Cookie Policy
1. What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, phone, or tablet) when you visit Virtual Memory Space. Museum of Crimean Resistance / www.museum-resistance.com (the «Site»). They allow the Site to remember your actions and preferences and to collect statistical information about visits.
2. Which Cookies We Use
2.1. Necessary (technical) cookies
These ensure the basic operation of the Site: correct display of pages, saving settings such as language selection, and functioning of forms. Without these files, certain functions may not work. They do not require separate consent because they are not used to collect data for analytics or advertising.
2.2. Analytical cookies
These collect anonymized statistics about Site traffic: number of visitors, pages viewed, time spent, referral sources, and device or browser type. This helps us understand how users interact with the Site and improve its content and usability.
We use Google LLC services: Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager. Cookies: _ga, _gid, _gat, _ga_*, _gac_*, and others. Retention period: from 1 minute up to 2 years depending on the file type. Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. Terms of Service: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/ua/. These cookies are set only with your consent.
2.3. Functional cookies (if applicable)
These may be used to remember your preferences, such as theme or display settings.
2.4. We do not use
- advertising, marketing, or retargeting cookies;
- Yandex services;
- cookies for profiling or selling data to third parties.
3. Cookie Table
Cookie name | Provider | Purpose | Type | Duration
_ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishing unique visitors | Analytical | 1 year
_ga_* | Google Analytics | Maintaining session state | Analytical | 1 year
_gid | Google Analytics | Distinguishing visitors | Analytical | 24 hours
museum_locale | Site | Saving language and user session settings | Necessary | Session / 1 year
4. Legal Basis
Analytical cookies are set only after obtaining your explicit consent through the banner or cookie management window on your first visit to the Site, in accordance with the Law of Ukraine «On Electronic Communications», the EU ePrivacy Directive and the GDPR where applicable. Necessary cookies are set on the basis of the legitimate interest of ensuring the Site’s operation and do not require consent.
5. How to Manage Cookies
5.1. On your first visit to the Site, you may accept or decline analytical cookies and later change your settings through the «Cookie Settings» link.
5.2. You can delete or block cookies through your browser settings: Chrome — Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies; Firefox — Settings → Privacy & Security; Safari — Preferences → Privacy; Edge — Settings → Privacy, search, and services.
5.3. Blocking analytical cookies does not affect access to the Site’s content because the Site has no registration or account-based functions.
6. Data Transfer Outside Ukraine/the EEA
If an analytics service processes data on servers outside Ukraine or the EEA, the transfer is carried out using mechanisms provided by the service provider, including standard contractual clauses. For details, see the relevant provider’s privacy policy.
7. Changes to the Policy
We may update this Policy. The current version is published on this page with the update date.
8. Contacts
For questions regarding the use of cookies, please contact: [email protected]