Villario  ·  a trading name of Cyridium Ltd  ·  ICO registration: ZC135949

This policy explains how Villario uses cookies and similar technologies when you browse Listings, book a stay, or manage a Property on villario.com (the “Service”).

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies — local storage, session storage — work in comparable ways and are also covered by this policy.

2. Our legal basis

We operate under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the UK Data Use and Access Act (DUAA):

  • Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent — they're needed to make a Booking, sign in, and process payment.

  • First-party analytics cookies used only to improve the Service, not shared with third parties or used for advertising, are DUAA-exempt from consent, but we must tell you about them and offer a meaningful opt-out.

  • All other cookies require your consent before we set them.

3. Cookies we set

3.1 Strictly necessary

Cookie name

Purpose

Duration

session

Maintains your authenticated session while you browse, book, or manage a Property

Session / 24 hours

csrf_token

Protects against cross-site request forgery, particularly on Booking and payment forms

Session

locale

Remembers your preferred language for browsing Listings

12 months

consent

Records your cookie preferences

12 months

search_context

Retains your destination, dates, and guest count while you browse search results and Listing pages

Session

3.2 First-party analytics (DUAA-exempt, opt-out available)

Cookie name

Purpose

Duration

_vlr_anon

Identifies anonymous browsing sessions for aggregate search and conversion analysis

30 days

_vlr_ref

Records the referral source of your session

Session

You can opt out at any time via our cookie preference centre, or via browser Do Not Track settings, which we honour.

3.3 Functional / payment cookies (consent required)

Cookie / storage key

Provider

Purpose

Duration

__stripe_mid, __stripe_sid

Stripe

Fraud detection and secure payment processing. Only present on the Booking checkout page.

1 year / session

4. Managing your preferences

You can manage cookies in the following ways:

  • Cookie banner: Shown on your first visit; update your choices at any time via “Cookie preferences” in the site footer.

  • Browser settings: Most browsers let you block or delete cookies. Blocking strictly necessary cookies will prevent you from signing in or completing a Booking.

  • Do Not Track: We honour browser DNT signals for our first-party analytics.

5. Changes to this policy

We'll update this policy when we introduce new cookies or our practices change. The date at the top reflects the last revision.

6. Contact

Cyridium Ltd, trading as Villario
19 Brambles Crescent, Blythe Valley, Solihull, B90 8DJ
Email: privacy@villario.com
ICO registration: ZC135949