Cookie Policy

Last Updated January 2024

Summary

As a BUKAHOLIDAY.com user you can be rest assured that your personal information is treated with the utmost care. We recommend that you read our Privacy Policy which details how we may use your personal information and the circumstances in which it may be shared.

For the purposes of this Cookie Policy, any reference to BUKAHOLIDAY.com (“we“, “us” or “our“) excludes external websites, who have their own Cookie Policies.

1. What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small information file which is downloaded to your device’s hard drive when you visit a website. The term cookie can be described by an array of files, for example pixel tags (these tend to be small blocks of code on a webpage or email that do things like read and place cookies), mobile device identifiers and web storage used in desktop software or mobile software.

Cookies are harmless and can help improve your experience when using a website because, among other things, they help us to:

(1) Understand your browsing habits;

(2) Respond to you as an individual by tailoring our operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences;

(3) Monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not; and

(4) Understand the number of visitors so that we can analyse data about web traffic which helps us improve our Sites.

2. How We Use Cookies

1. Non-marketing

We use the following types of cookies for non-marketing purposes:

Certain cookies enable our Site to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the Sites may not work as a result.
Cookies which allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and track how visitors move around our Sites when they are using them. These also help use to improve the way our Site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. All the information that these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
Cookies which allow us to recognise users when they return to our Site. These cookies are only used to help improve users’ Site experience by enabling us to personalise our content to you, greet you by name and remember your preferences for example, your choice of language or region.

You can find more information on individual cookies we use, the purposes for which we use them and cookie lifespan in the table below:

Name	Duration
session-id	Varies 90 days -> 20 years
msm.userinfo	20 years
cookie-policy-shown	1 year
__distillery	1 year
auth	1 year
Cloudflare	365 days
signup-notify cookie-policy-accepted	1 year
optimizelyEndUserId	7 months
Logglytrackingsession	Session only
web-session-id	Session
source	Session
userId	20 years
Google Analytics	1 year
_ga	730 days
_gac_<property-id>	90 days
_gid	24 hours

2. Marketing

We use cookies to provide relevant advertising to users on our Site. We also use cookies to limit what marketing or advertising is delivered to our customers. This will not directly identify you but can give you a personalised browsing experience. To find out more, scroll down to our cookie table which sets out the different cookies used on our Site. You can find more information on individual cookies we use, the purposes for which we use them and cookie lifespan in the table below:

Name	Duration
ppcdata	1 month
criteo_write_test	minutes
Cto_lwid	1 month
_msuuid X-OpenDNS-Session	365 days
Criteo	Session – 2 years
Awin	30 days
Bing	Session – 2 years
Facebook	180 days
Verizon/	Session – 10 years
Yahoo	Session – 2 years
Google Ads	90 days
Doubleclick	550 days
_msuuid_nixe9oroo0	365 days
_msuuid	365 days
SendInBlue (SIB)	396 days
Adverts	Not known

We use Third Parties to help provide customised advertising and other content to visitors to our Site. These cookies record your visit to our Site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. If you do not allow these cookies, you will not experience our targeted advertising across different websites as a result of these cookies.

Most cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser; these are known as session cookies. Others, known as persistent cookies, are stored on your device either until you delete them, or they expire. For example, the cookie used to keep you signed into your account expires after 90 days. Every time you visit BUKAHOLIDAY.com, for example, you will be kept signed in for a further 90 days.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of our Site.

We aim to keep the cookies information provided here as accurate as possible and use all reasonable efforts to review and update the details. It is possible that the services we use may make changes to their cookie names and purposes. Some services, particularly social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter, change their cookies regularly. This will not be reflected in our cookie policy straight away.

3. Web Beacons

Web beacons are like cookies as they also deliver an improved online experience. They are used to keep track of a customer’s navigation through our Site. They may also be referred to as “tags” and are normally used by Sites that use Third Party traffic monitoring and tracking services, such as web analytics.

4. Third Party Cookies and Content Sharing

BUKAHOLIDAY.com also works with Third Parties in providing you services through our Site and they may set a cookie on your device as part of this arrangement. It is advised to refer to the relevant site’s own privacy and cookie policy to understand how they operate and use cookies. These named Third Parties may include, for example, social media platforms, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services:

Twitter:

Twitter is a social networking service which allows users to post and interact. Cookies are used to measure the performance of the ads and to deliver targeted marketing on Twitter.

Privacy contact – https://twitter.com/en/privacy

Opt out – https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies

Facebook:

Facebook is an online social media and social networking service. Cookies are used to measure the performance of the ads and to deliver targeted marketing on Facebook.

Privacy contact – https://www.facebook.com/full_data_use_policy

Opt out – https://en-gb.facebook.com/policies/cookies/

Google Ads:

Cookies are used to measure the performance of the ads that we pay for on Google Ad Words. We also use cookies to deliver targeted marketing on Google Ad Words.

