Taste & See Bakery
Cookie Policy
Cookies are small files a website can store in your browser. This page explains which cookies and similar technologies are used when you visit Taste & See Bakery, and which are not.
In short: we use Microsoft Clarity and Google Analytics to see how visitors use our website, so we can make it easier to use. In the United States and most other places, their cookies are on by default, and you can turn them off with Reject Optional Cookies in our cookie banner or in Cookie Preferences. In the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland they are used only if you accept them. Anything you type into our forms is never sent to either. We don’t use advertising or cross-site tracking tools, and Google’s advertising features are switched off. You can change your choice at any time with Cookie Preferences at the bottom of every page.
1. Our website
- Kinds of cookies. Our Cookie Preferences panel groups cookies and similar technologies
into three kinds:
- Functional (always on): needed for the website to work, such as remembering your cookie choice. Today this is only the browser storage described below.
- Analytical (optional): help us understand how the website is used so we can improve it. Today this is Microsoft Clarity and Google Analytics (see section 2 and section 3).
- Tracking (optional): used to deliver interest-based advertising and measure marketing campaigns. We don’t use any today. The setting is there so your choice already applies if we ever add them, and we will update this policy first.
- Cookies: our website sets no cookies of its own. The only cookies used on our pages are Microsoft Clarity’s and Google Analytics’, and only while Analytical cookies are on (see section 2 and section 3).
- Browser storage: we save your cookie choice (on or off for each optional kind) and the date you made it in your browser’s local storage, so we don’t ask again on every page. After 12 months we ask again. For the length of your visit we also remember, in your browser’s session storage, whether optional cookies need your acceptance where you are (see section 7). Nothing else is stored in your browser.
- No advertising pixels or social media embeds are loaded.
- Cloudflare Web Analytics: a small script from
static.cloudflareinsights.comreports page-view and performance information (the page, referring site, browser and device type, approximate country, load time). It sets no cookies and stores nothing in your browser. See Cloudflare Web Analytics. - Our fonts and images are served from our own website, so viewing our pages doesn’t send requests to font or image services.
- Your order choices exist only in the open page until you select Checkout; closing or refreshing the page clears them.
2. Microsoft Clarity
Microsoft Clarity is a website analytics service from Microsoft Corporation. A script from
clarity.ms records how visitors use our pages (clicks, taps, scrolling and mouse movement, the
pages viewed, the referring website, browser and device type, and approximate location based on your IP
address) and turns it into heatmaps and replays of visits. We use it to find what is confusing or broken and
to improve the website. We don’t use it for advertising or to identify you.
What is hidden. Anything you type into a form field and your choices in drop-down lists are never sent to Clarity. Numbers and email addresses shown on the page are hidden too. Clarity does not run on our order confirmation page.
While Analytical cookies are on, Clarity sets these cookies on our website:
| Cookie | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|
_clck | Keeps a random ID so Clarity can tell that later visits come from the same browser | 1 year |
_clsk | Connects the pages you view in one visit into a single recording | 1 day |
We tell Clarity that you have not agreed to advertising storage, whatever you choose,
including if you switch Tracking on.
Microsoft may still set cookies on its own clarity.ms domain, as described in the
Microsoft Privacy Statement.
While Analytical cookies are off (after Reject Optional Cookies, when you switch them off, or where they need your acceptance and you haven’t given it), Clarity sets no cookies. It still records how each page is used, as described above, but every page you view counts as a separate, unconnected visit.
If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we don’t load Clarity or Google Analytics at all and don’t show the cookie banner.
Microsoft keeps Clarity recordings for 30 days. A small random sample, and any recording we mark as a favorite, can be kept for up to 9 months. See Microsoft Clarity’s terms.
3. Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a website analytics service from Google LLC. On our website at www.tasteandseebakery.co, a script from Google reports the pages you view, how you arrived (for example a search or a link), roughly how long you stay and how far you scroll, clicks on links that leave our site, your browser and device type, and your approximate location. We use it to see which pages and sources bring visitors and to improve the website. Google Analytics does not log or store IP addresses.
What is not sent. Anything you type into our forms is never sent to Google Analytics. Google Analytics does not run on our order confirmation page or on Stripe’s checkout page. We have switched off Google’s advertising features: Google signals, ad personalization and advertising storage are all off, so we don’t use Google Analytics for advertising or to identify you.
Only while Analytical cookies are on. Unlike Clarity, Google Analytics is not loaded at all while Analytical cookies are off. While they are on, it sets these cookies on our website:
| Cookie | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|
_ga | Keeps a random ID so Google Analytics can tell that later visits come from the same browser | 2 years |
_ga_4BPLLGYGH4 | Keeps track of the current visit | 2 years |
If you switch Analytical cookies off, we tell Google Analytics and delete these cookies. Google keeps Google Analytics data for up to 14 months. See the Google Privacy Policy and how Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can also block Google Analytics on every website with Google’s opt-out browser add-on.
4. Our hosting provider
Our website is delivered by Cloudflare. To protect sites from attacks and automated abuse,
Cloudflare’s security systems can, in some situations, set a strictly necessary security cookie (such as
__cf_bm or cf_clearance) to tell people apart from bots. These are not used for
advertising or to track you across websites. See
Cloudflare’s cookie policy.
5. Stripe checkout
When you select Checkout, you move to a payment page hosted by Stripe at checkout.stripe.com. That page is not part of our website, and neither Clarity nor Google Analytics runs there. Stripe uses its own cookies and similar technologies there, including for security and fraud prevention, as described in Stripe’s Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy.
6. Links to other websites
If you follow our link to Instagram, Instagram (Meta) may use its own cookies under its own policies.
7. Your choices
- Cookie banner: Accept All Cookies turns every optional kind on; Reject Optional Cookies turns them all off; Cookie Preferences lets you choose each kind and save it with Confirm Selection, or turn every optional kind off with Reject All.
- Cookie Preferences: select Cookie Preferences at the bottom of any page to open Cookie Preferences and change your answer. If you switch Analytical cookies off, Clarity and Google Analytics’ cookies are deleted from our website.
- Where you are: optional cookies are on by default unless you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, where they are off until you accept them. To tell which applies, our website asks our hosting provider, Cloudflare, for the country your connection comes from. The answer is not stored on our side. If the country can’t be determined, we treat it as a place where your acceptance is needed.
- Global Privacy Control: if your browser or a browser extension sends this signal, we treat it as a no and don’t load Clarity.
- Your browser: you can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Doing so won’t affect browsing or building an order here, but it may affect Stripe’s checkout page.
8. Changes
If we add any other non-essential cookies or tracking, we will update this policy and our Cookie Preferences panel before we use them, and your choice for that kind will apply.
Questions: see our Privacy Policy or contact us.