This Cookie Policy explains what browser cookies and similar technologies are, why they may be used on the GoPatooh Adventure & Safaris website and the choices available to visitors. It should be read with our Privacy Policy, which covers the wider handling of personal information.
The exact cookies placed on a device depend on the website features enabled when the page is visited. A cookie category described here should not be taken as confirmation that every example is currently active.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website or an associated service may store in your browser. Similar technologies include local browser storage and other mechanisms used to remember preferences, maintain a session or support website functions. Some are removed when a browser session ends, while others may remain for a defined time or until deleted.
2. Why a safari website may use cookies
Website storage may help a visitor move between safari pages, keep a secure login session, remember cookie preferences, protect forms against abuse, measure site performance or enable optional third-party features. Only the purposes relevant to the services that are actually configured should be used.
3. Strictly necessary cookies and storage
Necessary technology supports functions that cannot reasonably operate without it, such as essential site security, remembering privacy preferences, maintaining an authenticated session or preserving a form step during a visit. These features may operate without optional analytics or marketing permission where permitted by law.
Disabling necessary cookies in a browser may cause some website functions to stop working, including account login, forms or preference storage.
4. Preference and functionality cookies
Where enabled, functionality storage can remember a visitor's language or display choice and other optional settings that make the website easier to use. If the option is not essential, visitors should be offered the appropriate choice before it is used where legally required.
5. Analytics and performance tools
If website analytics is enabled, performance technologies may help us understand which pages visitors use, which devices are common and whether parts of the site are working as intended. The data collected and any third-party provider depend on the analytics service actually configured.
Optional analytics or tracking that requires consent should only be activated after the appropriate permission has been obtained. The administration team should verify that the live website follows the choices communicated in its consent controls.
6. Advertising and marketing cookies
Advertising or remarketing technologies may be introduced if campaigns or integrations are enabled in the future. They can be used to measure adverts or recognise a browser across participating services. Their presence, provider and purpose should be clearly disclosed when used, and appropriate permission should be obtained where required.
The description of this category does not mean that GoPatooh currently runs remarketing trackers or shares browsing information with an advertising network.
7. Embedded maps, video and social services
Some pages may offer maps, video players, social media links or embedded material from other providers. Loading an embedded service may involve requests to that provider, and the provider may collect technical information or place cookies according to its own rules.
Where third-party media requires permission, the site should provide an appropriate choice before loading it. Opening a social media link takes you to a separate website controlled by the relevant platform.
8. Cookie categories at a glance
| Category | Typical purpose | How it is managed |
|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Security, session operation, form integrity and saved consent choices | Required for the relevant functionality |
| Preferences | Remembering language or interface choices | Optional where not essential |
| Analytics | Understanding website performance and usage | Subject to applicable consent requirements |
| Marketing | Advertising measurement or personalisation if enabled | Subject to applicable consent requirements |
| Embedded services | Maps, media players and external interactive content | Provider-specific controls and consent where required |
This table describes functional categories, not a verified inventory of named cookies. The live cookie inventory, providers, names, lifetimes and default consent settings must be checked against the website configuration.
9. Managing your choices
Where the website displays a cookie banner or a Cookie Settings control, use it to view and update the preferences offered. If a category is optional, declining it should not prevent access to the core website experience unless a particular optional feature depends on that technology.
You can also clear or block cookies using your browser settings. Browser menus differ between Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge and mobile browsers. Removing stored preferences may cause the website to ask for your choices again.
10. Withdrawing consent
If a technology relies on your consent, you should be able to withdraw that consent through an accessible choice or by contacting us where appropriate. Withdrawal affects future use based on that consent and may not remove records that have already been processed lawfully or information needed for another valid purpose.
11. Third-party websites
Safari supplier websites, external booking pages, conservation resources and social networks linked from GoPatooh are operated independently. Their use of cookies is governed by their own notices. We recommend reviewing those notices before using services outside our website.
12. How long cookies last
Some storage exists only during a visit. Other cookies may last until a defined expiry date or until you remove them. Duration depends on the specific feature and provider, so no universal cookie lifespan is stated here. Where a detailed live cookie list is made available, it should identify the applicable expiry or retention information.
13. Your wider privacy rights
Cookies and similar technologies can involve personal data. Where this happens, the relevant rights, legal grounds, sharing and retention rules are explained in our Privacy Policy. Kenyan data protection rights may apply depending on the processing and the circumstances.
14. Updates to this notice
We may revise this policy when website features, consent tools or service providers change. The actual use of cookies should remain consistent with the notice and the choices presented to visitors.
15. Contact about cookies
For questions about browser storage, privacy choices or any cookie technology used on this website, email info@gopatoohsafaris.com or visit our Contact Us page.