This policy explains which cookies and similar technologies flagbeach.com uses, what they do and how you control them.
Your choice
Apart from the necessary cookies, you decide which cookies we use. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time. Withdrawing doesn’t affect what happened before.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. Local storage and tracking pixels work in a similar way, so in this policy we call all of them cookies. First-party cookies are set on flagbeach.com. Third-party cookies are set on the provider’s own domain.
Who is responsible
Flag Beach Watersports Centre, Playa de Corralejo, 35660 Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Spain. Email: [email protected]
Legal basis
Necessary cookies don’t need consent, because the site can’t work without them (Article 22(2) of the Spanish LSSI). We only use all other cookies after you consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).
Necessary
Run the site and remember your cookie choice. They don’t track you, so they are always on.
Flag Beach
Flag Beach Watersports Centre (Spain)
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
fb_consent | Stores your cookie choice and a random consent ID, so we don’t ask again on every page. | 1 year | Cookie · this site |
WordPress
Flag Beach Watersports Centre (Spain)
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
wordpress_logged_in_* | Keeps our staff logged in while they edit the site. Never set for visitors. | 14 days | Cookie · this site |
wordpress_sec_* | Secures our staff’s login to the editor. Never set for visitors. | 14 days | Cookie · this site |
wordpress_test_cookie | Checks on the login page that the browser accepts cookies. Staff only. | Until you close the browser | Cookie · this site |
wp-settings-* | Remembers editor layout settings for logged-in staff. | 1 year | Cookie · this site |
Chaty
Flag Beach Watersports Centre (Spain)
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
chatyWidget_* | Display state of the WhatsApp button: when it was shown and which channel you opened. Stays on your device. | Until deleted | Local storage · this site |
activechatyWidgets | Remembers whether the WhatsApp button is open or closed today. | 1 day | Local storage · this site |
hide-bg-blur-effect | Remembers a display setting of the WhatsApp button. | 1 year | Local storage · this site |
chaty_user_country_code | Your country code, used to decide which chat channels the button shows. | Until you close the browser | Session storage · this site |
Statistics
Show us which pages are visited, how people find us and where the site doesn’t work well, so we can improve it.
Google Analytics
Google Ireland Ltd. (Ireland) · Data may also be processed in the USA · Privacy policy
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Recognises your browser with a random ID, so visits can be counted. | 2 years | Cookie · this site |
_ga_* | Keeps track of your current visit (session) and the pages in it. | 2 years | Cookie · this site |
Microsoft Clarity
Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd. (Ireland) · Data may also be processed in the USA · Privacy policy
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
_clck | Stores a random Clarity user ID and its settings. | 1 year | Cookie · this site |
_clsk | Joins the pages of one visit into a single session recording. | 1 day | Cookie · this site |
CLID | Records when Clarity first saw this browser on any site that uses Clarity. | 1 year | Cookie · clarity.ms |
MUID | Microsoft’s browser ID, used across Microsoft services for analytics and advertising. | 1 year | Cookie · clarity.ms, bing.com |
MR | Tells Microsoft whether to refresh the MUID. | 7 days | Cookie · clarity.ms, bing.com |
SM | Synchronises the MUID across Microsoft domains. | Until you close the browser | Cookie · clarity.ms |
ANONCHK | Shows whether the MUID is passed on to Microsoft advertising. Clarity always sets it to 0 (not passed). | 10 minutes | Cookie · clarity.ms |
Jetpack Stats
Automattic Inc. (USA) · Privacy policy
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
stats.wp.com, pixel.wp.com | Counts page views for our WordPress dashboard. Sends the page, your IP address and browser details to Automattic. No cookie. | None | Pixel |
Flag Beach
Flag Beach Watersports Centre (Spain)
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
fb_lead_* | Stops an enquiry from being counted twice if you reload the thank-you page. | Until you close the browser | Session storage · this site |
Marketing
Show us which ads lead to bookings and enquiries, and let ad platforms show Flag Beach ads to people who visited us. Without them our ads still run, but we can’t measure them.
Google Ads
Google Ireland Ltd. (Ireland) · Data may also be processed in the USA · Privacy policy
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
_gcl_au | Stores a random ID so Google Ads can tell which ads lead to bookings and enquiries. | 90 days | Cookie · this site |
_gcl_aw | Stores the Google Ads click ID when you arrive through one of our ads. | 90 days | Cookie · this site |
_gcl_ls | A copy of the ad click data in your browser’s local storage. | 90 days | Local storage · this site |
IDE | Used by Google to show ads and measure their results, also on other websites. | 13 months | Cookie · doubleclick.net |
test_cookie | Checks whether the browser accepts cookies. | 15 minutes | Cookie · doubleclick.net |
ChatGPT Ads
OpenAI (USA) · Privacy policy
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
__oppref | Stores the ChatGPT ad click reference, so a later booking click can be credited to the ad. | 30 days | Cookie · this site |
__obref | A random browser ID for measuring ChatGPT ads. | 1 year | Cookie · this site |
__oaiq_consent | Remembers whether the ChatGPT Ads pixel may measure. | 30 days | Cookie · this site |
oaiq_consent | The same consent flag in local storage. Stays until it is deleted. | Until deleted | Local storage · this site |
Data outside the EU
Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Jetpack Stats, Google Ads and ChatGPT Ads may also process data in the USA. These transfers rely on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework where the provider is certified under it, or otherwise on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses.
Record of your choice
When you make a choice, we store it with a random consent ID, the date, the version of this policy and the page you were on. We don’t store your IP address with it. We keep these records for 3 years, so we can show that we asked.
Booking on Bloowatch
Online booking runs on Bloowatch (flagbeach.bloowatch.com). Bloowatch’s own cookie policy applies there.
Deleting cookies
When you withdraw consent, we delete our own cookies for that category straight away. You can also delete cookies at any time in your browser settings. Third-party cookies can only be deleted there. If you delete our consent cookie, we ask again on your next visit.
Last updated: 17 October 2026.