1. What do cookies do?

Cookies are small text files that are installed on the user’s browser or device (smartphone, tablet, computer) when they browse a website, in this case, the site www.sleepbystay.com, of which the company STAY MANAGEMENT, S.L. (“STAY”) is the titleholder or licensee and carries out its maintenance. Cookies are used to store information about the user’s visit. They are widely used to make the website work or work more efficiently, and to provide information to the website owners.

In particular, cookies allow the storage and recovery of information about the user’s browsing behavior or about the device that was used by the user to access the site, among other details, anonymously. Depending on the information contained, if the user has logged in previously, these cookies will also be used to recognize the user.

The information gathered by the cookies is linked to the number of websites visited by the user, the language of the sites, the place from where they are accessed, the frequency and regularity of the visits, the length of the visits and the browser or device used to visit the site or run the app.

The cookies of this website will only work with your active and unequivocal consent.
 

2. What are cookies for?

Using these cookies allows the site to optimize its browsing by adjusting the information and services offered to the users’ interests in order to provide them with a better experience whenever they visit the website.

Specifically, they are used to:

• Store the user’s preferences, such as the language;
• Know the user’s browsing behavior on websites;
• Gather statistics that are not related to the user;
• Check that the website works properly.

3. Advice by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD)

Users may watch the videos produced by the Spanish Data Protection Agency that explain the privacy settings available from different platforms and devices. The videos are available on:
http://www.agpd.es/portalwebAGPD/CanalDelCiudadano/protegetuprivacidad/index-ides-idphp.php
 
 

4. Types of cookies and how do they work?

Cookies, depending on when they expire, can be divided into:

• Session cookies that expire when the user closes the browser.
• Persistent cookies that expire when they have completed their purpose or are eliminated.

Also, depending on their purpose, cookies can be classified as:

• Technical: these are strictly necessary and essential to make the website work properly. They are installed when the user accesses the website or logs into it and are used to identify the user on the website with the following purposes: keep the user identified so that, if he/she exits the website, the browser or the device and then accesses it again, he/she will remain identified and it will be easier to browse; and to check if the user is authorized to access certain services or functions.
• Analytics: these gather information on the user’s browsing experience on the website. They are usually gathered anonymously but may sometimes identify the user uniquely and unequivocally to obtain reports on users’ interest in the services offered.
• Performance: these are used to improve the browsing experience and optimize the performance of the website, e.g. by storing the settings of services or storing the purchase made in the shopping cart.
• Advertising, anonymous: these only gather information on the advertising spaces shown on the website, regardless of the user who accesses it.
• Advertising, targeted: a third party gathers personal information about the user of the website to target advertising spaces.
• Location: these are used to find out in which country or region the user is when he/she accesses a service on the website to be able to offer him/her suitable contents or services.

5. Cookies used by STAY

STAY uses the following cookies that are detailed below in section 7:

• Strictly necessary cookies to provide the service requested by the user;
• Performance cookies required for content maintenance and browsing purposes;
• Third-party cookies and cookies managed by third parties that enable user tracking through other websites and apps that do not belong to STAY. These are usually advertising or analytics cookies that identify the user uniquely and clearly.

On the following links you may check and change your cookie settings to enable them or disabled them through your web browser:

6. How to set, block or eliminate cookies?

The first time you visit the www.sleepbystay.com website from an internet browser, you will be asked to accept the cookies by clicking “Accept” and to set your cookie preferences by using the “Cookie manager”. In this last case, the only cookies that will be embedded by default will be the ones that are strictly necessary for the website to work. All other types of cookies will be “disabled” by default unless you choose to enable them. You may have to refresh the website to update the settings. If you click “Accept”, all cookie types will be enabled.

Your preferences will be remembered by the system for a year, as your consent expires in a year’s time. You will then be prompted to choose your preferences again.

If you’d like to reset your cookie preferences by using the cookie manager, please click here.

If you do not enable the installation of cookies on your browser, it is possible that you will be unable to access some of the sections or features on this website.
 
 

7. List of cookies used by STAY