Cookie Policy
Last Updated: September 15, 2025
BURTour LLC (“BURTour,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), located at 7100 Foundry Row, Liberty Township, OH 45069, USA, uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website (http://burtour.com/) to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site performance, and provide personalized services. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we employ, and how you can manage your cookie preferences. By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device (e.g., computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They store information about your browsing activities and help websites function efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide insights for improving user experience. Other technologies, such as web beacons, pixels, or local storage, may perform similar functions and are also covered by this policy.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to:
Ensure Website Functionality: Enable core features, such as navigation, account access, and booking processes.
Personalize Your Experience: Tailor content, such as tour recommendations, based on your preferences and browsing history.
Analyze Site Performance: Collect data on how users interact with our website to improve its design, functionality, and services.
Support Marketing Efforts: Deliver relevant advertisements and track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
Enhance Security: Detect and prevent fraudulent activities or unauthorized access to our services.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
We categorize cookies based on their purpose and duration. The following types of cookies may be used on our website:
3.1 Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled. They enable core features, such as:
Maintaining user sessions (e.g., staying logged in).
Processing bookings and payments.
Ensuring website security.
Examples: Session cookies, authentication cookies.
Duration: Typically session-based (deleted when you close your browser) or short-term.
3.2 Functional Cookies
These cookies enhance your experience by remembering your preferences and settings, such as:
Your preferred language or currency.
Saved tour searches or filters.
Display settings for a customized browsing experience.
Examples: Preference cookies, form autofill cookies.
Duration: Persistent (stored for a set period, e.g., weeks or months).
3.3 Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect anonymized data about how users interact with our website, helping us understand:
Which pages are most visited.
How much time users spend on the site.
Common navigation paths and user behavior.
We use tools like Google Analytics to gather this information, which helps us optimize our website and services.
Examples: Google Analytics cookies (_ga, _gid).
Duration: Persistent, typically up to 2 years.
3.4 Marketing Cookies
These cookies support our marketing efforts by:
Displaying personalized advertisements based on your interests.
Tracking the performance of ad campaigns
Enabling retargeting (showing ads to users who previously visited our site).
These cookies may be set by us or third-party advertising partners.
Examples: Advertising network cookies, social media pixels.
Duration: Persistent, varying by provider (e.g., weeks to months).
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are set by third-party services that we integrate into our website, such as:
Payment Processors: To facilitate secure payment transactions.
Analytics Providers: To collect usage data (e.g., Google Analytics).
Advertising Networks: To deliver targeted ads (e.g., via social media platforms or ad partners).
Social Media Plugins: To enable sharing of content on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
These third parties may use cookies to collect information about your activities on our website and other sites you visit. We do not control these third-party cookies, and their use is governed by the respective third-party privacy policies.
5. How to Manage Cookies
You can control how cookies are used through the following methods:
Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our website, you may see a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or customize your cookie preferences. You can revisit these settings at any time via the cookie settings link in our website footer.
Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. You can:
Block all cookies or specific types of cookies.
Delete existing cookies from your device.
Enable “Do Not Track” signals (note: not all websites honor this setting).
Opt-Out Tools: For analytics or advertising cookies, you can use opt-out tools provided by third parties, such as:
Google Analytics Opt-Out: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Network Advertising Initiative: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/
Please note that disabling essential cookies may impair the functionality of our website, such as preventing you from logging in or completing bookings.
6. Data Collected by Cookies
Cookies may collect the following types of information:
Device Information: IP address, browser type, operating system, and device identifiers.
Browsing Activity: Pages visited, links clicked, time spent on the site, and search queries.
Preferences: Selected tour types, language settings, or currency preferences.
Location Data: Approximate location based on IP address (not precise geolocation).
This data is used in accordance with our Privacy Policy, available at http://burtour.com/privacy-policy.
7. Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the data collected through cookies, including encryption and secure server configurations. However, no online system is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of data transmitted via cookies.
8. Your Rights
Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, you may have rights regarding the data collected through cookies, such as:
Accessing the data we hold about you.
Requesting correction or deletion of your data.
Objecting to or restricting certain types of data processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected] or +1 513-499-7423, as outlined in our Privacy Policy.
9. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, or legal requirements. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated policy on our website or, where required, by contacting you directly. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last revised.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at:
BURTour LLC
7100 Foundry Row, Liberty Township, OH 45069, USA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 513-499-7423