Cookies Policy

This website https://www.chaniaexplorer.com (“Our Site”) uses Cookies and similar technologies in order to distinguish you from other users. By using Cookies, we can provide you with a better experience and improve Our Site by better understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur if you continue using our Site. If you do not agree to our Cookie Policy, please stop using Our Site immediately or change the cookie settings.

This Cookies Policy was updated on 12 January 2026.

Interpretation

In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

  • “Cookies” are also known as browser cookies or tracking cookies. Cookies are small, often encrypted text files, located in browser directories. They are used by web developers to help users navigate their websites efficiently and perform certain functions. Due to their core role of enhancing/enabling usability or site processes, disabling cookies may prevent users from using certain websites.
  • Cookies are created when a user’s browser loads a particular website. The website sends information to the browser, which then creates a text file. Every time the user goes back to the same website, the browser retrieves and sends this file to the website’s server. Computer Cookies are created not just by the website the user is browsing, but also by other websites that run ads, widgets, or other elements on the page being loaded. These cookies regulate how the ads appear or how the widgets and other elements function on the page.
  • “Cookie Law” means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”);
  • “Personal data” means any data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998 and EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and
  • “We/Us/Our” means our website/organization/company

How Does Our Website Use Cookies?

We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve our services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data are protected and respected at all times. All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used following current Cookie Law.

Our website may place and access certain first-party and third-party Cookies on your computer or device.

First-party cookies: These cookies are placed on your device by our website domain. They are placed directly by Us and are used only by Us.
Third-party cookies: These cookies are placed on your device by third-party website domains.

We may use some or all of the following types of cookies:

  • Necessary Cookies: A Cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of Our Site, supporting functions such as logging in, your shopping basket, and payment transactions.
  • Analytics Cookies: It is important for us to understand how you use Our Site, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable us to gather this information, helping us to improve our Site and your experience of it. Functionality Cookies Functionality Cookies enable us to provide additional functions to you on our Site, such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences. Some functionality Cookies may also be strictly necessary, but not all necessarily fall into that category.
  • Persistent Cookies: Any of the above types of cookies may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those that remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.
  • Session Cookies: Any of the above types of cookies may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
  • Advertisement Cookies: Advertisement cookies are used to deliver content and offers that are relevant to you and your interests. These cookies may be used to track referrals to our partners and to measure the effectiveness of our affiliate and advertising campaigns. They may be set by us or by third-party partners when you interact with links, widgets, or services provided on our website.

Note also that affiliate cookies may be set when users interact with partner links.

For more details of the personal data that we collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

For more specific details of the Cookies that we use, please refer to the table below.

 

Consent or Control and Manage Cookie Preferences

Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a request for your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies, you are enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies by category; however, certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the following button.

 This will let you revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc

If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time. Such changes will become binding on you on your first use of Our Site after the changes have been made. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

Additional information

If you would like to know more about how we use Cookies, please contact us at info@chaniaexplorer.com.