Legal Documentation
Effective Date: January 1, 2025 • Last Revised: February 2025
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Our digital travel journal, published at vanderhvijden.space, utilizes cookies solely for functional preservation, security verification, and anonymous statistical analysis. We respect visitor privacy and do not deploy intrusive third-party cross-site trackers or unauthorized marketing pixels without your voluntary consent.
To comply with modern international and US privacy best practices, this Site implements Google Consent Mode v2. When you first enter our publication:
ad_storage, analytics_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization) are locked in a ‘denied’ state.| Cookie Category | Operational Purpose | Consent Signal | Default State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Core navigation, SSL verification, consent status persistence | security_storage | Granted |
| Functional | Preserving font render states and navigation layout choices | functionality_storage | Granted |
| Analytics & Metrics | Aggregated reader traffic counts and page engagement durations | analytics_storage | Denied |
| Marketing & Personalization | Campaign attribution and audience personalization tags | ad_storage, ad_user_data | Denied |
| Identifier | Provider | Classification | Lifespan |
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| _ga | Google Telemetry | Distinguishes anonymous reading visitors (if consented) | 24 Months |
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For questions regarding our use of cookies or technical telemetry, please address our compliance coordinator at [email protected].