Cookies Policy

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you browse a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies enable the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

Think of cookies as a website's memory, allowing it to recognize you and respond appropriately. They play a crucial role in enhancing user experience, providing personalized content, and analyzing website traffic. Without cookies, websites would treat you like a new visitor every time you navigate to a different page.

How We Use Cookies at Veridian Escapes

At Veridian Escapes, we use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, personalize content, and serve targeted advertisements. By understanding how you interact with our website, we can optimize our services and provide you with the most relevant information. Specifically, we use cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic functioning of our website. They enable you to navigate the site, use its features, and access secure areas. Without these cookies, certain services, such as logging into your account, cannot be provided.
• Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they encounter any error messages. This data helps us to improve the performance of our website and ensure that it is functioning optimally. We use tools like Google Analytics to gather this data anonymously.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember your preferences and provide enhanced, personalized features. For example, they may remember your language preference or your login details so that you don't have to re-enter them each time you visit.
• Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We may share this information with third-party advertising partners.
• Social Media Cookies: These cookies are placed by social media platforms when you use social media sharing buttons or features on our website. They allow these platforms to track your browsing activity and personalize your experience.

We are committed to using cookies responsibly and transparently. We will never use cookies to collect personally identifiable information without your consent.

Types of Cookies We Use

To provide a clearer understanding of the cookies we utilize, here is a breakdown of the types of cookies that may be placed on your device when you visit Veridian Escapes:

Specific examples of cookies we use include:

• _ga, _gid, _gat: These cookies are set by Google Analytics to track website traffic and user behavior.
• PHPSESSID: This cookie is used to maintain your session on our website.
• OptanonConsent: This cookie stores your cookie consent preferences.

Cookie Management: How to Control Your Cookies

You have the right to control whether or not you allow cookies to be placed on your device. You can manage your cookie preferences in several ways:

• Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can configure your browser to block all cookies, block only third-party cookies, or to prompt you each time a cookie is offered. Please note that blocking all cookies may impact your ability to access certain features of our website.
• Cookie Consent Tool: We provide a cookie consent tool on our website that allows you to customize your cookie preferences. You can access this tool at any time to review and update your settings.
• Third-Party Opt-Outs: You can also opt-out of targeted advertising from third-party advertising networks by visiting their websites. For example, you can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Detailed Instructions for Managing Cookies in Popular Browsers:

Google Chrome:

1. Open Chrome.
2. Click the three dots menu in the top right corner.
3. Select "Settings."
4. Click "Privacy and security."
5. Click "Cookies and other site data."
6. Here you can choose to:
   • "Block third-party cookies"
   • "Block all cookies" (Not recommended as it can break sites)
   • "Clear cookies and site data when you quit Chrome"
   • Manage site-specific cookie settings.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Click the three horizontal lines menu in the top right corner.
3. Select "Settings."
4. Click "Privacy & Security."
5. Under "Cookies and Site Data," you can choose to:
   • "Block cookies"
   • "Manage Exceptions" for specific websites.
   • "Clear Data" to remove existing cookies.

Safari:

1. Open Safari.
2. Go to "Safari" in the menu bar.
3. Select "Preferences."
4. Click "Privacy."
5. Under "Cookies and website data," you can choose to:
   • "Block all cookies"
   • Manage website data to remove cookies from specific sites.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Open Microsoft Edge.
2. Click the three dots menu in the top right corner.
3. Select "Settings."
4. Click "Cookies and site permissions."
5. Click "Manage and delete cookies and site data."
6. Here you can choose to:
   • "Block third-party cookies"
   • "See all cookies and site data" to manage individual cookies.
   • "Clear browsing data" to remove existing cookies.

Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website and may prevent you from accessing certain features. For more information about cookies and how to manage them, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

By continuing to use our website, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with this Cookies Policy. If you do not agree with our use of cookies, please adjust your browser settings accordingly or refrain from using our website. For further information about our data privacy practices, please refer to our Privacy Policy.