1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.
Cookies allow a website to recognize your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions. They help us provide you with a better experience when you browse our website and also allow us to improve our site.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, accessing secure areas, and storing your session information. These cookies cannot be switched off in our systems.
- Session Cookies: Used to maintain your session while browsing our website
- Authentication Cookies: Help identify you when you log in to your account
- Security Cookies: Protect against security threats and fraud
Analytics and Performance Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the way our website works.
- Google Tag Manager: Helps us track website usage and user behavior
- Google Analytics: Provides insights into website traffic and user interactions
- Performance Monitoring: Helps us identify and fix technical issues
Marketing and Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They also help us measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
- Social Media Cookies: Enable sharing of content on social media platforms
- Advertising Partners: Help deliver personalized advertisements
- Retargeting: Show you relevant ads based on your browsing history
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences and settings.
- User Preferences: Remember your language, location, and other preferences
- Campaign Tracking: Track marketing campaign effectiveness
3. Third-Party Cookies
We work with third-party services that may set cookies on your device:
- Google Tag Manager: Tag management and analytics (Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy)
- Google Analytics: Website analytics and reporting (Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy)
- Payment Processors: Secure payment processing
These third-party services have their own privacy policies and cookie practices. We encourage you to review their privacy policies to understand how they collect and use your data.
4. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for various purposes:
- To enable basic website functionality and maintain your session
- To remember your preferences and settings
- To analyze website traffic and user behavior to improve our services
- To prevent fraud and enhance security
- To deliver personalized content and advertisements
- To measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
5. Managing Cookies
You have control over cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of our website.
Browser Settings
You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Here are links to instructions for popular browsers:
Opt-Out Preferences
If we have detected an opt-out preference signal (such as the Global Privacy Control), we will honor it and will not use cookies for advertising or analytics purposes beyond what is strictly necessary for the website to function.
6. Cookie Consent
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner. By clicking "Accept Cookies," you consent to our use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy. You can withdraw your consent at any time by changing your browser settings or clearing your cookies.
If you do not accept cookies, some features of our website may not function properly, and your experience may be limited.
7. Your Rights (GDPR, CCPA, and Other Regulations)
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding cookies and tracking technologies:
European Union (GDPR)
- Right to be informed about cookie usage
- Right to consent or withdraw consent to non-essential cookies
- Right to access information about cookies used on our website
- Right to object to processing of personal data through cookies
California (CCPA)
- Right to know what cookies and tracking technologies we use
- Right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of personal information (we do not sell personal information)
- Right to opt-out of targeted advertising
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights
8. Cookies and Personal Data
Some cookies may collect personal data. When this occurs, our use of such data is governed by our Privacy Policy. We recommend reviewing our Privacy Policy to understand how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.
9. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
Your continued use of our website after any changes to this Cookie Policy constitutes acceptance of those changes.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
Email: privacy@hotely.travel
Address: Hotely, Inc., 240 Crescent Street, Waltham, MA 02453 US