Last updated: September 4, 2026
This Privacy & Cookies Policy explains how Albaways SH.P.K., operating under the Albaways brand (“we”, “us”, “our”), collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects your personal data when you use our website and services.
It also explains how we use cookies and similar technologies, including Google tags and Meta advertising technologies, for analytics, advertising, security, and website functionality.
We aim to process personal data in accordance with applicable privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), where applicable, and to provide clear information about your choices and rights.
Albaways SH.P.K., operating under the Albaways brand, operates an online platform that allows users to browse, compare, and book rental cars from participating car rental companies.
For privacy-related questions, you can contact us at support@albaways.al.
Full card details are entered through our payment provider's payment environment and are not intended to be stored directly by Albaways.
We may use personal data to:
Where the GDPR applies, we may rely on the following legal bases:
We use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, and similar technologies to operate our website, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the website, measure performance, improve our services, and support advertising and conversion measurement.
These technologies may include:
We use Google services such as Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, and Google Ads-related measurement and advertising tools. We may also use the Meta Pixel and related Meta advertising technologies.
These services may use cookies, pixels, tags, and similar technologies to understand how you interact with our website, measure website and advertising performance, record conversions, and support remarketing and personalized advertising where permitted.
Where consent is required, we use your consent choices to determine whether non-essential analytics and advertising technologies may be used. Relevant consent signals may also be communicated to providers such as Google.
If you reject non-essential cookies and technologies, advertising and analytics functionality may be restricted or disabled depending on the technology and our configuration.
Google and Meta may process information collected through their technologies in accordance with their respective privacy policies and terms.
When you first visit our website, we show a consent banner that allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies and similar technologies.
Where consent is required, non-essential analytics and advertising technologies are subject to the consent choices you make.
You may also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Please note that blocking certain technologies may affect some website features or functionality.
When you make a booking, we share the information necessary to fulfil that booking with the rental company providing the vehicle.
This may include your identity and contact information, booking details, rental dates, pickup and drop-off information, selected options, and other information reasonably necessary for the rental company to provide the booked service.
We may also share personal data with trusted third-party providers where necessary to operate our services, including:
We only share information where reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy or where otherwise permitted or required by law.
Where required, we take steps designed to ensure that service providers handling personal data on our behalf are subject to appropriate contractual and data-protection obligations.
Card payments are processed through third-party payment and banking infrastructure. When you proceed to card payment, you may be redirected to a secure payment environment operated by our payment provider.
Albaways does not require you to provide your full card number, card security code, or other full card credentials directly to our website for us to store.
We may receive and retain payment-related information necessary to manage your booking, such as transaction identifiers, authorization and payment status, payment amounts, refunds, and other transaction metadata.
Some of our service providers may process personal data outside your country or outside the European Economic Area.
Where required by applicable law, we aim to use appropriate safeguards for such transfers, including contractual protections or other lawful transfer mechanisms.
We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including to provide our services, maintain booking and transaction records, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, enforce agreements, comply with legal obligations, and protect our legitimate interests.
Different categories of information may be retained for different periods depending on their purpose and applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
Depending on the law applicable to you, you may have the right to:
These rights may be subject to limitations or exceptions under applicable law.
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, destruction, or disclosure.
Access to personal information is limited according to operational need, and we use security measures intended to protect data while it is transmitted and stored.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We may update this policy from time to time to reflect legal, technical, operational, or business changes. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
If you have questions about this Privacy & Cookies Policy or want to exercise your privacy rights, contact us at support@albaways.al.