Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 31 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains which cookies and similar storage technologies are, and are not, used by circusbelgiumsa.com ("Website", "We") when you browse our independent land-based venue reference guide. In short: we set no cookies at all, and the only data kept in your browser is a single acknowledgement of our storage notice.
1. Introduction to Cookie Policy
This document provides detailed information regarding the nature, purpose, and management of HTTP cookies and browser storage technologies used on circusbelgiumsa.com. It operates in conjunction with our Privacy Policy to safeguard user data rights under European Union law.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device by a web server when you visit a webpage. They enable web applications to remember your actions, device specifications, and interface preferences over a period of time, ensuring smooth page navigation and consistent visual presentation.
3. Purpose of Cookies on circusbelgiumsa.com
As a non-commercial informational directory, circusbelgiumsa.com is delivered as a set of static pages. At the date of publication this website sets no HTTP cookies of any kind — neither first-party nor third-party. We do not profile visitors, track behaviour across websites or serve advertising. The only client-side storage we use is described in section 4.
4. Essential and Necessary Cookies
We do not set essential cookies, because the website has no login area, no shopping basket and no server-side session. One entry is written to your browser's local storage under the key cbsa_storage_notice_ack after you acknowledge our storage notice, so that the notice is not shown again on every page. This entry contains no identifier, is never transmitted to our server and can be removed at any time from your browser settings or via the “Storage Notice Settings” control in our footer. Under § 25(2) TTDSG such strictly necessary storage does not require prior consent.
5. Performance and Analytics Cookies
We do not use Google Analytics, Matomo, tag managers, heat-mapping tools, A/B testing scripts or any other analytics or performance measurement service. No performance or statistics cookies are placed on your device. Should we introduce such a service in future, this policy will be updated beforehand and a genuine consent choice will be requested before any non-essential storage is written.
6. Third-Party Services and External Media Cookies
Our venue map is an inline vector graphic and all fonts, stylesheets, scripts and images are served from our own domain. We embed no external map service, no video player, no social media widget, no advertising network and no external font provider, so no third party is able to place a cookie or read storage through our pages. Outbound links to venue operators or public support services are ordinary hyperlinks; once you follow one, the privacy and cookie rules of that website apply.
7. Cookie Storage Durations and Expiry
Because no cookies are set, there are no cookie expiry periods to declare. The single local storage entry described in section 4 has no expiry date set by us: it remains in your browser until you clear site data, use your browser's privacy controls, or reset it through our footer control. It is stored only on the device you used and is not synchronised between devices by us.
8. Consent Management Mechanism
On your first visit a storage notice is displayed at the foot of the page. Because we set no analytics, advertising or profiling technologies, the notice is informational rather than a consent request: there is no non-essential storage for you to accept or reject. Selecting “Understood” records the acknowledgement described in section 4. Declining simply means the notice is shown again on your next page view; no site function is withheld either way.
9. How to Change Your Cookie Preferences
The “Storage Notice Settings” control in the Legal Policies column of our footer removes the stored acknowledgement and displays the notice again immediately. The same result is achieved by clearing site data for circusbelgiumsa.com in your browser. If we ever add technologies that genuinely require consent, this control will become a full consent manager and this section will be updated accordingly.
10. Disabling Cookies in Web Browsers
All modern desktop and mobile browsers allow users to block or delete cookies through browser configuration menus: Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies; Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies; Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Block all cookies; Microsoft Edge: Settings > Site Permissions > Cookies.
11. Impact of Disabling Technical Cookies
Blocking cookies has no effect on this website, as none are used. If you block local storage entirely, the only consequence is that the storage notice reappears on every page view; our scripts handle that case without error. All venue listings, the map, the contact form and every legal page remain fully accessible with JavaScript and storage disabled, apart from the interactive filters and detail panels.
12. Updates and Revisions to Policy
We may periodically revise this Cookie Policy to reflect technical updates, server changes, or evolving European data protection guidelines. The date at the top of this page indicates the date of latest publication.
13. Contact Information for Cookie Enquiries
If you have specific technical questions regarding cookie deployment, storage durations, or privacy controls on circusbelgiumsa.com, please contact our web administration desk via email at: info@circusbelgiumsa.com.