Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how WorldMythos uses cookies and similar technologies when users visit the website.

Cookies may be used to ensure the technical operation and security of the website, remember consent choices, measure website usage and display advertising where the user has given the required consent.

This Cookie Policy should be read together with the Privacy Policy and the Legal Notice.

A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on a user's browser, computer, mobile phone or other device when the website is visited.

Cookies allow websites to recognise a browser, maintain a session, remember preferences, improve security, obtain statistical information or display advertising.

Similar technologies, such as local storage, pixels, tags, software development kits and device identifiers, may perform functions comparable to cookies. References to cookies in this policy also include these technologies where applicable.

Cookies may be set directly by WorldMythos or by third-party providers whose services are integrated into the website.

First-party cookies are created and managed from the WorldMythos domain.

Third-party cookies are created or accessed by external providers, such as advertising, analytics, embedded content or technical service providers.

Third-party providers are responsible for the cookies and technologies they manage in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies.

WorldMythos may use the following categories of cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are required for the website to operate correctly, provide security, prevent abuse, maintain sessions or remember the user's cookie choices. They do not normally require consent when they are used exclusively for these essential purposes.

Preference cookies: These cookies remember choices made by the user, such as language, display preferences or privacy settings. Some preference cookies may be considered necessary when they are used only to provide a feature expressly requested by the user.

Analytics cookies: These cookies help measure how visitors use the website, including pages visited, approximate visit duration, browser type, device type, referring pages and technical performance.

Advertising cookies: These cookies may be used to display advertisements, measure advertising performance, prevent fraud, limit how frequently an advertisement appears and, where authorised, personalise advertising according to user interests.

Embedded content cookies: External content such as videos, maps, social media posts or other third-party resources may set cookies when loaded or played by the user.

Strictly necessary cookies may be used without prior consent where permitted by law because they are essential for the website or a service expressly requested by the user.

Optional analytics, advertising, personalisation and embedded-content cookies will not be activated until the user has given the required consent, except where a specific legal exemption applies.

Users may accept all optional cookies, reject them or configure their preferences by category through the cookie banner or settings panel.

Rejecting optional cookies should not prevent access to the general content of WorldMythos, although some external or personalised features may not operate correctly.

When users first visit WorldMythos, a cookie notice or consent panel may be displayed. This panel allows users to:

• Accept all optional cookies.
• Reject all optional cookies.
• Configure cookie preferences by category.
• Obtain information about the purposes and providers involved.

The user's decision may be stored in a strictly necessary cookie or in local storage so that the website does not need to request the same choice on every page visit.

Consent may be withdrawn or changed at any time through the cookie settings option available on the website. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

WorldMythos may use first-party cookies or local storage for purposes such as:

• Remembering the user's cookie consent preferences.
• Maintaining technical or administrative sessions.
• Protecting forms and preventing cross-site request forgery.
• Detecting spam, automated requests or abusive activity.
• Maintaining basic website functionality and security.

These cookies are not used to create commercial profiles when they are limited to strictly necessary technical and security purposes.

WorldMythos may use Google advertising services, including Google AdSense, to display and measure advertisements.

Google and its advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve advertisements, measure their effectiveness, limit advertising frequency, detect invalid traffic and prevent fraud.

Depending on the user's consent choices and Google settings, advertisements may be personalised or non-personalised. Personalised advertising may use information about browsing activity, previous interactions, approximate location, device information or advertising identifiers.

Non-personalised advertisements may still be selected using contextual information such as the content of the current page, general location, device type or recent search terms. Technical storage may also be used for security, fraud prevention, frequency control and aggregated advertising measurement.

Google advertising technologies may use cookies or identifiers associated with domains such as Google, DoubleClick, Google Syndication or Google Ad Services. The exact cookies used, their names and duration may change according to Google's services, configuration and policies.

Further information about how Google uses cookies is available in Google's own privacy and cookie documentation.

WorldMythos may use Google Consent Mode to communicate the user's consent choices to Google services.

Consent Mode may control whether Google services are allowed to use storage or data for analytics and advertising purposes, including settings relating to analytics storage, advertising storage, advertising user data and advertising personalisation.

The default consent status for optional analytics and advertising purposes should remain denied until the user grants the relevant consent, where required by applicable law.

Consent Mode does not replace the cookie banner or the obligation to provide clear information and obtain valid consent where necessary.

WorldMythos may use an analytics service to understand general website usage and improve content, navigation and technical performance.

Analytics information may include pages visited, approximate visit duration, referring pages, device type, browser, operating system, general location and interactions with the website.

Where the analytics service uses optional cookies, identifiers or third-party tracking, it will only be activated after the required consent has been obtained.

If WorldMythos does not currently use an analytics service, no analytics cookies should be installed. This section covers analytics services only when they are actually enabled on the website.

Some WorldMythos pages may include content hosted by third parties, such as videos, maps, images, social media publications or interactive resources.

These providers may collect technical information or set cookies when their content is loaded. Where possible and legally required, optional third-party content will remain blocked until the user provides the relevant consent or chooses to activate the content.

Users should consult the privacy and cookie policies of the relevant provider for further information about its processing activities.

Cookies may be classified according to their duration:

Session cookies: These remain active only while the browser session is open and are normally deleted when the browser is closed.

Persistent cookies: These remain stored for a defined period or until the user deletes them manually.

The duration of third-party cookies is determined by the relevant provider and may change over time. WorldMythos will seek to avoid retaining first-party cookies for longer than reasonably necessary for their stated purpose.

The exact cookies present on WorldMythos depend on the services that are active, the user's consent choices, the browser configuration and the content loaded on each page.

The website may use cookies or local storage with the following purposes:

• Consent preference: Remembers whether the user accepted, rejected or configured optional cookies.
• PHP session: Maintains a temporary technical session where required by the website or administrative area.
• Security: Protects forms, detects abusive behaviour and prevents fraudulent or automated requests.
• Google advertising: Displays and measures advertisements, limits frequency and prevents advertising fraud where Google AdSense is active.
• Analytics: Measures website usage where an analytics platform has been enabled and the necessary consent has been obtained.

Because third-party providers can modify cookie names, purposes and duration, users should also consult the documentation of the relevant provider.

Users may change or withdraw their consent at any time by opening the cookie settings panel available on WorldMythos.

After preferences are changed, optional cookies that have not been authorised will no longer be activated. Cookies previously stored may need to be deleted through the browser settings, depending on the implementation and provider involved.

Withdrawing consent will not affect strictly necessary cookies required for the security and basic operation of the website.

Users can allow, block or delete cookies through their browser settings. The method depends on the browser and device used.

• Google Chrome cookie settings
• Apple Safari cookie settings
• Mozilla Firefox cookie settings
• Microsoft Edge cookie settings

Blocking all cookies may affect website functions that depend on sessions, security controls or stored preferences.

Some browsers allow users to send privacy signals such as Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control.

There is not currently a single universal technical or legal standard governing every privacy signal in all jurisdictions. WorldMythos may take supported browser signals into account where required or technically implemented, but users should use the website's cookie settings panel to manage their consent choices directly.

Some third-party providers may process data outside the European Economic Area.

Where international data transfers occur, the relevant provider or data controller should rely on a recognised legal mechanism, such as an adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses or another safeguard permitted by applicable data protection legislation.

Further details may be available in the privacy policies of the third-party providers used by the website.

WorldMythos may update this Cookie Policy when cookies, providers, advertising services, analytics tools, consent systems or applicable legal requirements change.

The current version will always be published on this page. Users are advised to review the policy periodically.