What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. Dietspecialistflow uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience, understand how you interact with our content, and improve our editorial platform.

This policy explains what cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, security, and access to secure areas of our site.

Lifespan: Session or 12 months

Analytics Cookies

We use analytics cookies to understand how readers interact with our articles and content. This data helps our editorial team create more relevant and engaging articles for you.

Lifespan: 2 years

Preference Cookies

These cookies remember your preferences and settings, such as language selection, article read history, and content preferences, to personalize your experience.

Lifespan: 1 year

Performance Cookies

These cookies measure the performance of our website, including page load times and content delivery efficiency, to ensure you have the best reading experience possible.

Lifespan: 1 year

How We Use Cookies

• Content Personalization: To remember articles you've read and suggest relevant editorial content based on your interests
• User Experience: To maintain session data, remember your language preference, and ensure smooth navigation
• Editorial Analytics: To understand which articles are most popular and how readers engage with our content
• Security: To protect against fraud and ensure the security of our website and your browsing experience
• Platform Improvement: To identify technical issues and optimize website performance for all our readers

Cookie List

Cookie Name	Type	Purpose	Duration
dsf_session_id	Essential	Session management and user authentication	Session
dsf_preferences	Preference	Stores user language and display preferences	1 year
dsf_analytics_id	Analytics	Tracks anonymized usage patterns and engagement	2 years
dsf_read_articles	Preference	Remembers recently read articles	90 days
dsf_performance	Performance	Measures page load performance and user interactions	1 year
dsf_cookie_consent	Essential	Records your cookie consent preferences	1 year
dsf_security_token	Essential	Prevents security threats and maintains data integrity	Session

Managing Your Cookies

Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. You can choose to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customize your preferences. Your choice will be remembered for 1 year.

Browser Settings

You can control cookies through your web browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View what cookies are set on your device
• Delete cookies from your browser
• Block cookies from specific websites
• Block all cookies by default

Note: Disabling essential cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our website.

Third-Party Tools

You can also use browser extensions and privacy tools to manage cookies across websites. Tools like tracking prevention extensions can help you control your online privacy.

Do Not Track

If your browser supports the "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature, we respect this preference. However, note that not all services may honor DNT requests.

Legal Basis

Dietspecialistflow uses cookies in compliance with applicable data protection regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ePrivacy Directive. We process cookies based on:

• Consent: For analytics and preference cookies, we obtain your explicit consent before storing them
• Legitimate Interest: For essential and performance cookies necessary for website functionality
• Legal Obligation: To comply with security and fraud prevention regulations

Data Retention

We retain cookie data for the duration specified in our cookie list. Essential cookies are deleted when you close your browser or after a set period. Analytics data is retained for up to 2 years to provide meaningful insights to our editorial team. You can request deletion of your cookie data at any time by contacting us.

Questions About Our Cookie Policy?

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies on our platform, our editorial team is here to help.

Contact Information:

Dietspecialistflow
Aleksanterinkatu 99
Oulu, Finland

For content questions and feedback about our editorial content, please email us.

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Last Updated: January 2024
This Cookie Policy may be updated periodically. We recommend reviewing this page regularly for any changes.