Cookie Policy

Understanding Cookies

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on the ShokuPlan website and services, your choices regarding cookies, and further information about 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 more efficiently and to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, ShokuPlan) 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, such as advertising, interactive content, and analytics.

Why We Use Cookies

We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons for our website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our services. Third parties serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes.

Essential Functionality: Cookies enable critical site features such as user authentication, remembering your login status, maintaining your session, and ensuring site security.

Performance and Analytics: We use cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website, which pages are visited most frequently, and where users experience difficulties.

Personalization: Cookies help us remember your preferences, dietary restrictions, and settings so that we can provide a tailored experience when you return to our site.

Marketing and Advertising: With your consent, we use cookies to deliver relevant advertisements and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.

Types of Cookies We Use

The specific types of first-party and third-party cookies served through our website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for you to browse our website and use its features. Without these cookies, services you have requested, such as accessing your account or making a subscription payment, cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you for marketing purposes and are typically set in response to actions you take.

Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit most often and if you receive error messages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies you directly. All information collected is aggregated and therefore anonymous. We use this information to improve how our website functions and performs.

Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your dietary preferences, language settings, or the region you're in. They may also be used to remember changes you've made to text size, fonts, and other customizable aspects of web pages. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Targeting and Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies remember that you've visited our website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers.

Essential Cookies We Deploy

The following essential cookies are necessary for the operation of our website and services:

Session Cookies: These temporary cookies are essential for maintaining your session as you navigate through different pages of our website. They expire when you close your browser.

Authentication Cookies: When you log into your ShokuPlan account, we set authentication cookies to recognize you throughout your session and keep you logged in as you access different features.

Security Cookies: These cookies help us detect malicious activity, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorized access.

Load Balancing Cookies: These cookies ensure that our website performs efficiently by distributing the workload across our servers and maintaining your session consistently.

Analytics and Performance Tracking

We use various analytics services to help us understand how users interact with our website and to improve our services. These services use cookies to collect information about your usage patterns.

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to analyze how visitors use our website, including information about the pages you visit, the time you spend on each page, and how you arrived at our site. This helps us optimize our content and improve user experience.

Heat Mapping Tools: We may use heat mapping and session recording tools to understand how users navigate our website, which areas receive the most attention, and where users encounter difficulties.

Performance Monitoring: We use cookies to monitor website performance, identify technical issues, and ensure that our meal planning tools, recipe search, and other features function smoothly.

The data collected through analytics cookies is typically aggregated and anonymized, though some analytics services may collect identifiable information subject to their own privacy policies.

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

With your consent, we use cookies to deliver personalized marketing and advertising content. These cookies track your browsing behavior to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements.

Retargeting Campaigns: We may use cookies to show you ShokuPlan advertisements on other websites after you've visited our site. This helps us remind you about our services and encourage you to return.

Social Media Integration: If we integrate social media features, these platforms may set cookies when you interact with social media buttons or view content embedded from social networks.

Affiliate Marketing: We use cookies to track conversions from affiliate partners and ensure that our partners receive proper attribution for referrals they send to our website.

Campaign Effectiveness: Marketing cookies help us measure the success of our advertising campaigns, understand which marketing channels drive the most traffic, and optimize our marketing spend.

Third-Party Cookies and Services

We partner with third-party service providers who may set cookies on your device when you visit our website. We do not control these third-party cookies, and they are subject to the respective third party's privacy policy.

Payment Processors: When you make a purchase or manage your subscription, our payment processing partners may set cookies to facilitate secure transactions and prevent fraud.

Content Delivery Networks: We use CDNs to deliver website content efficiently, and these services may set cookies to optimize content delivery based on your location.

Customer Support Tools: If you use our chat or support features, these services may set cookies to maintain your conversation history and provide better assistance.

Email Service Providers: When you interact with emails we send, our email service providers may set cookies to track email opens, link clicks, and measure campaign performance.

We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these third-party services to understand how they use cookies and handle your information.

Cookie Duration and Persistence

Cookies can be either "session" cookies or "persistent" cookies, depending on how long they remain on your device.

Session Cookies: These temporary cookies are deleted automatically when you close your browser. They're essential for basic website functionality and maintaining your session as you navigate through our site.

Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you manually delete them. They remember your preferences and settings across multiple visits to our website.

Duration Periods: Different cookies have different expiration periods. Essential cookies may last for the duration of your session, while preference cookies might last for several months or years. Marketing cookies typically expire after 30 to 90 days.

You can view and manage cookies stored on your device through your browser settings, where you can see cookie names, domains, expiration dates, and other details.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences through our cookie consent tool or through your browser settings.

Cookie Consent Tool: When you first visit our website, we display a cookie banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by accessing our cookie settings.

Browser Controls: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically set your browser to block all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set.

Opt-Out Links: Some advertising networks provide opt-out mechanisms that allow you to decline targeted advertising while still receiving generic advertisements.

Please note that if you choose to block or delete cookies, some features of our website may not function properly, and you may not be able to access certain services that require cookies to work.

Browser-Specific Cookie Management

Different web browsers have different methods for managing cookies. Here are instructions for popular browsers:

Google Chrome: Click the three-dot menu, select Settings, then Privacy and Security, and finally Cookies and other site data. Here you can view, delete, and control cookie behavior.

Mozilla Firefox: Click the menu button, select Settings, then Privacy and Security. In the Cookies and Site Data section, you can manage cookie preferences and delete stored cookies.

Safari: On Mac, go to Safari menu, select Preferences, then Privacy. On iOS devices, go to Settings, then Safari, and scroll to Privacy and Security settings.

Microsoft Edge: Click the three-dot menu, select Settings, then Cookies and site permissions. Here you can manage cookies and site data.

For other browsers or more detailed instructions, we recommend visiting your browser's official support documentation or help center.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. There is currently no industry consensus on how to interpret and respond to DNT signals.

At this time, our website does not specifically respond to DNT browser signals. However, you can control cookies through the methods described in this policy, including our cookie consent tool and your browser settings.

We continue to monitor developments in DNT technology and industry standards, and we may update our practices as consensus emerges on how to best honor user preferences for tracking.

Mobile Device Identifiers

If you access our services through a mobile application or mobile website, we may collect mobile device identifiers and use technologies similar to cookies to provide functionality and track usage.

Device IDs: Mobile devices have unique identifiers that help us recognize your device and maintain your session across app restarts or website visits.

Mobile Advertising IDs: Both iOS and Android devices have advertising identifiers that can be used for personalized advertising. You can reset or limit the use of these identifiers through your device settings.

App-Specific Storage: Our mobile applications may store data locally on your device similar to how cookies function in web browsers. This data helps provide offline functionality and remember your preferences.

You can manage mobile tracking through your device's privacy settings, where you can typically find options to limit ad tracking or reset your advertising identifier.

Cookie Policy Updates

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our cookie practices, new technologies, legal requirements, or other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

When we make changes to this Cookie Policy, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. For material changes that significantly affect how we use cookies or your rights, we will provide prominent notice through our website or via email.

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and the choices available to you. Your continued use of our website after any changes to this Cookie Policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

Questions About Our Cookie Practices

If you have questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us using the information below:

Email: privacy@zelinshore.com

Phone: +81 92-531-8346

Address: Japan, 〒810-0014 Fukuoka, Chuo Ward, Hirao, 2 Chome−3−17 ３０１

We will respond to your inquiries within a reasonable timeframe and work to address any concerns you may have about our cookie practices.