Cookie policy and browsing technologies
The Tourist Insight uses data storage and retrieval technologies on terminal equipment (hereinafter, "cookies") with the purpose of ensuring the proper technical functioning of the portal, facilitating user navigation, and compiling anonymous analytical metrics on the use of our heritage guides. This document clearly explains what these tools are, what categories we use on this portal, and how you can manage or disable them from your web browser.
Definition and function of cookies
Understand the role of local identifiers in the agile delivery of monographs on Mexican cultural heritage.
A cookie is a small text file composed of letters and numbers that a website downloads to your computer or mobile device's browser when you access certain pages. Its main function is to allow the server to temporarily remember user preferences (such as selected language, preferred font size, or display options), improve data exchange security, and evaluate how readers interact with pages to optimize content structure.
These elements are not executable programs; they cannot contain viruses or alter the integrity of the visitor's operating system. At The Tourist Insight, cookies are primarily used to ensure that consulting thematic maps, Historic Center itineraries, or Teotihuacán chronologies is done with total technical fluidity and loading stability.
Secure Local Storage
The data deposited in your browser is subject to strict domain isolation protocols, making it impossible for unauthorized third-party pages to access our portal's session variables.
Types of cookies used on the portal
At The Tourist Insight, we classify the cookies used according to their purpose and duration, rigorously differentiating those essential for providing the service from those with analytical purposes.
Strictly necessary cookies
These are essential for the website to function properly and for the user to navigate through its different sections. They include server load balancing, network integrity, and secure browsing session management mechanisms.
Preference or configuration cookies
These allow remembering display customization choices made by the reader in previous sessions, such as font dimensions, layout of heritage atlases, or states of collapsible reading panels.
Analytical or measurement cookies
These collect anonymous and aggregated statistical data on the number of visitors, time spent on articles, and internal navigation paths, without individually identifying the user or collecting names or addresses.
Ownership of cookies
First-party cookies
These are sent to the user's terminal equipment directly from the domain managed by The Tourist Insight (thetouristinsight.com) and managed exclusively by our technical support team to handle navigation and cultural inquiry requests.
Third-party cookies
These are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a domain or equipment not managed by this controller, but by an external collaborating entity that processes the data obtained for analytical purposes or for the integration of maps and fonts (for example, web traffic analytics services or font performance providers).
Retention periods
Session cookies
Designed to collect and store data temporarily while the user is actively browsing the portal. They are automatically deleted from the terminal equipment's memory as soon as the user closes the web browser window or turns off the device.
Persistent cookies
These are cookies where data remains stored on the device's disk or memory for a period defined by the cookie controller (which can vary from several days to a maximum of twelve months), and can be consulted each time the user returns to the portal to preserve their previous settings.
Management and revocation of consent
Upon accessing our website for the first time, the visitor sees an informative notice about the use of cookies. The user can accept the use of all cookies, reject them entirely (except for strictly technical ones essential for providing the service), or selectively configure which categories of cookies they consent to store on their terminal. The user has the power to revoke or modify their consent at any time through the corresponding configuration panels on our portal.
Withdrawing consent for analytical or personalization cookies does not in any way restrict the consultation of historical articles, museum guides, or archaeological zone catalogs.
Procedure to disable cookies from your browser
Any user can restrict, block, or delete the cookies installed on their equipment by modifying the configuration options of the internet browser they regularly use:
Google Chrome
Menu path:
Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
Mozilla Firefox
Menu path:
Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and site data.
Apple Safari
Menu path:
Preferences > Privacy > Block all cookies.
Microsoft Edge
Menu path:
Settings > Site permissions > Cookies and site data.
Operational warning:Please note that completely disabling technical cookies may limit the correct visual display or functionality of certain interactive elements on the site, such as memorizing reading paths or preserving cultural search filters.
Impact on user privacy
The analytical cookies used on The Tourist Insight operate with masking and anonymization mechanisms for users' public IP addresses. This means that the metric information collected is not linked to individual identity profiles, names, or physical email addresses, serving exclusively to prepare numerical balances on the number of readings of guides about Chapultepec, Teotihuacán, or the Historic Center.
Our research interest focuses on determining which monuments and heritage routes spark the greatest interest among visitors in order to focus the expansion of documentary sources, always preserving individual confidentiality as an ethical cornerstone.
- IP addresses truncated before storage
- Zero data cross-referencing with advertising networks
- Strictly cultural and educational purpose
- Non-extendable conservation without consent
Frequently asked questions about our cookie policy
Concise answers regarding the technical interaction between your browser and thetouristinsight.com.
Can I read the historical monographs if I block all cookies?
Yes. Articles, colonial architecture analyses, and essays on archaeological zones remain accessible for free and open. However, if you disable essential technical cookies, some aesthetic preferences or internal navigation maps might not retain their state during the same session.
Are my browsing data transferred to commercial companies?
No. The Tourist Insight does not sell, assign, or transfer browsing lists or telematic records to targeted advertising companies. The analytics used are exclusively for documentary quality assessment to optimize the cultural content offered to travelers.
How often is my consent requested again?
The consent granted is valid for a maximum of twelve months from your selection. After that period, or when you manually clear your browser's cache, the system will again request your acceptance or configuration criteria.
Cookie policy updates
The Tourist Insight reserves the right to modify this Cookie Policy to adapt it to legislative developments, regulatory requirements regarding privacy, or technical changes in the analysis tools used on the website. Any substantial modification will be communicated to users through a visible notice published on the web portal or through a renewed request for cookie consent when legally required.
Institutional contact for privacy queries
If you have any questions about this policy or require technical clarifications regarding the storage of cookies on your device, you can contact our headquarters or digital channel:
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