Banner: Upon your first visit to our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. This banner allows you to accept or decline the use of non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by revisiting the banner.
Please be aware that disabling cookies may impact the functionality of our website and your user experience.
Updates to this Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our data practices. We encourage you to review this policy periodically for any updates. Any changes will be effective when we post the revised policy on our website. The date of the latest revision will be indicated at the top of this page.
This Cookies Policy was last updated on October 26, 2026.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at:
Vitality Bloom Wellness
2300 Guadalupe St
Austin, TX 78705
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 512-555-WELL
Additional Resources
For further information about cookies and how to manage them, you can visit the following websites:
- Privacy Policy - Learn more about how we protect your privacy.
- Terms and Conditions - Review the terms of use for our website.
- About Us - Discover Vitality Bloom Wellness and our mission.
- Home - Return to our homepage.