Cookie Policy


We would like to serve you with our cookie menu below. Rest assured all our cookies are vegan and gluten free!

Sean and Emily Travels ("Sean and Emily Travels", "us" or "we") respects your privacy and are committed to being transparent about the technologies we use. 

This Cookie Policy explains the use of cookies, tracking technologies, including but not limited to web beacons, pixels, transparent GIFs and other similar technologies (collectively, "Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies") on any website that post a link to this Cookie Policy (collectively, the "Site").  This Cookie Policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and sits in line with the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (FDPA), the EU`s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation (PECR).

What are cookies and other tracking technologies?

A cookie is a small text file that can be stored on your device and accessed from there to the extent you agree when you visit one of our sites.  The other tracking technologies work similarly to cookies and place small files on your devices or monitor your web site activity to enable us to collect information about how you use our site. This enables our site to recognise your device as opposed to other users of the site. The information below about cookies also applies to these other tracking technologies.

You can find more information at www.allaboutcookies.org  and www.youronlinechoices.eu.

Does our Site use cookies and other tracking technologies?

www.seanandemilytravels.com uses cookies and other tracking technologies to identify you and your interests, remember your preferences, and track your use of our site. We also use cookies and other tracking technologies to control access to certain content on our site, to protect the site and to process your requests to us.

To better manage our site and for research purposes, Sean and Emily Travels contracts with third-party service providers to track and analyse statistical usage and volume information from our Site users. These third-party service providers use persistent cookies to improve the user experience, manage the content of our site, and analyse how users navigate and use the site.

First party and third-party cookies

"First-party cookies" are cookies that are owned and placed on your device by www.seanandemilytravels.com. "Third-party cookies" are those placed on your device by another party through our site. Sean and Emily Travels may contract with third-party service providers to send emails to users who have provided us with your contact information. In order to measure and improve the effectiveness of our email communications, or to determine whether messages have been opened and links clicked, the external service may place cookies on those users' devices.

For more information about how these companies collect and use information on our behalf, please see their privacy policies as displayed below.

We use the following types of cookies

Persistent cookies. We use persistent cookies to improve your user experience on the site. This includes your acceptance of our cookie policy to remove the cookie message that first appears when using the site.  Persistent cookies remain on your device until the expiry date specified in the cookie is reached.

Session cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are deleted from your device when your web browser is closed. We use session cookies to track web usage as described above.

Below you can find the cookies we use listed in accordance with their Name, Description, Lifespan, and Type. Please keep in mind that this list may be updated from time to time.

 

·        crumb

o   Squarespace sets this cookie to prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF).

o   session

o   Necessary

 

·        ss_cvr

o   Squarespace sets this cookie to identify unique visitors and track a visitor’s sessions on the site.

o   2 years

o   Analytics

 

·        ss_cvt

o   Squarespace sets this cookie to identify unique visitors and track a visitor’s sessions on the site.

o   30 minutes

o   Analytics

 

·        YSC

o   YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.

o   session

o   Advertisement

 

·        VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

o   A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.

o   5 months 27 days

o   Advertisement

 

·        _ga_N4J9PKVCC7

o   This cookie is installed by Google Analytics.

o   2 years

o   Analytics

 

·        _ga

o   The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.

o   2 years

o   Analytics

 

·        test_cookie

o   The test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.

o   15 minutes

o   Advertisement

 

·        __gads

o   The __gads cookie, set by Google, is stored under DoubleClick domain and tracks the number of times users see an advert, measures the success of the campaign and calculates its revenue. This cookie can only be read from the domain they are set on and will not track any data while browsing through other sites.

o   1 year 24 days

o   Analytics

 

·        __gpi

o   Google Ads Service uses this cookie to collect information about from multiple websites for retargeting ads.

o   1 year 24 days

o   Advertisement

 

·        CONSENT

o   YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.

o   2 years

o   Analytics

 

·        yt-remote-device-id

o   YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.

o   never

o   Advertisement

 

·        yt.innertube::requests

o   This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

o   never

o   Advertisement

 

·        yt.innertube::nextId

o   This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

o   never

o   Advertisement

 

·        yt-remote-connected-devices

o   YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.

o   never

o   Advertisement

By activating the appropriate setting on your browser, you can refuse to accept cookies. However, if you choose this setting, you may not be able to access certain parts of the site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting to refuse cookies, our system will create cookies when you direct your browser to our site.

The information collected by the site or by cookies on your computer will not be retained longer than necessary to fulfil the purposes set out above.

Our cookies are used for the following purposes

Absolutely necessary / technical

These cookies are necessary to enable us to operate our sites so that you can access them as you wish. For example, these cookies allow us to recognise that you have created an account and logged into it to access content on the Site. They also include cookies that allow us to remember your previous actions within the same browsing session and to secure our site.

Analytical/Performance

These cookies are used by us or third-party service providers to analyse how the site are used and how they perform. For example, these cookies track which pages are visited most often and which sites our visitors come from. If you subscribe to a newsletter or otherwise register on the site, these cookies may be associated with you. These cookies include, for example, Google Analytics cookies.

Functionality

These cookies allow us to operate the site in accordance with the choices you make. These cookies allow us to "remember" you between visits. For example, we recognise your username and remember what personal settings you have made on the site and Services, such as by adjusting text size, fonts, languages and other parts of the web site that are changeable, and we may retain that customisation on future visits.

How do I refuse to consent to the use of cookies or withdraw my consent?

You can prevent cookies from being downloaded to your device by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Most web browsers will tell you how to prevent new cookies from being accepted, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie and how to disable existing cookies. You can find out how this works on your browser by clicking on "help" on your browser menu or by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org.  Please note, however, that you will not be able to use all the features and functionality of the site without cookies.

Most browsers allow users to use a "private mode" where cookies are deleted after your visit to the site.  Please refer to the help section of your browser to learn how to enable "private mode".  You can still visit our web site when your browser is in "private mode". However, the user experience may not be optimal, and some programmes may not work.

If you wish to remove previously stored cookies, you can delete them manually at any time. However, this will not prevent the site from placing further cookies on your device unless and until you have adjusted your browser settings as described above.

For more information about the development of user profiles and the use of targeting / advertising cookies, please visit www.youronlinechoices.eu  if you are in Europe or www.aboutads.info/choices  if you are in the United States.

Contact

If you have any further questions about our cookie policy, please contact us.


Sean and Emily