Cookie Policy for The Golden Spoon
This Cookie Policy explains how The Golden Spoon, located at 123 Hanover Street, Boston, MA 02113 ("we," "us," or "our"), uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at www.thegoldenspoonboston.com ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. Cookies help websites to remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings. That can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, The Golden Spoon) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. For example, we use cookies to:
- Essential Website Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
- Performance and Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
- Analytics and Customization Cookies: These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you in order to enhance your experience. We use tools like Google Analytics to understand visitor behavior and improve our site.
- Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They also perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests. We may work with third-party advertising partners who use cookies to collect information about your browsing activity across different websites and over time.
- Social Networking Cookies: These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Website through third-party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.
Here is a detailed list of the specific cookies we use on our website:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Provider | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to distinguish users. | Google Analytics | 2 years | Performance |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users. | Google Analytics | 24 hours | Performance |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate. | Google Analytics | 1 minute | Performance |
| cookieconsent_status | Records the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | The Golden Spoon | 1 year | Essential |
Your Choices Regarding Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by adjusting the settings in your web browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. However, you can usually change your browser settings to disable cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your computer. Here are instructions for disabling cookies in some popular web browsers:
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
We are committed to protecting your privacy. If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact our Data Protection Officer, Chef Jean-Pierre Dubois, at [email protected] or call us at (617) 555-GOLD.
This Cookie Policy was last updated on October 26, 2025. We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.