Cookie Policy

Effective date: December 18, 2024

Hot 8 Yoga COOKIE POLICY 

Understanding how and why we use cookies 

Hot 8 Yoga, LLC (“Hot 8 Yoga,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) may use cookies, web pixels, clear GIFs, session replay, and similar web-tracking tools (collectively, “cookies”) on our various websites and mobile app to create the most effective experience possible for our users. For example, we may use cookies to analyze user traffic patterns on our websites, to make our websites work properly, to enhance your user experience, or to provide you with the latest information about our products and related services.  

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on our websites, what benefits they bring to you, and how you can control them when you visit our websites. To find out more about how Hot 8 Yoga protects your privacy when using our websites, please read our Privacy Policy.  

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Which websites does this policy apply to? 

This policy applies to Hot 8 Yoga’s website available at https://www.hot8yoga.com, the Hot 8 Yoga On Demand website available at https://ondemand.hot8yoga.com/ (see also Vimeo’s cookie policy here), and the Hot 8 Yoga’s retail site available at https://shop.hot8yoga.com.  When we use the term “websites” throughout this policy, we mean the websites mentioned in this paragraph and our mobile app. 

Occasionally, other websites that do not belong to Hot 8 Yoga may be linked from our websites. Please bear in mind that these sites may have their own privacy and cookie policies that will govern their use of cookies on their websites and any information you submit on their websites. Please read carefully any website and/or product terms and conditions before using the website, service, or product. 

What are cookies? 

Cookies are small data files that are sent to and stored on your computer, smartphone, or other device for accessing the internet whenever you visit a website. Cookies are useful because they allow websites to recognize a user’s device. Some of the functions that cookies perform can also be achieved using similar technologies, such as web pixels, clear GIFs, and session replay, among others. While this Cookie Policy generally refers to “cookies” throughout, this term is intended to include these related technologies. For more information about cookies and similar technologies, visit allaboutcookies.org. 

What categories of cookies do we use? 

Hot 8 Yoga uses both required or essential cookies and non-essential cookies on our websites.   

• Essential cookies, also called required or necessary cookies, are critical to the running of our websites and enable core functionality. These cookies also allow us to authenticate visitors to our websites. That is, our websites cannot function properly without these cookies. These cookies can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences, not through our cookie consent tool. However, for maximum functionality of our websites, we would recommend that you not disable these cookies. 

• Non-essential cookies help us to make sure you have the best possible experience on our websites and help us to manage the online advertising messages you see from us or from other third parties. More specifically, Hot 8 Yoga uses the following categories of non-essential cookies:  some text
  • Targeted Advertising. These cookies are used to deliver advertising that is more relevant to you and your interests. These cookies may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.  
  • Personalization. These cookies allow us to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.  
  • Analytics. These cookies help us understand how our website performs, how visitors interact with the site, and whether there may be technical issues. 
  • Third Party. These cookies are set by third parties so that they can collect data from and about visitors to our website. All cookies used on our website are third-party cookies, but some are placed by our service providers. Accordingly, each of the above-mentioned categories of cookies, including required cookies, include third party cookies. Please note that in addition to our service providers, some of the third-party cookies utilized on our website are used for practices such as targeted and cross context behavioral advertising, analytics, and/or market research, as indicated in the advertising cookies section of our cookie tool. Examples of third parties who place cookies on our website who are not service providers include but are not limited to the following: some text
    • Google Analytics some text
      • We may use Google Analytics to help measure how users interact with our website.  https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US   
    • Google Adssome text
      • We may use Google Ads to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our website. https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US  
    • Meta (Facebook, Instagram) some text
      • We may use Meta and the Meta Pixel to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Meta’s social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram. We may also use the Meta pixel and Meta cookies to assist with advertising campaigns, and analytics.  https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/   

The length of time a cookie stays on your device depends on its type. We use two general types of cookies on our websites:  

• Session cookies are temporary cookies which only exist during the time you use one of our websites (or more strictly, until you close the browser after using one of our websites). Session cookies help a website remember what you chose on the previous page, avoiding the need to re-enter information and improving your experience while using that website. 
• Persistent cookies stay on your device after you’ve visited a website and enable the website to remember you the next time you visit. Persistent cookies help us identify you as a unique user of one of our websites. 

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 Can I control or manage cookies on my computer, smartphone, or other device?  

• Yes, there are two ways in which you can control or manage cookies on your device: some text
  • Cookie Consent Tool.   When visiting our websites for the first time, an option is presented allowing you to control or manage the use of cookies. Our Cookie Consent Tool can be used to customize your cookie preferences. The Cookie Consent Tool will record when you have consented to our Cookie Policy and will ask for consent on an annual basis to ensure you stay up-to-date with changes to our Cookie and Privacy Policies. Specifically, the Cookie Consent Tool permits you to control the non-essential cookies set when using our websites. Please note, the required or essential cookies cannot be managed. The Cookie Consent Tool can also be accessed at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link at the bottom of our website. 
  • Using Your Browser. The browsers of most computers, smartphones, and other web-enabled devices are typically set up to accept cookies. If you wish to amend your cookie preferences for any website, you may be able to do this through your browser settings. Your browser’s “help” function will tell you how to do this. However, please remember that cookies are often used to enable and improve certain functions on our websites. If you choose to switch certain cookies off, it may affect how our websites function.  To find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers, you can visit allaboutcookies.org.  
  • Using Your Device Settings. If you access our websites on your phone or our mobile app, your device settings may allow you to update your cookie preferences. To find out how to manage cookies on your Apple device, you can visit https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/browse-the-web-privately-iphb01fc3c85/ios#:~:text=Go%20to%20Settings%20%3E%20Safari%2C%20then%20turn%20any%20of%20the%20following,IP%20address%20from%20known%20trackers or https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212025. To find out how to manage cookies on your Android device, you can visit https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid. If you choose to switch certain cookies off, it may affect the functionality of our websites. 

Can I control third parties’ cookies?  

Third party cookies are cookies set by someone other than us for purposes of collecting information on user behavior, demographics, or personalized marketing. When using our websites, you may also encounter embedded content or you may be directed to other websites for activities such as surveys, making payments, or for job applications. These websites and embedded content may use their own cookies. Please note, we do not have control over the placement of cookies by other websites, even if you are directed to them from our websites.

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Can cookies pass on my Personal Information to others?  

Hot 8 Yoga will not sell (in the traditional sense of the word) any Personal Information gathered through cookies on any of our websites to third parties. However, we may use non-essential cookies on our websites to help us enhance the user experience and, as part of this process, we may share certain personal information with our analytics, advertising, and marketing partners, as well as with some of our affiliate companies and retail partners. These disclosures and interactions may constitute a “sale” or “sharing” of data under the definition of certain state consumer privacy laws. For more information on how we share and/or sell personal information and the rights and choices you may have regarding these practices, please read our Privacy Policy.   

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Do cookies compromise my security?  

No, in fact many of the cookies we use are designed to provide important security features, such as protecting your Personal Information, data, and/or your accounts.

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What about cookies that have been set in the past?  

As indicated above, you can change your preferences to disable or limit our collection of information through cookies. If you change your preferences, the information collected prior to the preference change may still be used, however, we will stop using the disabled cookie to collect any further information from your user experience. You also may be able to clear your browser cookies in your device settings, which deletes stored cookies from your device, or block or disable cookies from your site. If you clear, block, or disable your cookies, information collected prior to your action may still be used. Please note we may continue to use cookies after you clear your browser cookies unless you change your settings to block or disable cookies.

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What if I have additional questions?  

If you have any additional questions about our Cookie Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@hot8yoga.com.