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Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies
Travel Inspiration Magazine uses cookies and similar technologies to a limited extent for the technical operation of travelinspirationmag.com, to store and apply privacy preferences, to provide interactive features and, depending on the user's choices, to display and measure online advertising through Google AdSense.
This information explains the main categories of technologies used, their purposes, and the options available for managing consent.
Where a technology stores information on a user's terminal device or accesses information already stored on that device, Section 25 of the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (Telekommunikation-Digitale-Dienste-Datenschutz-Gesetz – TDDDG) applies.
For technologies that are not strictly necessary to provide a digital service expressly requested by the user, prior consent is obtained where required by applicable law.
travelinspirationmag.com – Joomla
Travel Inspiration Magazine uses Joomla as its content management system.
During a standard visit, Joomla may use a first-party session cookie that is necessary to manage the current technical session and related website functions.
The cookie is set by our own domain and is not used by Travel Inspiration Magazine to track users across different websites or to create advertising profiles.
Type: First-party session cookie
Provider: travelinspirationmag.com / Joomla
Purpose: Management of the technical session and related website functions
Duration: Usually the current browser session
Cross-site advertising tracking by Travel Inspiration Magazine: No
Language functionality and other technical Joomla functions may use information within the current session where necessary to provide functionality selected by the user.
Google Consent Management Platform
Travel Inspiration Magazine uses a Consent Management Platform (CMP) provided by Google through Google AdSense Privacy & messaging to manage choices relating to advertising technologies and associated data processing.
For users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, the Google CMP operates with the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF).
Through the system, depending on the applicable settings, you can:
- provide consent;
- refuse consent;
- manage individual purposes and vendors;
- object to certain processing based on legitimate interests where this option is applicable;
- change or withdraw your choices at a later time.
To ensure that your choices can be remembered and applied during subsequent visits, the Google CMP may store information relating to your privacy preferences in your browser or terminal device.
This information is used to store, transmit, and apply your privacy choices and does not constitute independent authorization for advertising profiling beyond the choices you have made.
Google AdSense and Advertising Technologies
Travel Inspiration Magazine uses Google AdSense to display and finance advertising content.
Depending on applicable law, your choices in the Consent Management Platform, and the particular mode in which advertising is served, Google and participating advertising technology providers may use cookies, local storage, or other similar technologies.
Personalized Advertising
Where you provide the required consent, Google and participating advertising providers may use permitted technologies for purposes such as:
- storing and accessing information on the device;
- selecting and displaying personalized advertising;
- measuring advertising performance;
- understanding interactions with advertising content;
- security, fraud prevention, and invalid traffic detection;
- other purposes displayed and permitted through the Consent Management Platform used.
The specific vendors, purposes, and available legal bases can be reviewed through "Privacy Settings" in the Google Consent Management Platform used.
Refusal of Consent and Limited Ads
If you select "Do not consent", this does not necessarily mean that no advertisements will be displayed on Travel Inspiration Magazine.
Where the relevant technical, contractual, and legal conditions permit, Google AdSense may display Limited Ads. In this mode, personal data is not used for advertising personalization.
The technical delivery of Limited Ads still requires the necessary network communication, including the use of an IP address to transmit content to the device. Google may also process limited information for purposes such as security, fraud prevention and detection, and invalid advertising traffic detection.
Refusing personalized advertising should therefore not be understood as a guarantee that no advertising content will be displayed on the page.
Advertising Vendors
Google AdSense may work with multiple advertising technology providers. Current information about vendors and processing purposes is available directly through the Consent Management Platform used.
Because the composition of advertising vendors may change, rather than maintaining a static list on this page, we rely on the current information provided through the CMP.
Additional information about how Google uses information from sites and apps that use Google services: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
TemplinTech Comments
Travel Inspiration Magazine uses TemplinTech Comments to provide reader commenting functionality.
TemplinTech Comments does not use its own advertising or cross-site tracking cookies and does not use browser fingerprinting for its standard functionality.
For certain functions, such as guest reactions to comments, the current technical Joomla session may be used to limit repeated actions within the same session.
This session functionality is not used to create a persistent behavioral history or to track visitors across different websites.
TemplinTech Polls
Travel Inspiration Magazine uses TemplinTech Polls to conduct voluntary online polls.
The component does not use persistent voter cookies, browser fingerprinting, persistent voter hashes, or other persistent identifiers to create an individual voting history.
The technical Joomla session may be used to limit repeated voting within the current browser session.
This functionality is not used for advertising tracking or for tracking participants across different websites.
TemplinTech Podcasts
Travel Inspiration Magazine uses TemplinTech Podcasts to publish, organize, and play podcast and other audio content.
The standard functionality of TemplinTech Podcasts does not require its own advertising or tracking cookie and is not used for browser fingerprinting or cross-site tracking.
Where audio content is delivered through the Travel Inspiration Magazine infrastructure, only the technical communication necessary to provide the page, audio file, and player functionality takes place, including the standard server logging described in our Privacy Policy.
External Platforms and Standard Hyperlinks
Travel Inspiration Magazine contains links to external platforms, including YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Postcrossing, and Google Play.
Where these services are linked only through a standard HTML link such as <a href="/...">, the mere presence of the link on the page does not load content from the respective external platform or activate its cookies solely because a Travel Inspiration Magazine page has been loaded.
A connection to the respective platform is established when you voluntarily follow the link. After you leave our website and access the external platform, its operator may use its own cookies and other technologies in accordance with its own policies.
If we use directly embedded content from an external platform in the future and prior consent is required before such content can be loaded, the relevant content will be managed in accordance with the applicable consent requirements.
Other Technical Mechanisms
Certain website functions may use session storage, local storage, caching, or other standard browser mechanisms where technically necessary to provide a requested function, store a preference, or ensure the normal operation of the website.
Travel Inspiration Magazine does not use its own such mechanisms to track visitors across different websites.
Managing and Withdrawing Consent
You may change or withdraw your choices regarding optional advertising technologies at any time with effect for the future.
To do so, use the "Privacy Settings" link available on travelinspirationmag.com. This allows you to reopen the Consent Management Platform and review or change your settings.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent before it was withdrawn.
Users in the United States
For certain U.S. jurisdictions, Travel Inspiration Magazine uses mechanisms provided through the Google Consent Management Platform to offer applicable options for opting out of certain forms of processing for advertising purposes.
Where applicable, users may be provided with a "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" mechanism to manage the relevant choice.
Additional information about these rights and the processing of personal data is provided in our Privacy Policy.
Legal Basis
Technologies that are strictly technically necessary are used where required to provide a digital service expressly requested by the user, subject to the conditions of Section 25(2) TDDDG.
Where prior consent is required for storing information on a terminal device or accessing information stored on that device, consent is obtained through the Consent Management Platform used in accordance with Section 25(1) TDDDG in conjunction with the applicable requirements of the GDPR.
The legal bases for subsequent processing of personal data are described in detail in our Privacy Policy.
Additional Information
Detailed information about the processing of personal data through Travel Inspiration Magazine, Google AdSense, TemplinTech Comments, TemplinTech Polls, TemplinTech Podcasts, and the other services used, as well as information about data subject rights, is available in our Privacy Policy.
You may use the "Privacy Settings" link available on the website at any time to review or change your choices regarding optional technologies.
Changes to This Information
This information may be updated when the technologies used, advertising services, Consent Management Platform, Travel Inspiration Magazine features, or applicable legal requirements change.
Last updated: October 5, 2026
