Cookie Policy
We understand that making purchases online involves your trust. Retaining your trust is a responsibility that we take very seriously, so here is a guide to cookies on villaplus.com and how we use them.
Why do we use Cookies?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with the best possible experience when you use villaplus.com and it also allows us to improve our website. All information gathered by cookies is completely anonymous and cannot identify you personally.
What cookies do we use?
Our cookies are categorised into four main types, based on the International Chamber of Commerce guide for cookie categories:
a) Strictly Necessary Cookies
b) Functionality Cookies
c) Performance/Analytical Cookies
d) Targeting Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are cookies that are essential to villaplus.com working correctly. They include, for example, cookies that enable the booking form to function correctly. These cookies do not:
a) Remember your login details
b) Allow you to connect to social sites
c) Use information for tailored advertising with third parties
d) Improve the performance of our site
e) Gather personally identifiable information such as name and location
Functionality Cookies: These are cookies that are vital to villaplus.com functioning correctly and are used to improve your visit to the site. These cookies recognise you when you return to our website and this enables us to personalise our content for you, for example the cookies will allow us to remember what villas you have previously looked at to help make your villa search quicker and easier. These cookies will also remember your language and currency settings. These cookies do not:
- a) Remember your login details
- b) Allow you to connect to social sites
- c) Use information for tailored advertising with third parties
- d) Gather personally identifiable information such as name and location
Performance/Analytical Cookies: These are cookies that allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to the website and see how they move around when using it. These cookies also identify whether you experience any issues/errors during your visit to the site and allow us to fix these quickly. These cookies do not:
- a) Remember your login details
- b) Allow you to connect to social sites
- c) Use information for tailored advertising with third parties
- d) Gather personally identifiable information such as name and location
Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties. As a result, our advertising partners may need to place a cookie on your computer. For more information about this type of online behavioural advertising, about cookies and about how to turn this feature off, please visit www.youronlinechoices.com These cookies do not:
a) Remember your login details
b) Gather personally identifiable information such as name and location
Can I reject cookies?
Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject third party cookies. Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one. More information about cookies can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org