Effective Date: 7/29/2025
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet) when you visit a website or use an application. Cookies allow the website or app to recognize your device and remember information about your visit, such as your preferences, login status, and browsing activity.
2. Types of Cookies and Tracking Technologies We Use
We use the following types of cookies and similar tracking technologies:
First-Party Cookies: Cookies set by Happy Camper directly on our websites and applications.
Third-Party Cookies: Cookies set by third-party service providers, advertising networks, analytics providers, and other partners who provide services on our behalf or integrate their tools into our Services.
Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser or app. These are used to maintain your session while you navigate our Services.
Persistent Cookies: Cookies that remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. These remember your preferences across multiple visits.
Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential cookies required for our Services to function properly. These cannot be disabled without severely affecting the functionality of our Services.
Performance and Analytics Cookies: Cookies that collect information about how visitors use our Services, such as which pages are visited most often, how long users stay on pages, and error messages. This information is aggregated and used to improve our Services.
Functionality Cookies: Cookies that remember your choices and preferences (such as language preference, location, or username) to provide enhanced, personalized features.
Targeting and Advertising Cookies: Cookies that track your browsing activity across websites to build a profile of your interests and display relevant advertisements. These are primarily set by third-party advertising networks.
Other Tracking Technologies:
In addition to cookies, we use:
- Web Beacons (Pixels): Tiny graphics embedded in emails and web pages that allow us to track whether content has been viewed or clicked.
- Local Storage: HTML5 local storage and similar technologies that store data locally on your device.
- SDKs (Software Development Kits): Code libraries integrated into our mobile applications that collect usage data and enable third-party services.
- Device Fingerprinting: Techniques that combine multiple device and browser characteristics to create a unique identifier for your device.
3. Purposes for Using Cookies
We use cookies and tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Essential Functions:
- Authenticating users and maintaining login sessions
- Remembering items in your shopping cart or service requests in progress
- Detecting and preventing fraud and security threats
- Load balancing and ensuring platform stability
- Enabling core features and functionality
Performance and Analytics:
- Measuring website and app performance
- Understanding how users navigate our Services
- Identifying technical errors and issues
- Conducting A/B testing of features
- Generating aggregate statistics and reports
Personalization:
- Remembering your preferences and settings
- Providing language-appropriate content
- Customizing your user interface
- Offering personalized recommendations
Marketing and Advertising:
- Measuring the effectiveness of marketing campaigns
- Serving targeted advertisements based on your interests
- Retargeting users who have visited our website
- Tracking conversions and attribution
- Building audience segments for advertising
4. Specific Cookies We Use
The following table lists examples of cookies we use (this is not an exhaustive list):
Cookie Name |
Type |
Purpose |
Duration |
Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
session_id |
Session |
Maintain user session |
Session |
Happy Camper |
user_pref |
Persistent |
Remember user preferences |
1 year |
Happy Camper |
auth_token |
Persistent |
Keep users logged in |
30 days |
Happy Camper |
_ga, _gid |
Analytics |
Google Analytics tracking |
2 years / 24 hours |
Google |
_fbp |
Advertising |
Facebook Pixel |
90 days |
Facebook |
optimizelyEndUserId |
Testing |
A/B testing |
6 months |
Optimizely |
For a complete and current list of cookies used on our Services, please visit our Cookie Preference Center [LINK] or refer to our detailed Cookie Policy [LINK].
5. Third-Party Services Using Cookies
We work with the following categories of third-party services that may set cookies on our Services:
Analytics Providers:
- Google Analytics
- Adobe Analytics
- Mixpanel
- Amplitude
Advertising Networks:
- Google Ads
- Facebook Ads
- LinkedIn Ads
- Other programmatic advertising platforms
Social Media Platforms:
- Twitter/X
Customer Support:
- Zendesk
- Intercom
- LiveChat
Marketing Automation:
- HubSpot
- Marketo
- Mailchimp
Tag Management:
- Google Tag Manager
- Adobe Launch
These third parties have their own privacy policies governing their use of cookies and personal information. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties.
6. Your Cookie Choices
You have several options for controlling cookies:
Cookie Consent Manager: When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or reject non-essential cookies.
Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:
- Block all cookies
- Block third-party cookies only
- Delete existing cookies
- Receive alerts when cookies are being set
Browser-specific instructions:
- Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data
- Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Cookies and data stored
Mobile Device Settings: For mobile apps, you can:
- iOS: Settings > Privacy > Tracking (to control cross-app tracking)
- Android: Settings > Google > Ads > Opt out of Ads Personalization
Opt-Out Tools:
For targeted advertising, you can opt out through:
- Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA): www.aboutads.info/choices
- Network Advertising Initiative (NAI): www.networkadvertising.org/choices
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA): www.youronlinechoices.eu
Do Not Track (DNT): Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. We do not currently respond to Do Not Track signals, as there is no industry-wide standard for how to interpret and respond to such signals. However, you can control cookies through other means as described above.
Global Privacy Control (GPC): We recognize and honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals as an opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for residents of states that recognize GPC (currently California, Colorado, and Connecticut).
7. Consequences of Disabling Cookies
If you disable or block cookies:
Strictly Necessary Cookies: You cannot opt out of strictly necessary cookies without severely impairing the functionality of our Services. Disabling these cookies may prevent you from:
- Logging into your account
- Using key features
- Completing transactions
Non-Essential Cookies: You can opt out of non-essential cookies (performance, functionality, advertising) without preventing basic use of our Services. However, disabling these cookies may result in:
- Less personalized experience
- Need to re-enter preferences repeatedly
- Inability to use certain features
- Less relevant advertising
- Reduced ability for us to improve our Services
8. Cookie Policy Updates
For more detailed information about our use of cookies, please review our Cookie Policy [LINK], which is incorporated into this Privacy Policy by reference.
We may update our cookie practices from time to time. Material changes will be communicated through our Cookie Consent Manager and updates to our Cookie Policy.
