Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how The Oshawa Markets uses cookies and similar browser technologies on this website. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

This website uses a Canadian-style notice approach for its current operations. The site does not intentionally hold back essential website functionality until a visitor clicks an “Accept All” button. Instead, we provide clear notice of our practices and information about how browser storage can be managed.

Cookies are small pieces of data stored by a browser. Websites can also use technologies such as local storage and session storage to remember preferences or temporary interface state. These technologies can support security, prevent duplicate actions, remember visual preferences and help website features work consistently.

The current custom Markets website uses first-party storage for purposes including acknowledging this privacy notice, remembering the visitor-selected Markets VIBE, preserving selected interface states, supporting vendor-like state, preventing duplicate Food Court votes, remembering a recent successful human-verification check and protecting public forms.

Logged-in WordPress administrators may also receive normal WordPress authentication or administration cookies that are not relevant to ordinary public visitors.

Protected forms and some interactive voting features use Cloudflare Turnstile or related security controls to distinguish legitimate visitors from automated abuse. Security providers may process technical signals and use storage needed to provide that service. Security technology is treated as necessary to protect the website and its forms.

As of the Last Updated date, this legal/privacy plugin does not itself install Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, remarketing pixels or a newsletter tracking system. If The Oshawa Markets later adds optional analytics or advertising technologies, this policy and the website’s privacy information should be updated to describe them accurately.

Some pages may include third-party services such as maps, video, security challenges or social-media content. When a third-party service is loaded, that provider may use its own cookies or similar technologies under its own policies.

You can manage or delete cookies and website storage using your browser settings. Blocking certain first-party or security storage may cause features such as saved VIBE preferences, voting protection, form security or logged-in WordPress functions to stop working correctly.

The Privacy control on this website provides a quick explanation of the categories currently in use and links back to this policy. Browser-level controls remain the most complete way to delete or block stored website data.

Browsers may provide features such as Do Not Track or other privacy signals. There is not one universal technical standard implemented consistently by every website or third-party service. We will continue to review practical privacy controls as our technology changes.

We may update this Cookie Policy when website features, storage technologies or third-party providers change. The current version and Last Updated date will be published on this page.

If you have questions about cookies, website storage or our privacy practices, contact the Privacy Officer using the information shown on this page.