Cookies
What cookies this site sets, why they exist, and how to control them.
Revised: 2 September 2026
This policy covers Ochantera's use of cookies and related technologies across our resort reviews, destination guides, and hospitality catalogue: what they are, the purposes they serve, and your rights over their use.
1. Cookies explained
A cookie is a small file stored on your device by a website you visit. Operators rely on them to make sites function properly, to retain user preferences, and to produce aggregate reporting.
We call cookies placed by Ochantera first-party cookies. Third-party cookies originate elsewhere and power embedded maps, typography services, and aggregated measurement.
2. Our purposes
- Cookies we cannot switch off
- These support essential operation, security checks, and navigation through our editorial pages.
- Analytics cookies
- They collect aggregated information about how readers use our reviews, rankings, and guides, which helps us improve pacing and presentation.
- Functionality cookies
- They remember your display region, layout preference, and any filters you have applied, so those persist between visits.
3. The cookies we set
| Group | Primary purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Session | Holds navigation state so pages render consistently. | Session |
| Measurement | Measures reading duration and page interaction patterns. | 12 months |
| Reader preferences | Remembers your layout choices and saved destination filters. | 6 months |
4. Controlling cookies
You have an absolute right to accept or reject cookies. Preferences can be set through your browser, and most browsers allow you to:
- See which cookies are held on your device and delete them selectively.
- Refuse all third-party tracking cookies.
- Restrict cookies from specific domains, or request a prompt before any cookie is placed.
- Erase every stored cookie automatically at the end of a session.
Be aware that turning off essential cookies will restrict some interactive ranking tables and catalogue functions.
Your opt-out options
Control over the collection and use of your personal information rests with you. Where local law provides for it, the following choices apply:
- Data sharing and sale
- Where the CCPA/CPRA in California or similar laws in other jurisdictions apply, you can opt out of your personal information being sold or shared with third parties. We do not sell personal information in the ordinary meaning of the term, though some data is shared with trusted partners to deliver or improve the service.
- Cookies and tracking
- Use your browser's settings, or the consent tool on this site, to manage or reject cookies and other tracking technologies.
- Marketing communications
- You can stop receiving promotional email or newsletters at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any message, or by contacting us directly.
- Consent withdrawal
- Where you previously consented to processing, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it.
Write to [email protected], or use the contact form on this site, to exercise any right or lodge an opt-out request.
5. Changes to this policy
Ochantera may revise this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect operational, technological, or legal change. We encourage readers to check this page periodically.