Privacy and cookie policy
PRIVACY POLICY
We are registered with the Information Commissioners Office.
IS OUR WEBSITE SECURE?
Our website uses https protocol which encrypts transmission to and from the site and your browser. Our servers are located in the UK on secure premises and provided by a well established hosting provider.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT VISIT OUR WEBSITE?
When using our site, if appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address or other details to help you with your experience. Examples of this are contact forms or when you click a link to email us.
When browsing, technical information is obtained and logged at a server and network infrastructure level such as the browser used and your IP address however this is not collected by us, but by our hosting partner as part of service provision.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
We may use the information we collect from you when you browse the website, contact us, or use certain other site features in the following ways on a contractual, consent, compliance and/or legitimate interest basis:
- To improve our website to better serve you
- To administer your enquiry
- To administer your booking
- To administer site features
- To send periodic emails regarding related products and services
- Our hosting partner uses information they gather to provide services and security
DO WE USE PIXELS?
We don’t, however other services may and they are itemised in the Cookie Banner.
THIRD-PARTY DISCLOSURE
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice as per UK GDPR.
This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential and are processing under a contractual, consent, compliance and legitimate interest basis as per UK GDPR.
We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety as per UK GDPR.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. Examples are (and not limited to):
- Embedded YouTube videos.
- Embedded Twitter posts.
- Gravatar
- WhatsApp sharing
- Twitter sharing
- Facebook sharing
- Linked In sharing
- Google ReCAPTCHA. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
- FreeToBook
These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us.
Argyll Hotel, Bellochantuy, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, PA28 6QE t. 01583 421212 info@argyllhotelkintyre.com
WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA
If you have an account on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any personal data you have provided to us.
You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you however this does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes as per UK GDPR.
COOKIE POLICY
DO WE USE ‘COOKIES’?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
These are small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics and Facebook. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better.
On this site, we use them to make the site work.
However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website https://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/ which offers guidance for all modern browsers.
We offer a cookie banner that allows you to choose which cookies you are willing to accept. On that note, your IP (Internet Protocol) address is anonymised and stored together with your consent status with UserCentric/Cybot the cookie banner provider. The purpose is to evidence your consent status. This is deleted after 365 days or when consents are requested again.