Last revised on 04/04/2024
What is “cookies” / categories of cookies on WeAreTravelers
Cookies are small text files that are stored in the browser of your device when you browse our website. We use cookies to personalize content as well as ads and to make your browsing experience more efficient. Cookies help us to remember who you are by providing information in relation to your visits on our website and your preferences. They also help us to serve you with targeted listing of information and, depending on your interests and needs. It is clarified that cookies do not become aware of or cause damage to any document or file on your device.
Our primary goal is to protect the privacy of our website’s visitors and for this reason we suggest you read this policy, so that you acknowledge the types of cookies we use, the information we collect by using cookies and how this information is processed. By browsing our website, you agree to the use of cookies in accordance with this policy.
During your browsing on WAT, there are different types of cookies applied, depending on their usefulness:
Necessary:
Necessary cookies help make our website usable by enabling basic functions, like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.gif | imgsct.cookiebot.com | Used to count the number of sessions to the website, necessary for optimizing CMP product delivery. | Session | Pixel |
| CookieConsent | wearetravelers.ai | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | 1 year | HTTP |
| test_cookie | doubleclick.net | Unclassified | 1 day | HTTP |
Statistics:
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _dd_s | wearetravelers.ai | Registers the website's speed and performance. This function can be used in context with statistics and load-balancing. | 1 day | HTTP |
| _hjSession_# | wearetravelers.ai | Collects statistics on the visitor's visits to the website such as the number of visits average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. | 1 day | HTTP |
| _hjSessionUser_# | wearetravelers.ai | Collects statistics on the visitor's visits to the website such as the number of visits average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. | 1 year | HTTP |
| _hjTLDTest | wearetravelers.ai | Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | Session | HTTP |
| dd_cookie_test_# | wearetravelers.ai | Registers data on visitors' website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization. | 1 day | HTTP |
| hjActiveViewportIds | hotjar.com | This cookie contains an ID string on the current session. This contains non-personal information on what subpages the visitor enters – this information is used to optimize the visitor's experience. | Persistent | HTML |
| hjViewportId | hotjar.com | Saves the user's screen size in order to adjust the size of images on the website. | Session | HTML |
Marketing:
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across our website. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers. Their acceptance is not mandatory for your navigation and access to our website.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | wearetravelers.ai | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | 2 years | HTTP |
| _ga_# | wearetravelers.ai | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | 2 years | HTTP |
| _gcl_au | wearetravelers.ai | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | 3 months | HTTP |
| ads/ga-audiences | google.com | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites. | Session | Pixel |
| pagead/landing | doubleclick.net | Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites in order to present more relevant advertisement - This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement. | Session | Pixel |
Unclassified:
Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies. Their acceptance is not mandatory for your navigation and access to our website.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _wat | wearetravelers.ai | Unclassified | 4269 days | HTTP |
| _wat_qparams | wearetravelers.ai | Unclassified | 4269 days | HTTP |
*The Cookie Management System we use for our website is Cookiebot by Usercentrics (www.cookiebot.com), a Google-Certified CMP built with powerful patented scanning technology.
Why and how we use cookies
We use technologies such as cookies to provide, improve, protect and promote our services. In this way we collect your details that constitute Personal Data. We use cookies to automatically record some information about how you use and browse our website and consequently our services, so that we recognize you when you visit our website and identify when you are online and when you are not.
Moreover, cookies enable us to remember your preferences, interests and needs, giving you the opportunity to enjoy a personal browsing experience on our website, always of course, acknowledging the settings you have made. In addition, cookies create links to our website faster and more securely. By using cookies, we can reject activities that violate the operating policy of our website.
Furthermore, cookies allow us to send you personalized ads and promotions whether you are on our website or on other websites and apps through additional applications.
Preferences, Articles and Services: cookies can tell us which language you prefer and your communication preferences. They can help you fill out forms on our website much more easily and quickly. They also provide you with articles, images and personalized content in conjunction with our additional applications.
Ads: We may use cookies to show you relevant ads whether you are on our website or not. We may also use cookies to find out if someone who saw an ad visited the website later and made an action (eg. booked vacation with us) on the advertiser's website. Similarly, our affiliates may use cookies to determine if an ad has already been displayed to you and how it was presented, or to provide us with information about how you link to ads.
Performance, Analysis, Statistics and Research: cookies help us understand the performance of our website and additional applications in different locations. We also use cookies to understand, improve and research new services, including your linking to our website from other websites, applications or devices. Statistics cookies also help us to understand how you interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously. In addition, cookies help us measure the performance of the ads we display. Finally, with the help of cookies you have the option not to see third party ads that do not concern you.
Cookies and any other advertising technology, such as "tags", "pixel tags", "web beacons" and "clear GIFs" (clear GIFs) help us offer more targeted ads for you. All of the above are collectively referred to as "Pixel Tags" and aim to collect aggregate statistics and response speed. They also help us provide aggregate controls, research and reports for advertisers, understand and improve our service, and know when your content has been shown. When used in HTML emails, Pixel Tags offer the sender of the message the opportunity to be informed about whether and when the message was opened by the recipient.
Unless you erase these cookies from your browser, we may use this information to:
- provide more relevant ads, based on your interest;
- provide aggregate reports of advertising activity to advertisers and websites that host ads;
- help website and app owners understand how visitors interact with their websites or applications;
- improve our services.
Consent to cookies
While navigating on our website you will be requested to give your consent for the storage of the different types of cookies and the processing of your data that are received through them. In any case, you can program your browser in such a way that you are informed about the use of cookies and set the privacy protection you wish by choosing between maximum protection ("Customize") and minimum protection ("Allow all").
At that point, please keep in mind that if you program your browser in such a way that it does not accept unnecessary cookies, this may limit your ability to use the full range of functions and services of our website and further significantly reduce your experience with WAT. Therefore, you can either proceed with the acceptance of all cookies, which will allow you to have a complete and personalized WAT experience or refuse any unnecessary cookie.
In any case, please remember that you can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
You may also delete all cookies that are already on your device by clearing your browser's browsing history. However, please note that some saved items may be deleted too (eg. saved logins, site preferences, etc.).
Third Parties Cookies
If you follow us or get in touch with us through any of our accounts on third party media or social media platforms, such as Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn, the information you provide or receive will be subject to the cookies policy of this specific third party. We are not related to the installation and use of these cookies. For that reason, we advise you to read and understand their cookies policy before you give your consent.
