Cookie Policy

Silk and Cake Cookie Policy

We use cookies to help improve your experience of our website at https://silkandcake.com/. This cookie policy is part of Silk and Cake’s privacy policy. It covers the use of cookies between your device and our site.

We also provide basic information on third-party services we may use, who may also use cookies as part of their service. This policy does not cover their cookies.

If you don’t wish to accept cookies from us, you should instruct your browser to refuse cookies from https://silkandcake.com/. In such a case, we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired content and services.

Definitions and key terms

To help explain things as clearly as possible in this Cookie Policy, every time any of these terms are referenced, are strictly defined as:

  • Cookie: small amount of data generated by a website and saved by your web browser. It is used to identify your browser. Provide analytics, remember information about you such as your language preference or login information.
  • Company: when this policy mentions “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” it refers to Silk and Cake, that is responsible for your information under this Cookie Policy.
  • Device: any internet connected device. Such as a phone, tablet, computer or any other device that used to visit Silk and Cake and use the services.
  • Personal Data: any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
  • Service: refers to the service provided by Silk and Cake as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this platform.
  • Third-party service: refers to advertisers, contest sponsors, promotional and marketing partners, and others who provide our content or whose products or services we think may interest you.
  • Website: Silk and Cake.”’s” site, which accessed via this URL: https://silkandcake.com
  • You: a person or entity that “registered” with Silk and Cake to use the Services

Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how Silk and Cake and its affiliates (collectively “Silk and Cake”, “we”, “us”, and “ours”), use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website, including without limitation https://silkandcake.com and any related URLs, mobile or localized versions and related domains / sub-domains (“Websites”). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as the choices for how to control them.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of data/text that a website stored on your computer or other internet connected device when you visit. It typically contains information about the website itself, a unique identifier that allows the site to recognize your web browser when you return, additional data that serves the cookie’s purpose, and the lifespan of the cookie itself.

Cookies used to enable certain features (e.g. logging in), track site usage (e.g. analytics), store your user settings (e.g. time zone, notification preferences), and to personalize your content (e.g. advertising, language).

Cookies set by the website you are visiting usually referred to as first-party cookies. They typically only track your activity on that particular site.

Cookies set by other sites and companies (i.e. third parties) called third-party cookies They used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service.

What type of cookies does Silk and Cake use?

Essential cookies

We use essential cookies to make our website work. These cookies are strictly necessary to enable core functionality such as security, network management, your cookie preferences and accessibility. Without them you wouldn’t be able to use basic services. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the Websites function.

We use essential cookies to enable certain functions on our website.

Performance cookies

Performance cookies track how you use a website during your visit. Typically, this information is anonymous and aggregated, with information tracked across all site users. They help companies understand visitor usage patterns, identify and diagnose problems or errors their users may encounter, and make better strategic decisions in improving their audience’s overall website experience. These cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party services. They do not collect personal information about you.

We use performance cookies on our site.

Functionality cookies

Functionality cookies used to collect information about your device and any settings you may configure on the website you’re visiting (like language and time zone settings). With this information, websites can provide you with customized, enhanced, or optimized content and services. These cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party services.

We use functionality cookies for selected features on our site.

Marketing Cookies

These account-based marketing cookies enable us to identify future prospects and personalize sales and marketing interactions with them.

Analytics and Customization Cookies

These cookies collect information that used to help us understand how our website used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website for you.

We use cookies served by Google Analytics to collect limited data directly from end-user browsers to enable us to better understand your use of our website. Further information on how Google collects and uses this data can be found at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You can opt-out of all Google supported analytics on our Websites by visiting: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Targeting/advertising cookies

Targeting/advertising cookies help determine what promotional content is most relevant and appropriate to you and your interests. Websites may use them to deliver targeted advertising or limit the number of times you see an advertisement. This helps companies improve the effectiveness of their campaigns and the quality of content presented to you. These cookies may set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party services. Targeting/advertising cookies set by third-parties may used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service.

We use targeting/advertising cookies on our site.

Social Media Cookies

These cookies used when you share information using a social media sharing button or “like” button on our Site or you link your account or engage with our content on or through a social networking website such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. The social network will record that you have done this.

These cookies may also include certain code that has been placed on the platform to help track conversions from ads, optimize ads. Based on collected data, build targeted audiences for future ads, and remarket to qualified users who have already taken certain action on the platform.

Third Party Cookies

Some cookies that have been set on our website are not set on a first party basis by Silk and Cake. The Websites embedded with content from third parties to serve advertising. These third party service providers may set their own cookies on your web browser. Third party service providers control many of the performance and functionality, advertising, marketing and analytics cookies described above. We do not control the use of these third party cookies as cookies can only accessed by the third party that originally set them

Why do we use cookies?

We use first party and/or third party cookies on our website for various purposes such as:

  • To facilitate the operation and functionality of our website;
  • To improve your experience of our website and make navigating around them quicker and easier;
  • To allow us to make a bespoke user experience for you and for us to understand what is useful or of interest to you;
  • To analyze how our website used and how best we can customize it;
  • To identify future prospects and personalize marketing and sales interactions with it;
  • To facilitate the tailoring of online advertising to your interests.

How you can manage cookies?

Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their ‘settings’ preferences.

However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it will no longer personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings like login information. Browser manufacturers provide help pages relating to cookie management in their products.

Browser manufacturers provide help pages relating to cookie management in their products. Please see below for more information.

  • Google Chrome
  • Internet Explorer
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Safari (Desktop)
  • Safari (Mobile)
  • Android Browser
  • Opera
  • Opera Mobile

Blocking and disabling cookies and similar technologies

Wherever you’re located you may also set your browser to block cookies and similar technologies, but this action may block our essential cookies and prevent our website from functioning properly, and you may not be able to fully utilize all of its features and services.

You should also be aware that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, site
preferences) if you block cookies on your browser. Different browsers make different controls available to you. Disabling a cookie or category of cookie does not delete the cookie from your browser, you will need to do this yourself from within your browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information.


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