Cookie statement
LinkYourTicket is operated by Frank Arlt, Bankstraße 14 B, 47441 Moers, Germany. This statement describes which cookies we set, what for, and how long they stay. It complements our privacy policy.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device. They let it recognise you on your next visit — to keep you signed in, or to remember your language.
We set the cookies in the tables below ourselves. Cookies from ad networks or social networks are not in use here. A third party comes into play in exactly one place: the map on the experience pages — and only if you have consented to it.
Necessary and functional cookies
These cookies are required to run the site or remember your settings. They cannot be switched off, because signing in and booking do not work without them.
| Name | Purpose | Storage period |
|---|---|---|
| lyt-consent | Stores your cookie decision so we do not ask again on every visit | 12 months |
| lyt-token | Keeps staff signed in to the administration area | Duration of the sign-in |
| lyt-token-refresh | Renews the sign-in for the admin area | 30 days |
| lyt-token-customer | Keeps you signed in as a customer | Lifetime of the access token |
| lyt-token-customer-refresh | Renews your sign-in so you do not have to log in repeatedly | 30 days |
| lyt-token-provider | Keeps you signed in as a provider in the provider area | Lifetime of the access token |
| lyt-token-provider-refresh | Renews your provider sign-in so you do not have to sign in again all the time | 30 days |
| lyt-lng | Remembers the language you chose | Ends when you close the browser |
| lyt-place | Remembers the place you last chose in the filter | 12 months |
| lyt-region | Remembers the region you last chose | 12 months |
| lyt-tz | Your time zone, so times are shown in your local time | 12 months |
| lyt-guest-favourites | Remembers saved experiences while you have no account | 12 months |
| lyt-cart-discounts | Remembers discount codes redeemed in your cart | 1 day |
| lyt-share-banner-hidden | Remembers that you dismissed the sharing notice | 90 days |
| lyt-sid | Identifies your session so your cookie decision can be documented. Only with your consent does it also connect the steps of one visit — and, when you are signed in, link them to your account | Ends when you close the browser |
Analytics cookies
This measurement uses the session ID, which is set anyway to track your selection. If you’re logged in, we associate the measurement data with your account to show you relevant experiences. Only with your consent do we also save the most recently viewed and booked experiences for the “Check Back Later” section—without logging in, these are stored in the two cookies listed below; if you’re logged into your account, the data is associated with your account. If you decline, nothing is tracked and nothing is saved.
| Name | Purpose | Storage period |
|---|---|---|
| lyt-viewed-events | Remembers viewed experiences for the "Take another look" section | 30 days |
| lyt-booked-events | Remembers experiences you already booked so they are not suggested again | 30 days |
We measure only on our own site and share nothing with third parties. Without an account no profile is built beyond your visit; signed in, we use the experiences you viewed only for suggestions inside your own account.
External maps
The experience pages show a Google Maps map. It is loaded directly from Google. In doing so Google receives your IP address and which page you opened, and it can set its own cookies. That is why we only load it once you have consented.
Without your consent a plain tile stands in the same place. Only when you click it does Google Maps open in a new tab — before that, Google learns nothing about your visit.
Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google's privacy information is available at policies.google.com/privacy. https://policies.google.com/privacy
Third-party services
Apart from the map and the Stripe payment field, we do not embed any services that store cookies on your device. In particular, we use no advertising networks, no social media buttons and no third-party analytics services.
When you pay at checkout, the payment field loads directly from our payment provider Stripe (Stripe Payments Europe Limited, The One Building, 1 Lower Grand Canal Street, Dublin 2, Ireland). Stripe sets the cookies __stripe_mid (1 year) and __stripe_sid (30 minutes) to prevent fraud. They are required for the payment (Section 25 (2) No. 2 TDDDG) and are only set at checkout.
Experience images are delivered through an image service. It sets no cookies, but for technical reasons it receives your IP address when an image loads — as does every server your browser requests something from. Details are in our privacy policy.
Retention of measurement data
Besides the cookies, we store on our servers:
| Data | Retention | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Measurement data about the course of a visit | 180 days | Of no value afterwards; allows a season-on-season comparison |
| Record of your cookie decision (time, choice, IP address, browser identifier) | 3 years | Art. 7(1) GDPR requires us to be able to prove consent |
| Viewed experiences on your account (count, time) | 90 days | Shows you recently viewed experiences on your other devices too |
The record is stored even when you decline — otherwise we could not prove that we did not measure.
Legal basis
Necessary and functional cookies: § 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG, as strictly necessary for the service you asked for; processing under Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
Analytics cookies: § 25(1) TDDDG together with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR — solely on the basis of your consent.
External maps: § 25 (1) TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR — solely on the basis of your consent. Where data is transferred to the USA, this relies on the European Commission's adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (Art. 45 GDPR).
Changing your choice
You can change your decision at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link at the bottom of each page. If you withdraw your consent to analytics, tracking will stop immediately, and the lyt-viewed-events and lyt-booked-events cookies will be deleted. The session ID “lyt-sid” remains in place until the end of your browser session because it records your choice.
You can also delete or block cookies in your browser. If you block all cookies, signing in and booking will no longer work.
Managing cookies in your browser
Independently of our banner you can view, delete or block cookies in your browser. Each vendor describes this in its help pages:
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On a phone you will find the same settings in your browser's settings under iOS or Android.
Do Not Track
Some browsers send a "Do Not Track" signal. To this day there is no uniform standard for it, so we do not evaluate it. Only your choice in the cookie banner applies; it holds regardless of what your browser sends.
Contact
Frank Arlt · Bankstraße 14 B · 47441 Moers · Germany
Supervisory authority: Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen, Postfach 20 04 44, 40102 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Last updated: 30 August 2026