Cookie Policy
COOKIE POLICY
Effective Date: 02.27.25
At The Buzzing Bee Center, we use cookies to enhance your experience, analyze our site’s performance, and offer personalized services. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can manage them.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They are used to help the website function and to provide a more personalized experience. There are different types of cookies:
- Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly.
- Performance Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website (e.g., analytics).
- Functional Cookies: Allow the website to remember your preferences (e.g., language settings).
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: Used to show relevant advertisements based on your activity.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
a) Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of our website. Without them, the website cannot function properly. They include:
- Session cookies for managing user sessions
- Security cookies for fraud prevention and site security
- Load balancing cookies to ensure stable site performance
b) Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you interact with our website, such as which pages you visit and how long you stay. We use Google Analytics to collect this data. These cookies help us improve the performance of our site. Specific cookies include:
- Google Analytics Cookies
- _ga: Used to distinguish users (expiration: 2 years)
- _gid: Used to distinguish users (expiration: 24 hours)
- _gat: Used to throttle request rate (expiration: 1 minute)
- Google Analytics Cookies
c) Functional Cookies: These cookies store your preferences and settings across sessions, ensuring a more personalized experience. They include:
- Language preference cookies (expiration: 1 year)
- Font size preference cookies (expiration: 6 months)
- Form data cookies for saving partially completed forms (expiration: 30 minutes)
d) Advertising Cookies: These cookies track your browsing behavior and provide personalized ads. They are used for remarketing or targeted advertising through Google Ads. Specific cookies include:
- Google Ads Cookies:
- IDE: Used for remarketing (expiration: 1 year)
- ANID: Used for ad personalization (expiration: 13 months)
- Conversion cookies (expiration: 90 days)
- Google Ads Cookies:
3. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
Our website uses both first-party and third-party cookies:
a) First-party cookies are set by our website directly and can only be read by our site.
b) Third-party cookies are set by third-party services we use, such as Google Analytics and Google Ads. These third parties may use the data collected for their own purposes, according to their privacy policies:
4. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to:
- Improve site functionality and user experience.
- Provide personalized content and recommendations.
- Monitor site performance and traffic via analytics tools like Google Analytics
- Deliver targeted advertising based on your activity.
- Remember your preferences and settings.
- Ensure the security of your session.
5. Managing Cookies
a) You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies. However, please note that if you disable certain cookies, some features of our website may not function correctly.
b) How to Manage Cookies on Desktop Browsers:
- Google Chrome: Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
- Mozilla Firefox: Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
- Safari: Go to Settings > Safari > Privacy > Cookies and Website Data.
c) How to manage Cookies on Mobile Devices
- iOS Safari: Go to Settings > Safari > Block Cookies.
- Android Chrome: Open Chrome > Settings > Site Settings > Cookies.
d) You can also adjust your cookie preferences by clicking the ‘Cookie Settings’ button on our website. This allows you to enable or disable specific categories of cookies (e.g., Performance, Functional, Advertising)
e) Do Not Track: Some browsers have a “Do Not Track” feature that signals to websites that you do not want to be tracked. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals.
6. Cookie Duration
Cookies can be either ‘session cookies’ or ‘persistent cookies’:
a) Session cookies are temporary and are deleted from your device when you close your browser. They are typically used to remember your actions during a single browsing session.
b) Persistent cookies remain on your device for a longer period, even after you close your browser. They are used to remember your preferences or actions across multiple visits to our website.
c) The specific expiry periods of the cookies we use are:
- Essential cookies
- sessionid: Manages user session (deleted when you close your browser)
- csrf_token: Security protection (deleted when you close your browser)
- Performance cookies
- _ga: Google analytics: used for long-term user identification (duration: 2 years)
- _gid: Google analytics: used for short-term, session-based tracking (duration: 24 hours)
- _gat: Google analytics: designed to prevent a flood of data to Google Analytics: (duration: 10 minutes)
- Functional cookies
- language_pref: Remembers language: (duration: 1 year)
- font_size: (duration: 6 months)
- form_data: used to remember user input or preferences (duration: 30 minutes)
- Advertising cookies
- IDE: 1 year
- ANID: 13 months
- Conversion cookies: 90 days
- Essential cookies
d) You can find more information about specific cookie durations in your browser’s cookie settings.
7. International Data Transfers
a) Some of our third-party cookie providers may transfer and process your data outside your country of residence, including to countries that may not provide the same level of data protection as your country. When we engage such providers, we implement appropriate safeguards to ensure your data is protected, including:
- Standard contractual clauses approved by relevant data protection authorities
- Ensuring the receiving country has been deemed to provide adequate protection
- Obtaining certifications like EU-US Data Privacy Framework compliance
b) By using our website and accepting cookies, you consent to these international transfers where applicable.
8. Legal Basis for Processing
Where required by applicable law, we process your personal data collected through cookies based on the following legal bases:
a) Consent: We rely on your consent for the use of non-essential cookies, such as Performance, Functional, and Advertising cookies. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings or by using the Cookie Settings on our website.
b) Legitimate Interests: We may process Essential cookies based on our legitimate interests in providing, maintaining, and securing the functionality of our website. We have carefully balanced our interests against your privacy rights and believe that the use of these cookies is necessary for our website to operate properly.
9. Your Data Protection Rights Related to Cookies
a) In addition to managing your cookie preferences, you have certain rights regarding your personal data collected through cookies:
- Right to access: You can request information about what data has been collected through cookies.
- Right to rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate data.
- Right to erasure: You can request deletion of data collected through cookies.
- Right to restrict processing: You can request that we limit the use of data collected.
- Right to object: You can object to the processing of your data through cookies.
- Right to data portability: You can request a copy of your data in a structured format.
b) To exercise these rights in relation to cookie data, please contact us at [email protected]
10. Your Consent
By using our website, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy. We obtain your consent for non-essential cookies through a cookie banner that appears when you first visit our website. You can modify your cookie preferences at any time by adjusting your browser settings or using our Cookie Settings
11. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to check this page regularly for the latest information on our cookie practices.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:
The Buzzing Bee Center
Attn: Legal Department
7860 W Commercial Blvd
Suite 200, PMB 613
Lauderhill, FL 33351
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (754) 222-3582