Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy and Preferences

Please note that Hotel Ardesia uses cookies or other tracking tools on its website https://hotelardesia.com/

Tracking tools may be installed on the user’s device based on preferences already expressed or that may be expressed at any time in accordance with this policy.

1. What is the purpose of the cookie policy?

In order to ensure maximum transparency, Hotel Ardesia has defined this policy to provide users with more information on:

• The origin and purpose of the information processed while the user is browsing
  https://hotelardesia.com/.
• The user’s rights in relation to cookies and other tracking tools used by Hotel Ardesia.

2. What is a cookie?

Cookies and other similar tracking tools are data packets used by servers to transmit status information to the user’s browser and send status information to the originating server through the same browser.
Some examples of status information are a session identifier, language, expiration date, response field, or other types of information.
During their validity period, cookies are used to store status information when the user accesses the various pages of a website via their browser or when they visit the same site again at a later time.

There are several types of cookies:

• Session cookies are deleted as soon as the user closes their browser or leaves the website
• Persistent cookies remain on the user’s device until they expire or are deleted using the browser’s features

3. Why do we use cookies?

Cookies and other tracking tools are mainly used for the following reasons:

Cookies are essential for browsing the https://hotelardesia.com/ website and using its full functionality. Specifically, they allow you to:

• manage visitor authentication on the website and related security measures, and ensure the proper functioning of the authentication module
• optimize the user experience and simplify navigation, in particular by determining “technical paths” for navigation
• store information relating to the “cookie” information banner seen by visitors to the website who then continue to browse the site after accepting cookies on their device
• take security measures (for example, when the user is asked to log in again to access content or services after a certain period of time or to ensure the basic functioning of https://hotelardesia.com/ and the use of its main features, including monitoring performance and navigation errors, managing user sessions, etc.)

Functionality cookies are necessary primarily for:

• adapt https://hotelardesia.com/ to the user’s device display preferences (language, currency, display resolution, operating system used, configuration and display settings of web pages based on the device used and the user’s location, etc.)
• store information that the user enters on https://hotelardesia.com/ to facilitate and personalize their subsequent visits to the same sites (including displaying the visitor’s first and last name, if they have a user account)
• allow the user to access personal pages more quickly by storing previously entered data or login information
  Cookies for visitor tracking are designed to improve the user experience by helping us understand how the user interacts with https://hotelardesia.com/ (most visited pages, applications used, etc.); these cookies may collect statistical data or test different ways of displaying information to improve the relevance and ease of use of our services.

Cookies for advertising purposes are designed to (i) offer targeted content within advertising spaces that may be of interest to the user (best offers, other destinations, etc.) based on their interests, browsing behavior, preferences, and other factors; and (ii) reduce the number of ad views.

Affiliate cookies identify the third-party website that redirected a visitor to https://hotelardesia.com/.

Social network cookies, set by third parties, allow the user to share their opinion and the content of https://hotelardesia.com/ on social networks (for example, via the “Share” or “Like” buttons on social networks).

In some cases, the social network applications on https://hotelardesia.com/ mentioned above may allow the corresponding social networks to identify the user even if they do not select the application access button. This type of button may allow a social network to monitor the user’s browsing activity on https://hotelardesia.com/ simply because the social network account is enabled on the user’s device (open session) during browsing.

We invite users to read the usage policies of the aforementioned social networks to better understand how they use the browsing information they may collect, especially for promotional purposes. These policies must explicitly allow users to make choices on social networks, in particular by configuring user accounts for each application.

4. Consent

Cookies are data created by a server that are stored in text files on your computer’s hard drive and enable this website to function, allow the use of a specific feature explicitly requested by the user, or improve the functioning of this website, such as cookies that make browsing faster or show content of greater interest to the user based on previous choices. Cookies can be permanent (so-called persistent cookies), but they can also have a limited duration (so-called session cookies). This site uses both persistent and session cookies. Session cookies are not stored permanently on your computer and disappear when you close your browser. Persistent cookies are used to personalize navigation based on the device used by the user (computer, tablet, smartphone), as are third-party cookies, which are used to analyze site access (e.g., Google Analytics) and to allow users to share site content via social networks (FB) or email (Add This). These cookies are stored permanently on your computer and have a variable duration.

