Cookie Policy
Last updated: 2 September 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how the Eat Drink & More website uses cookies and how optional external media is controlled.
1. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that a website can store on your device. Some cookies are necessary for a website or a requested feature to work. Other cookies or similar technologies can be used for preferences, analytics, advertising or external services.
2. Our consent choices
On your first visit, you can accept all optional external media, reject optional external media, or open the preference panel. Necessary functionality remains available either way. You can change your choice at any time using “Cookie settings” in the footer.
Necessary
Necessary functionality is always enabled because it is required to operate the website or remember the privacy choice you made.
- edm_cookie_consent — first-party preference cookie used only to remember whether you allowed optional external media. Maximum duration: 180 days.
- WordPress authentication/security cookies — used for authorised logged-in users and administrators where needed. Their duration depends on the WordPress login/session settings.
External media — consent required
When external media is disabled, Eat Drink & More does not load the EDM-managed interactive OpenStreetMap resources or external embedded company video. If you enable external media, your browser connects to the relevant external service. That provider receives normal network information such as your IP address, browser information and the requested resource, and may use its own cookies or similar technologies according to its own policy.
External services currently supported by the website can include OpenStreetMap map tiles and map resources delivered through content-delivery infrastructure, and the external video provider configured in Website Settings (for example YouTube or Vimeo). YouTube embeds generated by the theme use the privacy-enhanced youtube-nocookie.com embed domain where possible.
Analytics
The built-in Eat Drink & More website statistics do not use an analytics cookie or a localStorage visitor identifier. They record aggregated page views and selected interactions. Estimated unique browsers are calculated server-side using a pseudonymous one-way hash as described in the Privacy Policy.
3. Change or withdraw your choice
You can reopen the consent panel at any time:
Withdrawing permission prevents optional external media from being loaded on future page loads. The page can refresh when needed to stop media that was already loaded in the current browser session.
4. New plugins and services
This consent system controls the external map and video features managed by the Eat Drink & More theme. If a future plugin or marketing service introduces additional non-essential cookies or trackers, it must be connected to the consent mechanism or separately blocked until consent. The Cookie Policy should then be updated as well.
5. More information
For information about the personal data we process, retention and your privacy rights, see our Privacy Policy.