What we mean by cookies
The term covers cookies proper plus browser storage that works the same way. Valeozen keeps the count low and sorts what it uses into three groups.
The three groups
| Category | Purpose | When set | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Remembers your consent answer (local-storage key valeozen.consent.v1) so the bar stays away. | Always | Until you clear browser data |
| Analytics | Pooled counts of visits and opened entries, used to improve the hotel notes. | After opt-in only | No longer than 26 months |
| Advertising / affiliate | Passes a referral reference to partner networks so a commission on a booking can be credited. | After opt-in only; blocked by GPC | Usually 30 to 90 days, set by each network |
How to change your choice
First-time visitors meet a slim strip along the lower edge holding Accept All at left, Reject All centred and Manage Preferences at right. Later on, “Manage cookies” in every footer reopens the switches, and wiping this site's data from your browser resets everything. Visits carrying a Global Privacy Control flag keep advertising and affiliate storage switched off no matter which button is pressed.
Hotel websites
Once you follow a button to a hotel, that hotel's site applies storage rules of its own, outside Valeozen's control.