1. Cookie Policy Overview
This Cookie Policy describes how Cesstria (a physical Bohemian gastropub, bistro, and offline poker room in the Czech Republic) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit https://cesstria.com/. Our aim is to support a fast, stable, and welcoming browsing experience that complements the atmosphere of our real-world venue.
Cookies help us operate key features of the site, understand how guests explore sections such as the Menu, Poker Salon Guide, Events, and Editorial, and improve content over time. We do not use cookies to offer online gambling or to serve targeted advertising.
This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains in more detail how we process personal data, including any information collected through cookies.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit. They allow the site to recognise your device and remember certain information about your visit, such as your preferred language, pages you viewed, or actions you performed.
Cookies typically contain:
- a unique identifier (a string of letters and numbers),
- the name of the website that placed the cookie, and
- technical details about how long the cookie will stay on your device.
When you revisit the website, your browser sends the cookie back to the site so it can recognise your device and apply relevant settings. This helps us deliver features such as consistent navigation, remembering your basic preferences, and measuring which content is most helpful to our visitors.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
To keep the Cesstria website functional, secure, and enjoyable, we use several categories of cookies:
- Essential cookies
- Required for the site to operate correctly, including navigation, security features, age-restriction gating for our poker content, and basic cookie consent logic.
- Functional cookies
- Help remember simple settings and preferences (for example, previously acknowledged banners), so the site feels consistent and less repetitive from visit to visit.
- Analytical and performance cookies
- Provide anonymous, aggregated insights into how visitors interact with pages such as the Events or Contact Us sections, allowing us to improve layout, speed, and content.
Important: We do not use cookies for personalised advertising, behavioural profiling, or any form of online gambling.
4. Purpose of Each Cookie Category
The following overview explains why each category of cookies is used on the Cesstria website and how it contributes to your overall experience.
| Category |
Examples of purpose |
Impact if disabled |
| Essential |
- Remembering your cookie consent choices.
- Supporting secure navigation between sections (e.g. from Menu to Events).
- Enforcing age-restriction popups for poker-related content where appropriate.
|
Core site features may not function properly; you may repeatedly see the same system banners or encounter navigation issues. |
| Functional |
- Remembering that you have closed non-essential notices or info cards.
- Maintaining simple view preferences, such as preferred language where available.
|
Your experience may feel more repetitive, and you may need to reapply certain simple preferences on each visit. |
| Analytical & performance |
- Measuring how many visitors view specific pages (for example, the Careers or Story pages).
- Understanding which content is most useful, so we can refine layout and copy for clarity.
- Monitoring page loading times and technical performance.
|
We lose valuable insights into how the site is used, making it more difficult to improve navigation, structure, and messaging over time. |
5. How We Use Cookies
Cesstria uses cookies to provide a digital experience that reflects the calm, curated feel of our physical bistro and poker salon. In practice, this means:
- Improving navigation: Cookies help ensure that moving between sections such as Menu, Poker, and Contact Us feels smooth and consistent.
- Remembering key choices: We may store limited information about preferences (for example, that you have previously accepted our age-restriction notice or cookie banner).
- Measuring engagement: Anonymous analytics data helps us understand which pages guests visit most often, how long they stay, and where they might encounter friction.
We do not use cookies for:
- behavioural advertising,
- cross-site tracking for marketing, or
- offering or facilitating online gambling.
Any analytics or functional cookies we use are configured to minimise the amount of personal data processed and, where possible, operate on an aggregated or pseudonymised basis.
6. Managing and Disabling Cookies
You have full control over how cookies are used on your device. Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings, including blocking certain categories or deleting cookies that have already been set.
While essential cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly, you can usually adjust rules for functional and analytical cookies without preventing basic access to the site.
How to manage cookies in your browser
Exact steps may vary slightly depending on browser version and device.
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
- Safari (macOS): Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Cookies and site permissions.
If you block or delete certain cookies, some features (such as remembering that you have dismissed banners) may not work as intended, and you may see the same notices more often. However, essential site content such as the Menu and Events pages should remain accessible.
7. Third-Party Cookies
In some cases, Cesstria may use third-party services to support analytics or embedded content (for example, a map to help you find our bistro, or an analytics provider that helps us measure visits). These third parties may set their own cookies when their services are loaded on our site.
Where we use such services, we aim to:
- limit the information collected to what is necessary for the stated purpose;
- use privacy-conscious configurations wherever possible (for example, IP masking or aggregated reporting); and
- contractually ensure that providers process data in line with applicable data protection laws.
Third-party providers may process your data in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies. We encourage you to review these policies for more detail and, where supported, to adjust your settings or opt-out options directly with those providers.
8. Duration of Cookie Storage
Cookies used on the Cesstria website have different lifespans depending on their purpose:
- Session cookies: These are temporary cookies that exist only while your browser is open. They are deleted automatically once you close your browser. We typically use session cookies for essential technical functions and secure navigation.
- Persistent cookies: These remain on your device for a predefined period or until you delete them. We use persistent cookies mainly to remember your core preferences (for example, cookie consent status) or to support long-term, high-level analytics.
We aim to keep retention periods proportionate and no longer than reasonably necessary. When a cookie reaches the end of its lifespan, it is automatically removed from your device. If you revisit the site, a new cookie may be created to replace it, depending on your browser settings and consent status.
9. Data Privacy and Your Rights
Depending on your location and the applicable data protection laws, you may have certain rights in relation to personal data associated with cookies and other tracking technologies. These may include the right to:
- request access to personal data we hold about you;
- request correction or deletion of your personal data where appropriate;
- object to or restrict certain forms of data processing;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and
- lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority.
For more detailed information about how Cesstria handles personal data, please review our Privacy Policy. If you wish to exercise your rights or have questions about cookie-related data, you can contact us using the details in the Contact Us Regarding Cookies section below or via the Contact Us page.
10. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our technology stack, the way we use cookies, or applicable legal requirements. When we make significant changes, we will adjust the "last updated" date below and, where appropriate, provide additional notice on the website.
We encourage you to revisit this page periodically to stay informed about how Cesstria uses cookies and similar technologies. Your continued use of the site after any changes become effective will be considered acceptance of the updated policy.
Last updated: 26 June 2026