Last Updated: January 2025

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to:

  • Understand how visitors use our website
  • Improve your browsing experience
  • Remember your preferences
  • Analyze website traffic and performance

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. These cookies collect information about:

  • Number of visitors to the site
  • Where visitors came from
  • Pages visited on our site
  • Time spent on each page
  • Browser and device information

All information collected by Google Analytics is anonymous and cannot be used to identify you personally. Google Analytics uses cookies with names like:

  • _ga - Used to distinguish users (expires after 2 years)
  • _gid - Used to distinguish users (expires after 24 hours)
  • _gat - Used to throttle request rate (expires after 1 minute)

For more information about Google Analytics cookies, visit Google's documentation.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies may be set by third-party services that appear on our pages:

  • Google Analytics: Analytics and performance tracking
  • Social Media Platforms: When you interact with social media buttons (Facebook, Instagram), those platforms may set their own cookies

5. How to Manage Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by:

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit:

Browser-Specific Instructions

Opt-Out of Google Analytics

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

6. Impact of Disabling Cookies

Please note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our website. Essential cookies are necessary for the website to function, while blocking analytics cookies will prevent us from understanding how visitors use our site.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please check this page regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies.

8. More Information

For more information about how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at info@adurfestival.org.