Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better browsing experience and understand how visitors use our site.

How We Use Cookies

At Elsewhere Collective, we use two types of cookies:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly and cannot be disabled. They enable core functionality such as:

Remembering your cookie preferences
Ensuring the website loads correctly
Basic site navigation and functionality

Legal basis: These cookies are necessary for the legitimate operation of our website and do not require your consent under GDPR.

Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. These cookies help us:

Analyze which pages are most popular
Understand how visitors navigate through our site
Improve our content and user experience
Track overall site performance

Information collected: Anonymous data about your visit, including pages viewed, time spent on site, browser type, and general location (country/city level only). No personally identifiable information is collected.

Legal basis: These cookies require your explicit consent under GDPR and can be disabled at any time.

Google Analytics Specifically

We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) with the following configuration:

Data retention: 14 months
IP anonymization: Enabled
Demographics and interests reports: Disabled
Advertising features: Disabled

For more information about how Google processes data, see Google's Privacy Policy.

Your Cookie Choices

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time:

On first visit: Choose "OK" to accept all cookies or "Essential Only" to decline analytics
After initial choice: Click the cookie icon (bottom right of any page) to update your preferences
Browser settings: You can also disable cookies through your browser settings, though this may affect site functionality

Data We Do NOT Collect

We do not use cookies for:

Advertising or marketing purposes
Social media tracking
Cross-site tracking
Selling or sharing personal data with third parties
Creating detailed user profiles

Changes to This Policy

We may update this cookie policy occasionally. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.