cookies policy

About cookies

This website uses cookies. A cookie, a commonly used data collection technology, is simply a piece of text which can be placed on the browser of your personal computer or mobile device and subsequently read as you visit a website.

A cookie will usually contain the name of the website from which the cookie has come from, the “lifetime” of the cookie (i.e. how long it will remain on your device), and a value, which is usually a randomly generated unique number.

Types of cookies

Cookies can be divided into two categories: "session" and "permanent".

Session / temporary

 These cookies are deleted from your device after you leave the website. Session cookies allow the website to recognise you as you navigate between pages during a single browser session and allow you to use the website most efficiently.

Permanent / persistent

A persistent cookie remains on your device for much longer or until you manually delete it (how long the cookie remains on your device will depend on the duration or “lifetime” of the specific cookie and your browser settings).

Cookie categories

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential to make Discovery Travel Agency websites work correctly, they enable you to move around our websites and use our features. These cookies don’t identify you as an individual. If you do not accept these cookies, it may affect the performance of the website, or parts of it.

Performance cookies

These cookies collect information about how you use a website, for example which pages you go to most often and if you get any error messages from certain pages. These cookies don’t gather information that identifies you. All infomation these cookies collect is anonymous and is only used to improve how a website works.

These cookies are not used to target you with online advertising. Without these cookies we can’t learn how our website is performing and make relevant improvements that could better your browsing experience.

Functionality cookies

These cookies remember the choices that you have made on the website (such as the different searches you have made) and provide enhanced, more personalised features. They may also be used to provide services you have requested (such as watching a video or commenting on a blog). These cookies cannot tell us how you move around other websites, only this website.

Targeting or advertising cookies

These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.

Our site does not use this type of cookie.However, we do have links to many other web sites. Once you access another site through a link that we have provided, it is the responsibility of that site to provide information as to how they use cookies on the respective site.

Third party cookies (i.e. cookies that we do not place on your device)

When you visit this website, some cookies will not be placed by us but will be placed by third parties. If you click on a hyperlink from Discovery Travel Agency websites to any third party websites (e.g. if you ‘share’ content from Apolo Apartment Barcelona websites with friends or colleagues through social networks), you may be sent cookies from these third party websites. Third party websites will have their own privacy and cookie policies which Discovery Travel Agency cannot control. We would therefore suggest that you look at those third parties’ websites for more information about the cookies they place and how you can manage them.manage them.

How does Apolo Apartment Barcelona use cookies?

Apolo Apartment Barcelona website using Google Analytics. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information.

Here is a list of the main cookies we use, and what they are used for.

Cookie Name

_ga

Expiration Time

2 years

Description

Used to distinguish users

For more information, please visit:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage#gajs

For further information of Google’s privacy practices and how this applies to Google analytics, please visit:
Google Analytics privacy overview and Opt out of Google Analytics tracking.

Managing cookies

Most modern browsers offer you ways to control or block cookies. These browser controls will usually be found in the "options" or "preferences" menu. 
For more help, you may take a look at the "Help" settings or review these website for more details - http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=1