01 / Definitions
What cookies are
Cookie: a small browser file
A cookie is a small text file that a website can ask your browser to store or read. Depending on its purpose, it can help a website recognise a browser during a visit, continue a necessary session, or preserve a choice for a period of time. A cookie is not the same thing as a browser setting, and it does not describe every type of information a website may handle.
Browsers and online services can also use related storage or identifier technologies that perform comparable functions. These may help retain a setting, distinguish a returning browser, or support a particular interaction. In this policy, the word “cookies” is used as a convenient general term for those functions where relevant, without assuming that any particular technology is used on every visit.
02 / Cookie categories
Cookie categories
Cookies can be grouped by what they do. The categories below are a practical way to understand possible functions and choices. Optional categories, where available, may depend on a visitor’s selection and on the site configuration in use at that time.
| Category | Typical function | If disabled or removed | Choice status |
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| Strictly necessary | May support security, page delivery, session continuity, or remembering a consent choice needed for core operation. | Some essential interactions may not work as intended, or a required setting may need to be selected again. | Core operation These functions may be needed for the site to operate. |
| Preference | May retain language, display, or saved site settings where those features are offered. | Your chosen presentation or setting may not be remembered on a later page view or visit. | Optional where offered Availability can depend on configuration and choice. |
| Measurement and analytics | May support aggregated, usage-oriented measurement of how information areas are found or used. | The site may have less general information about which pages are useful or difficult to locate. | Optional where offered Any selection applies only where a choice is presented. |
03 / Operational purposes
How cookies can support this site
cruiseberth.com is a structured cruise-ship information portal covering layouts, cabins, dining, lounges, entertainment, recreation, deck infrastructure, passenger services, and casino facilities. Cookie functions can support the operation and interpretation of that reference material in limited, practical ways.
Site operation
Reliable access to reference content
Essential cookie functions can help maintain an interaction needed for site operation while a visitor moves between structured guides. For example, a browser may need to retain a short-lived operational state while pages about decks, cabins, dining areas, or passenger facilities are delivered. This describes a general operational purpose and does not mean that a particular saved feature is available on every page.
Privacy setting
Remembering a choice
Where a cookie choice or settings control is available, a cookie can help preserve the visitor’s previous selection. Remembering that choice may reduce repeated prompts and help maintain the setting selected by the visitor. The options shown can differ according to site configuration and the choice already recorded in the browser.
Why it matters
Understanding site use
Optional measurement can provide a general view of which information areas visitors find useful or difficult to find. For a reference portal, this may relate to the paths people take when looking for vessel layouts, onboard facilities, or practical guidance. It does not describe a specific analytics service, provider, or exact set of information collected.
04 / Visitor controls
Managing your cookie choices
You can review choices at the site level when a settings control is presented, and you can use your browser’s own privacy controls to manage stored data. These are separate routes and their available options may not be identical.
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Site-level settings
Review site-level choices
If the site presents a cookie choice or settings control, use it to review or change available optional selections. The precise options displayed may depend on the current site configuration and on a choice you made previously. A site-level selection applies only to the choices that the website makes available through that control.
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Browser settings
Use browser settings
Your browser usually provides privacy, security, or site-data controls that can allow you to delete, block, or limit cookies. The exact menu names and steps vary between browsers, versions, and devices. For instructions that match your setup, consult the support material provided by the browser you use rather than assuming every browser control works in the same way.
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Practical effect
Understand the effect of changes
Blocking or deleting cookies can mean that a setting is no longer remembered, a previous selection must be made again, or some functions do not work as intended. The effect will depend on the type of cookie and the interaction involved. Where a function is essential to site operation, limiting the related browser storage may affect that function in general terms.
05 / Device controls
Browser and device controls
Browser-level controls apply to the browser and device you are using. If you use more than one browser, device, or browser profile, you may need to repeat your choices in each one. Private browsing modes and clearing browser data can also affect whether a saved cookie choice remains available after a session ends or data is removed.
For that reason, a choice made on one device should not be assumed to apply automatically elsewhere. Review the settings in the environment you are currently using if you want to limit, delete, or revisit cookie-related data.
Browser
Browser controls
These are managed in your browser’s privacy, security, or site-data settings. They can affect cookies more broadly than a single website.
Website
Site choices
These apply only where the website presents a relevant selection. They do not replace the wider controls available in your browser.
06 / Policy maintenance
Changes to this Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be reviewed or changed when cookie-related practices or relevant site operation changes. Visitors should review this page periodically for the current wording and for information about the controls described here. No effective date, version number, or update history is stated unless it is specifically provided on this page.
Reference note
This policy explains cookie-related information and available visitor controls for ADSIGHT LTD at https://cruiseberth.com.