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Cookie Policy

This policy applies to your use of sailorcompanion.com.

Sailor Companion is an English-language cruise journal for New Zealand travellers. Cookies and similar browser technologies can help a website remember limited information about a visit. They do not automatically identify you by name. This policy explains the categories that may be used, the choices available to you, and where to find further information.

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What cookies are

Cookies are small text files that a website may place on your browser or device to remember limited information about a visit to sailorcompanion.com. Some operate only while you are using the site and may end when the browsing session ends. Others may remain for a defined period so a browser can recognise a saved choice later. Similar technologies can include local storage or comparable browser mechanisms. The precise technology can differ, but the practical question is similar: whether limited information is kept in or read from your browser to support a website function.

In brief For a cruise journal, these technologies can support basic operation, remembered choices, and an understanding of whether article pages and navigation work clearly. Sailor Companion publishes cruise reviews, practical onboard guides, itineraries, and factual casino guidance; visitors should be able to read and move between that information without confusing technical language. Optional technologies are addressed separately below, so their purpose and your choices are easier to understand.

Reference ledger

These headings describe purposes in plain language. They are not a claim that every category is always active, nor an exhaustive list of technologies.

Core operation

Strictly necessary technologies

These technologies may be needed for core site functions, security, accessibility, or a service you have requested. Where permitted by law, they may not follow the same consent pathway as optional technologies because they help the site operate as intended. If they are blocked or removed, parts of sailorcompanion.com may not work properly or may not be available in the expected form.

Remembered choices

Preference technologies

Where a feature is offered, preference technologies may remember choices such as display or consent preferences. A remembered choice can make a return visit more consistent, rather than asking you to make the same selection again. Whether this works depends on the feature, your browser settings, and the choices you make. These technologies are described conditionally because availability can change.

Optional

Analytics and performance technologies

Optional measurement technologies may help us understand whether pages, reading routes, and navigation work effectively. Their purpose is to improve readability, navigation, and site performance, not to promise a particular editorial experience. Where consent is required, they should be treated as optional. This policy does not suggest behavioural advertising or detailed profiling of individual readers.

Outside services

Third-party content technologies

A third party may set or read its own technology when an external service or content is used on the site, where applicable. That provider’s own terms and privacy information may apply, and its practices are not controlled solely by Sailor Companion. If you encounter external content, review the relevant provider information for a fuller explanation of its technology choices. We do not claim that particular embedded services are present merely because this category is described.

Changing a decision

You can revisit available site cookie settings where they are provided, and you can also adjust controls in your browser or device. Site choices and browser controls do different jobs: a site choice may affect future optional use on that site, while browser settings can affect stored technologies more broadly. We do not specify a particular control, button, or location here because those arrangements can change.

Practical note Changing a setting does not necessarily remove cookies or similar technologies that are already stored. If you want to remove stored information, browser or device deletion and management tools may also be needed. Before changing broad browser settings, consider that they can affect saved preferences or sign-in states on other websites.

Duration ledger

How long technologies remain

Short passage

Session technologies

Session technologies may expire when you close your browser or after the session ends. This is a general category rather than a universal technical rule, because settings and technologies can operate differently. Their usual role is connected with the short-term operation of a visit, helping a browser maintain limited information while you move through pages during that session.

Longer record

Persistent technologies

Persistent technologies may remain for a set period or until they are deleted, depending on their purpose and your browser settings. Durations can vary, so this policy does not publish invented expiry schedules. If removal is important to you, review your browser or device controls, which may provide ways to inspect and delete technologies already stored.

Cookie-related information should be retained only for as long as needed for the relevant purpose, or as otherwise required or permitted by law. This is a high-level retention principle rather than a table of undisclosed durations. For broader information about data handling, see the Privacy Policy.

Third-party notice

Third parties and international processing

External providers

Third parties may provide services connected with website operation, measurement, or embedded content and may use their own technologies where applicable. Their own terms and privacy notices can apply to those services. Sailor Companion does not control every third party’s technology practice, even when a service is encountered through this website. When external content is present, you should check the relevant provider information if you want to understand its cookies, similar technologies, or related choices in more detail.

Location of processing

Information connected with cookies or website services may be processed in New Zealand or in other countries, depending on the provider and technology used. We do not identify particular countries or transfer arrangements here because they can depend on the service involved. Where applicable, relevant safeguards and legal requirements should be considered in connection with that processing. This policy is written for visitors to sailorcompanion.com, including readers accessing the journal from New Zealand.

Practical guide

Browser and device controls

Check browser privacy settings

Most browsers provide settings that can help you review, block, delete, or limit cookies. Check your browser’s help or privacy settings for current instructions, because menu names and controls can change over time. Your device may also offer privacy controls. These settings can help you decide how broadly you want browser technologies managed, while keeping the instructions tied to the version of software you use.

Delete existing stored technologies

Browser controls may allow you to remove cookies or similar technologies already stored on your device. Broad deletion can reset saved preferences elsewhere and may sign you out of websites, although the effect depends on the services and settings involved. Consider those possible consequences before deleting widely. If you only want to review one category, your browser may offer more selective options than deleting all stored information at once.

Use available site choices as well

Use any available Sailor Companion cookie choices alongside browser or device controls, because site choices and browser settings can work differently. A browser setting may affect website functions generally, while an available site choice may relate to optional technologies on this site. Editorial content should remain separate from optional choices, but changing browser settings can still affect how some website functions operate.

Editor’s notice

Updates and policy questions

Policy updates

Sailor Companion may update this Cookie Policy when website practices, technology, or legal requirements change. The effective date shown on this page identifies the current version, so please review the policy periodically if you want to keep informed about changes. The current effective date is . We do not claim a separate notification process where one has not been provided.

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