Effective Date: January 1, 2025 • Last Revised: June 2025
Cookies are small text records deposited on your computer, tablet, or smartphone when you view a website. They permit servers to recognize returning visitors, store navigation preferences, and ensure foundational security protocols remain operational across page transitions.
We deploy cookies to maintain responsive site performance, evaluate traffic flows to our travel journal articles, and honor user privacy preferences in accordance with US privacy standards and Google Consent Mode v2.
Our digital platform incorporates Google Consent Mode v2 in its advanced configuration. Prior to user consent, our web pages transmit default denied status flags for marketing, analytical, and personalization vectors. Only strictly necessary operational cookies operate automatically. Users may invoke the interactive consent panel at any time using the permanent control in the footer to modify or withdraw consent.
| Category | Core Purpose | Consent Mode Signal | Default State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Essential navigation, CSRF protection, session integrity | security_storage | Granted |
| Functional | Retaining user language and travel region preferences | functionality_storage | Granted |
| Analytics Telemetry | Measuring readership trends across articles and itineraries | analytics_storage | Denied |
| Advertising / Ads Data | Personalized campaign delivery and remarketing telemetry | ad_storage, ad_user_data | Denied |
| Personalization | Tailoring recommended journal stories to reader habits | personalization_storage | Denied |
| Cookie Name | Provider | Function | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookie_consent_Eleni Sheitan | schrriber.sbs | Preserves reader's chosen cookie consent profile | 12 months |
| _ga | Google LLC | Distinguishes unique anonymous website visitors (consent-gated) | 24 months |
| _ga_* | Google LLC | Maintains session state across page views (consent-gated) | 24 months |
| _gcl_au | Google LLC | Ad conversion experimentation token (consent-gated) | 90 days |
In addition to our on-site banner controls, every modern web browser (Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge) enables users to block or erase cookie caches directly via their settings panel. Note that blocking essential cookies may affect font rendering and page loading performance.
We may periodically update this Cookie Policy to reflect new regulatory guidelines or digital service updates. Modifications take effect immediately upon publication on this page.
For questions or privacy adjustments, please contact: Eleni Sheitan Privacy Office • Email: [email protected] • Phone: +17234038234 • Domain: schrriber.sbs.