Cookie Policy
Welcome to Berlin City Whispers and our website at www.city-whispers.com (our “website”). city-whispers.com uses cookies to remember your preferences and help you obtain the right information. Cookies also allow us to see how our website is being used.
city-whispers.com is operated and maintained by Berlin City Whispers, Roya Anane, Sole Proprietor, Brennerstraße 83, 13187, Berlin, Germany (“Berlin City Whispers”, “we”, “us”, “our”). If you want to contact us or if you have any questions, you can reach us by email using contact@city-whispers.com or write to us at the above address.
WHY DO WE HAVE A COOKIE POLICY?
This Cookie Policy sits in line with our obligations set out in Germany`s Data Protection and the Protection of Privacy in Telecommunications and Digital Services Act ("TDDSG") and the EU`s Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”). In accordance with them, we need to inform you about the cookies we use and obtain your consent when using certain types of cookies namely Functional, Performance, Analytical and Advertising Cookies.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
A cookie is a small text file that is sent to your device's hard drive by a website. Each time you return to the same website, your browser retrieves and sends the relevant cookie(s) to our website’s server.
COOKIE ACCEPTANCE
By using our website after accepting the cookie notice that appears when you first visit our website, or by browsing our website, after having been presented with this notice, you agree to the placement of cookies on your computer in accordance with the terms of this Cookie Policy.
HOW ARE COOKIES USED?
Cookies used by us are stored on your device for a maximum period of 2 years from the date when they are initially installed or if they are subsequently updated, from the date of the update. Cookies can be divided into the following two broad categories:
Technically necessary cookies (Essential)
Technically necessary cookies are required for our website to function properly; they enable you to navigate our website efficiently and use its functional features.
Technically non-essential cookies
Analytical/Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to measure and report on website activity by tracking page visits, visitor locations and how visitors move around our website. The information collected does not directly identify visitors. We place these cookies to help us analyze that data.
Marketing/Advertising Cookies
Marketing cookies help us provide you with personalized and relevant services or advertising, and track the effectiveness of our digital marketing activities. They are capable of tracking your browser across other websites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.
THE COOKIES WE USE
We utilize the below mentioned cookies, and other online identification technologies such as web beacons, or pixels to provide users with an improved user experience.
Squarespace Analytics
We use Squarespace Analytics which is a web analytics service offered by Squarespace Inc., (225 Varick Street 12th Floor New York, NY 10014 United States) that tracks and reports website traffic. When Squarespace Analytics is used, website interactions are recorded and systematically evaluated with the help of analytical cookies. The following data is processed through the use of Squarespace Analytics: i) 3 bytes of the IP address of the called system of the website visitor (anonymized IP address), ii) the website called up, iii) the website from which the user reached the accessed page of my website (referrer), iv) the subpages accessed from the website, v) the time spent on the website, and vi) the frequency with which the website is accessed. Squarespace states that it will not associate your IP address with any other data held. For further information on Squarespace Analytics, please visit https://www.squarespace.com/websites/analytics.
HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES
In your browser
You also can manage your cookies preferences using the following links for some of the most popular internet browsers: Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera.
Cookie preference pop-up
We also offer a cookie preference pop-up when you first visit our website. This pop-up is a consent tool and allows you to specify your preference about cookies. You can accept or reject them or access this Cookie Policy before giving your consent to cookies or rejecting them.
Advertising personalization or retargeting/tracking opt out
In addition, if you do not wish to participate in our advertising personalization or retargeting/tracking you can object to behavioral advertising at the following websites: Your Online Choices, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, Network Advertising Initiative, AdChoices and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (Europe only).
HOW DO WE MAKE CHANGES TO THIS POLICY?
We may change our Cookie Policy from time to time. When we change our Cookie Policy, we will publish the updated policy on our website. Please check this Cookie Policy regularly. Subject to applicable law, all changes will take effect as soon as we publish the new Cookie Policy, but where we have already collected information about you and/or where legally required to do so, we may take additional steps to inform you of any material changes to our Cookie Policy and may request that you agree to these changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Tuesday, 18th of June, 2024