Privacy

VoteStay is operated by Dream OPS B.V., a company registered in the Netherlands. This page describes exactly what we store. It's deliberately short because we store very little.

No accounts, no profiles

VoteStay has no user accounts. When you first use the site, our server sets one cookie, vs_uid: a random identifier that lets your votes count once and keeps you in your parties. It contains no personal data and is not used for tracking, advertising or analytics.

Why there is no cookie banner

The vs_uid cookie is strictly functional: the service cannot work without it. Under the EU ePrivacy rules, functional cookies do not require a consent banner. We set no other cookies.

What we store

Party names, the display names members choose, Booking.com listing links with their public titles and photos, optional price notes, and votes. That's it. Don't put personal information in party names or display names; first names or nicknames are all it needs.

How long

Parties and everything in them are deleted automatically 90 days after the party's last activity. There are no backups of expired parties beyond a 35-day disaster-recovery window.

Where

Data is stored with Amazon Web Services in the EU (Ireland, eu-west-1).

Your rights

Under the GDPR you can ask us to access or delete data connected to your browser's identifier. Contact us at hello@votestay.com and we'll sort it out.

Booking.com

VoteStay is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Booking.com. When you open a listing, you leave VoteStay and Booking.com's own privacy policy applies.