Cookies Policy

This Cookies Policy explains how Great Lakes Adventures ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website, www.greatlakesadventures.ug ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Great Lakes Adventures) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience on our Website. These cookies help us understand how you use our site, allowing us to tailor our content and services to better meet your needs. Specifically, we use cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential Website Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
• Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies help us to improve the way our Website works.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
• Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign.

"At Great Lakes Adventures, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring a transparent experience. Our use of cookies is designed to enhance your interaction with our website and provide you with the best possible service as you plan your Ugandan adventure." - Aisha Nakato, Data Protection Officer, Great Lakes Adventures.

Types of Cookies We Use

The following types of cookies may be used when you visit the Great Lakes Adventures Website:

• Session Cookies: These cookies are temporary and expire once you close your browser.
• Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a longer period or until you manually delete them. How long the cookie remains on your device will depend on the duration or “lifetime” of the specific cookie.
• First-Party Cookies: These are set by Great Lakes Adventures directly.
• Third-Party Cookies: These are set by external websites or services, such as Google Analytics or Facebook.

Managing Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by using the cookie consent tool provided on our Website, or through your web browser settings.

You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Website, though your access to some functionality and areas of our Website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.

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

Third-Party Cookies

As mentioned earlier, our Website uses third-party cookies. Here are some examples:

• Google Analytics: This helps us analyze traffic to our website. It collects information about your browser, operating system, pages visited, time spent on our site, and other details that help us improve the website. You can learn more about Google's privacy practices at Google Privacy Policy and opt-out of Google Analytics tracking at Google Analytics Opt-out .
• Facebook Pixel: This helps us to track conversions from Facebook ads, optimize ads based on collected data, build targeted audiences for future ads, and remarket to qualified leads—people who have already taken some kind of action on our website. You can learn more about Facebook’s privacy practices at Facebook Data Policy and adjust your ad preferences at Facebook Ad Preferences .

We also use tools from other third-party services to enhance the user experience. These services may use cookies to track your activity on our website.

Updates to This Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookies Policy indicates when it was last updated.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at:

Great Lakes Adventures

Plot 23, Kira Road, Kampala, Uganda

Email: info@greatlakesadventures.ug

Phone: +256 869 459309

This Cookies Policy is governed by the laws of Uganda. If any dispute arises, it shall be resolved in the courts of Kampala.

We believe in providing a safe and transparent online experience. Your understanding of our Cookies Policy is important to us. We are always working to improve our website and your browsing experience. Thank you for visiting Great Lakes Adventures.