NOTE: For any issues of personal data protection, please refer to our Data Protection Policy. For any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of personal data relating to you (as explained below) please contact Us.
What’s a cookie?
A cookie is a small file sent from a website or web-based interface, which is then stored by your web browser. When you return to the website or web-based interface, the information in the cookie can be used to recognize your last session. Cookies cannot install malicious software such as viruses on your device, and they do not store any of your personal data or account information.
Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies to save and maintain users’ settings and selected preferences during browsing sessions, for saving repeating users’ preferences for future use (e.g. geographical location, currency preferences accessibility and language selections and preferences), and for statistical analysis of the performance and trends on our website or interfaces and for monitoring and identifying errors.
Where do cookies come from?
Cookies originate from two types of sources: first party and third party. The classification whether a cookie is ‘first’ or ‘third’ party refers to the internet domain that is placing the cookie.
● First-party cookies are those set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time.
● Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the site being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that site this would be a third party cookie.
Opt-out: When you first visit the Website, you will be given the option to accept or decline the use of cookies. You can also control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, and instructions for managing cookie usage can be found for the following browsers, at:
● Google Chrome
● Internet Explorer
● Microsoft Edge
● Firefox
● Safari
● Safari Mobile
● Opera
If you wish to opt-out of personalized or behavioral advertising, you can use an industry resource in your region that provides cookie choices, such as the tools provided by:
● the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA),
● the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (DAAC), and
● the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA).
Be advised that if you elect to remove/block our cookies, you may still use the website or interface, but your ability to use some features or areas therein may be impaired, limited or unavailable and you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any claim or demand if such an action results in any of the website or our services becoming unavailable, impaired or non-functional.
Do Not Track/Privacy Mode
“Do not track” or “privacy mode” is a function that allows website users to opt out of being tracked by websites for any purpose including the use of analytics services, advertising networks and social platforms.
Do not track options are available in a few browsers including:
● Google Chrome
● Internet Explorer
● Microsoft Edge
● Firefox
● Safari
● Opera
If you have enabled the “do not track” function in your browser, you will not be tracked, but this may impair your use of our website or interface. This is in addition to you opting-out of the aggregation and analysis of data for the website and booking interface’s statistics.
You hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any claim or demand if employing any of the aforementioned modes on your browser results in any of the services becoming unavailable, impaired or non-functional.
Categories of cookies we use
There are two categories of cookies which are in use on our sites:
● Session Cookies containing encrypted information to allow the system to uniquely identify you while you are visiting the Website. Session cookies exist only during a singular online session and disappear from your computer when you close your browser or turn off your computer.
● Persistent Cookies used to identify the fact that you are a repeating visitor or a new visitor to Website, and to identify and maintain your preferences, such as the selected language, your selected country of origin as of your last visit, in order to present the contents of the Website in a personalized way according to your past selected preferences and browsing usage in order receive certain types of content. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you have closed your browser or turned off your computer for varying periods of time, according to the duration of each cookie. They include such information as a unique identifier for your browser.
These Cookies can be classified for the following four purposes:
● Necessary cookies help make a 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.
● Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
● Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
● Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. 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.
Important Note:
This site is created using WordPress. With plugins installed, WordPress sets the following cookies:
• wordpress_test_cookie – to check if the cookies are enabled on the browser to provide appropriate user experience to the users. This cookie is used on the front-end, even if you are not logged in.
If plugins are activated on a WordPress website, they may also set cookies on the user’s device. We use plugins on this site which are updated from time to time and may set additional cookies for functionality.
More information can be found at: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/cookies/
What kind of third party cookies do we use?
Facebook Pixel
Our Website uses Facebook pixel, which is a tracking code which allows us to track and monitor the success of advertisements we use on Facebook and to improve the effectiveness of those advertisements by recording information such as the device you used to access our website and the actions you took on our website using cookies. We may also use Facebook Pixel to create retargeting advertisements and custom audiences for our advertisements on Facebook and on our website.
Facebook aggregates data gathered from our use of Facebook Pixel on our website with data it gathers from other sources, in order to improve and target advertisements displayed on its website or via its services, to improve its systems and to provide measurement services to third parties which use Facebook’s advertising services.
If you wish to opt-out of our Facebook pixel see
https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences
Google Analytics
Our Website uses Google Analytics cookies. These cookies collect information about how you interact with our website, including how you came to our website, which pages you visited, for how long and what you clicked on, your location (based on your IP address).
This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users’ IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US. To see an overview of privacy at Google and how this applies to Google Analytics, please click here.
If you wish to Opt-out of our Google Analytics usage, you may download the browser plugin “Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on” here which is compatible with your web browser.
YouTube
We may embed videos that are externally hosted on YouTube using YouTube’s privacy enhanced mode.
In accordance with YouTube’s embedding videos information page in this mode YouTube will not set cookies on your computer until you click on the YouTube video player.
Further, YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos under this mode. As these cookies are set by YouTube, we have no direct control over their usage.
