Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
Effective Date: December 1, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies and similar technologies (collectively, "Tracking Technologies") are, how BetterHealth Vending®, LLC ("BetterHealth," "we," "us," or "our") uses them on our website and digital interfaces, and what choices you have regarding their use.
1. What Are Cookies and Tracking Technologies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit a website. They are used to make websites function efficiently and to provide reporting information.
- First-Party Cookies are set directly by our website (by us).
- Third-Party Cookies are set by a domain other than our website, typically used for analytics, advertising, or interactive features.
- Other Tracking Technologies include web beacons, pixels, and other similar technologies that serve the same purposes as cookies.
2. When Do We Request Consent?
Upon your first visit to our website (and periodically thereafter), we will request your explicit consent for the use of non-essential cookies and tracking technologies through our cookie management banner.
3. Tracking Technologies We Use and Why
We and our service providers use Tracking Technologies for the following purposes across our Services (website and vending machine payment/rewards interfaces):
A. Strictly Necessary Cookies (Necessary)
These are essential for site navigation, security, and completing core transactions. The Service cannot function without them.
- Purpose: Enable core functions required for site navigation, accessing secure areas of the website, and completing transactions.
- Details: They save your login sessions, distribute network traffic, and ensure the basic operation of the website and payment interface.
B. Security Cookies (Necessary)
These are necessary to maintain the security and integrity of our Services.
- Purpose: To maintain the security of the Services and detect malicious activities.
- Details: These cookies allow us to detect fraudulent transactions or activities that are in breach of our Terms of Use.
C. Performance/Analytics Cookies (Optional)
These cookies require user consent.
- Purpose: To measure and analyze website traffic, usage, and performance, which helps us improve our Services.
- Details: They collect aggregated and anonymous information about browsing actions, page views, time of visit, and site traffic patterns.
- Example Vendors: Google Analytics.
D. Functional/Customization Cookies (Optional)
These cookies require user consent.
- Purpose: To remember your choices and settings, providing enhanced and personalized features.
- Details: These cookies save information like your language preference, username, or region to optimize your browsing experience.
E. Advertising/Contextual Cookies (Necessary)
These are necessary for the core business function of the vending machine interfaces.
- Purpose: To deliver contextual advertising on vending machine screens.
- Details: These technologies support displaying non-personalized ads based solely on the machine's context (e.g., location, time, inventory). We do not use these for cross-context behavioral tracking.
4. Data Collected via Tracking Technologies
Through these technologies, we may collect information such as:
- Device Identifiers: Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system, and browser type.
- Usage Data: Pages viewed, links clicked, time spent on the site, and referring URLs.
- Machine Data: Non-sensitive data related to the success or failure of a vending machine purchase.
5. Your Choices and Controls
You have several ways to control and manage your cookie preferences:
A. Cookie Management Banner (Website)
When you visit our website, our cookie management banner provides you with the mechanism to Manage Preferences (Opt-Out) for all Optional cookies (Performance/Analytics and Functional/Customization).
B. Browser Settings
You can modify your web browser settings to accept or refuse cookies, or to alert you when a cookie is being set. Using your browser settings, you can also delete cookies installed in the past, which may include the cookies that saved your initial consent. Instructions for managing cookies are available on the website of your chosen browser (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge).
C. Global Privacy Control (GPC)
We recognize and honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, which acts as a universal opt-out request for non-essential tracking and certain data processing activities on our website.
D. Opting Out of Rewards Program
As detailed in our Privacy Policy, your individual purchase history is only identified and linked to an account if you participate in the Rewards Program. You may opt out of the Rewards Program at any time to stop the collection and use of Identified Purchase History.
6. Third-Party Links
This Cookie Policy does not apply to the cookies and tracking technologies used by third-party websites linked from our Services. We recommend reviewing the cookie and privacy policies of any third-party website before providing personal data.
7. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or other tracking technologies, please contact our Privacy Officer:
- Email: contact@betterhealthvends.com
- Mailing Address: BetterHealth Vending, LLC, Attn: Privacy Officer, 3208 Mill Street, Unit 300, Summerville, SC 29485, USA
