1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small alphanumeric text files placed onto your computing device, smartphone, or tablet when you visit websites. Cookies allow web applications to identify returning devices, preserve user preference states (such as language selection or cookie approval status), and analyze navigational interactions. Related storage technologies include browser localStorage, which stores key-value pairs without automatically transmitting them in HTTP headers.
2. Categories of Cookies We Deploy
Porchteamjumbl categorizes its storage technologies into three specific functional groups:
- Strictly Essential Cookies & Storage: Necessary for the foundational operation of our site, such as recording whether you have accepted or rejected non-essential cookies. These do not require advance consent under the ePrivacy Directive.
- Performance & Analytics Cookies: Measure aggregate, anonymized readership data, including which City of Dreams Mediterranean guides receive the highest engagement, device viewport distributions, and page load latencies.
- Functional Enhancements: Remember custom settings, such as whether high-contrast accessibility styles or specific font rendering preferences have been designated.
3. Specific Storage Tokens Inventory
The following table lists the active storage keys and cookies utilized across this website:
| Cookie / Key Name | Category | Provider | Lifespan | Specific Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
porchteamjumbl_cookie_preference |
Strictly Essential | First-Party (LocalStorage) | Persistent (1 Year) | Stores your choice regarding the cookie consent banner (accept/reject). |
__ptj_sess_token |
Strictly Essential | First-Party (Session) | End of Browser Session | Maintains cross-page CSRF security tokens during contact form usage. |
_ptj_editorial_metrics |
Analytics / Performance | First-Party (Cookie) | 90 Days | Collects masked, aggregated page visit counts to optimize guide content. |
_ptj_ui_reduced_motion |
Functional | First-Party (LocalStorage) | 180 Days | Preserves manual preference flags for users overriding OS motion preferences. |
4. Managing and Disabling Cookies in Your Browser
In addition to our on-site cookie banner choices, you possess absolute control over cookie storage through your individual internet browser configuration. You may delete all existing cookies and prevent new cookies from being saved:
- Google Chrome: Navigate to Settings > Privacy and Security > Third-Party Cookies. From here, you may block third-party cookies or purge stored site data.
- Mozilla Firefox: Navigate to Settings > Privacy & Security > Enhanced Tracking Protection. Set preferences to "Standard" or "Strict".
- Apple Safari (macOS & iOS): Go to Safari > Preferences (or Settings on iPhone) > Privacy > Prevent Cross-Site Tracking and Block All Cookies.
- Microsoft Edge: Go to Settings > Cookies and Site Permissions > Manage and Delete Cookies.
Please note that blocking strictly essential cookies may cause specific layout features, such as the contact verification token, to function improperly.
5. Contact for Cookie Queries
For questions or formal inquiries concerning our deployment of cookies and tracking tokens, please contact our compliance desk at [email protected] or via postal dispatch to: Porchteamjumbl Hospitality Services Ltd, 28 Oktovriou Avenue, Kanika Enaerios Complex, Block B, 3105 Limassol, Cyprus.