Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that a website may place on or access from your browser or device when you visit or use a website.

Cookies may contain information such as a randomly generated identifier, session information, authentication information, security information, or settings necessary for a website to function properly.

Cookies may be temporary session cookies, which generally expire when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a specified period or until deleted.

Cup of tea uses cookies only when they are reasonably necessary to provide, operate, secure, or maintain the Services.

Cup of tea uses strictly necessary cookies only.

Strictly necessary cookies are cookies required for the website and Services to operate properly and securely. Because these cookies are necessary to provide functionality requested by the user or to maintain the security and integrity of the Services, they cannot generally be disabled through a Cup of tea cookie-preference tool.

Depending upon the functionality being used, strictly necessary cookies may support functions such as:

• maintaining a user’s session;
• enabling account creation and account login;
• authenticating registered users;
• maintaining secure access to an account;
• remembering information necessary to complete a transaction or requested action;
• maintaining booking, reservation, or purchase functionality;
• supporting communications and member functionality;
• maintaining security controls;
• detecting or preventing fraudulent, malicious, unauthorized, or suspicious activity;
• protecting accounts and the Cup of tea platform;
• preventing unauthorized access;
• protecting against certain automated attacks or misuse;
• maintaining website stability and functionality;
• load balancing and maintaining reliable website operation;
• remembering essential settings or preferences necessary for the Services to function; and
• complying with applicable legal, security, or operational requirements.

Cup of tea seeks to limit the information collected through strictly necessary cookies to information reasonably required for these purposes.

Cup of tea does not use cookies for purposes unrelated to providing or securing the Services.

In particular, Cup of tea does not use:

Analytics Cookies

We do not use cookies to track users for website analytics, audience measurement, behavioral analysis, or similar analytics purposes.

Advertising or Marketing Cookies

We do not use cookies to deliver targeted advertisements, measure advertising campaigns, build advertising profiles, or determine which advertisements should be shown to you.

Behavioral Profiling Cookies

We do not use cookies to create profiles of users based on their browsing behavior for advertising or marketing purposes.

Social Networking Cookies

We do not use social-media cookies to track your activity across websites or to build advertising or behavioral profiles.

Cross-Site Tracking Cookies

We do not use cookies for the purpose of tracking your browsing activity across unaffiliated websites or online services.

Strictly necessary cookies may include first-party cookies, meaning cookies placed directly by Cup of tea.

Certain service providers that are necessary to operate particular portions of the Services may also use technologies necessary to provide their services.

For example, Cup of tea may use service providers in connection with infrastructure, hosting, security, fraud prevention, authentication, communications, payment processing, or other essential platform functionality.

Any cookie or similar technology permitted in connection with such services must be used for a purpose necessary to provide, secure, or operate the applicable functionality and not by Cup of tea for behavioral advertising or marketing.

The use of third-party websites or services may also be governed by those third parties’ own privacy and cookie policies.

Cup of tea may use third-party payment processors or other service providers to facilitate purchases, bookings, payments, payouts, refunds, or related transactions.

These providers may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary to authenticate transactions, prevent fraud, maintain transaction security, or provide payment functionality.

Such technologies may be governed by the applicable service provider’s privacy or cookie policies.

Cup of tea does not use payment-related cookies for behavioral advertising or targeted marketing.

The Cup of tea platform allows eligible users to browse, list, communicate about, reserve, purchase, provide, and participate in experiences and related marketplace activities.

Certain basic technologies are necessary for an interactive online marketplace to operate securely.

For example, after a registered user logs into an account, a strictly necessary cookie may allow the platform to recognize that the user has already been authenticated as the user moves between different pages.

Without such technology, a user might otherwise be required to log in again each time the user moves to another secured portion of the platform.

Security cookies may similarly help Cup of tea identify suspicious requests, protect accounts, prevent fraud, and maintain the integrity of the Services.

Because Cup of tea uses only strictly necessary cookies, Cup of tea does not use a cookie-consent mechanism to obtain consent for advertising, analytics, marketing, social-media, or other optional cookies that Cup of tea does not use.

Strictly necessary cookies are used because they are required to provide, operate, or secure the Services or functionality requested by the user.

If Cup of tea introduces non-essential cookies in the future, we will update our practices and this Cookie Policy as appropriate and implement any consent or preference mechanisms required by applicable law before using such cookies where consent is legally required.

