Cookie Notice
This Cookie Notice explains how Karina’s Seafood (“Company” “we” “our” or “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit karinasseafood.com (“Website”). This notice explains what cookies are, why we use them, the types of cookies we use, how long they remain on your device, and how you can manage your preferences.
By continuing to use our Website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this Cookie Notice, except where your consent is required by applicable law.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website. Cookies help websites function properly, remember your preferences, improve performance, analyze visitor behavior, and deliver relevant content.
Some cookies are placed directly by our Website (“first-party cookies”), while others are placed by third-party service providers (“third-party cookies”).
Types of Cookies We Use
1. Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the Website to operate correctly. They enable core functionality such as security, spam prevention, form submission, session management, and cookie preference storage.
Without these cookies, certain features of the Website may not function properly.
Examples include:
– Security cookies
– Session cookies
– Cookie consent preferences
– Spam protection cookies
These cookies do not require consent where permitted by applicable law.
2. Functional Cookies
Functional cookies remember choices you make to improve your browsing experience, such as form preferences, popup dismissal settings, or interface customization.
These cookies allow the Website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization.
3. Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Website. They collect anonymous or aggregated information such as:
– Pages visited
– Time spent on pages
– Navigation paths
– Device information
– Browser type
– General geographic region
– Website performance
This information helps us improve our Website and user experience.
4. Performance Cookies
Performance cookies collect information about how the Website performs and identify technical issues or optimization opportunities.
These cookies allow us to monitor:
– Website loading times
– Error rates
– User interactions
– Conversion optimization
– User experience improvements
5. Advertising and Marketing Cookies
At this time, our Website does not intentionally deploy advertising or behavioral marketing cookies through the plugins described below.
However, if embedded third-party content (such as Instagram) is loaded directly, those third parties may place cookies for personalization, advertising, analytics, or tracking in accordance with their own privacy policies.
Cookies and Technologies Used by Our Website
The Website may use the following plugins and technologies that can create or rely on cookies.
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Provider / Plugin
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Cookie Category
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Purpose
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Typical Duration
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WPForms Lite
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Necessary / Functional
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Processes contact forms, stores temporary form information, and prevents duplicate submissions.
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Session or up to 30 days
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Contact Form 7
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Necessary / Functional
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Processes contact forms and may store temporary session information needed to complete form submissions.
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Send PDF for Contact Form 7
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Necessary
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Generates PDF copies of submitted forms and may temporarily process submission data during document creation. Generally does not create persistent cookies.
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Akismet Anti-Spam
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Necessary / Security
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Helps detect and prevent spam by analyzing submitted information and visitor behavior. May use cookies to distinguish legitimate users from automated submissions.
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Session to several months
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Nelio A/B Testing
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Analytics / Performance
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Measures visitor interactions, page performance, conversion rates, and experiment results to improve Website usability.
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Up to 13 months
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Popup Maker
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Functional
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Remembers whether popups have been viewed, dismissed, or accepted to improve user experience.
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Session to 1 year
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Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (when Instagram content is loaded directly)
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Functional / Analytics / Marketing
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Displays Instagram content and may allow Instagram (Meta) to place cookies for content delivery, analytics, personalization, and advertising according to Meta's policies.
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Determined by Meta
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Cookie names may change over time as plugins are updated.
Third-Party Cookies
Some features of our Website rely on services operated by third parties. These providers may set cookies or similar technologies independently of our Website.
Depending on how the Website is configured, third-party cookies may include services such as:
– Instagram / Meta
– Google services
– Cloudflare
– Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
These providers maintain their own privacy and cookie policies. We encourage you to review those policies for additional information regarding their data processing practices.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our Website, you may be presented with a cookie consent banner allowing you to:
– Accept all cookies
– Reject non-essential cookies
– Customize your cookie preferences
– Change your preferences at any time (where available)
You may withdraw or modify your consent at any time using the cookie preference tool available on the Website, if provided.
How to Disable or Delete Cookies
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings.
You can generally:
– Delete existing cookies
– Block all cookies
– Block third-party cookies
– Receive notifications before cookies are stored
– Clear browsing data
Instructions are available through your browser’s help documentation, including:
– Google Chrome
– Mozilla Firefox
– Microsoft Edge
– Safari
– Opera
Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality and availability of portions of the Website.
Consent
Where required by applicable law, non-essential cookies will only be placed after you have provided your consent through our cookie consent mechanism.
Necessary cookies remain active because they are required for the operation and security of the Website.
Changes to This Cookie Notice
We may update this Cookie Notice periodically to reflect changes in applicable laws, technology, or our Website.
Any updates will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
We encourage you to review this Cookie Notice regularly.
