At Ally`s guest House, we comply with the provisions of the Law on Information Society Services, which incorporates the transposition of Directive 2009/136/EC.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer, tablet, mobile phone, or any other device used to browse the Internet. It can store information related to the frequency of your visits to websites, your browsing preferences, the content you find most interesting, usernames, product tracking, and more. Depending on the information they contain and how your device is used, cookies can be used to recognize the user.
Types of cookies
Based on their nature, cookies can be classified as:
- «Session Cookies» or «Persistent Cookies»: Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain stored on your device.
- «First-Party Cookies» or «Third-Party Cookies»: Depending on whether they are managed by the website owner or by a third party.
According to their purpose, cookies can be:
- Technical Cookies: These allow users to navigate a website, platform, or application and utilize various options or services available, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas, remembering items in a shopping cart, processing an order, signing up for an event, using security features during browsing, storing content for video or audio playback, or sharing content on social networks.
- Personalization Cookies: These enable users to access services with predefined general characteristics based on certain criteria, such as language preferences, browser type, or regional settings from which the service is accessed.
- Analytics Cookies: These allow website owners to track and analyze user behavior across linked websites. The information collected is used to measure website activity, create browsing profiles, and improve the service based on user interaction.
- Advertising Cookies: These allow for the efficient management of advertising spaces included on a website, application, or platform, based on factors such as content relevance or ad display frequency.
- Behavioral Advertising Cookies: These enable the most efficient management of advertising spaces by analyzing user behavior through continued observation of browsing habits, which helps develop a specific profile to display targeted advertising.
What cookies do we use and for what purpose?
First-party cookies.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users and track visits to the website. | 2 years | Analytics |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users during the same browsing session. | 24 hours | Analytics |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Used to limit request rates, reducing data collection on high-traffic sites. | 1 minute | Analytics |
| _utma | Google Analytics | Used to determine visitor statistics and behavior on the website. | 2 years | Analytics |
| _utmb | Google Analytics | Used to determine new sessions or visits from the user. | 30 minutes | Analytics |
| _utmc | Google Analytics | Works with _utmb to determine if the user has started a new session or visit. | Session | Analytics |
| wubook | Wubook | Used to manage booking and user data within the Wubook platform. | Session or configured duration | Functionality/Booking |
| wubook_session | Wubook | Stores the user’s session status during the booking process. | 24 hours or until session ends | Functionality/Booking |
| PHPSESSID | Own domain | Session cookie used to maintain session information across different pages. | Session | Technical |
| acceptCookies | Own domain | Used to remember whether the user has accepted the cookie notice. | 1 year | Preferences |
| cookieconsent_status | Own domain | Stores the user’s preference for accepting or rejecting cookies. | 1 year | Preferences |
Google has developed a Google Analytics opt-out add-on for the most common browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Opera. This tool facilitates the exclusion of these cookies. You can find more information by visiting this external link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
How to reject cookies or revoke consent?
You can configure your browser to accept or reject the installation of all cookies, certain types of cookies, or to request a notification whenever a cookie is placed.
Each browser has specific configuration instructions. Below are the links with relevant information for the most common browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Internet Explorer
- Safari