Cookie Policy
Last Updated: June 12, 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to Green Lantern Pizza. We are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use data related to your visit to our website, greenlatern-meal.rest. This Cookie Policy forms part of our broader Privacy Policy and explains in detail what cookies are, what types of cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
This policy applies to all users who access our website from the United States and is designed to comply with applicable U.S. laws and regulations, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act governing fair and transparent consumer practices online.
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us using the details provided at the end of this document.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, tablet, smartphone, or other internet-connected device when you visit a website. These files allow the website to recognize your device and remember certain information about your visit, such as your preferences, login status, and browsing behavior.
Cookies are widely used across the internet to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and deliver information to website owners and third parties about how users interact with their sites. Cookies do not contain personal information such as your name or payment details on their own, but they may be linked to such information that you have previously provided.
In addition to traditional cookies, we may also use similar tracking technologies, including:
- Web Beacons (Pixel Tags): Small invisible images embedded in web pages or emails that track whether a page has been viewed or an email has been opened.
- Local Storage: A browser-based storage mechanism that allows websites to store data locally on your device beyond the life of a single session.
- Session Storage: Similar to local storage but data is cleared once your browser session ends.
- Fingerprinting: A technique that collects information about your browser and device to identify you uniquely, even without traditional cookies.
Throughout this policy, we use the term "cookies" to refer to all of these technologies collectively unless otherwise specified.
3. How Do Cookies Work?
When you visit greenlatern-meal.rest, our web server sends a small file to your browser, which is then stored on your device. The next time you visit our website, your browser sends this file back to our server, allowing us to recognize your device and recall your previous preferences or activity.
Cookies can be set by the website you are visiting (known as "first-party cookies") or by third-party companies whose content or services are embedded within our website (known as "third-party cookies"). Both types may collect information about your browsing activity.
Cookies also vary in how long they remain on your device:
- Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that exist only during your current browsing session. They are automatically deleted when you close your browser.
- Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a specified period of time (or until you manually delete them) and are activated each time you visit the website that created them.
4. Types of Cookies We Use
We use several categories of cookies on our website. Below is a detailed explanation of each type and why we use them.
4.1 Strictly Necessary (Essential) Cookies
These cookies are essential for the proper functioning of our website. Without them, certain features or services would not work correctly. Essential cookies are typically set in response to actions you take, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling out forms. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information and cannot be disabled without significantly impacting your ability to use the website.
Because these cookies are strictly necessary, they are not subject to your consent and will always be active when you use our site.
4.2 Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website. They collect information such as which pages are most visited, how long visitors stay on each page, where visitors come from, and whether they encounter error messages. This data is aggregated and anonymized, meaning it cannot be used to identify individual users. We use this information to improve the performance and usability of our website.
Our primary analytics provider is Google Analytics, a service provided by Google LLC. For more information on how Google uses your data, visit Google's Privacy Policy.
4.3 Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide more personalized features. For example, they may remember your preferred language, your location (to show you the nearest Green Lantern Pizza location), or the items you have added to your online order. These cookies enhance your user experience but are not strictly necessary for the website to function.
4.4 Advertising and Targeting Cookies
Advertising cookies are used to deliver relevant advertisements to you both on our website and on other websites you visit. They track your browsing habits and are used to build a profile of your interests so that you can be shown ads that are more relevant to you. These cookies may be set by us or by our advertising partners, including Google Ads and Meta (Facebook/Instagram).
We want to be transparent that these cookies may share your data with third-party advertisers and networks. If you reside in California and wish to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of your personal information as defined under the CCPA/CPRA, please see Section 7 of this policy.
5. Specific Cookies We Use
The table below provides detailed information about the specific cookies placed on your device when you visit greenlatern-meal.rest. This includes cookies set by us directly and those set by third-party services we use.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
session_id |
Green Lantern Pizza | Essential | Maintains your current browsing session and stores temporary data such as cart contents and form inputs. | Session (deleted when browser closes) |
csrf_token |
Green Lantern Pizza | Essential | Provides security protection against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks when submitting forms. | Session |
cookie_consent |
Green Lantern Pizza | Essential | Stores your cookie consent preferences so you are not asked repeatedly. | 12 months |
user_location |
Green Lantern Pizza | Functional | Remembers your selected or detected location to show the nearest restaurant and relevant menu options. | 30 days |
order_prefs |
Green Lantern Pizza | Functional | Stores your order preferences and customizations for a faster checkout experience on return visits. | 90 days |
_ga |
Google Analytics | Analytics | Registers a unique ID to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Used to distinguish users and calculate visits, sessions, and campaigns. | 2 years |
_gid |
Google Analytics | Analytics | Registers a unique ID that identifies the user's session, used to generate statistical data on website usage. | 24 hours |
_gat |
Google Analytics | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to throttle the request rate, limiting data collection on high-traffic websites. | 1 minute |
_gcl_au |
Google Ads | Advertising | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using Google services. Helps measure conversions from ad clicks. | 90 days |
_fbp |
Meta (Facebook) | Advertising | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products, such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. Tracks visits across websites for remarketing purposes. | 90 days |
_fbc |
Meta (Facebook) | Advertising | Stores the last time you clicked on a Facebook ad. Used to measure ad effectiveness and attribution for conversions. | 90 days |
IDE |
Google DoubleClick | Advertising | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads, for measuring campaign effectiveness. | 1 year |
NID |
Advertising / Functional | Registers a unique ID to remember your preferences and other information such as preferred language and the number of search results you want displayed. | 6 months |
Please note that the cookies listed above may be updated over time as we change our website and services. We recommend checking this policy periodically for updates.