Read more at YouTube’s embedding videos information page. For further information from YouTube please read YouTube’s privacy policy.
Can I withdraw consent for the use of cookies or tracking tools?
If you wish to withdraw your consent, you can choose to opt-out of cookies at any time by managing and/or deleting your cookies using your internet browser settings.
Additional information on cookies in general:
A number of websites provide detailed information on cookies, including AboutCookies.org and AllAboutCookies.org.
Updates to our Policy
We update our Cookies Policy from time to time, if we introduce a new cookie or tracking tool which processes new information or wish to process the information collected by your cookies and tracing tools in a new manner, we shall notify you and ask you to consent to this updated processing or new cookie or tracking tool.
Questions?
Should you have any questions about the use of cookies by Us, please contact Us.
Our First Party Cookies and Tracking Tools Deployed on our Website:
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Description of the Cookies Functions | Expiration |
| userSeenCookiesInfo | archintelligence.com | Used to verify whether the user has accepted the cookies deployed on the website. | 1 year |
The Third Party Cookies and Tracking Tools Deployed on our Website:
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Description of the Cookies Functions | Expiration |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years | |
| _gid | Used to re-engage users that have previously visited the website. | 1 day | |
| _gcl_au | Google / DoubleClick | Used for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | 3 months |
| _gat_gtag | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 1 minute | |
| DV | Used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes. | Session | |
| 1P_JAR | Used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes. | 6 months | |
| IDE | Google / DoubleClick | Used to store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads and according to the user profile. | 6 months |
| NID | This is a Google UserID cookie used to help track users across various portions of the Websites to assist us in understanding how individuals use our websites, what content they view, and to help us improve website performance. | 6 months | |
| HSID | Security cookie to confirm visitor authenticity, prevent fraudulent use of login data and protect user data from unauthorized access. | 2 years | |
| APISID | Personalizes Google ads on websites based on recent searches and interactions. | 2 years | |
| _GRECAPTCHA | This cookie is set by Google reCAPTCHA, which protects our site against spam enquiries on contact forms. | 6 months | |
| OTZ | Links activities of website visitors to other devices that are previously logged in via the Google account. In this way, advertisements are tailored to different devices. | 1 month | |
| __Secure-1PAPISID | Targeting cookie. Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 2 years | |
| __Secure-1PSID | Targeting cookie. Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 2 years | |
| __Secure-3PAPISID | Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting. | 2 years | |
| __Secure-3PSID | Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting. | 2 years | |
| __Secure-3PSIDCC | Targeting cookie. Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 2 years | |
| SSID | Google / YouTube | Google collects visitor information for videos hosted by YouTube on maps integrated with Google Maps. | 2 years |
| SID | Google / YouTube | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos | 2 years |
| SAPISID | Google / YouTube | Google collects visitor information for videos hosted by YouTube. | 2 years |
| SIDCC | Google / YouTube | This cookie is a security cookie to protect a user’s data from unauthorized access. | 1 year |
| PREF | YouTube | This cookie to store information such as a user’s preferred page configuration and playback preferences like autoplay, shuffle content, and player size. For YouTube Music, these preferences include volume, repeat mode, and autoplay. | From 6 months to 10 years |
LOGIN_INFO | Youtube | This cookie is used to play Youtube videos embedded on the website. | 10 months |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Youtube | This cookie measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old, and is used to detect and resolve issues with the service. | 6 months |
| YSC | Youtube | This cookie is used by YouTube to remember user input and associate a user’s actions. | Session |
| _fr | The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisements to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. | 3 months | |
| _fbp | This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisements when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website. | 3 months | |
| _fbc | Used to identify the link users initially clicked across webpages where Facebook pixel is installed. The link ad on Facebook sometimes includes a fbclid query parameter. When the user lands the pixel automatically saves the fbclid query parameter to an _fbc cookie for that website domain. | 3 months | |
| locale | This cookie is used to identify which web browser is connected, the language used, to control attempts to log in to the service and to provide personalized advertising. | 1 week | |
| datr | These cookies allow users to share content with Facebook contacts. Users will also be able to see if their Facebook friends “liked” some content on the Web site in the past. Cookies will also send some non-personal data to Facebook to gather aggregate information about how people interact with sites using the similar button. | 2 years | |
| usida | Collects a combination of the user’s browser and unique identifier, used to tailor advertising to users. | Session | |
| wd | This cookie is used by Facebook to optimize display performance while maintaining the size of the window. | 1 week | |
| wordpress_test_cookie | WordPress | Tests that the browser accepts cookies. | Session |
| wp_lang | WordPress | Saves language settings. | Session |
| wordpress_sec_{hash} | WordPress | These cookies help store the session of logged in users. | Session |
| wordpress_logged_in_{hash} | WordPress | Remember User session | Session |
| wp-settings-{user} | WordPress | Used to preserve user’s wp-admin settings | 1 year |
| wp-settings-time-{user} | WordPress | Time at which wp-settings-{user} was set | 1 year |