Cookie Policy

When you return to the site, the browser sends those files back, so the site can recognise your session, remember your preferences or measure how pages are used. Similar technologies - such as local storage, session storage and small tracking pixels - work in comparable ways, and this policy covers them all under the general term “cookies”.

A cookie generally contains the name of the site that set it, a value (often a random identifier) and an expiry date. Cookies cannot read other files on your device and are not programs.

Through our banner

Access the cookie banner or the cookie settings option within the site to approve or decline the preference, analytics and marketing classifications. Declining a classification prevents additional cookies within that category from being created; previously stored cookies can be deleted using your browser.

Through your browser

All major browsers allow you to view stored cookies, delete them individually or entirely, block cookies from specific sites, block all third-party cookies, or delete everything automatically when the browser closes. You will normally find these controls under a menu named “Settings”, then “Privacy”, “Privacy and security”, “Site permissions” or “Cookies and site data”. Mobile browsers offer the same options in their settings screens, and mobile operating systems provide separate controls for advertising identifiers.

Private browsing

Opening the site in a private or incognito window means most cookies are discarded when you close that window, though this does not prevent them from being set during your visit.

Strictly necessary cookies

These keep the site usable: they maintain your session while you move between pages, balance traffic across servers, protect forms against automated abuse and remember the cookie choices you have already made. They do not build a profile of you and cannot be switched off through our banner, because without them core functions such as signing in would fail.

Preference (functionality) cookies

These remember the settings you choose - for example the interface language, a region, a display preference or whether you have dismissed an informational notice. They make the site more convenient but are not essential; if you refuse them, the site still works and simply asks for your preferences again on each visit.

Analytics (performance) cookies

These help us count visits, see which pages are read, how long people stay and where errors occur. The reporting is aggregated: it tells us that a page is popular or slow, not who you are. We use the results to fix problems and to improve the structure of the site.

Marketing (advertising) cookies

These record that you arrived from a particular campaign or advertisement, help avoid showing you the same message repeatedly, and measure whether a campaign led to a sign-up. They may be read by advertising partners on other websites. They are only set with your explicit consent.

Skellig Capithorn deploys cookies to maintain website stability and operational capacity, to store your preferences and selections, to identify which content proves most valuable, and - subject to your explicit authorization - to evaluate the effectiveness of our promotional efforts. Cookies classified as strictly necessary are deployed immediately upon site access because the website's basic functionality depends on them. Every other category requires your prior authorization before activation, and you retain the right to revoke such authorization whenever you wish.

Session cookies exist only while your browser window is open and are erased automatically when you close it. Persistent cookies persist through their scheduled deletion date or until you manually remove them; cookies stored here have lifespans ranging from several days to approximately two years based on their function. The precise removal date for any given cookie is always accessible through your browser's storage management tools.

Your consent preferences are retained temporarily to prevent the banner's repeated display across multiple visits; upon expiration of this timeframe, we will request your choice anew.

Disabling strictly necessary cookies will render portions of the site inoperable: you may lose the ability to maintain your logged-in status, transmit form data or execute a secure transaction. Disabling preference cookies prevents customizations like language selection from being preserved. Disabling analytics or marketing cookies leaves site functionality unaffected - you will simply be excluded from our data analysis and promotional tracking.

Some cookies are set by service providers acting on our behalf, for example providers of web analytics, content delivery, fraud prevention or advertising measurement. These providers may read their own cookies when you visit other sites that use the same services. We do not control the content of third-party cookies; their use of the data they collect is governed by their own privacy and cookie notices.

Where a third-party cookie is not strictly necessary, it is only placed after you have consented through the cookie banner. If you would like a list of the providers currently in use, contact support and we will provide the up-to-date details.

We review this policy periodically and update it when the cookies we use, the technologies behind them or the applicable rules change. The current version is always published on this page; material changes will be signalled on the site or through the cookie banner, and continued use after the update means the revised policy applies.

Should you have concerns regarding this document, request information about a particular cookie or wish to assert a privacy right, kindly contact our support team through the contact page. Supplementary materials are provided in the footer across all pages, notably our Privacy Policy.

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