Cookie Policy
Effective date: 2024-10-17
Introduction and Scope
Stay22 Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "Stay22", "we", "our", or "us") values your privacy. This Cookies Policy (“Policy”) provides information on how we use cookies and other tracking technologies on our website located at stay22.com ("Website") to improve user experience and allow us to customize our web pages and internet-based advertising so that they may be relevant to you.
For further details on Stay22’s privacy practices, please see our Privacy Policy
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a small data file that a website can send to your web browser to recognize you as a user when you return to the website using the same computer and web browser, either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (a ‘persistent cookie’). Other similar files such as clear GIFs, web beacons and pixel tags work in the same way and we use the word ‘cookie’ in this Policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way.
Cookies are a common technology for remembering certain information about a visitor to a website. The vast majority of websites currently make use of cookies and they are commonly used for a wide range of tasks.
First Party and Third-Party Cookies
Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (e.g., our Website) or by another site prior to or during your visit. These are known as first and third party cookies.
- First party cookies. These cookies belong to the website domain that appears in your browser address bar. For example, first party cookies will belong to our Website. We may set these cookies when you visit our Website to recognize you when you return.
- Third-party cookies. These cookies belong to website domains different from the one shown in your address bar. This is why you might sometimes see Stay 22 advertisements on pages you visit after coming to our Website.
Categories of Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Necessary Cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website (e.g., access your Stay 22 Hub Account). This is the only category of cookies you cannot disable, as doing so would prevent our Website from working properly.
- Analytical Cookies
We may use a third party such as Mixpanel or Google Analytics to help us gather and analyze information about the areas visited on the Website (such as the pages most read, time spent, search terms and other engagement data) in order to evaluate and improve the user experience and the Website. These third parties may use cookies and other tracking technologies. For more information about Google Analytics or to prevent the storage and processing of this data (including your IP address) by Google, you can download and install the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. You can also obtain additional information on Google Analytics’ data privacy and security at the following links:
- Functionality Cookies
These are used to recognize you when you return to our Website and to embed functionality from third party services. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region) and to integrate useful services provided by third party providers into our Website (e.g., maps and social media features).
- 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 the advertising displayed to you more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose. Please see the Targeting Cookies section below for more information with respect to our use of targeting cookies.
How to Control or Delete Cookies
If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our Website you can do this through your browser settings. The ‘Help’ function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, below are links to instructions on how to do so for the most common browsers:
Please be aware that restricting cookies may mean that you will not be able to take full advantage of all the features or services available on our Website. To opt-out of interest-based advertising, see the Targeting Cookies section below.
Targeting Cookies
We work with third-parties such as ad networks and other advertising companies that use their own tracking technologies (including cookies and pixel tags) on our Website and other websites and apps in order to provide you with tailored advertisements across the Internet. This is a common marketing practice referred to as interest-based or online behavioural advertising. These companies may collect information about your activity across your different devices on our Website and third-party websites and apps (such as web pages you visit and your interaction with our advertising and other communications) and use this information to make predictions about your preferences, develop personalized content and deliver ads that are more relevant to you on third party websites. This information may also be used to evaluate our online advertising campaigns.
- Opting-out of Interest-Based Advertising
Depending on the region in which you reside, to adjust your preferences or exercise control over the third parties who collect data on our Website for interest-based advertising purposes, please visit our Cookie Preference Centre.
For more information about interest-based advertising on your desktop or mobile browser and to understand your options, including how you can opt-out of receiving interest-based ads from third-party advertising companies participating in the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (DAAC) Self-Regulatory Program for Online Interest-Based Advertising, please visit the DAAC website at http://youradchoices.ca/choices.
- Important Notes About Your Opt-Out
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- If you opt-out of interest-based advertising by a third party, these tracking technologies may still collect data for other purposes including analytics and you will still see ads from us across the Internet, but the ads will not be targeted based on behavioural information about you and may therefore be less relevant to you and your interests.
- Because cookies are generally browser-specific, your opt-out choice will only apply to the web browser from which you opt-out. You must opt-out from each web browser from which you do not want interest-based advertising (and this may involve different devices, if you use more than one).
- If you delete or clear your browser’s cookies, you will need to opt-out again.
Updates to this Policy
This Policy is current as of the Effective Data set forth above and may be amended from time to time at our sole discretion. We recommend that you periodically review this Policy as it may be updated or revised from time to time.
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding our processing of your personal information or about this Policy, please contact our Privacy Officer in writing at privacy@stay22.com.