Privacy Policy
At Strathaven Hotel we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our visitors to our web site and subscribers to our email newsletters. We will not share your data with any other businesses for the purposes of marketing and want you to understand how we handle your data.
Website Visitors
When someone visits strathaven.tempurl.host we use Google Analytics to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the website, time on the website and pages visited. This information does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.
Newsletter Sign Up
In order to sign up for our e-newsletters, we require personal information, this includes names and email addresses. We use that information to update you with news and offers for Strathaven Hotel. We will not share or sell your data to other organisations and businesses.
We use a third-party provider, MailChimp, to deliver our email newsletters. For more information, please see MailChimp’s privacy notice.
You can unsubscribe to our mailing list at any time of the day or night by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails. You can also email our team at reception@strathavenhotel.com
Access to Your Personal Information
You are entitled to access the personal information that we hold for you. Email your request to reception@strathavenhotel.com
External Links
At Strathaven Hotel we aim to only include quality, safe and relevant external links, however visitors are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links. Strathaven Hotel cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite our best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and Strathaven Hotel cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links.
Changes to this Privacy Notice
We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 21st May 2021.
Use of Cookies
This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer / device.
Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computer’s hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.
This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information.
Other cookies may be stored to your computer’s hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.
Cookies Used on This Website
We use cookies to make our website work efficiently, improve your browsing experience, and help us understand how visitors interact with our site. Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website.
Some cookies are essential for website security and functionality, while others help us analyse traffic, embed third-party services, or support advertising.
| Cookie Name & Purpose | Provider & Category |
|---|---|
| __Secure-1PAPISID Authentication, security, fraud prevention |
Google – Security |
| __Secure-1PSID Maintains secure sessions and verifies identity |
Google – Security |
| __Secure-3PAPISID Supports authentication and secure interactions |
Google – Security |
| __Secure-3PSID Prevents fraudulent activity and maintains secure sessions |
Google – Security |
| __Secure-3PSIDCC Additional security layer for Google services |
Google – Security |
| HSID Verifies accounts and ensures secure browsing |
Google – Security |
| SID Maintains secure sessions across Google services |
Google – Security |
| APISID Supports personalised Google services and secure interactions |
Google – Functional |
| SAPISID Supports personalisation and security features |
Google – Functional |
| SSID Stores encrypted information for Google service interactions |
Google – Functional |
| LOGIN_INFO Stores login session information for Google services such as YouTube |
Google / YouTube – Functional |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Tracks interaction with embedded YouTube videos and stores playback preferences |
YouTube – Functional |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA Stores user privacy preferences for YouTube services |
YouTube – Functional |
| YSC Tracks engagement with embedded YouTube videos |
YouTube – Functional |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN Used for Google feature testing, rollouts, and infrastructure management |
Google – Functional |
| _ga Distinguishes unique visitors and tracks website usage |
Google Analytics – Analytics |
| _ga_WNXGZ4XBZY Tracks page interactions and session behaviour |
Google Analytics – Analytics |
| _gcl_au Measures conversions and advertising effectiveness |
Google Ads – Marketing |
| _fbp Tracks visitors for Facebook ads and enables ad retargeting |
Meta (Facebook) – Marketing |
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are set by third-party services (Google, YouTube, Meta/Facebook). They may collect information about your interactions according to their privacy policies.
Some services on our website are provided by third-party platforms which may set their own cookies. These are governed by the respective provider’s privacy policies.
Google: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies
Meta (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Managing Cookies
You can manage or disable cookies in your browser settings. Some parts of the website may not function properly if certain cookies are disabled.

