Cookies
What cookies this site sets, why they exist, and how to control them.
Revised: 2 September 2026
Here we describe the cookies and comparable technologies Golviana places when you read our travel guides, resort reviews, and hotel catalogue — what they do, why they exist, and what control you retain over them.
1. Cookies explained
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on the device you browse with. They are used throughout the web to keep platforms running smoothly, hold navigational preferences, and generate analytics.
We call cookies placed by Golviana first-party cookies. Third-party cookies originate elsewhere and power embedded maps, typography services, and aggregated measurement.
2. Our purposes
- Strictly necessary cookies
- Required for core functionality, security verification, and navigation across the publication.
- Performance and analytics cookies
- They tell us in aggregate which reviews and guides are read and for how long, informing how we structure future coverage.
- Functionality cookies
- They remember your display region, layout preference, and any filters you have applied, so those persist between visits.
3. Cookie categories in detail
| Type | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Session | Holds navigation state so pages render consistently. | Session |
| Platform analytics | Records how long pages are read and how readers move between them. | 12 months |
| Reader preferences | Remembers your layout choices and saved destination filters. | 6 months |
4. Managing cookies
You have an absolute right to accept or reject cookies. Preferences can be set through your browser, and most browsers allow you to:
- See which cookies are held on your device and delete them selectively.
- Prevent third-party tracking cookies from being set at all.
- Restrict cookies from specific domains, or request a prompt before any cookie is placed.
- Clear all stored cookies when the browser window closes.
Be aware that turning off essential cookies will restrict some interactive ranking tables and catalogue functions.
Opt-out and your choices
You have the right to control how your personal information is collected and used. Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may exercise the following opt-out choices:
- Data sharing and sale
- Where the CCPA/CPRA in California or similar laws in other jurisdictions apply, you can opt out of your personal information being sold or shared with third parties. We do not sell personal information in the ordinary meaning of the term, though some data is shared with trusted partners to deliver or improve the service.
- Cookies and tracking
- Use your browser's settings, or the consent tool on this site, to manage or reject cookies and other tracking technologies.
- Promotional email
- Opt out of promotional messages and newsletters using the unsubscribe link in any communication, or by writing to us.
- Consent withdrawal
- Where you previously consented to processing, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it.
Write to [email protected], or use the contact form on this site, to exercise any right or lodge an opt-out request.
5. Updates
This policy may be updated periodically as our operations, technology, or legal obligations change. Please revisit this page from time to time.