Last updated: July 30, 2026

Welcome to Flip Flops & Raincoats (flipflopsandraincoats.co.uk). To give you the best experience on our travel blog and to keep our site running smoothly, we use cookies and similar tracking technologies.

This policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on our blog—especially when you comment or upload images—and how you can manage your preferences.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or tablet when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide useful information to the site owner.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a few specific reasons on Flip Flops & Raincoats:

• Essential Functionality: To make sure our website operates securely and properly.
• Comments & Image Uploads: To remember your details (like your name or email) when you leave a comment or share travel photos, so you don’t have to re-enter them every time.
• Performance & Analytics: To help us understand which travel guides and articles our readers like best.
• Security: To protect our forms (including image upload fields) from automated spam and malicious abuse.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

A. Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, site security, and spam prevention when submitting forms or uploading media.

• Example: Session tokens that allow your image upload process to complete safely.

B. Functional Cookies (Comments & User Preferences)

When you submit a comment or upload an image on our site, cookies may save your name, email address, and website details.

• Why? This is for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.
• Duration: These cookies typically last for 1 year.

C. Performance & Analytics Cookies

We use analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) to gather anonymous information about how visitors use our blog—for example, which pages are visited most often and if visitors receive error messages.

• Note: These cookies collect aggregated, anonymous data and do not directly identify you.

4. Media & Image Upload Considerations

When you upload images to the comments section of Flip Flops & Raincoats:

• Embedded Location Data (EXIF GPS): If you upload images that contain embedded location data, visitors to the website can potentially download and extract that data. We advise removing any location or personal metadata from your photos before uploading them to protect your privacy.
• Temporary Processing Cookies: Temporary session cookies may be set to handle media processing and ensure your image attaches correctly to your comment.

5. Third-Party Cookies

In some cases, we use cookies provided by trusted third parties. For example:

• Spam Protection: We may use tools like Akismet or reCAPTCHA to scan comments and image uploads for spam. These services may set their own cookies to detect automated bots.
• Social Sharing: If you share our travel posts on social media platforms (such as Instagram, Pinterest, or Facebook), those platforms may set cookies through their own embedded widgets.

6. How You Can Control & Block Cookies

You have the right to accept or decline cookies.

• Cookie Banner: You can adjust your consent choices at any time via the cookie consent banner on our website.
• Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

Please note: If you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of this website—including the ability to leave comments or upload images—may not function properly.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage or delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy or how we handle your privacy, please feel free to reach out to us at:

• Website: flipflopsandraincoats.co.uk
• Email: [ffandrc@flipflopsandraincoats.co.uk]