Dave's Hot Chicken Academy · Legal
This page explains how cookie files are used when you visit Dave's Hot Chicken Academy. It is written as a plain record of what is stored on your device, why, and how to change it. There is no course pitch on this page.
What a cookie is
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. When you come back to the same site, the browser sends that file back with the request, so the site can recognise the same visit. Cookies do not read other files on your computer, do not run code, and do not carry viruses.
On daveshotchickens.website cookies are used for a narrow set of jobs. Nothing on this page is a marketing pitch — it is the record of what we store, how long we keep it, and what you can do about it.
In short
Two kinds of cookie are in use: the ones that keep the site working (your cookie choice, a security token on any form you submit), and the ones that measure which pages get read. The first kind cannot be turned off without breaking the site; the second kind can.
What we store and why
Essential
Records the cookie choice you made in the consent bar, and protects any form you submit from being resent twice by accident. Without these the consent bar would ask again on every page load and forms could misbehave.
Kept for up to 12 months.
Analytics
Counts visits and tells us which pages about the course, the heat levels, or the free recipes people actually open. The reports are aggregated: we see that a page was read, not who read it. These cookies are set only after you accept them.
Kept for up to 14 months.
Preference
Holds details that make a repeat visit smoother, such as a dismissed notice or a preferred view on a long page. These are set by us, not by a third party, and they never contain your name or payment details.
Kept for up to 6 months.
A short list of outside services is used on this site, and each one may place its own cookie when its part of the page loads. Analytics tools count visits and page reads for the reports described above. An embedded video player remembers volume and playback position. A payment provider that processes a course purchase sets its own cookies during checkout to keep the transaction secure.
Those companies handle the data they collect under their own policies, and we do not control what they store. If you would rather they did not load at all, decline analytics cookies in the consent bar and use your browser settings to block third-party cookies.
If you are ever unsure
Read this page beside the privacy policy
The privacy policy covers the personal details you send us directly — for example through a course enquiry. This page covers only what your browser stores. Together they describe the whole picture for visitors of Dave's Hot Chicken Academy.
Read the privacy policyYour choice
Step one
Open the cookie settings from the consent bar at the bottom of the screen and switch analytics cookies on or off. Your new choice is written into the essential cookie straight away and lasts until you clear it or change it again.
Step two
Every browser keeps a privacy or security section with a list of stored cookies, and each entry can be deleted by hand. Most also have a setting that blocks third-party cookies entirely. Clearing the list removes what the site stored, and the consent bar will ask again next visit.
If you block everything
Pages, recipes, heat levels and course details all load without any optional cookie. The only side effects are small: the consent bar may reappear, and a form you submit might not remember its state if you reload mid-way. Purchases still complete, because checkout sets its own security cookie.
Common questions
Yes. Declining analytics cookies leaves the site fully readable. The only cookie that cannot be switched off is the one that remembers the choice you just made — without it, the consent bar would return on every page.
No. The cookies used here hold a small identifier, a consent flag, or a short-lived security token. Names, email addresses and card numbers are never written into a cookie; when you buy a course, the payment provider handles those details on its own secure page.
It depends on the family. A session cookie disappears the moment you close the browser. Essential and preference cookies live for up to 12 and 6 months. Analytics cookies expire after about 14 months. You can remove any of them earlier from your browser settings at any time.
When the list of cookies or their purpose changes, this page is updated and the revision date at the top of the sheet moves with it. For a change that affects a real choice you made, the consent bar will ask again rather than assume your earlier answer still stands.
If something here is unclear, or you want to know which cookie a specific part of the site sets, write to us and we will answer plainly. The same address handles course questions, including anything about Dave's Hot Chicken Academy and its recipes, heat levels, or the free recipes on the site.
Dave's Hot Chicken Academy
422 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203, United States
Monday–Friday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
