Cookie Policy

Last updated: 11 June 2026

This policy explains exactly which cookies NÓS Albania (Nos Luxury Rooms & Apartments, Bulevardi Skënderbeu, Shkodër, Albania) sets on nosalbania.al, what they do, how long they last, and how you control them.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by a website. Some are needed for the site to work at all (for example, keeping you logged in while you complete a booking); others, like analytics cookies, are optional and are only used with your consent.

How Consent Works on This Site

When you first visit, a banner asks you to Accept or Decline optional cookies. Until you choose - and whenever you decline - no analytics or third-party scripts are loaded at all: Google Analytics is not contacted, no analytics cookies are set, and the Google Maps embed stays unloaded until you ask for it. Only the strictly necessary cookies below are used without consent, as permitted by the EU ePrivacy rules and the Albanian Law No. 9887 "On Protection of Personal Data".

The Cookies We Actually Use

Cookie	Purpose	Duration	Type / consent
PHPSESSID	Keeps your session while you browse, log in or complete a booking; also protects forms against misuse (CSRF).	Until you close your browser	Strictly necessary - no consent required
cookiesAccepted	Remembers the choice you made in the cookie banner so we do not ask you on every page.	12 months	Strictly necessary (consent record) - no consent required
_ga	Google Analytics 4: distinguishes visitors for anonymous site statistics (which pages are read, where visitors come from).	Up to 2 years	Analytics - set only after you click Accept
_ga_5X2Q1EYHZH	Google Analytics 4: keeps the session state for our statistics property.	Up to 2 years	Analytics - set only after you click Accept

We do not use marketing, advertising or social-media tracking cookies of any kind.

Third-Party Services

• Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Ltd / Google LLC): loads only after you accept cookies. IP anonymization is enabled. Statistics data is transferred to Google servers in the United States under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, to which Google is certified.
• Google Maps: the map on our homepage is loaded from Google only after you accept cookies or click "Show the map". Until then, Google receives nothing about your visit.
• PayPal (PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A.): on the payment page only, the PayPal checkout sets its own cookies. These are necessary to process the payment you are requesting and are governed by PayPal's privacy policy.

Changing Your Mind - Anytime

Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it: click Cookie Settings (also available in the footer of every page) and the banner reopens. If you switch to Decline, Google Analytics stops immediately and our script deletes the _ga cookies it controls. You can also view, block or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time; blocking the strictly necessary cookies may break login and booking.

Your Rights

Our use of cookies follows the EU GDPR/ePrivacy rules and the Albanian Law No. 9887 "On Protection of Personal Data". You have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data, and to lodge a complaint with the Albanian Information and Data Protection Commissioner (idp.al) or your local EU supervisory authority. More detail is in our Privacy Policy.