Cookie Policy
Last updated: November 7, 2025
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.
How We Use Cookies
FareScout uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience, analyze usage, and provide personalized content.
Types of Cookies We Use
1. Essential Cookies (Required)
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic features like page navigation.
Example cookies:
- Session management cookies
- Security cookies
Duration: Session or up to 24 hours
2. Functional Cookies (Optional)
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences.
Example cookies:
- Language preferences
- Starred hotels (stored in localStorage)
- Search history
Duration: Up to 1 year
3. Analytics Cookies (Optional)
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Services we use:
- Google Analytics
- Usage tracking and performance monitoring
Duration: Up to 2 years
4. Marketing/Advertising Cookies (Optional)
These cookies track your visits to our site and other sites to deliver personalized advertising.
Used for:
- Retargeting campaigns
- Affiliate tracking
- Social media integration
Duration: Up to 1 year
Third-Party Cookies
When you visit FareScout, third-party services may also set cookies on your device:
- Google Analytics: Web analytics and usage tracking
- Travel Partners: When you visit partner sites our partner booking sites
- Social Media: If we integrate social sharing features
These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies, which we do not control.
Local Storage
In addition to cookies, we use browser local storage to save your starred hotels and preferences. This data is stored only on your device and is not transmitted to our servers.
Storage key: farescout_starred_v1
This contains your starred hotel configurations and is never synced across devices or sent to our servers.
Managing Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in several ways:
Browser Settings
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions
Cookie Consent
When you first visit FareScout, you will see a cookie consent banner. You can accept or reject optional cookies. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the site to function.
Note: Disabling cookies may affect your experience on FareScout and prevent certain features from working properly.
Do Not Track (DNT)
Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature. FareScout respects DNT signals for analytics and advertising cookies but may still use essential cookies required for the site to function.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. The "Last updated" date at the top indicates when this policy was last revised.
Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@farescout.be
More Information
For more information about how we handle your data, please see our: