Privacy Policy / Cookies
A legal disclaimer
The following is our Privacy Policy that applies to all users of this site; www.languagestay.co.uk (“the site”)
Personal Information We collect
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking about Device Information, Contact Information and Information provided by you “the host family” when you complete a registration form.
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information”.
Device Information/Cookies
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
– “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
– “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
– “Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Website contact form
Additionally when you complete a contact form through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Contact Information”.
How do we use your personal information?
From your personal information we create accommodation lists for our schools/agencies and we create booking information which is sent to our host families based on the student data captured.
We also use your personal information to create an online profile for you which can be viewed and edited at anytime by logging onto your host family dashboard. We may use this information to contact you to matters relating to bookings.