Cookie Policy
Last updated: May 24, 2026
Welcome to BantayanVibes. This Cookie Policy explains how our website, https://bantayanvibes.com, may use cookies and similar technologies when you visit or interact with our website.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, Disclaimer, and Affiliate Disclosure.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember certain information about your visit, such as preferences, login status, browser settings, or how you interact with the website.
Cookies may be set by BantayanVibes directly or by third-party services we use, such as analytics providers, advertising networks, affiliate partners, embedded content providers, or website plugins.
2. How We Use Cookies
BantayanVibes may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Keep the website functioning properly
- Remember visitor preferences
- Support comment and login features, if enabled
- Improve website performance and user experience
- Understand how visitors use the website
- Help detect spam, abuse, or security issues
- Support advertising, affiliate tracking, and third-party services
3. Types of Cookies We May Use
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are needed for the website to function properly. These may support basic features such as page loading, security, comment forms, login sessions, or website administration.
Without these cookies, some parts of the website may not work correctly.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies help remember choices you make on the website, such as your name, email, website, display preferences, or saved form details.
For example, if you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies so you do not need to enter them again for future comments.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use BantayanVibes. These cookies may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the website, browser type, device type, approximate location, and referral source.
We may use this information to improve our content, layout, website performance, and visitor experience.
Advertising Cookies
BantayanVibes may display ads through Google AdSense or other third-party advertising networks.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to BantayanVibes or other websites. Google’s advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to this website and/or other websites on the internet.
Google also states that publishers using Google products must clearly disclose data collection, sharing, and usage related to cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or other identifiers.
Affiliate Tracking Cookies
Some pages on BantayanVibes may contain affiliate links. Affiliate partners may use cookies, referral codes, tracking links, pixels, or similar technologies to record visits, clicks, bookings, purchases, or other transactions.
These cookies help affiliate partners determine whether a referral came from BantayanVibes.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be placed by third-party services, not directly by BantayanVibes.
These third parties may include:
- Google AdSense or other ad networks
- Analytics providers
- Affiliate partners
- Embedded video, map, or social media services
- Spam protection tools
- Website plugins
- Hosting, security, or performance services
We do not directly control how third-party services use cookies or similar technologies. Please review the privacy and cookie policies of those third-party providers for more information.
5. Embedded Content
Pages or articles on BantayanVibes may include embedded content, such as videos, maps, images, social media posts, booking widgets, or articles from other websites.
Embedded content behaves as if you visited the third-party website directly. These third-party websites may use cookies, tracking tools, or similar technologies to monitor your interaction with their content.
6. Managing Cookies
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings.
Most browsers allow you to:
- View cookies stored on your device
- Delete cookies
- Block cookies from specific websites
- Block third-party cookies
- Clear cookies when you close your browser
Please note that disabling cookies may affect how some parts of BantayanVibes function.
7. Advertising Choices
Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Google’s AdSense guidance also notes that users may opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising through available industry opt-out tools.
Even if you opt out of personalized advertising, you may still see ads. These ads may be less relevant to your interests.
8. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, third-party services, advertising tools, affiliate programs, legal requirements, or cookie practices.
Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
9. Related Legal Pages
Please also review our other legal pages to understand how BantayanVibes handles privacy, website usage, advertising, affiliate links, third-party content, and website limitations.
10. Contact Us
For questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy or your personal data, you may contact us at:
info@bantayanvibes.com
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