Cookie Policy

Effective Date: May 20, 2026 | Last Updated: May 20, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to Costa Vida's Cookie Policy. Costa Vida is a food service business operating in the United States, committed to providing our visitors with a transparent and trustworthy online experience. This Cookie Policy is designed to help you understand what cookies are, how we use them on our website costavida-eat.rest, and what choices you have regarding their use.

This policy applies to all visitors, users, and customers who access our website. We encourage you to read this document carefully to understand our practices. 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 are committed to complying with all applicable United States laws and regulations, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) for California residents, as well as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act's guidelines on online transparency and consumer protection.

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 stored by your web browser and contain data about your browsing activity, preferences, and session information. Cookies are widely used by websites and online services to make them work more efficiently, improve user experience, and provide useful information to website owners.

Cookies typically contain the following information:

• The name of the website that placed the cookie
• The duration for which the cookie will remain on your device
• A unique identifier number
• Information about your preferences or browsing session

Cookies can be set by the website you are visiting (known as "first-party cookies") or by third-party services operating on that website (known as "third-party cookies"). Cookies can also be categorized as "session cookies," which are temporary and deleted when you close your browser, or "persistent cookies," which remain on your device for a set period of time or until you manually delete them.

In addition to traditional cookies, we may also use similar tracking technologies such as:

• Web beacons (pixel tags): Small transparent images embedded in web pages or emails that track whether content has been viewed.
• Local storage: A browser feature that allows websites to store data locally on your device, similar to cookies but with greater storage capacity.
• JavaScript tags: Small pieces of code embedded in our website that collect information about your interactions.
• Device fingerprinting: A technique that collects information about your device's settings to identify and track your device across sessions.

3. How We Use Cookies

Costa Vida uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on costavida-eat.rest for a variety of purposes, including:

• Ensuring the basic functionality and security of our website
• Remembering your preferences and settings for future visits
• Analyzing how visitors interact with our website to improve performance
• Delivering personalized content and advertisements based on your interests
• Measuring the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
• Providing social media features and integrations
• Detecting and preventing fraudulent activity and security breaches

4. Types of Cookies We Use

We categorize the cookies we use into four main types. Below is a detailed description of each category:

4.1 Strictly Necessary (Essential) Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. Without these cookies, certain parts of our website would not function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt out of these cookies as they are required for the website to function. These cookies do not collect any personally identifiable information about you.

Examples of what these cookies enable include: maintaining your session as you navigate between pages, processing orders or reservations, and ensuring the security of your account login.

4.2 Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website. They collect information such as the pages you visit, the time you spend on each page, and any error messages you encounter. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous — they do not identify you personally. We use this data to improve the way our website works and to enhance your user experience.

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to analyze website traffic and usage patterns. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior in an anonymous form.

4.3 Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, personalized features. For example, these cookies can remember your location preferences, language settings, or whether you have previously visited our website. The information collected by these cookies may be anonymized and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

4.4 Advertising and Targeting Cookies

Advertising cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies 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 organizations.

We use Google Ads cookies to serve personalized advertisements and to track conversions from our advertising campaigns.

5. Specific Cookies We Use

The table below provides detailed information about the specific cookies used on costavida-eat.rest, including their names, purposes, types, and durations:

Please note that this list may not be exhaustive. New cookies may be added as we update our website and services. We will update this policy accordingly when significant changes are made.

6. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we allow certain third-party service providers to place cookies on your device when you visit our website. These third parties may include analytics services, advertising networks, and social media platforms. Third-party cookies are subject to the respective privacy policies of those third parties, and we do not have direct control over the information collected by such cookies.

The primary third-party cookie providers we work with include:

• Google LLC — for analytics (Google Analytics) and advertising (Google Ads, DoubleClick). Google's privacy policy is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
• Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook) — for advertising and social media features. Facebook's privacy policy is available at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

7. How to Manage and Disable Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Please be aware that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website and limit your ability to access certain features or services.

7.1 Browser Settings

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Here are instructions for the most popular browsers:

For more information about managing cookies in your specific browser, please visit the browser's official help documentation or visit www.allaboutcookies.org for comprehensive guidance.

7.2 Opt-Out Tools for Specific Services

In addition to browser-level controls, you can opt out of specific third-party tracking and advertising services using the following tools:

• Google Analytics Opt-Out: You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting and processing your data by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
• Google Ads Personalization: You can opt out of personalized Google advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings: https://adssettings.google.com
• Facebook/Meta Ads: You can manage your ad preferences and opt out of interest-based advertising through Facebook's Ad Preferences page: https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences
• Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) Opt-Out: You can opt out of interest-based advertising from multiple participating companies through the DAA's opt-out tool: https://optout.aboutads.info
• Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) Opt-Out: You can opt out of targeted advertising from NAI member companies: https://optout.networkadvertising.org

8. Impact of Disabling Cookies

While you have the right to disable or decline cookies, doing so may have a significant impact on your experience when using our website. Specifically:

• Essential cookies: If you disable these cookies, certain core functionalities of our website may not work correctly. You may be unable to complete orders, access secure areas of the website, or maintain a consistent browsing session.
• Functional cookies: Disabling functional cookies means our website will not remember your preferences or settings between visits. You may need to re-enter information or reconfigure your preferences each time you visit.
• Analytics cookies: Disabling analytics cookies will prevent us from collecting data about how you use our website. This will limit our ability to improve the website's performance and user experience, but it will not prevent you from accessing our content.
• Advertising cookies: Disabling advertising cookies means you will see generic, untargeted advertisements rather than ads relevant to your interests. You will still see the same quantity of ads.

9. Your Rights Under Applicable Law

Depending on your location within the United States, you may have certain rights regarding the personal information collected through cookies and similar technologies:

9.1 California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a resident of California, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including:

• The right to know what personal information is being collected about you
• The right to know whether your personal information is being sold or disclosed and to whom
• The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information
• The right to request deletion of your personal information
• The right to correct inaccurate personal information
• The right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided in Section 11 of this policy.

9.2 All United States Residents

Regardless of your state of residence, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act provides consumer protections against unfair or deceptive practices, including those related to online privacy and data collection. We are committed to complying with all applicable FTC guidelines and best practices for online transparency.

10. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our business practices. When we make significant changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you via email or through a prominent notice on our website.

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. Your continued use of our website after any changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

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 using the details below:

We will endeavor to respond to all legitimate inquiries within 30 days of receipt. For California residents making requests under the CCPA/CPRA, we will respond within 45 days as required by law, with the possibility of an extension if reasonably necessary and with prior notice to you.