Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 2024
Dietary Balance Yoga uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and provide better content recommendations. 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 that are stored on your device when you visit our website. They contain information that helps us recognize you when you return and remember your preferences. Cookies play an essential role in making websites function properly and improving user experience.
Cookies cannot harm your computer and do not contain viruses. However, they do store information about your browsing habits, which is why understanding and managing them is important.
Types of Cookies We Use
1. Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, security, and access to member-only sections. Without essential cookies, our website cannot operate as intended.
Duration: Session or 12 months
2. Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, including page views, click patterns, and bounce rates. This data helps our editorial team understand which articles resonate with readers and improve content quality. Performance data is aggregated and does not identify you personally.
Duration: 2 years
3. Preference Cookies
These cookies remember your choices and settings, such as language preference, text size, and content filtering options. They ensure that when you return to our site, your preferred experience is restored without requiring you to reconfigure settings.
Duration: 1 year
4. Functional Cookies
These cookies enable personalized features and enhanced functionality, such as article recommendations based on your reading history, saved article lists, and user comments. They help create a more engaging editorial experience.
Duration: 1-2 years
5. Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics and similar tools to understand reader behavior and optimize our content delivery. These cookies track which articles are most popular, how readers navigate our site, and where our audience comes from. This information helps us publish more relevant content.
Duration: 2 years
Our Cookie List
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
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| PHPSESSID | Essential | Session management | Session |
| dby_preferences | Preference | User settings and language | 1 year |
| _ga | Analytics | Google Analytics tracking | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | Google Analytics session ID | 24 hours |
| dby_reading_history | Functional | Article recommendations | 1 year |
| dby_saved_articles | Functional | Saved articles list | 2 years |
| dby_theme | Preference | Light/dark mode preference | 1 year |
| _gat | Performance | Google Analytics throttling | 1 minute |
How We Use Cookies
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Improve Content Relevance:
We analyze which articles generate the most engagement to ensure our editorial team publishes content that serves our readers' interests in dietary balance and yoga.
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Personalize Your Experience:
Cookies remember your preferences, language choice, and reading history to deliver a customized browsing experience without requiring repeated login.
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Understand Reader Behavior:
Analytics cookies help us understand traffic patterns, popular topics, and user navigation to optimize website structure and content organization.
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Security and Fraud Prevention:
Essential cookies protect your account and prevent unauthorized access to your reading history and saved articles.
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Enhance Article Recommendations:
Functional cookies enable our system to suggest relevant articles based on your previous reading, helping you discover related content.
Third-Party Cookies
We use third-party services that may place cookies on your device:
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Google Analytics:
Provides insights into reader behavior and article performance. Google processes this data according to their privacy policy.
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Content Delivery Networks:
CDN providers may use cookies to optimize page loading speed and content delivery.
Note: We do not control third-party cookies. We encourage you to review their privacy policies directly.
Managing Your Cookies
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through settings. You can typically:
- ○ Accept all cookies automatically
- ○ Reject all cookies
- ○ Accept only essential cookies
- ○ Delete cookies when closing your browser
Limitation: Disabling cookies may affect website functionality. For example, you may not be able to access saved articles or personalized recommendations.
How to Manage Cookies in Popular Browsers
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Preferences → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
- Edge: Settings → Privacy, search, and services → Cookies and other site data
Opt-Out Tools
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available for most browsers.
For Do Not Track (DNT) preferences, consult your browser documentation. We respect DNT signals where applicable.
Cookie Data Retention
We retain cookie data only for as long as necessary:
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Essential cookies: Deleted when you log out or your session expires
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Performance & analytics cookies: Automatically deleted after 2 years
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Preference & functional cookies: Retained for 1-2 years or until you delete them
You can request deletion of your cookie data at any time by clearing your browser cookies or contacting us directly.
Privacy and Security
Your privacy is important to us. While cookies store information on your device, they cannot:
- ✓ Access other files on your computer
- ✓ Execute viruses or malware
- ✓ Collect sensitive payment information
All data collected through cookies is encrypted and stored securely. For more information about data protection, please review our Privacy Policy and Disclaimer.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our editorial practices. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was most recently modified. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
For questions about significant changes, [email protected].
Questions About Our Cookie Policy?
If you have questions about how we use cookies or want to understand more about your privacy options, we're here to help.
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