Cookie Policy

Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how Car Rental Paphos (carpaphos.com, referred to as "we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website. This policy applies to all pages of carpaphos.com, including our car rental booking forms, fleet listings, destination guides covering areas such as Kato Paphos, Coral Bay, Petra tou Romiou, and the Akamas Peninsula, and all other content we publish.

By continuing to browse carpaphos.com, you acknowledge this policy. Our cookie consent banner, displayed on your first visit, allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies at any time. You may also update your preferences at any point through your browser settings or by contacting us directly.

This policy should be read alongside our Data Privacy notice and our Booking Terms.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of carpaphos.com. Without them, core functions such as our car rental booking form, availability search, and secure checkout cannot function correctly. These cookies do not require your consent as they are integral to the service you have requested.

Examples include session cookies that maintain your booking progress as you move between pages (for example, from fleet selection to the pickup-date form), security tokens that protect against cross-site request forgery, and load-balancing cookies that ensure your requests are handled by the same server during a session.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website. We use aggregated, anonymized data from these cookies to improve the performance of our booking flow, identify pages that cause drop-off, and measure the popularity of destination content covering Paphos landmarks such as the House of Dionysus and Paphos Castle.

Data collected includes pages visited, time on site, referring sources, device type, and broad geographic region. We do not use analytics cookies to identify individual users. IP addresses are anonymized before storage. Analytics cookies are only placed with your consent.

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

Marketing cookies allow us and our advertising partners to show you relevant promotions and car rental offers on other websites after you have visited carpaphos.com. For example, if you searched for an automatic rental near Paphos Airport (PFO) but did not complete a booking, a marketing cookie may enable a reminder advertisement on a partner platform.

These cookies track browsing behavior across websites and are only placed with your explicit consent. You may withdraw consent at any time using the methods described in the "Managing Your Cookie Preferences" section below.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies enable enhanced features and personalisation on carpaphos.com. They remember choices you have made - such as your preferred language, currency display, or last-used pickup location (for example, Paphos Airport or Coral Bay) - so you do not need to re-enter them on each visit.

Functional cookies may also be used to remember whether you have dismissed certain notices or completed an action, such as subscribing to our seasonal deal alerts. These cookies do not track your activity on other websites. They are placed with your consent.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Our Cookie Banner

When you first visit carpaphos.com, a cookie consent banner is displayed. You may accept all cookies, accept only essential cookies, or customise your preferences by category. Your choice is stored so you are not asked again on subsequent visits from the same browser. You may change your preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the site.

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, or delete existing cookies. Below are links to cookie management instructions for common browsers:

• Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox: Preferences > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
• Safari (macOS/iOS): Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
• Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions

Please note that blocking essential cookies will prevent the carpaphos.com booking form and availability search from functioning correctly. We recommend allowing essential cookies for the best experience when searching for car hire in Paphos.

Device-Level Settings

On mobile and tablet devices, you can manage tracking permissions through your operating system settings. Both iOS and Android provide options to limit ad tracking and reset advertising identifiers, which affects how marketing cookies associated with your device operate across apps and mobile browsers.

Opt-Out Tools

For interest-based advertising specifically, you may use industry opt-out tools such as the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out tool. These do not block all cookies but instruct participating networks not to use your data for personalised advertising.

Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the technologies we use, changes in applicable law, or updates to the third-party services integrated into carpaphos.com. When we make material changes, we will update the effective date shown at the bottom of this page.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically, particularly before completing a car rental booking on carpaphos.com. Your continued use of the site following a policy update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. If changes significantly affect how we use cookies that require your consent, we will display a new consent notice on your next visit.