Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how PassportPicks uses cookies and similar technologies on passportpicks.com. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make sites work, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to site owners. Similar technologies — such as local storage, pixels, and tags — work in comparable ways, and we refer to them all as “cookies” here.

How we use cookies

We use cookies to keep the Site running smoothly, to remember choices you make (like light or dark mode), to understand how the Site is used, and to support the affiliate partnerships that keep PassportPicks free.

Types of cookies we use

Strictly necessary

These are essential for the Site to function — for example, security and core navigation. The Site cannot work properly without them, so they do not require consent.

Preferences

These remember choices you make, such as your theme. We store your theme preference in your browser’s local storage rather than a server.

Analytics

These help us understand which pages are popular and how visitors move through the Site, so we can improve it. We use this data in aggregated form wherever possible.

Affiliate and marketing

When you click a link to one of our booking partners, that partner may set a cookie to attribute the referral so we can earn a commission. These cookies are set by the partner, not by us, and are subject to their own policies.

Third-party cookies

Some cookies are set by third parties we work with, including analytics providers and affiliate networks such as our hotel, car rental, activities, flight, and travel insurance partners. We do not control these cookies; please refer to the relevant third party’s privacy and cookie notices for details.

Managing your cookies

You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you refuse or remove cookies and notify you when one is set. Blocking some cookies may affect how the Site works. Helpful guides are available for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge in their respective support centres.

Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” signal. Because there is no consistent industry standard for how to respond, we do not currently alter our behaviour in response to these signals, but we keep our practices under review.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as our practices or the law change. The “Last updated” date above reflects the latest version.

Contact us

Questions about our use of cookies? Email privacy@passportpicks.com.