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You know the drill: this site uses cookies 🍪, so your experience is as “smooth as Tennessee whiskey.” 🥃
Some cookies are essential for the site to function, while others help us understand how you interact with our content and improve our services.
You get to choose which types of cookies to accept below and get to change your preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings link in our footer. And if you’re really dying to know more, here’s the whole Cookie Policy you can read the next time you’re having trouble falling asleep at 2:00 am.
COOKIE POLICY
Last Updated: 26 September 2025
What Are Cookies?
You might be wondering what cookies are. Well, cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our website.
Why do we use Cookies?
Despite being an awesome word generally, cookies help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences and understanding how you use our site.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
Essential Cookies (Always Active)
These cookies are strictly necessary for our website to function properly. They cannot be disabled as they are essential for you to navigate our website and use its features.
What they do:
- Enable basic website functionality
- Remember your cookie consent preferences
- Provide security features
- Maintain your session while browsing
Purpose: Site functionality, security, session management
Legal basis: Legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR)
Retention: Session-based (deleted when you close your browser) or until you change your preferences
Consent Required: No (strictly necessary)
Analytics Cookies (Optional)
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information. All information is collected anonymously.
What they collect:
- Pages visited and time spent on each page
- How you arrived at our website
- Device and browser information
- General location (country/city level)
Services we use:
- Google Analytics: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US
- Squarespace Analytics: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy
Purpose: Website analytics, performance monitoring, user behaviour analysis
Data Collected: IP address, browser type, pages visited, session duration, referral source
Legal basis: Your explicit consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)
Retention: Up to 26 months
Consent Required: Yes
Data sharing: Aggregated data may be shared with the analytics providers listed above
Marketing Cookies (Optional)
These cookies enable advertising and marketing functionality and are used to show you relevant advertisements and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
What they do:
- Track your browsing behaviour across websites
- Show personalised advertisements
- Measure ad campaign performance
- Create audience segments for marketing
Purpose: Targeted advertising, campaign tracking, audience building
Data Collected: Browsing behaviour, ad interactions, demographic insights
Legal basis: Your explicit consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)
Retention: Up to 24 months
Consent Required: Yes
Data sharing: Data may be shared with advertising partners listed below
Services we use:
As of this date, we don’t use any advertising platforms (e.g., Google Ads, Facebook Pixel).
Cookie Consent Management
We obtain your consent for optional cookies through:
- Cookie banner displayed on your first visit
- Clear accept/reject options for each cookie category
- Ability to withdraw consent at any time via our "Cookie Settings" link
Your Cookie Rights Under GDPR
If you are in the European Union, you have the following rights regarding cookies:
- Right to consent: You can choose which optional cookies to accept
- Right to withdraw consent: You can change your cookie preferences at any time
- Right to information: This policy explains how we use cookies
- Right to object: You can object to marketing cookies
- Right to data portability: Contact us for information about your cookie data
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have several options for managing cookies:
Our Cookie Banner & Preferences
- Cookie banner displayed on your first visit with clear accept/reject options for each cookie category
- Click "Cookie Preferences" in our website footer
- Adjust your preferences for each cookie category
- Accept or reject optional cookies
Your Browser Settings
You can also control cookies through your browser settings:
- Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies
- Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies
Please note: Disabling essential cookies may affect website functionality.
Third-Party Opt-Outs
You can opt out of some advertising cookies directly:
- Google Ads: https://safety.google/privacy/ads-and-data/
- Industry opt-out: https://thenai.org/how-to-opt-out/
International Data Transfers
Some of our cookie providers (like Google Analytics) may transfer your data outside the EU. These transfers are protected by:
Google Analytics: Google's EU-US Data Privacy Framework certification: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks?hl=en-US
Squarespace Analytics: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated policy on this page and update the "Last Updated" date.
Data Protection Authority
If you have concerns about how we handle your data, you can file a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali).
Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this policy, please contact Sara at ciao@driftwoodfires.com
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