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Learn how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website

Last Updated: May 1, 2023

This Cookie Policy explains how Great Britain Tourism Guide ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website perchyonaya-prostokvasha.com (the "Site"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

Please read this Cookie Policy carefully. By continuing to browse or use our Site, you agree to our use of cookies and similar technologies as described in this policy.

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1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners. Cookies enhance user experience by:

  • Remembering your preferences and settings
  • Ensuring the security of your browsing session
  • Helping us understand how you navigate through our Site
  • Analyzing trends and improving our services

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We use different types of cookies for various reasons. Depending on their purpose, our cookies fall into one of the following categories:

Type of Cookie Purpose Duration
Necessary Cookies These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They enable basic functions like page navigation, secure areas access, and remembering your consent preferences. Session - 1 year
Preference Cookies These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference) and provide enhanced, personalized features. 1 year
Analytics Cookies These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. They help us improve the performance of our site. 1 day - 2 years
Marketing Cookies These cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user. 30 days - 1 year

3. Specific Cookies We Use

3.1 Necessary Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Site and to use some of its features, such as remembering your cookie consent preferences.

  • cookie_consent - Stores your cookie consent choices
  • session_id - Temporary session identifier for security purposes

3.2 Preference Cookies

These cookies enable our Site to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

  • ui_theme - Remembers your display preferences such as color theme
  • recent_searches - Saves your recent searches for quicker access

3.3 Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Site is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Site for you.

  • _ga, _gid - Google Analytics cookies that help us analyze how users use the Site
  • _hjid - Hotjar cookie that helps us understand user behavior on our Site

3.4 Marketing Cookies

These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.

  • _fbp - Facebook Pixel cookie for marketing measurement
  • _gcl_au - Google AdSense for experiment efficiency measurement

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

4. Similar Technologies We Use

In addition to cookies, we may also use other similar technologies on our Site:

4.1 Web Beacons

Web beacons (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) are small electronic files that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited certain pages and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

4.2 Local Storage Objects

We may use Local Storage Objects (LSOs) such as HTML5 to store content information and preferences. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing HTML5 LSOs.

5. Your Cookie Choices and How to Opt Out

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Site may become inaccessible or not function properly.

Our Site provides you with choices regarding the cookies we place on your device. You can set or amend your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Manage Cookie Preferences" button at the top of this policy or by using our cookie consent banner when you first visit our Site.

For more information about cookies and instructions on how to adjust your browser settings to accept, delete, or reject cookies, see the following websites:

  • www.allaboutcookies.org
  • www.aboutcookies.org

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

6. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our business practices. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. If we make significant changes to this Cookie Policy, we will notify you through a notice on our Site or by other means.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:

Great Britain Tourism Guide
45 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7JB
United Kingdom

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +44 20 7946 0958
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