Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains how The Daily Grind Cafe ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, thedailygrindseattle.com (the "Website"). It describes what cookies are, how we use them, your choices regarding cookies, and the types of cookies we use. By using our Website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy. This policy is effective as of October 26, 2023.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies allow a website to recognize your device and remember information about your preferences or past actions.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our Website. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies help us to improve the way our Website works. For example, we use Google Analytics cookies to understand how customers arrive at our site, browse or use our site and highlight areas where we can improve areas such as navigation, shopping experience and marketing campaigns.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make (such as your language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
- Targeting Cookies or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
Your Choices
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by using the cookie consent tool provided on our website. You can also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted.
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Types of Cookies We Use
The following table provides more information about the types of cookies we use and why:
Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
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_ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Performance | 2 years |
_gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | Performance | 24 hours |
_gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | Performance | 1 minute |
PHPSESSID | Used by the web server to maintain user sessions. | Essential | Session |
cookieconsent_status | Remembers the user's cookie consent preference. | Functionality | 1 year |
tdg_promo_shown | Determines if a promotional banner has been displayed to the user. | Targeting | 30 days |
The Daily Grind Cafe uses these cookies to ensure the best possible user experience on our website. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information.
For questions about the cookies we use, contact our Data Protection Officer, Eleanor Vance, at [email protected] or by mail at 3401 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103. Please include "Cookie Policy Inquiry" in the subject line.
We may update our Cookies Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookies Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Cookies Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Cookies Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Cookies used for Marketing and Remarketing
We may use cookies provided by third-party advertising partners for marketing and remarketing purposes. These cookies enable us to show you relevant ads based on your past interactions with our website and to target potential new customers. We work with advertising platforms such as Google Ads and Facebook Ads to manage our marketing campaigns. The cookies used by these platforms collect data such as the pages you have visited, the products you have viewed, and your interactions with our ads.
You can opt out of personalized advertising through the settings provided by these advertising platforms. For Google Ads, visit https://adssettings.google.com/. For Facebook Ads, visit https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/.
Social Media Cookies
Our website may include social media features, such as the Facebook Like button or the Twitter tweet button. These features may set cookies to enable the functionality and to track your interactions with these services. The cookies set by these social media platforms are governed by their own privacy policies. We do not have control over the cookies set by these third-party services.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of the social media platforms you use to understand how they collect, use, and share your data. The privacy policies of these platforms may change over time, so it is important to review them periodically.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or the law. We will post any changes to this page and encourage you to check back periodically for updates.
This policy was last updated on October 26, 2025.