Cookie Policy

At Golden Cherries, we believe your experience with us should be seamless from the very first moment you visit our website. To achieve this, we use technologies known as cookies. They allow our website to function properly, to remember your choices and to help us understand how the site is being used so that we can make it better for you.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can control your preferences. It is drafted in line with the EU’s ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC), as implemented in Romania by Law no. 506/2004 on electronic communications, with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK GDPR, and applicable U.S. privacy laws where relevant.


What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device—computer, tablet or phone—when you browse a website. They serve many purposes: some are essential to allow a website to function, others remember your preferences so you do not have to re-enter them each time and some provide insights into how visitors use the site.

Cookies do not typically identify you directly, but they can give you a more personalized web experience.

For transparency, cookies are generally classified as follows:

  • Strictly necessary: required for the site to operate, booking to process and payments to be secure

  • Functional / preferences: remember your choices such as language, region or currency

  • Performance / analytics: measure site traffic and interactions to help us improve

  • Marketing / targeting: personalize content and offers, measure campaign effectiveness

Each cookie may be session-based (deleted when you close your browser) or persistent (stored for a fixed period). We will disclose the retention period for each category in our cookie banner.


How we use cookies

When you visit our website, cookies may be placed on your device to support several functions:

  • Some are strictly necessary to ensure that the website loads correctly, that you can move securely between pages and that booking and payment functions operate as they should.

  • Others are used to remember the choices you make—such as your preferred language or currency—so that your browsing feels effortless.

  • We also use cookies to understand how visitors interact with our site, which helps us improve its design and functionality over time.

  • In addition, we may use cookies to support integrations with third-party tools used on the site, such as embedded scheduling links (e.g., Calendly) or contact widgets (e.g., WhatsApp chat). These tools may also use cookies to function properly.

  • Where you have given your consent, cookies may also be used to personalize the content you see or to show you inspiration and offers that are more relevant to you.

Third-party cookies

In some cases, cookies are not set by us but by third parties we work with. This may include providers of analytics services, secure payment platforms or social media integrations.

The main third-party providers currently used include (for example): Google Analytics, Meta (Facebook/Instagram) Pixel and Stripe Payments. Each provider has its own privacy and cookie policy, which can be consulted directly: [insert links].

We may also use embedded integrations from tools such as Calendly (for appointment scheduling) and WhatsApp (for direct messaging), which may place cookies or use similar technologies to enable functionality.

Where cookies involve transfers of data outside the EU/UK, such transfers are safeguarded by Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

These third parties are responsible for their own cookies and will process information according to their own privacy policies.


Your choices and control

On your first visit to our website, you will be presented with a cookie banner. This banner gives you the choice to accept all cookies or to manage your preferences in detail. Only cookies that are strictly necessary are placed without your consent.

You may withdraw or change your consent at any time by clicking “Cookie Settings” available in the footer of our website or by adjusting the settings in your browser.

Please note that if you disable certain cookies, parts of the website may no longer function as intended.

We do not knowingly use cookies to profile or track children under the age of 16.


Legal basis

Under European and UK law, we rely on your consent for the use of non-essential cookies (in line with Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive and Article 6 GDPR). Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent, as they are essential for the operation of the site.

For U.S. residents, including California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah, you may exercise your rights under state law, including the right to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal data for advertising purposes. We do not sell personal data, but we honor such opt-out rights through our cookie management system.


Data protection

Where cookies involve the processing of personal data, this will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and with applicable data protection laws, including GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and equivalent international frameworks.


Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect legal requirements or changes in the technologies we use. The date at the top of this page will always show you when it was last revised.

Where changes are material, we will notify you by a banner update on our website and where possible, via email if you have an active booking.


Contact

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please get in touch:

GOLDEN CHERRIES SRL
Registered Office: 4 Stejarului Street, Corbeanca, Ilfov
Trade Registry No.: J2024040331003
VAT ID (CUI): 50867034
Email: info@golden-cherries.com
Phone: +40 747 722 570