Cookie Policy/GDPR

title: “Cookie Policy”
description: “This Cookie Policy explains how ‘California’ uses cookies and similar technologies on our website in line with GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, CCPA, and UK GDPR.”
date: “January 2024”
permalink: /cookie-policy/
update_date: “January 2024”
author: “Web Administrator”

Cookie Policy

At ‘California’, we are committed to maintaining the trust and privacy of our visitors. This Cookie Policy provides detailed information about how and why we use cookies and similar technologies on our website (“Site”). It also explains your rights to control their use in compliance with GDPR, ePrivacy Directive (Cookie Law), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and UK GDPR.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are used to remember users’ settings, for instance, your login information, shopping cart contents, or the relevant preferences of a site, so that all this does not have to be re-entered when visiting the website again.

Types of Cookies We Use

Our Site uses different types of cookies:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the operation of our Site and enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services like enabling comments cannot be provided.

  • Functionality Cookies: These allow the website to remember choices you make (like your user name or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personalized features. For instance, a functionality cookie can be used to remember your preferences for this Site.

  • Performance Cookies: These collect information about how visitors use a site, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor; all information collected is aggregated and used to improve the performance of our Site.

  • Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These may be set through our Site by our advertising partners and enable the serving of personalized advertisements. They remember that you have visited our website and use that information to target advertisements which are more likely to be relevant to you based on your interests and/or location.

  • Social Media Cookies: These are placed by social media companies who deliver content, like videos and social widgets. These cookies enable users to share or watch video content from our Site on social media platforms.

How We Use Cookies

We use the above types of cookies for various reasons, such as:

  • To ensure that content from our Site is presented in the most effective manner for you and your computer or device.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service if you so choose.
  • To provide you with information and advertisements that are relevant and interesting to you.
  • To measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver ads appropriate to you.

Managing Your Preferences and Consent

You have the right to accept or reject cookies in accordance with your preferences. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate option available on our Site’s cookie consent notice or by changing your browser settings. Most browsers offer instructions on how to refuse, accept, or delete cookies. Such actions you take are completely under your control. However, if you choose to disable cookies in your browser, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Site or to utilize certain functions they provide.

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own first-party cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, to deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and to so on. These third-party services may use a cookie or other tracking technologies to recognize you as a user and to personalize your visit to their web properties based upon your usage of the Site.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We keep our Cookie Policy under regular review and place any updates on this web page. This Cookie Policy was last updated in January 2024. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to this Cookie Policy.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Cookie Policy or our data protection practices in general, please contact our Data Protection Officer at:

Data Protection Officer
California
Email: [email protected]

We hope that you enjoy using ‘California’ and that your experience of the Site will be safe, smooth, and helpful. If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.