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through browser settings.

Depending upon your browser, you may be able to:

• view cookies stored on your device;
• delete existing cookies;
• block cookies;
• block cookies from particular websites;
• configure your browser to notify you when cookies are being placed; or
• automatically delete cookies when you close your browser.

The specific procedures differ among browsers and devices. You should consult your browser’s or device’s help or settings menu for instructions.

Important: Because Cup of tea uses only strictly necessary cookies, blocking or deleting these cookies may prevent some or all portions of Cup of tea from functioning correctly.

For example, disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent you from logging into your account, maintaining a secure session, completing a transaction, accessing certain member functionality, or using other portions of the Services.

Some browsers and devices provide privacy signals or settings designed to communicate a user’s preferences concerning tracking or the sale or sharing of personal information.

Cup of tea does not use cookies for cross-site behavioral advertising or targeted advertising.

Because Cup of tea uses only strictly necessary cookies, such signals generally do not affect the operation of cookies that are required to provide or secure the Services.

Cup of tea will evaluate legally recognized browser-based privacy signals and other privacy-control mechanisms in accordance with applicable law and the Cup of tea Privacy Policy.

Some information associated with strictly necessary cookies may constitute personal information under applicable privacy laws.

Information associated with these cookies may include, depending upon the functionality involved:

• session identifiers;
• authentication identifiers;
• security tokens;
• device or browser information necessary for security;
• IP-address-related security information;
• fraud-prevention information;
• transaction-session information; and
• essential user settings or preferences.

Cup of tea uses such information only as reasonably necessary for legitimate operational, security, transaction, legal, or service-delivery purposes, as further described in the Cup of tea Privacy Policy.

The length of time a strictly necessary cookie remains on your device depends upon its purpose.

Some cookies are session cookies and expire when you close your browser or when your session ends.

Other strictly necessary cookies may remain for a longer period when reasonably necessary for security, authentication, fraud prevention, essential preferences, or other operational purposes.

Cup of tea seeks to retain cookies and information associated with cookies only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which they are used, subject to applicable legal, security, fraud-prevention, dispute-resolution, and recordkeeping requirements.

Cup of tea is intended only for persons who are 18 years of age or older.

Persons under 18 may not create a Cup of tea account, list an Experience, make a Booking, or participate in Cup of tea member features.

Cup of tea does not knowingly use cookies to engage in behavioral advertising directed to children or minors.

Cup of tea’s current policy is to use strictly necessary cookies only.

If Cup of tea later decides to introduce analytics, advertising, marketing, social-media, behavioral-profiling, or other non-essential cookies or similar tracking technologies, Cup of tea will review the change for compliance with applicable privacy laws.

Where required, Cup of tea will provide appropriate notice and obtain any legally required consent before placing or accessing non-essential cookies.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our Services, technologies, business operations, security practices, legal requirements, or other circumstances.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Cookie Policy.

If changes are material, we may provide additional notice when required by applicable law.

Your continued use of the Services following the effective date of an updated Cookie Policy is subject to the updated policy and applicable law.

This Cookie Policy addresses Cup of tea’s use of cookies and similar technologies.

It does not describe every way Cup of tea may collect, use, disclose, retain, or otherwise process personal information.

For additional information regarding Cup of tea’s privacy practices, please review the Cup of tea Privacy Policy.

If there is a conflict between this Cookie Policy and the Privacy Policy concerning the processing of personal information, the Privacy Policy will govern except where applicable law requires otherwise.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this Cookie Policy or Cup of tea’s privacy practices, please contact:

Giantreferrals.com LLC Cup of tea Website: Cup of tea

Please identify your communication as a “Cookie Policy Inquiry” or “Privacy Inquiry” so that it can be directed appropriately.

Cup of tea’s cookie practices can be summarized simply:

Cup of tea uses only strictly necessary cookies required to operate, secure, authenticate, and provide the Cup of tea Services.

Cup of tea does not use cookies for:

• targeted advertising;
• behavioral advertising;
• marketing tracking;
• analytics tracking;
• social-media tracking;
• cross-site behavioral tracking; or
• the creation of advertising profiles.

If those practices materially change in the future, this Cookie Policy will be updated and any notices, choices, or consent mechanisms required by applicable law will be implemented.