6. Why We Use Cookies
Green Lantern Pizza uses cookies for several important purposes that benefit both our business and your user experience:
- To ensure website functionality: Essential cookies keep our website operating correctly, ensuring that your online ordering process, forms, and account functions work without interruption.
- To improve your experience: Functional cookies allow us to remember your preferences, saving you time when placing repeat orders or navigating our menu.
- To understand our audience: Analytics cookies provide us with valuable data about how visitors use our site, enabling us to optimize our content, menu offerings, and online ordering systems.
- To market our products effectively: Advertising cookies help us reach customers who have shown interest in our products and serve them relevant promotions, special offers, and new menu items.
- To maintain security: Certain cookies help us detect and prevent fraudulent activity, protecting both our customers and our business.
7. How to Manage and Control Cookies
You have the right to manage, restrict, or refuse cookies. There are several ways you can do this, as described below.
7.1 Browser Settings
All major web browsers allow you to control cookie settings through their privacy or settings menus. You can configure your browser to:
- Block all cookies
- Block only third-party cookies
- Clear cookies when you close your browser
- Alert you each time a cookie is set so you can decide whether to accept or decline it
Below are links to cookie management instructions for the most commonly used browsers:
Please be aware that browser settings for managing cookies may differ depending on your device type (desktop, tablet, mobile). Consult your device manufacturer's documentation if you are unsure how to adjust these settings on a mobile device.
7.2 Opt-Out Tools Provided by Third Parties
Many of the third-party companies we work with provide their own opt-out mechanisms. We encourage you to use these tools to control how your data is collected and used for advertising purposes:
- Google Analytics Opt-Out: You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.
- Google Ads Personalization: Manage or opt out of personalized Google advertising at Google Ad Settings.
- Meta (Facebook) Ad Preferences: Manage your Facebook and Instagram ad preferences through Facebook Ad Preferences.
- Network Advertising Initiative (NAI): Opt out of interest-based advertising from NAI member companies at optout.networkadvertising.org.
- Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA): Opt out of interest-based advertising from DAA-participating companies at optout.aboutads.info.
7.3 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA) Rights
If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) regarding cookies and the personal information they collect. These rights include:
- Right to Know: You have the right to know what personal information is collected about you through cookies and how it is used or shared.
- Right to Opt Out of Sale/Sharing: You have the right to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of your personal information with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising. To exercise this right, please contact us at [email protected] or click the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link if available on our website.
- Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: You have the right to limit our use of sensitive personal information collected through cookies.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights.
8. Impact of Disabling Cookies
While you have the right to disable or restrict cookies, doing so may affect your experience on greenlatern-meal.rest. Here is what you should expect if you choose to disable specific types of cookies:
| Cookie Type | Impact of Disabling |
|---|---|
| Essential Cookies | Significant impact. Core website functionality, including online ordering, form submissions, and account access, may not work correctly or at all. We do not recommend disabling these cookies. |
| Functional Cookies | Moderate impact. Your preferences (such as saved location, language, and order preferences) will not be remembered between visits. You may need to re-enter information each time you visit. |
| Analytics Cookies | Minimal impact on your user experience. You will still be able to use all website features normally. However, we will lose the ability to improve our website based on user behavior data. |
| Advertising Cookies | Minimal impact on your ability to use our website. You will still see advertisements, but they will be less relevant to your interests. You may also see the same ads more frequently since frequency capping will not function properly. |
9. Third-Party Links and Services
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, plugins, and applications (such as online ordering platforms, social media buttons, and map services). Clicking on these links or enabling these connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy or cookie practices. We encourage you to read the cookie and privacy policies of any third-party site you visit.
10. Children's Privacy
Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly use cookies to collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided personal information through our website, please contact us immediately at [email protected] so we can take appropriate action.
11. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, legal requirements, or our business practices. When we make significant changes, we will notify you by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, providing a more prominent notice on our website.
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies. Your continued use of our website after any changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Cookie Policy or the way we use cookies on greenlatern-meal.rest, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are committed to addressing your inquiries promptly and transparently.
Business Name: Green Lantern Pizza
Email: [email protected]
Website: greenlatern-meal.rest
Location: United States
We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 10 business days.