Cookie Policy
Last updated: December 2024
At Vital Natural Boost, we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. This policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit our website. They allow websites to remember your preferences and activities during your browsing session and across future visits.
Cookies are essential for modern web functionality. They help us understand how visitors interact with our editorial content and improve the overall user experience on vitalnaturalboost.info.
Types of Cookies We Use
1. Essential (Necessary) Cookies
These cookies are required for the basic functionality of our website. They enable core features such as security, navigation, and page loading. Without these cookies, our website cannot function properly.
Duration: Session or persistent (depending on functionality) | Consentable: No (legally required)
2. Analytics Cookies
We use analytics cookies to understand how readers interact with our editorial content. These cookies track page views, article engagement, time spent reading, and navigation patterns. This data helps our editorial team create more relevant and valuable content for our audience.
Duration: Persistent (up to 2 years) | Consentable: Yes
3. Preference (Functionality) Cookies
These cookies remember your choices and preferences when visiting our website, such as language preference, theme selection, and reading preferences. They allow us to customize your experience without you having to make the same selections repeatedly.
Duration: Persistent (up to 1 year) | Consentable: Yes
4. Performance Cookies
These cookies help us optimize website performance by tracking load times, error rates, and user device information. This data allows us to identify and resolve technical issues, ensuring smooth access to our articles and content.
Duration: Session or short-term persistent | Consentable: Yes
5. Security Cookies
We use security cookies to protect your data and prevent fraudulent activities. These cookies detect unusual access patterns and protect against spam and malicious access attempts to our website.
Duration: Session | Consentable: No (legally required)
How We Use Cookies
- ✓ Content Delivery: Ensuring our articles and editorial content load quickly and reliably
- ✓ Reader Analytics: Understanding which topics and articles resonate most with our audience
- ✓ Personalization: Remembering your reading preferences and display settings
- ✓ Security: Protecting against unauthorized access and maintaining website integrity
- ✓ Error Reporting: Identifying technical issues to improve your browsing experience
- ✓ Spam Prevention: Detecting and blocking malicious or suspicious activities
Cookies Used on Our Website
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Essential | Session management and security | Session |
| _ga | Analytics | Google Analytics - User identification | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | Google Analytics - Session identification | 24 hours |
| _gat | Analytics | Google Analytics - Request throttling | 1 minute |
| vnb_theme | Preference | Stores your theme preference (light/dark) | 1 year |
| vnb_language | Preference | Stores your language preference | 1 year |
| vnb_reading_mode | Preference | Stores reading mode and font settings | 1 year |
| cf_clearance | Security | Cloudflare security verification | 1 day |
| __cfruid | Security | Cloudflare rate limiting and DDoS protection | Session |
| vnb_performance | Performance | Tracks page load times and performance metrics | Session |
Managing Your Cookies
Browser Cookie Settings
Most modern web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can choose to accept, reject, or delete cookies. Here are links to manage cookies in popular browsers:
- • Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
- • Mozilla Firefox: Preferences → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- • Apple Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- • Microsoft Edge: Settings → Privacy, search, and services → Clear browsing data
Cookie Consent Preferences
When you first visit vitalnaturalboost.info, we present a cookie consent banner. You can:
- • Accept all cookies: All cookie types will be used as described in this policy
- • Customize preferences: Choose which cookie types you want to accept (essential cookies are always enabled)
- • Reject optional cookies: Only essential and security cookies will be used
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by accessing our cookie preference center in the website footer.
Note: Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the website to function properly and securely.
Third-Party Cookies
We work with trusted third-party service providers to enhance our website functionality and understand our audience. These third parties may place cookies on your device:
Google Analytics
Helps us understand reader behavior and article engagement patterns.
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Cloudflare
Provides security, DDoS protection, and content delivery optimization.
Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacy/
Hotjar
Provides heatmaps and user session recordings to improve user experience and content layout.
Privacy Policy: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy
These third parties operate under their own privacy policies. We recommend reviewing their policies to understand how they handle your data.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws (such as GDPR, CCPA, or similar regulations), you may have the following rights:
Right to Access
You have the right to request and receive a copy of your personal data that we hold.
Right to Rectification
You can request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to Erasure
You may request deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances.
Right to Data Portability
You can request your data in a structured, portable format.
Right to Object
You can object to processing of your personal data in certain situations.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.