What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of information similar to text files that can be stored and read on the end device. They serve various purposes, including maintaining basic functionalities of the website, security and privacy, providing optional functions of the website, collecting statistic data on visitor flows and providing marketing systems. Practical examples of what can be stored in cookies are the storage of login status in user accounts, the content of shopping baskets in e-commerce platforms, or a user ID for tracking behaviour on the website.
The information can technically be stored in various ways. The best-known examples of this are HTTP cookies and cookie-like technologies like local storage, session storage or IndexedDB. Each type of storage has different properties, which determine the technical handling, accessibility and controllers authorized to access the information. All these types of storage are usually summarized under the term “cookies” and are therefore called as such in this cookie policy.
Types of Cookie
- Essential cookies are indispensable for the basic functionality of a website and enable functions such as saving login information or access to secure areas of the site. These include, for example, security cookies, which can identify a bot that is not wanted on the website by storing an authentication key in a cookie.
- Functional cookies improve the user experience by storing information and preferences such as language settings or appearance settings of the website to provide personalized. This includes, for example, preference cookies that store the user’s preferred video quality on a website.
- Statistics cookies collect data about the use of a website to gain insights into user behavior and optimize the performance of the site. This includes, for example, a randomly assigned user ID that makes it possible to attribute whether you have visited a subpage of the website.
- Marketing cookies are used to track user behavior across different websites and to display personalized advertising based on the interests and surfing behavior of users. This includes, for example, advertising cookies that store an interaction with an advertisement on the website and pass it on to advertisers or a chat system for pre-sale questions and customer support.
Cookies can be set by: (1) “first-party cookies” set by the website owner (i.e. halalfree.uk) and (2) “third-party cookies” which are set by parties other than the website owner. Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
This website uses only first-party cookies. We require some essential (strictly necessary) cookies for technical reasons in order for our website to work including recording your preferences. Websites (We) do not require consent for essential cookies, and your use of the website automatically implies that you consent to essential cookies. There are other types of first-party cookies but we do not use these. If the situation changes we will ask you to give your consent.
Cookie Consent
Services and their cookies can be set and read on the legal basis of your consent or a legitimate interest. When you first visited this website, you were asked for your consent in a pop-up window and you had the opportunity to object to the use of certain services. We explained which legal basis is used for which service in our consent dialog.
You have the right to view the history of your decisions, change your privacy settings, object to the use of services and revoke your consent at any time. Below you find possibilities to exercise your rights:
Specifically, the pop-up asked for your consent to share your IP address with OpenStreetMaps in order for the maps to load and function. Your consent (or lack of consent) is recorded by Real Cookie Banner using an essential cookie. If you change your mind, you can accept or revoke cookies at any time. Details of how to do this are in the next section.
Can I control cookies?
Yes you can. You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies on any website you visit. You were asked for consent when you first visited the website but you can revisit the Cookie Consent Manager to select or change which categories of cookies to accept or reject. You can also access your Privacy Settings History and Revoke Consents.
Strictly necessary cookies cannot be rejected as they are required for the website to function. Choosing to reject cookies may still allow you to use our website, but some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies: see the help section of your browser.
Since we are using only necessary cookies, revoking your consent will only revoke consent to share information with OpenStreetMaps.
How to manage cookies in a browser?
- How to remove cookies in a browser: To remove cookies from your device, you can clear the browsing data in the settings of your browser. This action will remove all cookies from all websites you’ve visited, potentially including saved login details and site preferences. In some browsers, you can just delete the cookies and similar data without deleting the whole browsing history.
- How to control cookies in a browser: For more granular control over cookies specific to certain websites, navigate to the privacy and cookie settings within your used browser. Here, you can adjust preferences related to individual sites’ cookie usage.
- How to block cookies in a browser: It’s possible to configure most modern browsers in their settings to block all cookies from being placed on your device. But blocking cookies could lead to certain services and functionalities not functioning correctly, e.g. logins as a user. You can also use extensions for many browsers which can block the setting of cookies on websites.
- How to manage cookies on this website: To tailor your preferences regarding cookies on this website, you can change your preferences at any time by clicking on the link in the section “Cookie Consent”.
What cookies do you use on this website?
We only use first-party cookies. We use strictly necessary cookies to record your preferences and, in particular, to record your privacy preference for use of the OpenStreetMaps. Should we add any cookies in the future we will ask for your consent.