Privacy Policy

The Chosen Stay (thechosenstay.com) is operated as an independent website. For the purposes of data protection law, we are the data controller for personal data collected through this site. You can contact us at hello@thechosenstay.com.

We collect the following categories of data:

Usage data. When you visit our site, we automatically collect information about your visit, including pages viewed, time spent on the site, referring URL, browser type, device type, and approximate location (country or region level, derived from IP address). This is collected via analytics tools.

Communications data. If you contact us by email, we collect your email address and the contents of your message.

Affiliate click data. When you click a booking link on our site, the destination platform may set cookies on your browser to track whether a booking results from your visit. We do not receive your personal details from these platforms unless you contact us directly. Please refer to the privacy policies of those platforms for details of how they handle your data.

We use the data we collect to:

• Understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it
• Respond to messages you send us
• Measure the performance of affiliate links

We do not sell your data to third parties. We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling.

Under UK GDPR and EU GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases:

Legitimate interests for analytics and site improvement, where our interest in understanding how the site is used does not override your rights.

Consent where required by law, for example for non-essential cookies.

Contract performance where applicable when responding to your direct enquiries.

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies. These include:

Analytics cookies to understand site usage, for example via Google Analytics or a similar service.

Affiliate cookies placed by third-party platforms when you click a booking link.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some functionality.

We retain analytics data in aggregated, anonymised form. Email correspondence is retained for as long as necessary to manage our relationship with you, typically no longer than two years unless there is an ongoing matter.

If you are based in the UK or EU, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Request restriction of processing
• Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the UK, or your local supervisory authority in the EU

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@thechosenstay.com.

Our site may link to third-party platforms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those platforms. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before making a booking.

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page will reflect the most recent update. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.