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A guide to Cookies

Cookies are files used by website's to send information to your browser. Typically they're used to do things like maintain your preferences, identify your session, store items in shopping carts and for storing authentication status. These files cannot harm your computer, but they can potentially be used to track some of your browser activity, and in the hands of hackers, can give away some personal data.

In most cases cookies are harmless, and you will only diminish your browsing experience by disabling them using the instructions below. In some cases website's will not work if you disable cookies in your web browser.

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The cookies we use
A run down of the cookies we use

At holidays2crete.com we use hardly any cookies, the main two that we do use are Google Analytics and Statcounter, and these are mainly to track the number of visitors and how you found our website to help improve our content and where we advertise. Here is a breakdown of our cookies.

AddThis (Addthis.com/cf.addthis.com/l.addthiscdn.com/s7.addthis.com)

AddThis is a service that allows you to quickly share pages you like on our website's using Twitter and Facebook. Some of these cookies are automatically removed when you close your browser. The cookie stored allows us to understand what visitors want to share and not to share, so we can improve the service you receive. To find out more visit www.addthis.com/privacy.

Google Analytics (www.google-analytics.com/ssl.google-analytics.com)

We use Google Analytics to record how our website's are used. Some of these cookies are automatically removed when you close your browser. The cookie stored allows us to understand what visitors want to use and not to use, so we can improve the service you receive. To find out more on the cookies that Google Analytics used please visit www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

Statcounter.com(is_unique, landing, PHPSESSID)
Exactly the same as Google Analytics the statcounte.rcom cookie allows us to anonymously see who is visiting our website and what pages are clicked on so we can include the overall user experience. You can read more on the Stacounter Eu Directive

Amazon.co.uk (AlbumSampler.sol, csm-hit,session-id, session-id-time, session-token, ubid-acbuk, S, mojo3, svid, A3, B4, C4, u2)

We have amazon adverts on a selection of our pages to offer complementary products to our visits and some of the banners or links may drop a cookie when you visit the amazon store. Please be aware we may receive a small commission from anything purchased by using one of these links. Read the amazon.co.uk privacy policy

Affiliate Cookies (awin, Affilinet, AffiliateFuture, cj.com, webgains, tradedoubler)
When you visit certain links on our website it may take you to another travel or tour operator or a search results page. If you choose to visit one of these links to buy a holiday, flight, hotel, car hire or travel insurance one of the above networks may drop a cookie to track the sale and award us a small commission. We don’t track you from this cookie and any information is anonymous.

You can read more about our website in our Privacy Policy - Disclaimer and Site Funding