Privacy contact – https://support.google.com/policies/troubleshooter/2990837?hl=en

Opt out – https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/technologies/cookies/

Yahoo:

Yahoo is an advertising platform that allows us to buy adverts on Yahoo Search. We use cookies to deliver targeted marketing on Yahoo Search.

Privacy contact – https://policies.yahoo.com/xa/en/yahoo/privacy/index.htm

Opt out – https://policies.yahoo.com/xa/en/yahoo/privacy/topics/cookies/index.htm

Bing:

Bing is an advertising platform that allows us to buy adverts on Bing Search. We use cookies to deliver targeted marketing on Bing Search.

Privacy contact – https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb/privacystatement

Opt out – https://www.bing.com/webmaster/tools/eu-privacy-request

Awin:

Awin operates an affiliate marketing network. Awin saves cookies on the end devices of users that visit or use websites or other online products provided by advertisers and publishers working with Awin.

Privacy contact – https://www.awin.com/gb/legal/privacy-policy-gb

Opt out – https://www.awin.com/fr/cgv/optout

Cloudflare:

Cloudflare uses cookies to maximize network resources, manage traffic, and protect our Customers’ sites from malicious traffic.

Privacy contact – https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

Opt out – https://www.cloudflare.com/cookie-policy/

5. Managing Your Cookies

You can use your browser settings to accept or reject cookies and delete existing cookies. If you have disabled cookies in your web browser, you won’t be able to benefit from using the comparison tools and services available on the Site. In order to enable cookies to use our Site, we have provided the following helpful information for users of various browsers. Many web browsers automatically enable cookies as a default setting.

Web Operating Systems

Mobile Operating Systems

Browser

Windows

Mac

iOS

Android

Choose Tools
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and then Internet Options
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Click the Privacy tab
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Choose your preferred settings.

Choose Preferences from Explorer menu

Select Receiving Files options

Select Cookies

Choose your preferred settings

Choose Mobile Settings

Select Microsoft Edge app

Scroll down to Privacy & Security

Choose your Preferred Cookie setting

Tap menu (three dots) icon in bottom right

Select Settings

Select Advanced: Site permissions

Select Cookies

Choose your preferred settings

Choose Preferences from the Edit menu

Select Privacy & Security
|

Then select Cookies

Choose your preferred settings

Choose Preferences from the Edit menu

Select Privacy & Security

Select Cookies

Choose your preferred settings

Choose Mobile Settings

Select Firefox

Scroll down to Privacy & Security

Choose your Preferred Cookie setting

Tap menu (three dots) icon in top right

Select Settings

Select Privacy

Select Cookies

Choose your preferred settings

Choose Preferences from Explorer menu

Select Security Files options

Cookie settings are shown in window

Choose your preferred settings

Choose Preferences from Explorer menu

Select Security Files options

Cookie settings are shown in window

Choose your preferred settings

Choose Mobile Settings

Select Safari

Scroll down to Privacy & Security

Enable your Preferred Cookie setting

Not available on Android

Click the spanner icon on the browser toolbar

Settings
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Click Show advanced settings
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In the Privacy section, click the Consent Settings button

In the Cookies section, you can change the following cookies settings

Click the spanner icon on the browser toolbar

Settings
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Click Show advanced settings
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In the Privacy section, click the Consent Settings button

In the Cookies section, you can change the following cookies settings

Choose Mobile Settings

Select Google Chrome

Scroll down to Privacy & Security

Enable your Preferred Cookie setting

Tap menu (three dots) icon in top right

Select Settings

Select Advanced: Site settings

Select Cookies

Choose your preferred settings

6. Other Browsing

If you are using an older version of the browsers mentioned above, or a different browser, please refer to the relevant documentation provided through the online help files available for these browsers.

7. Fraud Prevention

Our Site also use both first- and Third-Party cookies as a security measure to protect against fraud and abuse and to help to identify irregularities in behaviour. These may include cookies written with Flash technology. You can manage Flash cookies using the Settings Manager for Adobe Flash Player. Although we do not recommend taking such action, this tool enables you to disable the use of Flash cookies or limit activity to specific domains. You can access the tool by right-clicking on any Flash content displayed on your browser and selecting ‘Settings’ or ‘Global Settings’ from the drop-down menu.

8. Behavioural Advertising

We have relationships with carefully selected and monitored suppliers who may also set cookies during your visit. The purpose of these cookies is “behavioural advertising” (also known as “remarketing”), which is a means of showing you relevant products and services based on what you appear to be interested in. If you’d like to opt out of behavioural advertising, please go to the Network Advertising Initiative website.

9. Further Information

If you require any further information on cookies including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage, delete and turn them off, please visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Please note these are external websites and BUKAHOLIDAY.com is not responsible for the accuracy of the information on these sites.