Policy — cookie use on chopdawg.com
Cookie Policy
This policy explains how chopdawg.com uses cookies and similar browser storage, what each category does, and how you can control them. It should be read alongside the privacy policy, which covers personal data more broadly.
Plain summary
Necessary cookies keep the site running. Analytics and functional cookies are optional and can be blocked without losing access to anything here.
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What cookies are
Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. They let a site remember things between page loads, such as your preferences or whether you have already seen a message. Each cookie is tied to the domain that set it, and most carry an expiry — a session cookie disappears when you close the browser, while a persistent one stays until its set date or until you delete it. Similar technologies, including local storage and session storage, work in comparable ways and are covered by this policy.
Cookies are read only by the site that placed them, and they are not programs — they cannot run code, scan your device, or pull data from other apps. The most common uses on a site like this one are keeping a session stable while you move between pages, remembering a form you already submitted, and counting which pages get read so we know what to keep up to date.
For reference, a single cookie usually holds a short identifier, an expiry date, and the site it belongs to. Nothing about your browsing outside chopdawg.com is stored in it.
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Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the site to function: page routing, form submission, security checks, and load balancing. They do not track you across other websites, and they are not used to build a profile. Because the site cannot operate without them, they are set when you use it and are not subject to opt-in.
In practice, that means a session cookie keeps the pages you request tied to the same visit, and a security cookie helps us detect a form that is being abused. Block these in your browser and pages may fail to route or a submitted form may not go through.
This category is the smallest set we place. It exists so the site loads and forms work. It is always on for that reason alone, never for advertising.
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Analytics cookies
What they record
We use analytics to understand which pages are visited and how the site performs, in aggregate. This helps us decide which content is worth maintaining. Analytics data is not used to identify you personally, and you can block these cookies without losing access to anything on the site.
The reports we read are counts and trends — page views, referrers, and whether a page loaded quickly or slowly. IP addresses are truncated or hashed before storage in most setups, so a record cannot be traced back to a person by us.
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Functional cookies
Remembered choices
Function cookies remember choices you make, such as a dismissed notice or a form preference, so you do not have to repeat them. Each one is set only when you take the action that creates it.
When they are set
Setting a form preference, closing a notice, or choosing how a list sorts are the actions that create one. If you do nothing of that sort, none is set.
If you disable them
Disabling them means the site will forget those choices on your next visit. Nothing important is lost — you simply have to set the preference again.
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Third-party cookies
Some embedded content and services may set their own cookies when you interact with them. We do not control those cookies, and their providers' policies apply. Where third-party content is embedded, it is limited to what the page needs to function.
If you want to know exactly what a provider places, its own cookie notice and privacy page are the source of record — we link to it from the embed whenever there is one. If an embed is not needed for a page to work, we leave it out.
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You decide what the site remembers.
Every major browser lets you view, block, and delete cookies through its settings. You can also browse in a private mode that discards them when the session ends. Blocking all cookies may affect how forms and preferences behave on this site.
Before you block
Keep the necessary set on if you plan to submit a form. Everything else is safe to block and the pages will still load.
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Changes to this policy
If our cookie use changes, this page will be updated to reflect it. The current version, available here, is the one that applies. Questions about cookies or stored data can be sent through the contact details on this site.
When we make a material change — a new cookie category, a new provider — we note the date on this page and link the affected section. Minor edits, such as wording clarity, do not change how the site behaves and are applied quietly.
Where to send questions
- [email protected]
- Phone
- +1 404-532-5666
- Office
- 1201 West Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30309, United States
- Hours
- Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Pacific Time