Cookie Policy

This policy explains the cookies and similar technologies (local storage, session storage, pixels, tags) LITA uses on lostintheastral.com and its subdomains, and how you control them.

1. Your choices

When you first visit, a banner lets you Accept all, Reject all, or Choose categories. Only Strictly necessary technologies run until you choose. You can change your choice at any time with Change cookie preferences on this Cookie Policy page (footer link: Cookies). If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as "Reject" for Advertising and do not load advertising technologies. We ask again after 13 months or when we add a new category.

2. Categories

Strictly necessary (always on)

Needed for security, login, booking, the concierge, payments and remembering your cookie choice.

Name	Provider	Type	Purpose	Duration
lita_consent	LITA	Cookie (first-party, .lostintheastral.com)	Stores your cookie choices and their version	13 months
sb-*-auth-token	LITA via Supabase	Cookie / local storage	Keeps you signed in to your account	Session up to 1 week (refreshes)
Concierge session and legal-acknowledgement state	LITA	Local/session storage	Resumes your booking chat; tracks that you reviewed and signed your agreements	Until cleared / end of session
__stripe_mid, __stripe_sid	Stripe	Cookie	Fraud prevention during payment (set only on payment pages or Stripe Checkout)	1 year / 30 minutes
hcdn	Hostinger	Cookie (httpOnly)	Content delivery and security on lostintheastral.com	Session
lita_sid	LITA	Session storage (lostintheastral.com)	Session continuity on the main site	End of session
Error monitoring (GlitchTip)	LITA	Script, no cookies	Reports crashes, without personal data	n/a

Analytics (cookieless - on by default, you can turn it off)

Name	Provider	Purpose
Plausible (self-hosted, analytics.lostintheastral.com)	LITA	Aggregate page statistics. Sets no cookies, no cross-site tracking, IP not stored.
Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights	Vercel	Aggregate page views and performance. Sets no cookies.

These do not set cookies or track you across sites. If you turn off Analytics using Change cookie preferences on this page or send GPC, we also stop these.

Advertising and marketing (off until you accept)

Name	Provider	Type	Purpose	Duration
Google Tag Manager (GTM-T65G8QLP)	Google	Script	Loads Google measurement tags	n/a
_ga	Google Analytics 4	Cookie	Distinguishes visitors	400 days
_ga_LC1BZFYRCR	Google Analytics 4	Cookie	Keeps session state for GA4 property	400 days
Google Ads / DoubleClick (stats.g.doubleclick.net)	Google	Network beacon	Ad measurement and audiences	per Google
Meta Pixel (1554170356326257)	Meta	Script	Measures ads and builds audiences	n/a
_fbp	Meta	Cookie	Identifies browsers for ad delivery and measurement	90 days
_fbc	Meta	Cookie	Stores the Facebook click ID when you arrive from a Meta ad	90 days
lastExternalReferrer, lastExternalReferrerTime	Meta Pixel	Local storage	Records the external site you came from	Until cleared
lita_attribution_v2	LITA	Cookie (.lostintheastral.com) and local storage	Remembers which campaign link (UTM, gclid, fbclid, msclkid, ttclid) brought you, to measure marketing	90 days
Meta Conversions API / GA4 server events	LITA → Meta / Google	Server-to-server	Confirms bookings for ad measurement, without service names or conversation content	n/a

3. Third-party sites

Stripe Checkout, Google Meet, Patreon and other linked sites set their own cookies under their own policies.

4. Browser controls

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop booking, login or payment from working.

5. Contact

staff@lostintheastral.com · Version CP-2026-10-23-v2 · Effective October 23, 2026