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Cookie Policy

Last updated: March 2024

This cookie policy is an integral part of the Legal Notice and Privacy Policy of this website (hereinafter, “Website”). By clicking “Accept all” or “Allow selection” you expressly agree to the installation and use of cookies.

If you disable cookies or deny the use of cookies, your browsing experience on the Website may be negatively affected and some features of the Website may not work properly.

In order to facilitate browsing of the Website, the owner of the Website HOTELBEDS SPAIN, S.L.U. (hereinafter, “HOTELBEDS”), informs you that it uses cookies and other similar technologies (hereinafter, Cookies). HOTELBEDS belongs to a group of companies, referred altogether as HBX Group (hereinafter, “HBX”).

Please find below the sections of this Cookie Policy:

  1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
  2. USER CONSENT AND USE OF COOKIES
  3. TYPES OF COOKIES USED ON THE WEBSITE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE
    1. Cookies according to the entity that manages them:
    2. Cookies according to their purpose
  4. HOW CAN YOU CONTROL COOKIES?
  5. COOKIES POLICY MODIFICATIONS
  6. CONTACT


1.WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small pieces of data (text files) that a website, when visited by a user, asks the browser to store information on your device. The information contained in these files allows us to optimize and personalize our website for you regarding your browsing habits, to analyse how our website is used and to show you relevant advertising.

Cookies are essential for the functioning of the Internet, as they offer technical solutions that allow the user to navigate through the different websites; they cannot damage the user's equipment/device and can be used to identify and resolve possible errors in the functioning of the website. They can also be used for advertising or analytical purposes.

We use First-Party Cookies in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. We also use Third-Party Cookies (which are cookies from a domain other than the domain of the website you are visiting) for our analytical studies.


2.USER CONSENT AND USE OF COOKIES

The law states that we may process cookies if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site but, for other types of cookies, we need your consent.

You can accept or deny the processing of cookies by explicit consent. Remember that this consent is free, therefore, if you do not accept it, you can continue using this website.

Consent

Please be advised that by clicking the “Accept all” or “Allow selection” button on the Cookie Banner in the Cookie Management Platform, you consent to the installation and use of all cookies on your device.

Withdrawing consent

By clicking on the “Deny” button on the Cookie Management Platform, included in the Cookies Banner or in the following section, you will be able to directly deny the use of the aforementioned cookies on your device.

If you reject cookies, we will not set additional cookies on your device other than the “Necessary” cookies detailed above (including a cookie that remembers that you do not want cookies set when you visit the Website).

Configuration tool

When you access the Website for the first time, you are asked to indicate whether you accept cookies, or whether you wish to configure or deny them, except those strictly necessary, through the Cookie Management Platform, which you can access directly from the main banner of the Website, as well as at any time through the following link:

If you wish to update them, you can access the Cookie Management Platform, where you can check the cookies HOTELBEDS works with as well as withdraw the consent given, at any time.


3.TYPES OF COOKIES USED ON THE WEBSITE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE

3.1 Cookies according to the entity that manages them:

  • First-Party Cookies: cookies that are sent to the user's computer from a device or domain managed by us and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
  • Third-Party Cookies: cookies sent to the user's computer from a device or domain not managed by HOTELBEDS, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

3.2 Cookies according to their purpose:

  • Necessary Cookies: are those cookies (usually first-party cookies) necessary for the Website to work properly and cannot be disabled on our systems. These are those that allow the user to browse through a website and use the different options or services that exist on it, including those that the editor uses to allow the management and operation of the website and to enable its functions and services, such as, for example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, or accessing restricted areas. Therefore, without technical cookies, the Website does not function. For these reasons, these cookies are always set and we do not require your consent to use them.
  • Preference Cookies: are those cookies (usually first-party cookies) that allow remembering information for the user to access the Website with certain characteristics that may differentiate the user’s experience from that of other users, such as, language, appearance or content, depending on the type of browser through or the region from which the user accesses the service, etc. The placement of preference cookies and the processing of data collected through them are based on your consent.
  • Statistical Cookies: are those cookies (first- or third-party cookies) that allow the controller to monitor and analyse the behaviour of the users of the websites to which they are linked, including the quantification of the impact of advertisements. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites, in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the data on the use made by users of the service. The placement of analytical cookies and the processing of data collected through them are based on your consent.
  • Marketing Cookies: are those cookies (first- or third-party cookies) that storage information of the user’s behaviour through continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a certain profile to display advertising. The placement of behavioural advertising cookies and the processing of data collected through them are based on your consent.

We use these types of cookies and similar technologies for various reasons, including to provide our service (e.g., by making it easy to access our service by remembering you when you return), to administer and operate our business, to research, analyse and improve our services (e.g., to improve site performance, monitor visitor traffic and actions on our site, to test the effectiveness of our user interface), for safety, security and fraud prevention, for marketing, promotions, and advertising (e.g., to deliver and tailor our marketing, and to understand interactions with our emails, marketing, and online ads on third party sites). We use pixel tags in our emails to understand how users or recipients interact with our services. Our use of pixel tags helps us to understand when links within messages are clicked, or our emails are opened.

According to the aforementioned, on this Website we process different types of cookies or similar technologies, which description and detail can be found in the following table.


4.HOW CAN YOU CONTROL COOKIES?

You can enable or disable, as well as delete the browsing history (including cookies) of your browser at any time. Please refer to the options and instructions provided by your browser. Please note that if you accept third-party cookies, and then you want to delete them you can use the tools to disable cookies from the different browsers or through the system enabled by these third-party through the links indicated hereinafter.

The following information is provided in compliance with the applicable regulatory framework so that you can configure the privacy and security of your internet browser(s) with respect to Cookies. To do this, we provide information and links to the official support websites of major browsers, so that you can choose whether or not to accept the use of Cookies.

You can block Cookies via your browser settings, or you can set your browser to notify you when a server wants to save a Cookie:

a) If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer, the option can be found at: Tools Menu > Internet Options > Privacy > Settings > Advanced. For more information: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d.

b) If you use Firefox, the option can be found at: Tools menu > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies. For more information: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-websites-storing-cookies-site-data-firefox and https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox

c) If you use Chrome, go to: Tools Menu > Advanced Settings > Privacy. For more information: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop

d) If you use Opera, go to: Security and Privacy Menu. For more information https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies.

e) If you use Safari, you can find the option at: Preferences/Privacy menu. For more information: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265

HOTELBEDS is not responsible for the content of the above links. If you use a website browser not listed above, you can obtain more information on how to adjust the cookies settings through your browser’s help section.


5.COOKIES POLICY MODIFICATIONS

HOTELBEDS reserves the right to make changes in the Cookie Policy at any time. We therefore ask that you regularly consult the Cookie Policy to stay up to date.


6.CONTACT

If you need help adjusting the cookies settings on the website, or have any questions related to this Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at dataprotection@hotelbeds.com.

You can find more information about how we process your data in the Privacy Policy of this website.