The Company “With a Room Websites UK”, with registered office in 4/4a Bloomsbury Square, London, Greater London, WC1A 2RP, United Kingdom, provides the following information on the processing of the browsing data and on the cookies of the website Girlwitharoom.com (hereinafter also referred to as the “Girl With a Room”).
The following notice refers to the Website and not to other websites of third parties that may be consulted by the user through a link. This Policy shall be read in addition to the Privacy Policy, available at the following link to which we refer for any other information on the policy adopted by the Company for the management of the Website.
A. Purpose of processingThe Company may collect and process, during your browsing of the Website, certain information, also by automatic means such as through the installation of cookies in the client or in the user’s device to provide and complete the various services and features offered by the Website. The following are the related processing methods.
B. Processing methods
1 Browsing dataThe IT systems and software procedures responsible for the operation of the Website acquire, during their normal operation, some personal data the transmission of which is implicit in the use of the Internet communication protocols. This information is not collected to be associated with identified persons, but in light of its nature they could, through processing with data held by third parties, allow to identify the users. This category of data includes the user’s IP address who connects to the Website, the URIs (Uniform Resource Identifier) of the resources requested, the time of the request, the method used in submitting the request to the server, the file size obtained in response, the numeric code indicating the status of the response given by the server (successful, error, etc.) and other parameters related to the user’s operating system and the user’s IT environment. Such data are only used to obtain anonymous statistic information about the use of the Website and to check its proper operation and are immediately erased after processing. The data could also be used to determine criminal liability, for instance in case of cybercrimes committed to damage the Website: except for this case, the data are stored for the period set forth in the relevant legal provisions, for the time strictly necessary to provide the user with the service required to ensure the transmission of communication.
2 CookiesCookies are short text files that are downloaded to the user’s device when they visit a website. At each subsequent visit, cookies are sent back to the website that originated them (first-party cookies) or to another website that recognizes them (third-party cookies). Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognize users’ devices. They have different purposes such as, for example, allowing the user to efficiently browse through the pages, remember user’s favorite websites and, in general, improve the browsing experience. Information recorded on user’s device may be reused during the same visit to the Website (session cookies) or later, even after days (persistent cookies). Cookies are stored, according to the user’s preferences, by the individual browser on the specific device used (computer, tablet, smartphone). Depending on the function and purpose of use, it is possible to identify different types of cookies:
2.1 First-party and Third-party: Technical cookiesTechnical cookies are those used for the sole purpose of performing IT authentication or monitoring sessions and storing specific technical information regarding the user who accesses the Website. Among these technical cookies, we underline the so-called “essential cookies”, also called “strictly necessary”, which enable functions, that otherwise would render impossible to fully use the Website. These cookies are only used by the Company. They are only stored on the user’s computer during the current browser session. A cookie of this type is also used to store the user’s decision on the use of cookies on the Website. The essential cookies cannot be disabled by using the Website functions. The installation of these cookies does not require prior consent of users. These cookies can be deactivated and/or deleted via the browser settings. All modern browsers allow to change cookies settings. These settings can usually be found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.To understand these settings, the following links may be useful. Alternatively, you can use the “Help” option in your browser for more informationCookie settings on Internet Explorer/EdgeCookie settings on FirefoxCookie settings on ChromeCookie settings on OperaCookie settings on SafariiOSAndroid
In case there is a cookies block in place, the service offered to the user through the Website will be limited, thus affecting the use of the Website.
For each technical cookie used,the following information is provided: name, purpose of use and retention period.
Which cookie do we use on Girl with a room?When you visit our website, your browser stores the following cookies:
-test-amp-cookie-tmp – used by the chosen Google AMP service to increase the loading speed of our website. This service uses the information collected through this cookie to deliver our content from servers as fast as possible. It is a necessary, without this cookie the website cannot work.
__cfduid – a cookie created by the Cloudflare service that we use to increase security and speed so you can have a great experience when you visit Girl with a room. This is another necessary cookie, without this cookie the website cannot work.
_ga – this cookie is created by Google Analytics, which allows us to link anonymous statistical data on how many people visit our site, which articles are read, where our readers come from, etc. This cookie is classified as Analytics when we ask for your authorization regarding the use of cookies.
AMP-CONSENT and wp_gdpr_cookie_preferences: These cookies are used to collect and store your cookie preferences through the message we show at the bottom of the screen. The first cookie is generated by Google AMP, while the second is created by WordPress, the platform we use for our site. These two cookies are necessary in order to work in compliance with the privacy legislation.
2.2 Third-party: Statistical CookiesWhile browsing, the user may also receive cookies from different websites or web servers on their computer / device (the so-called “third-party” cookies).Those cookies are set by Third-party providers and used to statistically analyse the accesses or visits to the Website, and are also called “analytics”. They are exclusively used for statistic purposes (but not for marketing or profiling purposes) and to collect information in aggregate form without the possibility of identifying the individual user.
Please find below, for each third-party cookie on the Website, the name and the related link to the website of said third party, which can be accessed to view the information about the processing of personal data provided by the third party and to withdraw consent, if granted.
Google Analytics
C. Contact
The contact details for the Company, are the following: “With a Room Websites UK” registered office in 4/4a Bloomsbury Square, London, Greater London, WC1A 2RP, United KingdomEmail address: [email protected]
