Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to American Body Company's Cookie Policy. This policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on our website, and your choices regarding their use.

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and give website owners information about how visitors use their site.

We use cookies and similar technologies on our website for several purposes, including:

• Ensuring our website functions properly and securely
• Remembering your preferences and settings
• Understanding how you use our website to improve our services
• Delivering relevant content and advertising

By continuing to browse our website, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy. You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through our cookie consent tool or your browser settings.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We categorize the cookies we use into three main types based on their purpose and necessity. Below is a detailed explanation of each category.

2.1 Essential Cookies (Always Active)

Essential cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. These cookies cannot be disabled as they are essential for the operation of our website.

Essential cookies we use include:

• Cookie Consent Cookies: These cookies store your cookie preferences so we remember your choices when you visit our website again. They ensure we don't ask for your consent repeatedly.
• Session Management Cookies: These cookies maintain your session state while browsing our website, ensuring you can navigate between pages without losing your place or having to reload content.
• Security Cookies: These cookies help authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorized access.
• Load Balancing Cookies: These cookies help distribute traffic across our servers to ensure our website remains fast and responsive.

These cookies do not collect any personal information that can be used for marketing purposes or track your browsing activity on other websites.

2.2 Analytics Cookies (Optional)

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. These cookies provide us with insights that help us improve our website and services.

Analytics cookies we use include:

• Traffic Analysis Cookies: These cookies track visitor numbers, pages visited, time spent on pages, and how visitors arrive at our website. This helps us understand which content is most popular and how we can improve our website structure.
• User Behavior Cookies: These cookies analyze how visitors navigate through our website, which links they click, and where they encounter issues. This information helps us optimize the user experience.
• Performance Monitoring Cookies: These cookies measure page load times, server response times, and other technical metrics. This helps us identify and resolve performance issues.
• Geographic Data Cookies: These cookies provide general geographic information about our visitors, helping us understand where our audience is located.

All data collected by analytics cookies is aggregated and anonymized. We cannot identify individual users through these cookies.

2.3 Marketing Cookies (Optional)

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display advertisements that are relevant and engaging for the individual user, which is more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.

Marketing cookies we may use include:

• Advertising Relevance Cookies: These cookies help ensure that advertisements you see are relevant to your interests, based on your browsing activity on our website.
• Conversion Tracking Cookies: These cookies help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns by tracking actions taken after clicking on an advertisement.
• Retargeting Cookies: These cookies allow us to show you relevant advertisements about our services when you visit other websites.
• Social Media Cookies: These cookies are set by social media platforms to enable sharing of content from our website and track referral traffic from social networks.

You can opt out of marketing cookies at any time without affecting the functionality of our website.

3. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we also use cookies set by third-party service providers. These cookies are necessary for certain features of our website to function and help us provide better services.

These third-party cookies may collect information about your browsing activity across multiple websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties to understand how they use the information collected.

4. How to Manage Cookies

You have several options for managing cookies on our website and controlling how your data is collected.

5. Cookie Settings

Our website uses a cookie consent banner to ensure compliance with privacy regulations and give you control over your data.

5.1 Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner will appear at the bottom of your screen. This banner provides you with the following options:

• Accept All: Clicking this button will enable all cookies, including essential, analytics, and marketing cookies. This provides the most personalized experience on our website.
• Reject All: Clicking this button will only enable essential cookies. We will not set any analytics or marketing cookies during your visit.
• Customize: Clicking this button opens our cookie preferences modal, where you can individually enable or disable analytics and marketing cookies according to your preferences.

5.2 Changing Your Preferences

If you wish to change your cookie preferences after your initial visit, you can:

• Click the "Cookie Settings" link in our website footer
• Clear your browser's cookies and refresh our website to see the consent banner again
• Use your browser's settings to manage individual cookies

Your cookie preferences will be stored for 12 months, after which you will be asked to provide consent again.

6. Similar Technologies

In addition to cookies, we may use similar technologies on our website:

• Local Storage: Stores data on your device between sessions, similar to persistent cookies but with larger storage capacity
• Session Storage: Stores data temporarily during your visit, cleared when you close your browser
• Web Beacons: Small transparent images embedded in web pages or emails that can track user behavior
• Pixel Tags: Similar to web beacons, used primarily for tracking email opens and website conversions

These technologies serve similar purposes to cookies and are subject to the same consent requirements and user controls.

7. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our business practices. When we make changes:

• We will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy
• We may display a notification on our website informing you of the changes
• For significant changes, we may ask you to re-consent to our use of cookies

We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies on our website.