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COOKIE POLICY.
Last updated: 30 May 2026
1. What are cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember things about your visit — like whether you’re signed in.
We also use localStorage (browser storage) for a few small things, like remembering your cookie consent choice.
2. What we use
| Cookie / Storage | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clerk session cookies | Essential | Keeps you signed in to your DunWivBooks account. Without it the site can’t work for members. | Session / 30 days |
| dwb_cookie_consent (localStorage) | Essential | Remembers your cookie consent choice so we don’t ask again on every visit. | Indefinite |
| Vercel Analytics | Analytics | Counts page views and traffic sources. Cookie-less — no personal data, no cross-site tracking, no advertising profiles. | No cookie |
| Affiliate tracking | Third-party | When you click affiliate links (e.g. Hostelworld, Booking.com, GetYourGuide), those sites may set their own cookies to track the referral. We have no control over these. | Set by third parties |
3. Essential cookies
Essential cookies are necessary for the site to work. You can’t disable them without breaking core features like signing in. Under UK law these don’t require your consent.
4. Analytics
We use Vercel Analytics, which is privacy-friendly and cookie-less. It doesn’t track you across websites, doesn’t build advertising profiles, doesn’t share data with anyone. Because it doesn’t use cookies, it doesn’t require consent — but you can decline all non-essential analytics via the cookie banner if you’d rather.
5. Third-party affiliate cookies
DunWivBooks contains affiliate links to the services below. When you click these, you leave our site and the destination may set its own cookies under its own policy:
- Hostelworld — Privacy Policy
- Booking.com — Privacy Policy
- FlixBus — Privacy Policy
- Trainline — Privacy Policy
- Interrail / Eurail — Privacy Policy
- Skyscanner — Privacy Policy
- EasyJet — Privacy Policy
- GetYourGuide — Privacy Policy
- Viator — Privacy Policy
- Fever — Privacy Policy
- Wise / Revolut — see provider sites for current privacy notices
- SafetyWing / World Nomads / InsureandGo — see provider sites
- Airalo / Holafly — see provider sites
- AirHelp — Privacy Policy
We are not responsible for the cookie practices of these third-party sites.
6. Your choices
You can manage your cookie preferences in several ways:
- Cookie banner — choose Accept or Decline when you first visit
- Browser settings — most browsers let you block or delete cookies. See your browser’s help docs
Note that blocking essential cookies will stop you signing in to your account.
7. Changes to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.