Privacy and cookie policy

Privacy and Cookie Policy
Last updated: 19 April 2026

Argyll Hotel respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal data fairly, lawfully, and transparently.

This Privacy and Cookie Policy explains what personal data we may collect through argyllhotelkintyre.com, why we use it, how we protect it, and your rights in relation to it.

1. Who we are

This website is operated for Argyll Hotel, Bellochantuy, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, PA28 6QE.

Telephone: 01583 421212
Email: Here is our contact page

If you have any questions about this policy or about how we handle personal data, please contact us using the details above.

2. Security

This website uses HTTPS encryption to help protect data transmitted between your browser and the website.

Our website is hosted using a professional hosting service and reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to help protect personal data against unauthorised access, misuse, loss, or disclosure.

3. What personal data we may collect

Depending on how you use the website, we may collect and process the following types of personal data:

your name, email address, telephone number, and any other details you provide when contacting us;
information you provide when making an enquiry or booking request;
information submitted through contact forms or other website features;
technical information such as IP address, browser type, device information, and security-related logs;
your cookie and consent preferences;
any other information you choose to provide in connection with your stay, enquiry, or request.

4. How we use your information

We may use personal data for the following purposes:

to respond to enquiries and communicate with you;
to administer your booking or booking enquiry;
to operate and improve the website and its features;
to maintain website security and prevent misuse;
to keep records needed for business administration, legal compliance, and dispute handling;
to send essential communications relating to your enquiry, booking, or stay;
where appropriate and lawful, to send information about related products or services.

We rely on one or more of the following lawful bases, depending on the purpose:

Contract: where processing is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into a booking or to administer a booking;
Legitimate interests: for running and improving the website, responding to enquiries, keeping records, and maintaining security;
Legal obligation: where we need to keep or disclose information to comply with the law;
Consent: where consent is required, particularly for non-essential cookies or similar technologies.

5. Third-party disclosure

We do not sell or trade personal data to outside parties.

We may share personal data where necessary with:

website hosting and technical service providers;
booking-related service providers, where relevant;
software, plugin, or platform providers used to operate website functions;
regulators, law enforcement, professional advisers, or other third parties where disclosure is required or reasonably necessary by law, for legal claims, or for protection of rights, property, or safety.

6. Third-party services and links

This website may include or make use of third-party services or content.

Examples may include:

booking-related services;
social media links or sharing tools;
embedded media or external content;
anti-spam or security tools such as Google reCAPTCHA.

Where you choose to interact with third-party services, those providers may collect information according to their own privacy policies. We do not control third-party privacy practices.

7. How long we keep personal data

We do not keep personal data for longer than reasonably necessary. Retention will vary depending on the type of data and the reason it was collected.

In general:

enquiry data may be kept for as long as necessary to deal with the enquiry and any related follow-up;
booking-related data may be kept for as long as reasonably needed for administration, guest services, accounting, legal, and record-keeping purposes;
technical and security logs may be kept for as long as reasonably needed for security, troubleshooting, and abuse prevention;
consent records may be kept for as long as necessary to demonstrate compliance with consent requirements;
information may be retained longer where needed for legal obligations, legitimate record-keeping, insurance, or dispute purposes.

If you would like more detail about retention of a specific type of personal data, please contact us.

8. Your rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

request access to the personal data we hold about you;
ask for inaccurate personal data to be corrected;
ask for personal data to be erased;
ask for processing to be restricted;
object to processing based on legitimate interests;
request portability of certain data where applicable;
withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details above.

9. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we handle personal data, please contact us first and we will try to resolve the matter.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you believe your data protection rights have been breached.

10. Cookies and similar technologies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies.

Some are strictly necessary for the operation of the website, such as those needed for security, form protection, consent management, and core functionality. Others may be used for preferences, embedded services, analytics, or similar purposes depending on how the website is configured.

11. Cookie consent and control

We use Cookiebot by Usercentrics to manage cookie consent on this website.

Cookiebot provides users with:

information about the cookies and similar technologies currently in use on the site;
the ability to accept or reject non-essential cookies;
the ability to change or withdraw consent at any time.

You can review or change your cookie preferences at any time using the Cookiebot control available on the website.

Consent-related information may be stored for the purpose of recording and demonstrating your consent choices, in line with the settings and retention periods applied by Cookiebot by Usercentrics.

12. Detailed cookie information

The detailed and current list of cookies, categories, purposes, providers, and storage durations is provided through Cookiebot by Usercentrics.

Because Cookiebot maintains that live information and consent controls, this page does not duplicate the full technical cookie-by-cookie list.

13. Browser controls

Most browsers allow you to control cookies through browser settings. However, for this website, the preferred way to manage consent is through the Cookiebot by Usercentrics controls provided on the site.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy and Cookie Policy from time to time.

The latest version will be published on this page with the revised date shown at the top.

15. Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy and Cookie Policy or about your personal data, please contact:

Argyll Hotel
Bellochantuy, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, PA28 6QE
01583 421212
And here is our contact page