Portal www.visitventspils.on cookie policy
1. General provisions
1.1. Ventspils City Municipality Institution “Ventspils City Council Administration” (Reg. No. 90000051970, address: Jūras Street 36, Ventspils, LV-3601, phone: 63601100, e-mail: [email protected]) The Tourist Information Centre (hereinafter referred to as TIC) undertakes to provide TIC websites www.visitventspils.com (hereinafter referred to as the website) and the security of the personal information of its visitors and the protection of their rights when visiting the website and reading its content.
1.2 This Cookie Policy has been prepared with the aim of providing visitors to our website with additional information about the cookies used on the website and how TIC uses them.
2. Information about cookies
Cookies are small files of letters and numbers that are downloaded and stored on your computer or other device (e.g. smartphone, tablet) and stored in your web browser while you visit a website. They can be used to track which pages you visit on a website, to store information you enter, or to remember your preferences, such as language settings, while you are browsing the website.
3. SmallPurpose and legal basis for the creation of the data
3.1. Cookies are necessary to enable us to obtain information about how visitors use our website, thus enabling TIC to assess how useful the website is and how it could be improved. Only those TIC employees responsible for analyzing such data have access to data about website visitors.
3.2. We use various types of cookies that are set by default (“necessary” cookies), but we ask for your consent for cookies used for analytical, personalized purposes. By providing your consent in the cookie bar that appears when you visit the website, you choose whether to allow the use of certain categories of cookies.
4. Types of cookies and their use
4.1. We use three categories of cookies – “necessary” cookies, “personalization” cookies and “analytical” cookies, but we only ask for users’ consent for the use of “personalization” and “analytical” cookies. By agreeing to the use of “personalization” and/or “analytical” cookies, you consent to all cookies in this category. You can change your preferences and opt-out of cookies at any time.
4.2. "Necessary" cookies
Necessary cookies are essential and allow you to access different parts of the website. These cookies are stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device while you are visiting and browsing the website or for a certain period of time. They are set in response to your actions that are considered to be a request for a service, such as setting privacy preferences, signing in or filling in forms. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and therefore cannot be switched off, and therefore user consent is not required for this category of cookies.
4.3. “Personalized” cookies
With personalized cookies, the website remembers the settings and choices you have made to make your use of the website more convenient. These cookies are stored permanently on your device.
4.4. “Analytical” cookies
Analytical cookies allow us to count the number of visits and their sources so that we can measure and improve the performance of the site. They help us understand which pages are the most popular and which are used the least, as well as how visitors move around our site. If you opt out of these cookies, your visit will not be included in our statistics, but at the same time it will not limit your activities on our site.
5. List of cookies used on the site
| Necessary cookies – these cookies ensure the correct functioning of the website by providing its basic functions. The website will not be able to function properly without these cookies. | ||
| Name | Purpose | Retention period |
| cc_cookie | The cookie is used to determine whether the visitor has consented to the use of cookies. | 1 year |
| PHPSESSID | This cookie is intended for PHP applications. The cookie stores and identifies the user's unique session ID to manage user sessions on the website. The cookie is a session cookie and will be deleted when all browser windows are closed. | Sessions |
| wp-wpml_current_language | Stores the current language. This cookie is enabled on sites that use the Language Filtering for AJAX actions feature. | Sessions |
| Personalized cookies - allows the website to remember information that changes the way the website works or looks, such as your preferred language or the location you are in. | | |
| Name | Purpose | Retention period |
| _icl_visitor_lang_js | Stores the redirected language. This cookie is enabled for all visitors to the site if you use the browser's language redirection feature. | 1 day |
| wpml_browser_redirect_test | Checks if cookies are enabled. | Sessions |
| Analytical data – the website uses Google Analytics software cookies. These cookies collect anonymous information about the visitor's activities on the website (for example, the page visited, date and time of visit, etc.), which is used for statistics and analysis, in accordance with the specified purposes. You can learn about the basic principles of how Google Analytics works on the Google website. https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1012034?hl=lten&ref_topic=6157800 | ||
| Name | Purpose | Retention period |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistics about how the visitor uses this website | 2 gadi |
| _gid | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information about how visitors use the website, while creating an analytical report on the performance of the website. Some of the data collected includes the number of visitors, their source and the pages they visit anonymously. | 1 day |
6. Information about the consent given by the person in detailfor creating files
6.1. When visiting this website, the user is presented with a window with a message stating that the website uses cookies. If you click on the “I agree” option, this will mean that you have agreed to the “personalized” and “analytical” cookies located on the website and you confirm that you have read the information about cookies, the purposes of their use, and cases when information is transferred to third parties.
6.2. For “necessary” cookies, user consent is not required, as these cookies ensure the full and uninterrupted display of website content so that you can receive an appropriate digital browsing and online experience.
7. Rejecting cookies
7.1. If you do not want “personalized” and/or “analytical” cookies to be used on your device, you can click on the “I do not agree” option in the website window with a message stating that the website uses cookies.
7.2. You can opt out of cookies at any time as described here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
7.3. Additional information about cookies, as well as their deletion and management, can be obtained on the website
8. Policy changes
8.1. If you have any questions about the processing of personal data, please read the website's privacy policy, which can be found at the bottom of the website, or contact TIC by email: [email protected] or by calling +371 29232226.
8.2. TIC has the right to change this cookie policy at any time. All changes to the cookie policy will be published www.visitventspils.com.