Cookie Policy
Last Updated: March 22, 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to Wing Snob ("we," "us," or "our"). This Cookie Policy explains how Wing Snob uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website at chickenwingsnob.click (the "Website"). This policy is intended to provide you with clear and comprehensive information about what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we deploy, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
We are committed to being transparent about the data we collect and how we use it. This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, which together govern your use of our Website and services. We operate in accordance with applicable United States federal and state laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act concerning consumer protection and fair business practices.
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us using the details provided at the end of this document.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other internet-enabled device when you visit a website. These files are created by the website's server and sent to your browser, where they are stored locally. Each time you return to the same website, your browser retrieves and sends this file back to the website's server.
Cookies serve a variety of important functions on modern websites. They allow websites to remember your preferences, keep you logged in, understand how you interact with the site, and deliver relevant advertising. Without cookies, many basic website features — such as keeping items in a shopping cart or remembering your login credentials — would not be possible.
It is important to understand that cookies themselves do not contain viruses or malicious code and cannot be used to run programs or deliver malware to your device. However, they can be used to track your browsing activity across multiple websites, which is why privacy regulations require websites to inform you about their use.
2.1 How Do Cookies Work?
When you first visit our Website, your browser requests a web page from our server. Our server responds by sending you the requested page along with one or more cookies. Your browser stores these cookies on your device. On subsequent visits, your browser automatically sends the stored cookies back to our server along with each page request. This allows our server to identify you as a returning visitor and remember your preferences or session information.
Some cookies are set directly by our Website (known as "first-party cookies"), while others are set by third-party services that we use, such as analytics or advertising platforms (known as "third-party cookies"). Third-party cookies may allow these external services to track your activity across multiple websites, not just ours.
2.2 Types of Cookies by Duration
Cookies can also be classified based on how long they remain on your device:
- Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that are deleted automatically when you close your browser. They are used to maintain your session and remember information as you navigate between pages during a single visit.
- Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you manually delete them. They are used to remember your preferences across multiple visits and to track your behavior over time.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Wing Snob uses several categories of cookies on our Website. Each category serves a distinct purpose, as described below:
3.1 Essential Cookies
Essential cookies (also known as "strictly necessary" cookies) are fundamental to the operation of our Website. Without these cookies, our Website cannot function properly and certain services cannot be provided. These cookies do not collect any personal information that could be used for marketing purposes, and they do not remember where you have been on the internet.
Examples of functions supported by essential cookies include: maintaining your session as you navigate the Website, enabling secure login where applicable, and ensuring the security of transactions. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver our Website services, they do not require your consent under most applicable laws; however, we disclose their use here in the interest of full transparency.
3.2 Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This information allows us to improve the structure, content, and functionality of our Website. For example, analytics cookies may tell us which pages are most frequently visited, how long visitors stay on the site, and where visitors come from.
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to help us analyze our Website traffic. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about your use of the Website and generate reports for us. The data collected is aggregated and anonymized to the extent possible. For more information about how Google uses data, please visit Google's Privacy Policy.
3.3 Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow our Website to remember choices you have made and provide enhanced, more personalized features. For instance, they may remember your preferred language, region, or other settings. These cookies may also be used to provide services you have requested, such as watching a video or using a live chat feature.
The information that these cookies collect may be anonymized, and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. If you block or delete functional cookies, some features of our Website may not work correctly.
3.4 Advertising and Targeting Cookies
Advertising cookies (also known as "targeting cookies") are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies remember that you have visited a website and this information may be shared with other organizations, such as advertisers and advertising networks.
We use Google Ads (formerly Google AdWords) conversion tracking and remarketing services, which use cookies to track the actions taken by users after clicking on our ads. This helps us measure the return on investment of our advertising campaigns and serve relevant ads to users who have previously visited our Website.
