Cookie Policy

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to remember information about your visit — such as your preferences or whether you have visited before. Cookies cannot access other files on your device or execute programs.

2. Cookies we use

We use the following categories of cookies on novaexpedition.tours:

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They do not store any personally identifiable information.

• WordPress session cookies — maintain your session while browsing. Expire when you close your browser
• WordPress security cookies — protect against cross-site request forgery. Expire at end of session
• Contact Form 7 cookies — remember form state to prevent duplicate submissions

Analytics cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website so we can improve our content. We use Google Analytics for this purpose. All data is anonymised — we cannot identify individual visitors from analytics data.

• _ga — Google Analytics. Distinguishes users. Expires after 2 years
• _ga_[ID] — Google Analytics. Maintains session state. Expires after 2 years
• _gid — Google Analytics. Distinguishes users. Expires after 24 hours
• _gat — Google Analytics. Throttles request rate. Expires after 1 minute

We have enabled IP anonymisation in Google Analytics. This means your full IP address is never stored by Google in connection with our analytics data.

Marketing and third-party cookies

If you subscribe to our email list, Mailchimp may set cookies to track email engagement. These cookies are set only after you actively subscribe.

• Mailchimp tracking cookies — track whether you opened an email and clicked through to our website. Set only for email subscribers

3. How to control cookies

You can control and manage cookies in several ways:

• Browser settings — all major browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies. Visit your browser’s help section for instructions. Note that disabling cookies may affect how this website functions
• Google Analytics opt-out — install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
• Mailchimp opt-out — unsubscribe from our emails using the unsubscribe link in any email we send you

4. Your consent

By continuing to use this website after seeing our cookie notice, you consent to our use of analytics and marketing cookies as described above. Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent as they are essential for the website to function.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your browser settings or contacting us at safari@novaexpedition.tours.

5. Changes to this policy

We may update this cookie policy from time to time as our use of cookies changes or legal requirements evolve. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.