Cookie Policy
Last Updated: January 1, 2024
Introduction to Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data that a website you visit sends to your browser and stored on your device’s hard drive. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to site owners. Cookies do not damage your system or personal files, and other than the internet address (URL) and device you used to access the page, your choice to accept these cookies will be recorded by each of the cookies.
Types of Cookies Used
On our website ‘fda-food-safety-recalls’, we use various types of cookies for different purposes:
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Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the functioning of our site and enable you to navigate it and use its services and features. Without these cookies, services like session management cannot be provided.
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Performance Cookies: These collect information about how visitors use a website (for instance, which pages visitors go to most often). The data collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymized, and is used to improve the performance of our site.
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Functionality Cookies: These allow the website to remember your choices (such as your user name, language, or region) to provide a more personalized experience. They can also be used to remember changes you make to improve your experience.
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Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These are used to deliver ads that are more relevant to you and your interests. They may also limit the number of times you see an ad, as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. These cookies are usually placed by third-party advertisers.
Managing or Deleting Cookies
If you wish to control or delete cookies, you can do so on your computer or device. However, removing cookies may result in some parts of our website not working as efficiently or at all. You can delete all cookies that are already on your device and prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our site and separately.
For more information on how to manage and delete cookies, please visit aboutcookies.org.
Third-Party Cookies
Our website may also use third-party cookies provided by other organizations to:
- Help us understand the profile of visitors and their behavior on our site.
- Improve the way our website works.
- Offer targeted advertising more relevant to you.
Consent and Control
We respect your right to privacy and thus, we seek your consent before placing cookies on your device, where required by law. Your continued use of our site after the cookie notification appears indicates your acceptance of our use of these technologies. If you do not want us to collect information through the use of these technologies, you can manage/delete them as described above.
Updates to This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy is effective as of January 1, 2024. However, we shall continue to review, and where necessary, update our policies in line with evolving regulations or technology.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:
This Cookie Policy is designed to comply with the standards set out by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the ePrivacy Directive, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the UK GDPR.