Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Aurora Kitche uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on aurorakitche.com. This policy applies to all website visitors and customers located in the United States, Germany, Netherlands, France, and Austria, and complies with applicable U.S. privacy rules and EU Privacy Directive and local national cookie regulations.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, mobile device, or browser when you visit a website. Cookies enable core website functionality, save your browsing preferences, analyze site performance, optimize user experience, and deliver targeted advertising. Similar tracking technologies, including web beacons, pixels, tags, and local storage, are also covered under this policy.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We use four categories of cookies on our website, strictly complying with EU opt-in requirements for non-essential cookies and U.S. transparent data practice standards:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: Required for core website operation, including shopping cart functionality, secure checkout, account login, payment processing, fraud prevention, server load balancing, and saving your cookie consent preferences. These cookies cannot be disabled as they are essential to basic site functionality.

Functional Cookies: Used to remember your personalized preferences, including selected language, region, currency, display settings, and saved browsing configurations. These enhance your user experience and are non-essential cookies requiring user consent in EU regions.

Analytics Cookies: Collect anonymous browsing data to analyze website traffic, track page views, measure dwell time, identify traffic sources, record device and browser types, and monitor user interactions. This data helps us optimize website performance and service quality, and requires explicit user opt-in for EU visitors.

Advertising & Marketing Cookies: Deployed to deliver personalized and relevant advertisements, measure ad campaign performance, limit repetitive ad displays, build marketing audience groups, and evaluate promotional effectiveness. These tracking cookies are strictly opt-in for all EU users per local regulatory requirements.

3. Regional Cookie Consent Rules

EU Regions (Germany, Netherlands, France, Austria): In compliance with the EU ePrivacy Directive and national local laws, we obtain explicit active opt-in consent for all non-essential cookies (functional, analytics, marketing) before placement.

Germany: Compliant with TDDDG (formerly TTDSG) regulations, requiring granular, unambiguous user consent for all non-essential tracking technologies.
France: Aligns with CNIL strict guidelines; passive browsing or scrolling does not constitute valid consent, and users must have clear granular choice for each cookie category.
Netherlands: Follows national Telecommunicatiewet rules requiring prior opt-in for all non-essential cookies.
Austria: Compliant with TKG 2021 regulations for mandatory opt-in consent for tracking cookies.

United States: We provide transparent disclosure of cookie usage and allow users to manage tracking preferences. No mandatory pre-consent is required per U.S. federal and Florida state privacy regulations.

You may accept, reject, or customize your cookie preferences at any time via our website cookie banner or dedicated consent preference tool.

4. Managing and Disabling Cookies

You can manage or delete cookies through multiple methods: our website cookie consent tool, your web browser settings, mobile device privacy settings, and third-party industry opt-out tools. Disabling strictly necessary cookies will impact core website functions such as checkout, cart saving, and secure browsing. Disabling analytics or marketing cookies will not affect basic website usage.

5. Third-Party Cookies & Tracking

Our website uses trusted third-party service providers who may place cookies and tracking technologies on your device, including e-commerce platform providers, analytics tools, advertising networks, payment processors, fraud prevention systems, and social media platforms. All third-party cookie usage is governed by their independent privacy and cookie policies. We do not control third-party data collection practices.

6. Policy Updates

We reserve the right to update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect regulatory changes, website function updates, or industry compliance requirements. All revisions will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date.