This Cookie Policy explains how cookies and related browser technologies apply to the current version of Dirty Ship, available at https://dirtyship.us/. The website is a static travel publication focused on cruise planning and does not require visitor accounts. The source files supplied for this site do not install Google Analytics, Google AdSense, Google Tag Manager, or other behavioral tracking scripts. This document distinguishes features that are present from technologies that could be added later.

A cookie is a small piece of information that a website or associated service can ask your browser to store. Cookies may help remember preferences, maintain a session, protect a form, measure site usage, or serve advertising. Other browser technologies, such as local storage and similar identifiers, can sometimes serve related purposes. Not every cookie is designed to identify a person, but certain combinations of data may still be personal information under applicable laws.

The term first-party generally refers to cookies associated with the website you are visiting. Third-party technologies may be involved when a separate provider handles content or a service. Whether a particular cookie is stored depends on the provider, your browser, settings, and the feature being used.

Cookies in this website package

The website's own JavaScript manages mobile navigation, in-browser article search, and optional category filtering. These functions use the page content and a built-in list of article titles. They do not intentionally create persistent tracking cookies or store a behavioral profile in local storage.

There is no first-party advertising network, visitor analytics product, or personalized recommendation system integrated into the supplied pages. We therefore do not display a cookie-consent banner that pretends visitors can manage advertising or analytics cookies which the site does not currently set. Adding a consent interface later would require it to reflect the actual scripts and services then in use.

Your hosting provider or network infrastructure may still use technical measures connected to security, performance, access logs, or request handling. Their configuration is not wholly controlled by the static website files. A browser's developer tools can help you inspect cookies actually present during your own visit.

Contact form and outside services

The Contact Us form uses FormSubmit to forward correspondence to admin@dirtyship.us. It does not run until someone submits the form, and visitors can instead contact the published email address directly. The external service may use its own technical protection measures as described in its policies.

The current website does not embed FormSubmit as a continuous analytics tracker on article pages. The form is submitted when a visitor chooses to send a message. We cannot guarantee or describe the exact cookie names, duration, and data retention rules used by the third-party provider on its own endpoints. Those details depend on the provider's current technology and terms.

If you do not wish to use the website's contact form, you may send ordinary email directly to the published address. Your chosen email provider can still process technical or personal information associated with that correspondence.

Essential, analytics and advertising categories

Essential technologies are those needed for a service to function, such as security or session controls operated by a provider. The static pages themselves can be read without accepting a website-managed analytics or advertising cookie because neither type is implemented in the current build. Infrastructure outside the page files may use necessary technical measures for site delivery.

Analytics cookies are often used to understand which pages visitors read and how they navigate. The supplied Dirty Ship site does not install a first-party analytics service, so there is no analytics-cookie preference within the site to toggle. If an analytics product is enabled later, the operator should identify the service, describe its data collection, and implement any required privacy controls.

Advertising and personalization cookies may be used by advertising services to measure campaigns or tailor promotions. The supplied site does not include active advertising scripts. In particular, references to possible future Google advertising in other policies should not be read as a statement that Google AdSense is already operating. If advertising is activated later, the actual categories, providers, retention periods, and consent requirements must be reviewed and disclosed accurately.

How long cookies remain

Cookies can be temporary, ending when a browser session closes, or persistent for a defined period. The duration is set by the party responsible for the cookie and may vary with browser behavior. Because the website does not install a named first-party tracking system, we do not publish an invented list of analytics or advertising cookie names and expiration dates.

For any third-party cookie encountered during form submission or through hosting infrastructure, consult that provider's current information or inspect the browser's storage view. Cookie duration and retention of the information a provider processes are related questions, but they are not always the same thing.

Your browser choices

Most browsers provide settings for viewing, deleting, blocking, or limiting cookies. Some offer private-browsing modes and restrictions on cross-site tracking. You can normally remove existing cookies through the browser's privacy or site-data controls. These settings apply beyond Dirty Ship and may change how other websites work.

Blocking all cookies can interfere with third-party services that require temporary session or security information, including some anti-abuse checks. It should not prevent you from reading the static editorial articles. If a contact form fails, you can contact us directly by email instead of weakening privacy settings you prefer to keep.

We do not currently provide a separate in-site panel for advertising-cookie choices because the website does not set those advertising cookies. A control that does nothing would be misleading. If future services introduce nonessential tracking, the site owner should review applicable consent obligations and deploy real, working controls where required.

Updates and questions

This Cookie Policy applies to the current supplied build. If website owners enable analytics, advertising, embedded media, a subscription platform, or other technology later, the policy should be revised promptly to reflect the live implementation. Visitors can check this page for changes as they use the site.

For questions about the website's current features or disclosures, contact admin@dirtyship.us. If you report a cookie or privacy issue, describing the page, browser, and interaction involved can help us understand what needs review. You do not need to provide passwords, payment details, or sensitive records to ask a technical question.