Cookies Notice

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow a site to recognize your device, remember information about your visit, and function properly. Similar technologies include pixels, tags, and local storage used by embedded third-party content.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

Category: Essential / Functional

Purpose: Required for core site functionality, such as loading pages correctly, remembering basic site preferences, and supporting our WordPress platform and content plugins (including our slider and weather display).

Category: Analytics / Performance

Purpose: Help us understand how visitors use the site — such as which articles are read most and how people navigate — so we can improve our travel guides, photography, and video content.

Category: Third-Party / Embedded Content

Purpose: Set by services we embed on our pages, such as YouTube videos and the OpenWeatherMap weather widget. These cookies are controlled by the third party, not by us.

Comments: If you leave a comment on an article, WordPress may set a cookie to remember your name and email so you don’t have to re-enter them next time.

3. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our site are placed by third-party services embedded in our pages, including:

• • • YouTube (Google LLC) — used to display embedded video content. Google may set cookies related to video playback and usage tracking. See Google’s Privacy Policy.
    • OpenWeatherMap — used to power the local weather widget shown on our homepage.

We do not control these third-party cookies. Please review the respective third party’s own cookie and privacy policies for details on what they collect and how they use it.

4. How Long Do Cookies Last?

Session cookies are temporary and are deleted once you close your browser.
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period (or until you delete them) and help us recognize you on return visits.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Most web browsers let you control cookies through their settings, including blocking or deleting cookies. You can typically find these settings in your browser’s “Privacy” or “Security” menu. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of this site, such as embedded videos or the weather display.

You may also opt out of certain third-party advertising and analytics cookies through resources such as the Digital Advertising Alliance or your browser’s “Do Not Track” setting, where supported.

6. Changes to This Notice

We may update this Cookies Notice from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies and technologies we use. The “Effective Date” above indicates when this notice was last revised.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

Aerial Northwest, LLC
Salem, Oregon
Email: info@aerialnorthwest.com
Phone: 503-389-5411
Website: aerialnorthwest.com