Cookie
Policy
Last updated: May 2025 · Star La Cala SL, C. Torremolinos 12, 29649 La Cala de Mijas, Málaga, Spain
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.
Cookies are not programs and cannot carry viruses or install malware on your device. They simply store small pieces of data that can be retrieved when you visit a website, allowing the site to remember information about your visit.
Cookies can be "session cookies" — which expire when you close your browser — or "persistent cookies" — which remain on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them.
2. Why We Use Cookies
Star La Cala SL uses cookies on its website (eganstevend195.sg-host.com) for the following reasons:
- To ensure the website functions correctly and securely
- To remember your preferences and settings
- To analyse how visitors use our website and improve our content
- To understand which pages and properties are most popular
- To measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
- To show you relevant content based on your interests (with your consent)
We only use cookies where they serve a legitimate purpose and we keep the number of cookies we use to a minimum. Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before placing cookies on your device.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function. Without them, services you have requested — such as submitting an enquiry form — cannot be provided. These cookies do not require your consent.
- Session management (keeping you logged in during your visit)
- Security cookies (protecting against cross-site request forgery)
- Cookie consent preferences (remembering your cookie choices)
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting information anonymously. We use this data to improve our website and content.
- Google Analytics — tracks pages visited, time spent, and how you arrived at our site. Data is anonymised and aggregated. You can opt out via Google's opt-out tool.
Functional Cookies
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your preferred language or region, providing a more personalised experience.
- Language preference cookies (remembering your selected language)
- Property search preferences (saving your search filters)
- Favourites / shortlist (remembering properties you have saved)
Marketing Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies are only placed with your consent.
- Google Ads / Remarketing — shows relevant ads to previous visitors across the Google Display Network
- Facebook Pixel — tracks conversions and allows retargeting on Facebook and Instagram
- Hotjar — records anonymised user sessions to help us understand user behaviour (heatmaps, click tracking)
4. Third Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are set by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control these cookies. The main third parties whose cookies may appear on our website are:
- Google — Analytics, Maps, Ads. Privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
- Facebook / Meta — Social sharing and advertising pixel. Privacy policy: facebook.com/privacy
- YouTube — Embedded property videos. Privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
- Hotjar — User behaviour analytics. Privacy policy: hotjar.com/legal/privacy
- Gravity Forms / WordPress — Contact form and website platform cookies
We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these third parties to understand how they use your data.
5. Managing & Deleting Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences in the following ways:
Through our cookie consent tool
When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or reject different categories of cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings link in our website footer.
Through your browser settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:
- View and delete existing cookies
- Block all cookies from being set
- Block third-party cookies only
- Set your browser to notify you when a cookie is being set
Browser-specific instructions:
Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of our website, including your ability to submit enquiry forms or save property searches.
6. Your Consent
In accordance with UK GDPR and EU GDPR, we request your consent before placing any non-essential cookies on your device. Essential cookies do not require consent as they are strictly necessary for the website to function.
By accepting cookies through our consent banner, you consent to us placing the categories of cookies you have selected on your device. You may withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your preferences through our cookie settings tool or by clearing cookies from your browser.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdrew consent.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our use of cookies or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the updated policy on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
Star La Cala SL
C. Torremolinos, 12
29649 La Cala de Mijas, Málaga, Spain
Email: info@starlacala.com
Tel: +34 952 49 48 00