Privacy Policy
How Cottage Vacation Guide handles server logs, browser tools, local storage, Google advertising, cookies, consent, and privacy requests.
This policy describes the information practices of Cottage Vacation Guide. The site is a static educational publication and does not provide accounts, comments, rental bookings, or direct payment processing.
Information this site receives
Like most websites, the hosting server may process technical information needed to deliver and protect the site, such as an IP address, browser and device details, requested pages, timestamps, referring pages, and security logs. We do not offer user accounts, public comments, property bookings, or direct payment processing on this site.
Browser-based tools
The budget and rental-comparison tools calculate entries in the browser and are not designed to transmit or store those entries on our server. The packing checklist may use local storage in the visitor’s browser to remember checked items on that device. Visitors can clear this information through the checklist reset control or browser settings.
Google advertising and third parties
The site uses Google AdSense or related Google advertising services. Third-party vendors, including Google, may place and read cookies on a visitor’s browser or use device identifiers, web beacons, IP addresses, and similar technologies as a result of ad serving. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve, measure, limit, or personalize ads based on visits to this site and other websites, subject to the visitor’s choices and applicable law.
Advertising choices
Visitors can learn about or manage Google advertising personalization through Google Ads Settings. Browser settings, extensions, device controls, and regional consent messages may also limit cookies or advertising technologies. Disabling cookies may not remove all advertising and may affect site or ad functionality.
Consent choices
Where required, a Google-certified consent management message may ask visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or other applicable regions to make advertising and privacy choices. Visitors can use the controls presented in that message. Consent choices may affect whether personalized or non-personalized advertising is served.
External links
Links to external websites are provided for convenience or further verification. Those websites operate under their own privacy policies. We do not receive payment details, booking records, or account information merely because a visitor follows an external link.
Retention and security
Server and security logs may be retained for operational, diagnostic, fraud-prevention, and legal purposes, then deleted or rotated according to hosting practices. Advertising providers may retain information under their own policies. No website can guarantee absolute security. Visitors should not send sensitive information through the site’s contact route unless it is necessary and requested.
Privacy requests
For a privacy question about this site, use the contact page. Provide enough information to identify the issue without including unrelated sensitive data.
Policy changes
This policy may be updated when the site’s technology, advertising, legal obligations, or data practices change. The current version is the one published on this page.