Last updated: 25 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Plan Bulgaria uses cookies and similar technologies on planbulgaria.com.
It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that a website or third-party service may store on your computer, mobile device or browser.
Websites may also use similar technologies, including local storage, pixels, scripts, SDKs and other browser-storage technologies.
These technologies may be used to operate a website, remember preferences, provide requested functionality, maintain security, understand website performance or support third-party integrations.
2. Our approach to cookies
Plan Bulgaria follows a privacy-first approach.
Cookies or similar technologies that are strictly necessary to provide a service you explicitly request may operate without consent where permitted by law.
Where a cookie or similar technology is not strictly necessary, we will seek your consent before activating it where consent is legally required.
Simply continuing to browse our website is not treated as consent to non-essential cookies.
Where a cookie-consent tool is displayed, you should be able to:
- accept optional cookies;
- reject non-essential cookies; and
- manage individual categories of cookies.
Optional categories should remain disabled until you make a choice.
3. Cookie categories
Strictly necessary cookies
These technologies are required for basic website operation, security, network management, fraud prevention or the storage of your privacy choices.
They cannot normally be disabled through our consent tool because the website may not operate correctly without them.
Examples may include WordPress security functionality, session technologies and a cookie used to remember your cookie preferences.
Functional cookies
Functional technologies allow optional features requested by you, such as online meeting scheduling or communication tools.
Our website currently uses or may use integrations including Cal.com for meeting scheduling and website chat functionality.
Where these services store or access information on your device beyond what is strictly necessary to deliver the feature you request, they will be subject to the applicable consent requirements.
Analytics cookies
Analytics technologies help website operators understand how visitors interact with a website, for example which pages are visited and whether errors occur.
Plan Bulgaria will not intentionally activate non-essential analytics cookies before obtaining consent where consent is legally required.
If analytics tools are introduced, removed or changed, this Policy and/or our cookie-consent interface will be updated accordingly.
Marketing and advertising cookies
Marketing cookies may be used to track activity across websites, create profiles or measure advertising.
Plan Bulgaria does not rely on your continued use of the website as consent for advertising or tracking technologies.
If advertising or marketing cookies are introduced, they will be disabled by default and activated only after appropriate consent where required.
4. Services that may use cookies or similar technologies
Plan Bulgaria / WordPress
Our website is built using WordPress and related website technologies.
WordPress, the hosting environment or security components may use strictly necessary technologies for functions such as security, session management and website administration.
Anonymous visitors are not required to create a WordPress account to use the public website.
Cal.com
We use Cal.com to provide online meeting scheduling.
When you interact with the Cal.com scheduling interface, Cal.com may use technologies necessary to operate the booking interface, maintain security and remember relevant settings.
A booking may involve the processing of your name, email address, selected appointment time, time zone and any information you submit in the booking form.
Cal.com may process information in the United States and through its subprocessors.
For more information regarding the processing of booking information, please see our Privacy Policy and Cal.com’s own privacy information.
Google services
Bookings or meetings may use Google services such as Google Calendar or Google Meet.
When you interact directly with Google functionality, Google may process information under its own privacy terms.
Website chat / WhatsApp
Our website may offer a tool that allows you to start a conversation with us through WhatsApp or a similar external communication platform.
The external service may use cookies or similar technologies when the feature is opened or used.
Use of such communication tools is optional.
5. Current cookie inventory
The exact names, purposes and durations of cookies may change when WordPress, plugins, hosting infrastructure or third-party services are updated.
Our live cookie-consent system, where implemented, should be maintained as the most current technical inventory.
The principal categories currently relevant to the website are:
| Category | Typical purpose | Provider / feature | Consent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Website operation, security and privacy preferences | Plan Bulgaria / WordPress / hosting | Not required where strictly necessary |
| Functional | Online meeting scheduling | Cal.com | Consent where required, or activated in response to a user-requested scheduling function |
| Functional | Website chat / external messaging | Joinchat / WhatsApp or relevant provider | Consent or user interaction, depending on the technology used |
| Analytics | Website measurement, if enabled | Provider disclosed in consent tool | Prior consent where required |
| Marketing | Advertising or cross-site tracking, if enabled | Provider disclosed in consent tool | Prior consent |
We periodically review the technologies used by the website and update this Policy where appropriate.
6. Legal basis for cookies
European rules distinguish between technologies that are strictly necessary and those used for optional purposes.
Where storage or access to information on your device is strictly necessary to provide a service you explicitly request, consent may not be required.
For non-essential technologies, we request consent before they are activated where required by applicable law.
Where information collected through cookies constitutes personal data, subsequent processing is carried out in accordance with the GDPR and our Privacy Policy.
7. How to manage your preferences
Where our cookie banner or preference centre is available, you can use it to:
Accept all — permit all available optional categories.
Reject non-essential — continue using the website without optional cookies.
Manage preferences — choose which optional categories you wish to permit.
Your refusal of optional cookies will not prevent access to the general content of the website, although certain optional features may not operate as intended.
8. Withdrawing consent
You may withdraw or change your consent at any time.
Withdrawal must be as easy as giving consent.
You can normally reopen the cookie-preference centre using the Cookie Settings, Manage Cookies or similar link displayed on the website.
Changing your preference does not automatically delete cookies already stored on your device. You may also remove existing cookies through your browser settings.
9. Browser controls
Most browsers allow you to:
- view stored cookies;
- delete cookies;
- block all or selected cookies;
- block third-party cookies;
- clear website data when closing the browser; and
- configure privacy and tracking settings.
Blocking strictly necessary cookies may cause parts of the website to stop functioning correctly.
Browser controls operate separately from the consent preferences stored by our website.
10. Third-party services
Third-party providers may change the technologies they use from time to time.
Where a third party acts independently from Plan Bulgaria, its own privacy and cookie terms also apply.
We encourage you to review the privacy information of services you choose to interact with.
11. International processing
Some third-party technology providers may process information outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States.
Where personal data is transferred internationally, the safeguards described in our Privacy Policy apply.
12. Do we sell information collected through cookies?
No.
Plan Bulgaria does not sell personal data collected through cookies.
We also do not treat website browsing as permission to sell or disclose information for unrelated advertising purposes.
13. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Policy when:
- technologies used on the website change;
- a service provider is added or removed;
- legal or regulatory requirements change; or
- our processing practices change.
The current version will always show the date of the latest update.
14. Contact
Questions about cookies or privacy may be sent to:
Plan Bulgaria
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +359 878 842 662
Website: planbulgaria.com
Data controller: [FULL LEGAL ENTITY NAME]
UIC/EIK: [●]
Registered office: [FULL REGISTERED ADDRESS], Bulgaria