1. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves to your browser when you visit. It’s stored on your device and sent back to the website on your next visit.
Cookies do useful things — like remembering your preferences, keeping you signed in, or helping us understand how people use our site so we can improve it.
As well as cookies, we may use similar technologies such as web beacons, pixels, and local storage. For simplicity, we refer to all of these as “cookies” in this policy.
2. What cookies do we use?
We use three categories of cookies on hotel-spider.com. Here’s a quick overview before we go into detail:
| Category |
Purpose |
Consent required? |
| Strictly necessary |
Keep the website working properly |
No — always on |
| Analytics |
Understand how visitors use the site |
Yes — consent first |
| Marketing |
Show relevant content and measure campaigns |
Yes — consent first |
3. Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function. Without them, things like page navigation, form submissions, and security features simply won’t work. Because they’re essential, we don’t ask for your consent to set them — but we’re transparent about what they do.
| Strictly necessary Always on |
| These cookies enable core website functionality. They don’t track you or collect personal data beyond what’s needed to deliver the page. |
Examples
- Session management (keeping your session active while you browse)
- Security tokens (protecting forms from spam and abuse)
- Cookie consent preferences (remembering your choices)
- Load balancing (routing you to the right server)
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Can you turn these off?
No. These are required for the website to work. You can disable them in your browser, but the website may not function correctly if you do. |
4. Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website — for example, which pages are most popular, where visitors come from, and whether there are pages where people tend to leave. This helps us improve the website over time.
We anonymise or pseudonymise data collected by analytics cookies wherever possible. We don’t use this data to identify you personally.
| Analytics With consent |
| These cookies collect aggregated, anonymised data about how people use the website. The data is used only to improve the site — not for advertising or profiling. |
Examples
- Google Analytics (page views, session duration, traffic sources)
- Hotjar or equivalent (heatmaps, scroll depth
- if used)
- Internal analytics tools
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Can you turn these off?
Yes. You can opt out when you first visit (via our cookie banner) or update your preferences at any time using the cookie settings link in our footer. |
5. Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies help us show you relevant content about Hotel-Spider — for example, when you visit other websites or use social media after visiting ours. They also help us measure how well our campaigns are working so we can invest in what’s useful.
We only set marketing cookies with your explicit consent. If you decline, you’ll still see ads — they just won’t be personalised based on your browsing behaviour.
| Marketing With consent |
| These cookies track your browsing activity across websites to help deliver relevant advertising and measure campaign effectiveness. They may be set by us or by our advertising partners. |
Examples
- LinkedIn Insight Tag (B2B audience targeting and campaign measurement)
- Google Ads / Google Tag Manager (ad performance and remarketing)
- Meta Pixel (if applicable
- Facebook/Instagram ads)
- HubSpot (marketing automation and lead tracking)
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Can you turn these off?
Yes. You can opt out when you first visit (via our cookie banner) or update your preferences at any time using the cookie settings link in our footer. |
6. Third-party cookies
Some cookies on our website are set by third-party services we use — for example, analytics platforms, advertising networks, or embedded content providers. We don’t have direct control over these cookies, but we only enable them with your consent (except where they’re strictly necessary).
Third parties may use cookies to track your activity across different websites, not just ours. Their use of data is governed by their own privacy policies:
| Provider |
Purpose |
Privacy policy |
| Google Analytics |
Website analytics (anonymised) |
policies.google.com/privacy |
| Google Ads / GTM |
Ad measurement & remarketing |
policies.google.com/privacy |
| LinkedIn Insight Tag |
B2B campaign analytics |
linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy |
| Meta Pixel |
Ad campaign measurement (if used) |
facebook.com/privacy/policy |
This list reflects tools we currently use or plan to use. We’ll update it if we add or remove third-party services. If a specific tool is marked ‘if used’, it hasn’t been confirmed for launch.
7. How to manage your cookies
You have several ways to control the cookies we set:
Cookie banner and preference centre
When you first visit hotel-spider.com, a cookie banner will appear. You can accept all, reject all (except strictly necessary), or choose cookie categories individually. You can update your choices at any time by clicking the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of any page.
Browser settings
You can also manage cookies directly in your browser. Most browsers let you block or delete cookies, or notify you before a cookie is set. Here’s how to do it in the most common browsers:
- Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Privacy, search, and services → Cookies and site permissions
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
Blocking all cookies may affect how the website works. Strictly necessary cookies are required for basic functionality — if you block them, some features may not work correctly.
Opting out of analytics
You can opt out of Google Analytics across all websites by installing the
Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Opting out of targeted advertising
If you’d rather not see targeted ads based on your browsing behaviour, you can opt out through:
- Your About Ads preferences: youronlinechoices.eu (EU) or aboutads.info (US)
- LinkedIn ad settings: linkedin.com/psettings/advertising
- Google ad personalisation settings: myaccount.google.com/data-and-privacy
8. Cookie consent and the law
Different rules apply depending on where you’re based:
European Union (EU) and Switzerland
For visitors from the EU, our use of non-essential cookies is governed by the
ePrivacy Directive (the “Cookie Law”) and the
GDPR. We ask for your consent before placing analytics or marketing cookies, and you can withdraw it at any time.
For visitors from Switzerland, equivalent requirements apply under the revised Federal Act on Data Protection (nDSG) and the Fernmeldegesetz (FMG).
India
For visitors from India, we comply with the
Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (DPDPA) to the extent that cookies involve the processing of personal data. Where consent is required under the DPDPA, we obtain it via our cookie banner before setting non-essential cookies.
Other regions
We apply a consistent consent-first approach for all non-essential cookies, regardless of where you’re browsing from. If your country has specific cookie rules that differ from the above, the most protective standard applies.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when we add or remove cookies, change our technology stack, or when new legal requirements apply. The “last updated” date at the top of this page always reflects the current version.
If we make significant changes — for example, adding a new category of cookies — we’ll notify you via the cookie banner on your next visit so you can review and update your preferences.
10. Questions
Got a question about our use of cookies or your privacy rights? We’re happy to help.
| Cookie & privacy questions |
privacy@hotel-spider.com |
| General enquiries |
info@hotel-spider.com |
| Swiss supervisory authority |
FDPIC / PFPDT · edoeb.admin.ch |
This Cookie Policy is part of our wider privacy framework. For the full picture on how we use your personal data, see our Privacy Policy.