The site uses the following cookies in particular:

Website Cookies

Google Analytics Cookies
Our website uses Google Analytics by Google, Inc., a service that provides statistics for measuring and analyzing website performance through the use of cookies. To view the privacy policy of the Google Analytics service, visit http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html. For Google’s privacy policy, please visit the following address http://www.google.com/intl/it/privacy/privacy-policy.html.)
For further information, please visit http://www.google.it/intl/it/policies/technologies/types/ and https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

Google Adwords & Google Remarketing Cookies
The website may use the Google Adwords program and Google Remarketing technology. Both are managed by Google Inc. The AdWords conversion tracking feature also uses cookies. To help us track sales and other conversions, a cookie is added to a user’s computer when that user clicks on an ad. This cookie lasts for 30 days and does not collect or track information that can personally identify a user. Users can disable Google conversion tracking cookies in their Internet browser settings. In some cases, cookies may cause problems when logging in or navigating within your AdWords account. When this occurs, the best way to fix the problem is to clear your cache and delete the cookies saved for your Internet browser. To learn more about click here https://www.google.es/intl/it/policies/privacy/. Finally, users can disable Google Analytics cookies by downloading a specific browser plug-in available at the following URL https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Facebook Cookies
The site may use Facebook Inc. cookies to monitor the performance of Facebook Ads campaigns and any remarketing actions. Click here for more information about Facebook’s use of cookies: https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies/
Users can prevent persistent cookies from being stored on their hard drive by configuring their browser to disable cookies. Find out how to disable cookies in the main browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera. However, after doing so, some features of web pages may not function properly.

This privacy policy may be amended from time to time, and the use of the information collected is subject to the privacy policy in effect at the time of use. This document, published at www.hotelardesia.com, constitutes the Privacy Policy for this website and will be subject to updates from time to time, which will be published and bear the date of the update.

5. Deleting and/or blocking cookies

There are various ways to delete cookies and other tracking tools.

Browser settings

Although most browsers accept cookies by default, users can decide whether to accept all cookies, always block cookies, or select which cookies to accept based on their origin.

You can also set your browser to accept or block cookies individually before they are installed. Your browser also allows you to regularly delete cookies from your device. It is important to remember to configure all browsers installed on your various devices (tablets, smartphones, computers, etc.).

The configuration varies from one browser to another when it comes to managing cookies and user preferences. These settings are described in the “help” menu of the browser you are using, where you can also change your cookie preferences. For example:

• For Microsoft Edge™:
  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd
• For Safari™: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
• For Chrome™:
  https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
• For Firefox™:
  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-websites-storing-cookies-site-data-firefox
• For Opera™:
  https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Users have the right to decide whether or not to save cookies on their device and can change their choice at any time, free of charge, using the settings available in their browser software.

If the browser is set to accept cookies on the device, cookies embedded in the pages and content viewed by the user may be temporarily stored in a dedicated space on the user’s device. Cookies can only be read by the issuer.

However, you can set your web browser to block cookies. Please note, however, that by setting your browser to block cookies, you will not be able to access certain features, pages, and sections of https://hotelardesia.com/, and in this case, we decline all responsibility in this regard.

Specialized advertising platforms

Various professional advertising platforms allow users to accept or block cookies used by the companies of which they are members. These centralized mechanisms do not block the display of advertisements, but simply prevent the installation of cookies that personalize advertisements based on the user’s interests.

For example, you can visit the website http://www.youronlinechoices.com to prevent cookies from being installed on your device.

Updated on 03/04/2023