Cookie Policy
What cookies this site sets, why they exist, and how to control them.
Revised: 2 September 2026
This policy covers Hastovena's use of cookies and related technologies across our resort reviews, destination guides, and hospitality catalogue: what they are, the purposes they serve, and your rights over their use.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Site operators use them widely to keep platforms working efficiently, to remember navigational preferences, and to compile analytical reporting.
Cookies we set ourselves are described as first-party. Third-party cookies come from other providers and enable things like interactive maps, font rendering, and aggregate visitor statistics.
2. What we use cookies for
- Cookies we cannot switch off
- Required for core functionality, security verification, and navigation across the publication.
- Measurement cookies
- They tell us in aggregate which reviews and guides are read and for how long, informing how we structure future coverage.
- Functionality cookies
- These retain preferences such as regional display settings, layout choices, and saved filters between sessions.
3. Detailed classification
| Group | Purpose | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|
| Essential session | Maintains navigation state and prevents layout disruption. | Session |
| Measurement | Measures reading duration and page interaction patterns. | 12 months |
| Reader preferences | Remembers your layout choices and saved destination filters. | 6 months |
4. Controlling cookies
You have an absolute right to accept or reject cookies. Preferences can be set through your browser, and most browsers allow you to:
- Review the cookies already stored and delete them individually or by site.
- Refuse all third-party tracking cookies.
- Restrict cookies from specific domains, or request a prompt before any cookie is placed.
- Delete all cookies each time you close the browser.
Be aware that turning off essential cookies will restrict some interactive ranking tables and catalogue functions.
Choices you can exercise
How your personal information is gathered and used remains under your control. Subject to your location and the applicable legislation, you may exercise these opt-outs:
- Sharing and sale of your data
- Under the CCPA/CPRA and equivalent statutes elsewhere, you may refuse the sale or sharing of your personal information with third parties. Although we do not sell personal information in the traditional sense, limited data may reach trusted partners so that we can provide or improve our services.
- Cookie controls
- You can manage or refuse cookies and tracking technologies through your browser settings, or through the cookie consent tools provided on this site.
- Marketing communications
- You can stop receiving promotional email or newsletters at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any message, or by contacting us directly.
- Withdrawing consent
- Consent given earlier can be withdrawn whenever you choose, without affecting the lawfulness of any processing that took place while the consent was in force.
Write to [email protected], or use the contact form on this site, to exercise any right or lodge an opt-out request.
5. Updates
This policy may be updated periodically as our operations, technology, or legal obligations change. Please revisit this page from time to time.