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Cookie Policy
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They help sites remember your preferences, keep you logged in, and understand how you use the site. "Similar technologies" include localStorage and sessionStorage, which serve comparable purposes within your browser.
2. Cookies and Storage We Use
| Name | Type | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
access_token | HttpOnly Cookie | Essential | Keeps you logged in to your account | 7 days |
access_token | localStorage | Essential | Authentication state for the application | Until logout |
auth-storage | localStorage | Essential | User session data | Until logout |
cart-storage | localStorage | Functional | Persists your shopping cart between visits | Until cleared |
cookie-consent | localStorage | Essential | Remembers your cookie preference | Indefinite |
_ga, _ga_* | Cookie | Analytics | Google Analytics 4 — anonymous usage statistics | Up to 2 years |
last_purchase | sessionStorage | Functional | Temporary order data for the confirmation page | Browser session |
3. Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are required for our Sites to function properly. They enable core functionality such as authentication and remembering your cookie consent preference. These cookies cannot be disabled without breaking site functionality.
4. Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with our Sites. Analytics cookies collect information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, and how you arrived at our site. This data helps us improve our content and user experience.
- Analytics cookies are only loaded if you accept them via our cookie consent banner on the Shop site.
- The data collected is aggregated and does not personally identify you.
- You can also opt out of Google Analytics across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
5. Advertising Cookies
When advertising is enabled on this site it is served by Google AdSense. Google and its partners use advertising cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites, to measure ad performance, and to prevent fraud. You can opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings, aboutads.info, or the Network Advertising Initiative. Visitors in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland see a consent banner before any personalised advertising cookies are set.
6. Managing Your Preferences
- Use the cookie consent banner on the Shop site (shown on your first visit) to accept or reject non-essential cookies.
- You can change your preference at any time by clearing your browser's localStorage and refreshing the page, which will re-display the consent banner.
- You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Note that disabling essential cookies may prevent parts of the site from functioning properly.
7. Third-Party Cookies
- Google Analytics: Sets the cookies described in the table above. See Google's Privacy Policy.
- Stripe: May set cookies during checkout for fraud prevention and payment security. See Stripe's Cookie Policy.
- Stay22: Sets attribution cookies when you click outbound links to hotel booking sites, used to credit Open Travel Guide for the referral. See Stay22's Privacy Policy.
- CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction): Sets attribution cookies when you click outbound Booking.com links, used to credit Open Travel Guide for resulting bookings. See CJ Affiliate's Privacy Policy.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
Open Travel Guide
Email: contact@opentravelguide.com