Privacy Policy

Last updated: 4 August 2026  ·  hostalloschamos.com

1. Who We Are

Hostal Los Chamos ("Hostal Los Chamos", "we", "us") operates the website hostalloschamos.com. We are a surf hostel located in San Juan del Sur, Rivas, Nicaragua, and we are the data controller responsible for your personal information under this policy.

Contact: [email protected]

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following personal information when you use our services or contact us:

• Full name
• Email address
• Phone number / WhatsApp
• Check-in and check-out dates
• Number of guests
• Special requests or notes

We also collect standard web analytics data (pages visited, browser type, IP address) through cookies and analytics tools.

3. How We Use Your Information

• Process accommodation reservation requests
• Confirm bookings and send stay-related information
• Manage check-in and guest experience

With your consent, we may also use your information to:

• Send promotional offers and seasonal deals
• Follow up on your stay experience

4. Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share it with:

• Service providers (web hosting, analytics, communication tools) under confidentiality agreements.
• Online booking platforms (when applicable)
• Law enforcement or government authorities when required by law.

5. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to improve your experience and analyze traffic. You can disable cookies in your browser settings at any time. Disabling cookies may affect some functionality.

6. Advertising — Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, an advertising service provided by Google LLC, and may use other advertising networks. In relation to this:

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to you based on your visits to this and other sites on the Internet.
• Other third-party vendors and ad networks may also use cookies and similar technologies to measure ad effectiveness and personalise advertising content.
• These cookies may collect data such as your approximate IP address, browser type, device, pages visited and time of visit.

How to opt out of personalised advertising:

• You may opt out of the DART cookie and personalised Google ads at Google Ad Settings.
• You may manage preferences across multiple ad networks at aboutads.info/choices and at optout.networkadvertising.org.

We do not control and cannot access the cookies used by these third-party vendors. Google’s handling of this data is governed by its own policies — see How Google uses data.

7. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Erasure — ask us to delete your personal data when it is no longer needed for the purposes described in this policy.
• Objection — object to the use of your data for promotional offers or seasonal deals at any time.
• Restriction — ask us to limit how we use your data while a request is being reviewed.

To exercise any of these rights:

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, or as required by applicable law.

9. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. However, no internet transmission is 100% secure.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.