What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website asks your browser to store. They can be used to remember a setting (such as a language choice), to keep you signed in, or to track you across many different sites for advertising. We use cookies only for the first two purposes, and never for the third.
The cookies this site sets
Wadden Wildlife Trust uses only two first-party cookies, both strictly necessary:
- wwt_cookie_pref — remembers whether you have already responded to our cookie notice. Lifetime: 12 months. No personal data.
- wwt_csrf — a security token attached to the contact and donation forms to prevent forged submissions. Lifetime: session only. No personal data.
The cookies this site does not set
- No Google Analytics. No Matomo. No third-party analytics of any kind.
- No advertising cookies. No retargeting. No social-media pixels.
- No browser fingerprinting, no session replay, no scroll-depth heatmaps.
- No third-party content (YouTube, Twitter, Instagram embeds) that would set cookies in your browser without your action.
Removing cookies
Every modern browser allows you to delete cookies, usually under Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies. You can also block our cookies entirely; the only side effects are that the contact form may stop working and that our cookie notice will reappear on each visit.
Cookies on partner pages
When you visit a partner organisation's site through one of our outbound links — for example, the Pieterburen Seal Centre, NIOZ, or the European Bird Census Council — those sites set their own cookies, governed by their own policies.
Changes
If we ever introduce a new cookie, we will publish the updated list on this page and, where required by law, ask for your consent before setting it. We have not added a new cookie since 2020 and have no plans to.
Questions
Any cookie or tracking question can be sent to privacy@teso.best. Our full privacy policy covers the bigger picture.