Cookie Policy.
Last updated: . This policy explains how Restan Letters uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on this website, what information they collect, and how you can manage your preferences.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device on subsequent visits and to store information about your preferences or actions. Cookies can be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by third-party services operating on that website (third-party cookies). Similar technologies, such as local storage, pixel tags, and session identifiers, may also be used for analogous purposes.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They include session management and security tokens. These cookies do not require your consent.
- Analytics and performance cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website — for example, which pages are visited most frequently, how long visitors spend on each page, and whether they encounter errors. This information is used in aggregate and does not identify individual visitors. These cookies require your consent.
- Functional cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your cookie consent preferences) and to provide enhanced features. These cookies require your consent where they are not strictly necessary.
We do not use cookies for targeted advertising or to build profiles for marketing purposes. We do not sell data collected through cookies to third parties.
3. Specific Cookies in Use
The following table describes the cookies currently in use on this website:
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| restan_consent | Strictly Necessary | Stores your cookie consent preferences | 12 months |
| _ga | Analytics | Google Analytics: distinguishes unique users | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Analytics | Google Analytics: session state persistence | 2 years |
| PHPSESSID | Strictly Necessary | PHP session identifier for server-side form handling | Session |
4. Third-Party Cookies
This website may set cookies from the following third-party services where you have provided the relevant consent:
- Google Analytics: used to collect aggregated, anonymised information about how visitors use the website. Google Analytics data is processed by Google LLC in accordance with their privacy policy. IP addresses are anonymised before transmission to Google. You may opt out of Google Analytics tracking at any time by visiting tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We periodically review the third-party services integrated with this website. This policy will be updated when new third-party cookies are introduced.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit this website, a cookie consent banner is displayed. You may choose to accept all cookies, accept only functional and strictly necessary cookies, or accept strictly necessary cookies only. Your preference is stored in a cookie on your device for up to twelve months.
To change your cookie preferences at any time, click the Cookie Settings link in the footer of any page.
You may also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- View what cookies are set on your device and delete them individually or in groups.
- Block third-party cookies.
- Block all cookies from specific websites.
- Block all cookies from being set.
- Delete all cookies when you close your browser.
Please note that disabling or deleting cookies may affect the functionality of this website. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled without impairing the website's core processing. Guidance on managing cookies in common browsers is available at aboutcookies.org.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or changes in applicable law. The date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last revised. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
7. Contact
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected] or write to Restan Letters, 63 Lamb's Conduit Street, London WC1N 3NB, United Kingdom.
Editorial Notice. Restan Letters is an independent editorial publication focused on everyday wellness practices. The publication is not affiliated with any commercial, governmental, or institutional body.