Cookie Policy

This cookie policy was last updated on August 29, 2026 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

1. Introduction

Vår webbplats, https://gardshotellet.se (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience, all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties that we have hired. In the document below, we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small, simple file that is sent along with pages on this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or other device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the relevant third party servers during a subsequent visit.

3. What are scripts?

A script is a piece of software code that is used to make our website work correctly and interactively. This code runs on our server or on your device.

4. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (or pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. To do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

5. Cookies

5.1 Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website function properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit and navigate our website, for example by remembering your language choice or keeping your booking active while you complete it. We may place these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Marketing/Tracking Cookies

Marketing/tracking cookies are cookies or some other form of local storage, which are used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across multiple websites for similar marketing purposes.

5.3 Social media

On our website we have included content from Instagram to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks, such as Instagram. This content consists of code retrieved from Instagram and which saves cookies that can store and process certain information for personalized advertising.

Please read the privacy policies of these social networks (which may change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data that they process using these cookies. The data collected is anonymized as much as possible. Instagram is located in the United States.

5.4 Booking system

We use the booking service Sirvoy to allow you as a guest to see available rooms, prices and make your booking directly on the website. Sirvoy may place cookies that are necessary to manage your booking session.

5.5 Map

We use Google Maps to show the hotel's location and directions. The map will only load if you accept the marketing category in our cookie banner (see section 5.2). We only use this single marketing cookie on the website — no other tracking or advertising cookies are used.

5.6 Language selection

The website is available in multiple languages via TranslatePress. The language change occurs without any cookies being placed on your device.

6. Placed cookies

7. Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up window with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences”, you agree to our use of the categories of cookies and add-ons you selected in the pop-up window, as described in this cookie policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer function properly.

7.1 Manage your consent settings

8. Enable/disable and delete cookies

You can use your browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies should not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your browser so that you receive a notification each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, see the instructions in the help section of your browser.

Please note that our website may not function properly if all cookies are disabled. If you delete cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.

9. Your rights with regard to personal data

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it and how long it will be stored.
Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have your personal data deleted or blocked at any time.
If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
Right to transfer: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We will comply with this, unless there are legitimate grounds for processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. See the contact details at the bottom of this cookie policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority.

10. Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us using the following contact details:

Gårdshotellet Ystad AB
Skälhögsvägen 177, 271 95 Ystad
Sverige
Website: https://gardshotellet.se
Email: stay@gardshotellet.se