COOKIE POLICY

Last updated: 20 October 2026

HEYBA uses cookies and similar technologies on surfheyba.com to make the website work, understand how people use it and measure the performance of our marketing.

You decide whether we can use optional cookies.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website.

We also use similar technologies such as pixels, tags and local storage. In this policy, we refer to all of these as “cookies” unless there is a reason to distinguish between them.

WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?

NECESSARY COOKIES

These are required for the website to work properly.

They may be used for things such as remembering your cookie preferences, keeping forms working correctly, security and other basic website functionality.

These cookies do not require your consent.

ANALYTICS & PERFORMANCE

With your permission, we use analytics tools to understand how people use HEYBA.

This can include information such as:

• which pages you visit
• how you arrived on the website
• which links and buttons you use
• how long you spend on different pages
• your browser and device type
• approximate location
• website performance and errors

We currently use Google Analytics for this purpose.

This helps us understand what is useful, improve the website and see which content people actually engage with.

Google requires websites using its measurement and advertising tools in the EEA to collect and communicate relevant user consent choices. Google Help

MARKETING & ADVERTISING

With your permission, we may use advertising cookies and pixels to understand whether our marketing works and to show more relevant HEYBA advertising.

We currently or may in the future use tools including:

Meta Pixel / Meta advertising tools
Used to measure activity from Facebook and Instagram advertising, understand conversions and build audiences for advertising.

Google advertising tools
May be used to measure advertising performance, conversions and, where permitted, remarketing.

Reddit Pixel / Reddit advertising tools
May be used to measure visits and conversions from Reddit advertising and to improve or retarget advertising campaigns. Reddit describes its Pixel as technology used to measure, optimise and re-engage audiences based on website activity. business.reddit.com

We may add or change advertising providers as HEYBA develops. When we do, we will update our cookie settings and this policy.

WHAT INFORMATION CAN THESE TOOLS COLLECT?

Depending on your choices and the tool being used, information can include:

• pages viewed
• links and buttons clicked
• referral source
• advertising campaign information
• conversion events such as submitting an application or joining a list
• browser and device information
• IP address
• cookie or advertising identifiers
• approximate location

Some of this information can constitute personal data when it can be connected to an identifiable person. IMY

We do not intentionally use advertising cookies to collect the information you type into free-text application answers.

WHY DO WE USE MARKETING COOKIES?

Primarily to understand things like:

• whether an Instagram or Facebook ad resulted in a trip application
• which campaigns bring people to HEYBA
• which pages people engage with
• whether our advertising is working
• whether someone who has visited HEYBA should see relevant HEYBA advertising later

They help us spend less money showing ads to people who are unlikely to be interested and better understand what actually brings people into the HEYBA community.

YOUR CHOICE

When you first visit HEYBA, you can choose which optional cookies you accept.

You can:

Accept all
Reject optional cookies
Choose your preferences

If you do nothing, only necessary cookies should be active.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time through Cookie Settings on our website.

Rejecting optional cookies will not prevent you from browsing the HEYBA website, applying for a trip or joining our community.

THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS

Some cookies and similar technologies are provided by companies outside HEYBA, such as Google, Meta and Reddit.

Those companies may process information according to their own privacy policies and may process information outside the country where you live.

Please see our Privacy Policy for more information about how HEYBA handles personal data and works with service providers.

CURRENT COOKIE LIST

The exact cookies used can change when services are updated.

Our Cookie Settings tool shows the current cookies active on the website, including:

• cookie name
• provider
• purpose
• category
• expiry or retention period

You can also use Cookie Settings to change your consent at any time.

CONTACT

Questions about cookies or privacy?

HEYBA
Email: [email protected]
Website: surfheyba.com