Cookies Policy
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies allow websites to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
How Horizon Explorations Uses Cookies
At Horizon Explorations, we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website, horizonexplorations.com. These cookies help us understand how you use our site, personalize content, and improve our services. We use both session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more seamless and efficient browsing experience.
Here’s a breakdown of the types of cookies we use:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, some services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. Functionality cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.
Specific Cookies We Use
The following table lists some of the specific cookies we use on our site and their purpose:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to distinguish users. | 2 years |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users. | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate. | 1 minute |
| PHPSESSID | Used to maintain session state. | Session |
| cookieConsent | Remembers user's cookie consent preferences. | 1 year |
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Here’s how you can manage cookies in some common web browsers:
- Google Chrome: Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
- Mozilla Firefox: Go to Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
- Safari: Go to Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and Website Data.
- Microsoft Edge: Go to Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Clear browsing data > Cookies and other site data.
Please note that disabling cookies may affect your experience on our website. You may not be able to access certain features or personalized content.
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use third-party cookies on our website. These cookies are placed by other companies, such as social media platforms or advertising networks. We use third-party cookies to provide social media features, analyze website traffic, and deliver targeted advertisements.
These third parties have their own privacy policies, which govern the use of their cookies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties to understand how they use your information.
Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will post any changes on our website and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Horizon Explorations
1501 Fourth Avenue, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98101
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 720-783-1845
Our Data Protection Officer is Amelia Stone, who can also be reached at the above contact details.
Thank you for visiting Horizon Explorations! We hope you enjoy your journey with us.