Cookie Policy
Last updated: August 2024
This Cookie Policy is part of the Privacy Policy of the website https://smashburger.com/privacy-policy (hereinafter the “Website”). By accessing and browsing the Website, or using the services on the Website, you are accepting the terms and conditions set out in the Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.
Smashburger Servicing LLC and its affiliates, including but not limited to Smashburger IP Holder LLC, Smashburger Franchising LLC, and Smashburger Gift Card LLC (collectively, “Smashburger,” “we,” or “our”), hereby notify you that it uses cookies or other storage and data recovery devices with similar functionality (hereinafter, the “Cookies”).
For this reason, we provide users of our Website with the following information on what cookies are, what types of cookies are used on our Website and how users can configure or disable them.
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What is a Cookie?
Our website uses “cookies,” which are small data files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Their main purpose is to identify the user each time they access the website, and to enable website improvement and provide personalized user experiences on the Website. Cookies enable you to shop on our website and may be used in a variety of ways to enhance or personalize your online browsing and shopping and email communication experience. We also use cookies to help determine which of our ads are shown to you on other websites. Some cookies may be placed by third party service providers who perform some of these functions for us.
If you would like to opt out of collection via cookies, in addition to using our “Cookie Preferences” manager, you may also broadcast an opt-out preference signal through your browser. Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. To do so, please follow the instructions in your browser settings. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all of our Website’s features.
Use of Cookies by us
You can customize the applicable type of Cookie on your devices. If you disable all optional Cookies, your browsing experience of the Website may not be optimized and some of the features may not function correctly.
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at the footer of any smashburger.com page.
Type of Cookies
Smashburger uses the following types of Cookies for the purposes explained below: You will also find a full list of Cookies used.
Mandatory Cookies
These are strictly necessary for the basic functioning of the website, as well as to guarantee its correct performance. Without these cookies, some of the services you have requested cannot be provided, such as accessing restricted areas of the website, using shopping baskets, or making electronic payments.
Likewise, this also includes cookies that collect information about the way in which visitors use the Website, for example, which pages they visit most frequently, web page error message, the sections of the website they access or which buttons of the website they click on. The information obtained by these cookies is anonymized and does not enable visitors to be identified.
Therefore these cookies cannot be opted-out of for the use of the website.
Analytical Cookies
These cookies allow us to analyze the usage of our site to evaluate and improve its performance. These cookies may be used to provide a better customer experience on this site. The information collected by these cookies is anonymous and aggregated. If you disable these cookies, it will impact our ability to measure and optimize our site.
We use Google Analytics to help us analyze website performance, perform diagnostics, understand the effectiveness of our media and ad campaigns, optimize our marketing strategies, improve conversion, and generally improve our users’ experiences. Google Analytics uses cookies to report on user interactions on our and others’ websites.
For more information about Google Analytics and how it collects and processes information, please visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You may also find instructions on opting out of Google Analytics using a specific plug-in at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Note that this opt-out is specific to Google activities and does not affect the activities of other ad networks or analytics providers that we may use.
To opt out of Google Analytics on our website, you may visit our “Cookie Preferences” manager and turn off Analytics Cookies, which will include the opting out of Google Analytics among other applicable cookies.
Advertising and Social Media Cookies
These cookies are used to share data with advertisers and social media platforms so that the ads you see are more relevant to your interests. These cookies may be used by us and third parties to understand your browsing behavior to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other websites. These cookies may also be used to measure the effectiveness of our marketing and ad campaigns.
For more information about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes with certain companies, please visit the Digital Advertising Alliance’s website at www.aboutads.info/choices. You can also use their mobile app to control interest-based advertising on apps on your mobile device, available on the Apple Store, Google Play, and Amazon’s Appstore. Mobile app guidance is available at https://digitaladvertisingalliance.org/app. Additionally, you may remove yourself from the targeted advertising of companies within the Network Advertising Initiative by visiting https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1.
You can update your ad preferences for the following third-parties
- Google Ad preferences: https://myadcenter.google.com/
- Facebook Ad preferences: https://www.facebook.com/help/109378269482053/
Usability Cookies
These cookies support extra functionalities and personalization on our website. These cookies are not vital for website functionality and may be set by us or by third party vendors. If you disable these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly.
How to reject or block Cookies
It is possible to block Cookies through browser configuration tools, or you can configure your browser to advise you when a server requests to store a Cookie:
a) If you use Microsoft Edge, the option is in Settings > Privacy, search, and services. For more information, visit?https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd.
b) If you use Firefox, the option is in the menu Settings > Privacy & Security. For more information, visit?https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox/protect-your-privacy/cookies.
c) If you use Chrome, the option is in the menu Settings > Privacy & Security. For more information, visit?https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en.
d) If you use Opera, the option is in the menu Settings > Advanced > Privacy & security. For more information, visit?http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/en/cookies.html
e) If you use Safari, the option is in the menu Preferences/Privacy. For more information, visit ?https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265
Changes to this Cookie Policy
Smashburger reserves the right to amend this Cookie Policy at our discretion at any time. We may change this policy from time to time. If we make changes to this Cookie Policy, we will let you know by posting the updated Cookie Policy on the Website and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of the Cookie Policy.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding this Cookie Policy or if you need more information on how we use cookies, please contact us via the channels available in our Privacy Policy.