Effective Date: December 1, 2025 – Last Updated: December 23, 2025
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences and understanding how you use our site.
How We Use Cookies
GainMeals uses cookies to:
- Keep our website functioning properly
- Remember your preferences and settings
- Understand how visitors use our site
- Show you relevant advertisements
- Enable social media sharing features
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies (Required)
These cookies are necessary for our website to function and cannot be disabled.
Purpose:
- Enable basic site functionality
- Allow page navigation
- Provide access to secure areas
- Remember items in your shopping cart (if applicable)
Duration: Session cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (remain until expiry date)
Analytics Cookies (Optional)
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website.
What we use:
- Google Analytics – Tracks page views, time on site, bounce rate, and user behavior
Information collected:
- Pages you visit
- How long you spend on each page
- How you arrived at our site
- Your general location (city/country level)
- Device and browser type
Duration: Up to 26 months
Opt-out: You can opt-out through our cookie banner or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
Advertising Cookies (Optional)
These cookies are used to show you relevant ads and measure advertising effectiveness.
What we use:
- Google AdSense – Displays ads on our website
- Other ad networks – May display targeted advertisements
Purpose:
- Show you relevant ads based on your interests
- Limit how many times you see an ad
- Measure ad performance
- Personalize advertising content
Duration: Up to 24 months
Opt-out:
- Adjust settings in our cookie banner
- Visit Google Ad Settings
- Use Network Advertising Initiative opt-out
Social Media Cookies (Optional)
These cookies enable social sharing features and may track your activity across websites.
What we use:
- Facebook – Social sharing and embedded content
- Pinterest – Pin sharing functionality
- Instagram – Embedded posts
- Twitter/X – Tweet sharing
Purpose:
- Allow you to share recipes to social platforms
- Display social media content embedded on our site
- Track social sharing activity
Duration: Varies by platform (typically up to 24 months)
Opt-out: Manage settings through each social media platform’s privacy settings
Affiliate and Marketing Cookies (Optional)
These cookies track clicks on affiliate links and help us earn commissions on purchases.
What we use:
- Amazon Associates – Tracks purchases made through our Amazon links
- ShareASale, CJ Affiliate, Impact – Other affiliate program tracking
Purpose:
- Track referrals from our website
- Attribute purchases to our recommendations
- Calculate commissions
Duration: Up to 90 days (varies by affiliate program)
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit GainMeals, you’ll see a cookie consent banner. You can:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject optional cookies (essential cookies will still be used)
- Customize your preferences by cookie category
Browser Settings
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings:
Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Cookies and site data
Note: Blocking all cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our website.
Opt-Out Tools
Google Analytics Opt-out: Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
Advertising Opt-out:
Global Privacy Control (GPC): We honor Global Privacy Control signals from browsers and browser extensions.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are set by third-party services we use:
We do not control third-party cookies. These companies have their own privacy policies governing how they use your information:
Do Not Track (DNT)
Some browsers have a “Do Not Track” feature. Currently, there is no industry standard for how to respond to DNT signals. We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals for California residents as required by law.
Cookie List
Below is a detailed list of cookies used on our website:
Essential Cookies
wordpress_* – WordPress session management – Duration: Session
wp-settings-* – User preferences for WordPress – Duration: 1 year
PHPSESSID – Session identifier – Duration: Session
Analytics Cookies
_ga – Google Analytics to distinguish users – Duration: 2 years
_gid – Google Analytics to distinguish users – Duration: 24 hours
_gat – Google Analytics to throttle request rate – Duration: 1 minute
Advertising Cookies
_gcl_au – Google AdSense for ad performance – Duration: 3 months
IDE – Google DoubleClick for ad targeting – Duration: 1 year
test_cookie – Google DoubleClick to check if browser accepts cookies – Duration: 15 minutes
Note: This list may not be exhaustive as third-party services may update their cookies.
Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect:
- Changes in cookie usage
- New third-party services
- Updates to privacy regulations
- User feedback
Last Updated: December 23, 2025
We will notify you of significant changes by updating the “Last Updated” date and displaying a notice on our website.
Your Privacy Rights
For information about your data privacy rights under GDPR and CCPA, please see our:
Questions About Cookies?
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
GainMeals
Email: Contact@dinnerchicken.com
Subject Line: “Cookie Policy Question”
By continuing to use our website, you consent to our use of essential cookies. You can manage optional cookies through our cookie banner or browser settings at any time.
