1. Overview
This Cookie Policy explains how Northbrookcollective Hospitality Inc. uses cookies and similar browser-storage technologies on this website. The current project is designed to operate without third-party advertising, remote analytics, social-media trackers or external font services.
The site uses limited first-party storage to remember a visitor’s cookie preference. Optional analytics storage is offered as a preference category, but no analytics script is installed. If site functionality changes, this policy and the consent interface should be updated before new non-essential technologies are activated.
2. What Cookies and Similar Technologies Are
A cookie is a small text file placed on a device by a website. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage and identifiers used to remember choices or maintain functionality. These technologies can be temporary for a browser session or persistent for a defined period.
Cookies do not usually reveal a person’s identity by themselves, but information associated with a browser or device may be personal information when it can be linked to an identifiable individual.
3. Controller and Contact
The website is operated by Northbrookcollective Hospitality Inc. , located at 145 Wellington Street West, Toronto, ON M5J 1H8, Canada . Questions about storage technologies or consent may be sent to info@northbrookcollective.com.
The Privacy Policy provides additional information about personal information, lawful purposes, retention, safeguards and individual rights.
4. Strictly Necessary Storage
Necessary storage supports functions requested by the visitor or required to operate the preference interface. It may record whether a visitor accepted, rejected or customised optional categories. This category cannot be disabled through the site interface because the preference itself must be remembered.
Necessary storage is not used to build advertising profiles, measure cross-site activity or provide online casino services. Clearing browser storage removes the saved preference and causes the banner to appear again.
- northbrook-cookie-preferences: stores the selected necessary and optional preference values in local browser storage.
- Purpose: prevents repeated display of the consent banner and records the visitor’s choice.
- Typical duration: remains until the visitor clears browser storage or a future version applies an expiry period.
- Provider: Northbrookcollective first-party website code.
5. Preference Storage
Preference technologies may remember language, display or accessibility choices. The current project does not set separate preference cookies beyond the consent record. If additional preference storage is introduced, it should be listed here with its purpose and duration.
Preference storage should not be used for unrelated tracking and should be limited to information necessary to provide the selected feature.
6. Analytics Storage
Analytics technologies can help an operator understand page use, performance, errors and broad traffic patterns. They are non-essential where they are not strictly required to deliver the requested service and therefore should not be activated before valid consent where consent is required.
This project does not include an analytics library or analytics endpoint. Selecting the optional analytics preference records the choice only; it does not initiate tracking. Before analytics is added, the operator should identify the provider, data elements, recipients, retention period, transfer safeguards and withdrawal mechanism.
7. Advertising and Cross-Site Tracking
The current website does not load advertising pixels, behavioural-advertising cookies, remarketing tags or cross-site tracking technologies. It does not use cookie data to promote online gambling or create wagering profiles.
If such technology is ever considered, it must not be activated until the privacy and consent implications are assessed, the policy is updated and any legally required opt-in consent is obtained.
8. Third-Party Content
The final project contains local images, local styles, local scripts, inline icons and system font stacks. It does not embed remote maps, videos, social widgets or third-party fonts. This reduces the number of parties receiving technical data when a page loads.
If external content is added later, the third party may place its own cookies or receive device information. Such content should remain blocked until required consent is obtained and should be described in this policy.
9. Consent Management
The banner provides Accept All, Reject Non-Essential and Manage Preferences options. Optional choices are not preselected. Rejecting optional storage leaves core content and navigation available.
A visitor can withdraw or change a choice by clearing the site’s local storage in the browser and revisiting the website. A future version may also provide a persistent “Cookie Settings” control in the footer.
Consent must be freely given, specific, informed and capable of withdrawal where the GDPR applies. The interface should not use deceptive design, unnecessary pressure or a refusal option that is materially harder to use than acceptance.
10. Browser Controls
Most browsers allow users to inspect, block or delete cookies and local storage. The exact controls depend on the browser and device. Blocking all storage may cause the consent banner to reappear and may prevent preference-dependent features from working.
Private-browsing modes and device-level privacy controls may also limit persistence. Browser settings do not necessarily prevent server logs created by a hosting provider.
11. Duration and Retention
Storage duration should be proportionate to the purpose. Session technologies expire when the session closes. Persistent technologies remain until their configured expiry or manual deletion.
The current consent record remains in local storage until cleared. The operator should review this duration periodically and request consent again when purposes or categories change materially.
12. Privacy Rights
Information associated with cookies or local storage may be subject to rights described in the Privacy Policy. Depending on applicable law, individuals may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection or withdrawal of consent.
Requests may be sent to info@northbrookcollective.com. The company may need to verify identity before acting on a request concerning server-side records.
13. Changes to This Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated when technologies, providers, purposes or legal requirements change. The effective date will be revised and material changes may require a renewed preference choice.
The operator should audit the deployed website periodically to confirm that actual cookies, local-storage keys and embedded resources match this policy.