This Cookie Policy explains how Which Train Side may use cookies and similar technologies when you visit the website.
Cookies are small data files that can be stored on a browser or device. Similar technologies can include local storage, pixels, scripts, identifiers, and other tools used to support website functionality, security, analytics, advertising, and user preferences.
Why Cookies May Be Used
Cookies and similar technologies may be used for several different purposes, including:
- keeping the website secure,
- supporting essential website functions,
- remembering privacy or consent choices,
- measuring website traffic and performance,
- understanding how visitors use route pages and tools,
- detecting abuse, fraud, or malicious activity,
- displaying and measuring advertising where applicable,
- remembering certain user preferences.
Not every visitor will receive the same cookies. The technologies used can depend on location, browser settings, consent choices, and which services are active on the website.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Some cookies or similar technologies may be required for the website to function properly.
These can support functions such as security, traffic management, consent storage, session handling, fraud prevention, and technical operation.
Because these technologies are necessary for core website functions, they may operate without an optional consent choice where permitted by applicable law.
Preference Cookies
Preference technologies may be used to remember choices made by a visitor.
Examples can include privacy settings, interface preferences, route tool selections, or other settings that improve the usability of the website.
These technologies are generally intended to reduce the need to repeat the same choices during future visits.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics technologies may be used to understand how visitors interact with Which Train Side.
They can help measure information such as:
- which pages and routes are viewed,
- how visitors arrive at the site,
- which devices and browsers are used,
- how long visitors remain on pages,
- which features are used most often,
- whether errors or performance problems occur.
Analytics data can be used to improve route coverage, page performance, navigation, and website usability.
Where applicable law requires consent before analytics technologies are used, they are intended to operate according to the visitor’s privacy choices.
Advertising Cookies
Which Train Side may use third-party advertising services.
Advertising providers may use cookies or similar technologies for purposes such as:
- delivering advertisements,
- measuring ad performance,
- limiting how often an advertisement is shown,
- detecting invalid traffic or advertising fraud,
- selecting contextual or personalized advertising where permitted.
Whether advertising is personalized can depend on the visitor’s location, consent choices, browser settings, and the advertising services in use.
Google Advertising Cookies
If Google advertising services are used on Which Train Side, Google and its partners may use cookies or similar technologies in connection with advertising delivery, measurement, fraud prevention, frequency management, and personalization where permitted.
In regions where consent is required, eligible advertising storage and personalization technologies may be controlled through a consent management system.
Visitors who do not consent to certain advertising technologies may still see advertisements, but those advertisements may be less personalized or based on contextual information rather than a detailed advertising profile.
Consent Management
Visitors in some regions may be shown a cookie or privacy consent interface.
This interface can allow visitors to accept, reject, or manage categories of optional technologies.
Consent choices may be stored so the website can remember the selected preference during later visits.
Where a visitor changes or withdraws consent, the website will apply the updated choice as required by applicable law and supported by the active technologies.
How Long Cookies Remain
Cookies can be either session-based or persistent.
Session cookies generally expire when the browser session ends.
Persistent cookies remain on the device for a defined period or until they are removed manually.
The exact lifetime of a cookie depends on its purpose and the service that sets it.
First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are set by Which Train Side or through the website’s own domain.
Third-party cookies may be set by external services used for analytics, advertising, security, embedded functionality, or other website services.
Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy practices and legal obligations.
Local Storage and Similar Technologies
Not all website preferences or identifiers are stored as traditional browser cookies.
Which Train Side or its service providers may also use technologies such as local storage or similar browser-based storage mechanisms.
These technologies can serve purposes similar to cookies, including remembering settings, supporting website functionality, and storing privacy preferences.
Managing Cookies in Your Browser
Most modern browsers allow users to view, delete, block, or limit cookies.
Browser settings can usually be used to:
- delete stored cookies,
- block all cookies,
- block third-party cookies,
- clear site data when the browser closes,
- manage permissions for individual websites.
Blocking certain cookies may affect website functions, particularly where storage is required for security, consent management, or technical operation.
Do Not Track and Privacy Signals
Browsers and privacy tools may send signals expressing a user’s tracking preference.
Where applicable law requires recognition of a supported privacy signal, such as Global Privacy Control (GPC), the website or its service providers may use that signal to apply the corresponding opt-out preference.
Not all browser signals are standardized or legally required in every jurisdiction.
Cookies Used by Embedded or External Services
Some website functions may depend on external providers for maps, analytics, advertising, security, or other technical services.
These providers may set or access cookies or similar technologies when their services are used, subject to applicable law and consent requirements.
Which Train Side does not control the internal operation of third-party technologies beyond the configuration and consent controls available to the website.
Changes to Cookie Use
The cookies and technologies used by Which Train Side may change as website features, analytics systems, advertising services, security tools, or legal requirements change.
This Cookie Policy may therefore be updated to reflect material changes in how cookies and similar technologies are used.
Questions About Cookies
Questions about the use of cookies or privacy preferences on Which Train Side can be submitted using the contact information provided on the website.