4. Specific Cookies We Use
The following table provides detailed information about the specific cookies used on chickenwingsnob.click, including their names, purposes, types, and durations:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga |
Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users. It assigns a randomly generated number as a client identifier, which allows Google Analytics to calculate visits, sessions, and campaigns for the site's analytics reports. | Analytics | 2 years |
_gid |
Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users. It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited and is used to track user sessions within a 24-hour period. | Analytics | 24 hours |
_gat |
Google Analytics | Used to throttle request rates. This cookie limits the amount of data collected by Google Analytics on high-traffic websites, helping to control how often the analytics tracking code fires. | Analytics | 1 minute |
_gcl_au |
Google Ads | Used by Google AdSense and Google Ads for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites that use their services. It tracks conversions from ad clicks and helps measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. | Advertising | 3 months |
_fbp |
Facebook (Meta) | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. Helps track user behavior for advertising attribution and audience targeting. | Advertising | 3 months |
PHPSESSID |
Wing Snob (First-Party) | A general-purpose session cookie used by websites utilizing PHP. Preserves user session state across page requests. | Essential | Session |
cookie_consent |
Wing Snob (First-Party) | Stores the user's cookie consent preferences to ensure the cookie banner is not repeatedly displayed on subsequent visits. | Essential / Functional | 1 year |
_ga_[ID] |
Google Analytics (GA4) | Used by Google Analytics 4 to persist session state and count the number of visits per user. This is the Google Analytics 4 equivalent of the Universal Analytics _ga cookie. |
Analytics | 2 years |
IDE |
Google DoubleClick | Used by Google's DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads, with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and presenting targeted ads to the user. | Advertising | 1 year |
NID |
Registers a unique ID to identify a returning user's device. Used to serve targeted ads and remember user preferences such as preferred language, number of search results per page, and Google SafeSearch filter. | Functional / Advertising | 6 months |
5. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own first-party cookies, certain third-party services that we integrate into our Website may set their own cookies on your device. These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies, and we encourage you to review them. We do not have direct control over the information collected by third-party cookies.
Key third parties whose cookies may be present on our Website include:
- Google LLC – Analytics, advertising, and functionality services. Visit Google Cookie Policy for more information.
- Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook) – Social media integration and advertising targeting. Visit Facebook Cookie Policy for more information.
6. How to Manage and Disable Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies (with the exception of strictly necessary cookies). There are several ways you can manage your cookie preferences:
6.1 Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find cookie settings in the "Privacy," "Security," or "Settings" menu of your browser. The following links provide instructions for managing cookies in the most commonly used browsers:
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-sfri11471/mac
- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge
- Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
6.2 Opt-Out Tools Provided by Third Parties
You can opt out of certain third-party cookies directly through the tools provided by those services:
- Google Analytics Opt-Out: You can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This add-on prevents Google Analytics JavaScript from sharing information about your visit activity with Google Analytics.
- Google Ads Personalization: You can control Google's advertising cookies and opt out of personalized advertising through Google's Ad Settings at https://adssettings.google.com.
- Facebook/Meta Ads: You can manage your Facebook advertising preferences through your Facebook account settings or by visiting https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences.
- Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) Opt-Out: The NAI provides a tool that allows you to opt out of targeted advertising from its member companies at https://optout.networkadvertising.org.
- Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) Opt-Out: You can use the DAA's opt-out tool at https://optout.aboutads.info to opt out of interest-based advertising from participating companies.
6.3 Mobile Device Settings
If you access our Website through a mobile device, you may be able to limit ad tracking through your device's operating system settings. On iOS devices, you can enable "Limit Ad Tracking" in Privacy settings. On Android devices, you can opt out of interest-based ads through Google Settings. Please refer to your device's user guide for specific instructions.
7. Impact of Disabling Cookies
While you have the right to disable or block cookies, please be aware that doing so may have a significant impact on your experience when using our Website. The specific impacts depend on the type of cookies you disable:
| Cookie Type | Impact of Disabling |
|---|---|
| Essential Cookies | Our Website may not function properly. Core features such as navigation, form submissions, and session management may be unavailable. We strongly recommend keeping essential cookies enabled. |
| Analytics Cookies | We will be unable to collect information about how you use our Website. This means we cannot analyze and improve our Website based on your usage patterns. Your experience on the Website will not be directly affected. |
| Functional Cookies | Some personalized features may not work correctly. Your preferences and settings may not be saved between visits, requiring you to re-enter information on each visit. |
| Advertising Cookies | You will still see advertisements, but they may be less relevant to your interests. You may see the same ads repeatedly, and we will be unable to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. |
Please note that opting out of cookies does not mean you will stop seeing advertisements. It simply means that the advertisements you see may be less targeted to your specific interests and browsing behavior.
8. Cookies and California Privacy Rights
If you are a resident of California, you have specific rights with respect to cookies and the data they collect under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). These rights include:
- The right to know what personal information is being collected about you, including through the use of cookies.
- The right to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of your personal information, which may include certain uses of advertising cookies. You may exercise this right by clicking the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link if available on our Website, or by contacting us directly.
- The right to limit the use of sensitive personal information.
- The right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact section below.
9. Do Not Track (DNT) Signals
Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want your online activities tracked. Currently, there is no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. As a result, our Website does not currently respond to DNT signals. We will continue to monitor developments in this area and update our practices if and when a widely accepted standard emerges.
10. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, the cookies we use, applicable laws, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make material changes to this policy, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
Your continued use of our Website following any changes to this Cookie Policy will constitute your acknowledgment of the changes and your consent to the updated terms, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies and similar tracking technologies, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Wing Snob
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: chickenwingsnob.click
This Cookie Policy was last reviewed and updated on March 22, 2026. Wing Snob is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining transparency about our data practices. For more information about how we handle your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.