Cookie Policy

Cookies vs. localStorage

DecideMyMeal's core features — favorites, recently viewed meals, and remembered filters — use your browser'slocalStorage, not cookies. localStorage data stays on your device, is never sent to our servers with each page request (unlike cookies), and is entirely under your control via your browser settings.

Cookie categories

Our consent banner lets you accept, reject, or customize consent across three categories:

• Necessary (always on): not actually cookies — this is your browser's localStorage, used for favorites, filters, and remembering your cookie choice. Nothing here is sent to our servers.
• Analytics: e.g. Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity. Off by default; only loads after you accept this category.
• Advertising: e.g. Google AdSense, Meta Pixel. Off by default and not yet in use; only loads after you accept this category, if/when ads are enabled.

Cloudflare Web Analytics, if enabled, is cookieless by design and is not gated by consent, since it does not set cookies or track individuals across sites.

Managing cookie consent

Use Accept All, Reject All, or Customize (to choose per category) on the banner shown on your first visit. Declining a category prevents its scripts from loading — the core Decision Tool, Meal Wheel, and every other feature work identically either way. Your choice is remembered in localStorage and re-asked periodically (see the technical setting insrc/config/analytics.ts for the exact interval).

Browser controls

You can also clear cookies and localStorage at any time via your browser's settings, or block them entirely using your browser's privacy controls.

Questions

Reach out via our Contact page with any questions about this policy.