Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember preferences, keep sessions working, and understand how the site is used. Similar technologies, including local storage, pixels, and SDKs, can work in a comparable way inside the Hostelova app.
1. Why We Use Them
- To keep sessions and basic website features working.
- To remember preferences such as theme, language, and saved choices where available.
- To understand which features are used most so we can improve them, if analytics tools are enabled.
- To protect against fraud, abuse, and security threats.
2. Types of Cookies
Strictly Necessary
Required for the Service to function — login, security, basic preferences. These cannot be turned off.
Functional
Remember choices you make (theme, last viewed listings, saved searches) to give you a personalised experience.
Analytics
Help us understand aggregate usage patterns such as pages visited, time spent, and crashes, if analytics tools are enabled. Analytics data may include technical identifiers, but we use it to improve the service rather than identify individual users.
Marketing
Hostelova currently does not use third-party advertising cookies. If we ever introduce them, this policy will be updated and your consent will be requested first.
3. Third-Party Cookies
Some trusted third-party services may receive technical information or set their own cookies when you interact with website resources or embedded content:
- Google Fonts — for font delivery and rendering.
- CDN providers — to load website scripts and improve performance.
- Google Analytics / Firebase — for usage analytics, if enabled.
- Payment processors — only if Hostelova introduces online payment pages in the future.
These partners have their own privacy and cookie policies, which govern their use of any data they collect.
4. Your Choices
- Browser settings: Most browsers let you block or delete cookies. Note that strictly-necessary cookies are required for the site to work properly.
- App settings: Inside the Hostelova app, you can clear cached data from the Settings screen.
- Analytics questions: Email hostelova.pvt.ltd@gmail.com if you want help with privacy or analytics preferences.
5. Changes & Contact
We may update this Cookie Policy as we add new features or partners. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent change. For questions, contact hostelova.pvt.ltd@gmail.com.
See also our Privacy Policy for the full picture of how we handle personal data.
Privacy questions?
Our team responds within 24–48 business hours.