COOKIES POLICY FOR ISLANDICA AND WWW.VIAJESISLANDIA.COM

Cookies are small data or text files a web server can store on the user's device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc) which is being used to access a website. This allows said website to store the necessary information for the proper functioning of the site on future visits.

Once installed on a user's device, cookies allow the website to later retrieve that stored information. 

WHY DO COMPANIES USE COOKIES?

Companies in general use cookies in order to facilitate the ease and use of their websites for their visitors. Cookies allow certain data to be stored in the servers, so that when visitors return to a particular site, their experience on that site is tailored to their specifications and also allows for quicker processing. It allows the server to show particular users a particular structure of a page in line with the users preferences, such as language, login, font size and other display preferences. 

IS IT POSSIBLE TO BLOCK COOKIES?

Yes, each individual user has the power to block cookies on his/her own device/s. There is a function on the browsers where the client can disable cookies. For more information check: About Cookies.Org where there is extensive information on managing cookies for the most used browsers. http://www.aboutcookies.org

You can also check out these websites for specific browsers:

Delete Cookies in the Firefox browser:
http://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-que-los-sitios-we
Remove cookies in the Chrome browser:
http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
Delete Cookies in Internet Explorer browser:
http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/windows7/how-to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9
Delete Cookies in Opera's browser:
http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/es-ES/cookies.html
Delete Cookies in the Safari browser:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042.

ISLANDICA s.r.o. uses several types of cookies to improve the performance and to enhance the user experience and in order to process our reservations and payments. 

WHICH COOKIES DO ISLANDICA AND WWW.VIAJESISLANDIA.COM USE?

Cookies used for booking tools are: Bókun widgets (an Icelandic reservation system) and payment widgets of the B-Payment company.

Cookies used for analysis are: Google Analytics, more information at: www.google.com/analytics/. This application has been developed by Google. This company may use this data to improve its own services and to offer services to other companies. If you would like to know more information, please access the indicated link. This tool does not obtain data such as the names or surnames of the users or the postal address from which they connect. The information obtained is related, for example, to the number of pages visited, the language, the number of users who visit us, the frequency and recidivism of visits, etc. 

WHAT HAPPENS IF I BLOCK COOKIES ON WWW.VIAJESISLANDIA.COM OR SIMILAR WEBSITES?

You as a user have the option to refuse to use cookies. However, in some cases, you may not be able to view, use, or purchase a particular service or product without enabling cookies. 

WHAT HAPPENS WITH MY PERSONAL DATA ON ALL ISLANDICA WEBSITES?

We guarantee our clients that we do not sell their personal information or share it with third parties for other purposes. Cookies are used only for the purposes of reservations and analysis tools. 

Cookies do not pose a risk to personal or sensitive information. ISLANDICA does not use cookies to collect sensitive personal information. Cookies, for example, allow us to identify a user as an existing user (eg when logging into their email account) or customize the service to user preferences (excursion offer, weather, etc.). We do not use cookies to display behaviorally targeted online advertising on web portals, and we do not sell this information to third parties.

Third-party cookies (such as Google Analytics which analyzes traffic of a particular website or certain services or cookies of advertising system operators that run on our site) are managed by outside third parties and we do not have access to read or write these data.

If you access our site(s) and allow your browsers to use cookies, you are thereby granting permission for the use of cookies on your device(s) and we will assume that you accept the use of standard cookies by our website.

If you do not wish to have these cookies stored, you can block their use, as indicated above.