Cookie Policy

Last Updated: May 17, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to Dave's Hot Chicken. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on our website daves-hotchicken.top, what types of cookies we use, and how you can manage your cookie preferences. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

At Dave's Hot Chicken, we are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use data related to your online experience. Cookies help us deliver a better, faster, and more personalized experience when you visit our website to explore our menu, find our locations, or place an order online.

By accessing and using daves-hotchicken.top, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Cookie Policy. If you do not agree to our use of cookies, you may adjust your browser settings or refrain from using our website, though some features may not function as intended.

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. They are widely used by website owners to make websites work more efficiently, to provide functionality, and to gather analytical information about how the website is being used.

Cookies are sent by the web server to your browser and stored on your device. When you return to the same website, your browser sends the cookie back to the server, which allows the website to recognize you and remember your preferences or actions over time.

Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. Cookies are not viruses or malicious code — they are simple text files that cannot execute programs or deliver viruses to your computer.

2.1 How Do Cookies Work?

When you first visit daves-hotchicken.top, our server sends a cookie file to your browser. Your browser stores this file on your device. On subsequent visits, your browser retrieves this file and sends it back to our server. This process allows our website to:

  • Remember your preferences and settings
  • Keep you logged into your account (if applicable)
  • Understand how you navigate through our website
  • Track which pages you visit and for how long
  • Measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
  • Provide you with relevant content and advertisements

2.2 Types of Cookies by Duration

Cookies can be classified based on how long they remain on your device:

  • Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that are deleted from your device when you close your browser. They are used to maintain the continuity of your visit across different pages of our website.
  • Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a set period of time or until you manually delete them. They are used to remember your preferences when you return to our website.

2.3 First-Party vs. Third-Party Cookies

  • First-Party Cookies: These are cookies set directly by daves-hotchicken.top and can only be read by our website.
  • Third-Party Cookies: These are cookies set by a domain other than daves-hotchicken.top, typically by our analytics and advertising partners such as Google and Facebook.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Dave's Hot Chicken uses the following categories of cookies on our website:

3.1 Strictly Necessary / Essential Cookies

These cookies are essential for the basic functions of our website to operate correctly. Without these cookies, certain parts of our website would not function, and services you have requested — such as accessing secure areas, maintaining your shopping cart, or processing an order — cannot be provided. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information and are not used for marketing purposes.

Because these cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the website, they cannot be disabled without significantly affecting how our website works. Under applicable law, including guidelines from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), strictly necessary cookies may be deployed without prior consent.

3.2 Analytics and Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits, track traffic sources, and understand how visitors interact with our website so we can measure and improve our website's performance. They help us understand which pages are most and least popular and how visitors move around our site. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site, and we will not be able to monitor its performance.

We use Google Analytics, one of the most widely used analytics tools on the internet, to collect this information. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data about your interactions with our website and generates statistical and other information about website use. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

3.3 Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personalized features. For example, these cookies can be used to remember your location preferences, language settings, or your previously selected menu items. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized, and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

3.4 Advertising and Targeting Cookies

Advertising cookies are used to deliver advertisements more 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. They 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.

We use Google Ads (formerly Google AdWords) and may use Facebook Pixel and other advertising platforms to serve targeted advertisements to users who have previously visited daves-hotchicken.top. These platforms use cookies to track conversions and serve relevant ads across the internet.

4. Specific Cookies We Use

The table below provides detailed information about the specific cookies used on daves-hotchicken.top, including their names, purposes, types, and duration:

Cookie Name Provider Purpose Type Duration
_ga Google Analytics Used to distinguish users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request and used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for site analytics reports. Analytics 2 years
_gid Google Analytics Used to distinguish users. Stores and updates a unique value for each page visited and is used to identify a user session. Analytics 24 hours
_gat Google Analytics Used to throttle request rate — limits the collection of data on high-traffic websites by reducing the frequency of requests made to Google Analytics servers. Analytics 1 minute
_gcl_au Google Ads Used by Google AdSense to experiment with advertisement efficiency across websites that use Google services. Tracks conversions from Google Ads and helps measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns. Advertising 3 months
_fbp Facebook Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. Helps track user behavior across websites for Facebook advertising. Advertising 3 months
cookieconsent_status daves-hotchicken.top Stores the user's cookie consent decision so that the cookie consent banner is not displayed on every page visit. Essential 1 year
session_id daves-hotchicken.top Maintains your session state across page requests. Used to keep you logged in and to maintain the contents of your shopping cart or order selections. Essential Session
PHPSESSID daves-hotchicken.top A general-purpose session identifier cookie used by the server to maintain a user session. It is essential for website functionality. Essential Session
user_preferences daves-hotchicken.top Stores user preferences such as location, preferred menu items, and accessibility settings to personalize your experience on return visits. Functional 6 months
cart_token daves-hotchicken.top Maintains the contents of your online order cart so that your selections are preserved if you navigate away from the ordering page. Functional 30 days

5. How to Manage and Control Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies (other than strictly necessary cookies). You can exercise your cookie preferences in the following ways:

5.1 Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit daves-hotchicken.top, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking on the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer of our website.

5.2 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, delete existing cookies, or notify you when a website attempts to set a cookie. Please note that if you block or delete cookies, some features of our website may not function correctly.

Below are links to cookie management instructions for popular browsers:

5.3 Opting Out of Google Analytics

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, which is available for most major browsers. You can download it at:

Google Analytics Opt-Out Add-on

Additionally, you can manage your Google advertising preferences and opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings:

Google Ad Settings

5.4 Opting Out of Facebook Advertising Cookies

You can manage your Facebook advertising preferences and opt out of interest-based advertising by visiting Facebook's Ad Preferences page:

Facebook Ad Preferences

5.5 Industry Opt-Out Tools

You can also use the following industry-wide opt-out tools to manage your preferences across multiple advertising networks:

6. Impact of Disabling Cookies

While you have the right to disable cookies, please be aware that doing so may impact your experience on daves-hotchicken.top. Below is a summary of the potential effects of disabling each type of cookie:

Cookie Type Impact of Disabling
Essential Cookies Our website may not function properly. You may be unable to place orders, maintain your shopping cart, or access certain features. We strongly recommend keeping these cookies enabled.
Analytics Cookies We will be unable to monitor how our website is performing or understand how visitors use our site. This means we may not be able to identify and fix problems promptly or improve our services based on user behavior.
Functional Cookies Your preferences and settings will not be saved between visits. You may need to re-enter your location, preferences, or other settings each time you visit our website.
Advertising Cookies You will still see advertisements, but they will be less relevant to your interests. The ads you see on other websites may not reflect your interest in our food or promotions.

7. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want to be tracked. Currently, there is no universal standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals, and our website does not currently respond to DNT signals. However, you can use the opt-out mechanisms described in Section 5 of this policy to control the use of cookies and tracking technologies on our website.

8. California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) regarding the personal information collected through cookies. These rights include:

  • Right to Know: You have the right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
  • Right to Delete: You have the right to request deletion of your personal information.
  • Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights.

To exercise your California privacy rights related to cookies and tracking, please contact us using the information provided in Section 10 of this policy, or use our cookie preference settings available on our website.

9. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or for other operational 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 how we use cookies.

Your continued use of daves-hotchicken.top after the posting of any changes to this Cookie Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes. If you do not agree with the updated policy, you should stop using our website and adjust your browser settings to block cookies from our website.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies on daves-hotchicken.top, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are happy to assist you and address any privacy-related concerns you may have.

Dave's Hot Chicken