BACKGROUND
The H.O.L Group understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your information is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits Our Site and will only collect and use information in ways that are useful to you and in a manner consistent with your rights and Our obligations under the law.
Our Site, as defined below, uses cookies and similar technologies in order to distinguish you from other users. By using cookies, We are able to provide you with a better experience and to improve Our Site by better understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur if you continue using Our Site. If you do not agree to Our Cookie Policy, please stop using Our Site immediately.
In these Terms the following terms shall have the following meanings:
| “Account” | means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of Our Site; |
| “Cookie” | means a small text file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site. Details of the Cookies used by Our Site are set out in section 2, below. You can read a definition of HTTP Cookies on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie; |
| “Our Site” | means any website bearing the HOL Group logo and owned by Us. |
| “UK and EU Cookie Law” | means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended in 2004, 2011 and 2015; and |
| “Web Beacon” | means a small, transparent image file (usually only 1-pixel x 1-pixel in size) used for tracking user behaviour and activity around Our Site. |
This Cookie Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. It does not extend to any websites that are linked to from Our Site (whether We provide those links or whether they are shared by other users). We have no control over how your data is collected, stored or used by other websites and We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
A cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of Our Site, supporting functions such as logging in, your shopping basket, and payment transactions.
It is important for Us to understand how you use Our Site, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics cookies enable us to gather this information, helping Us to improve Our Site and your experience of it.
Functionality cookies enable Us to provide additional functions to you on Our Site such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences.
It is also important for Us to know when and how often you visit Our Site, and which parts of it you have used (including which pages you have visited and which links you have clicked on). As with analytics cookies, this information helps us to better understand you and, in turn, to make Our Site and advertising more relevant to your interests. Some information gathered by targeting cookies may also be shared with third parties.
Third party cookies are not placed by Us and We have no control over them. Third party cookies may be used by advertising services to serve up tailored advertising to you on Our Site, or by third parties providing analytics services to Us (these cookies will work in the same way as analytics cookies described above).
Any of the above types of cookie may be a persistent cookie. Persistent cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.
Any of the above types of cookie may be a session cookie. Session cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
| Name of Cookie | Purpose | Strictly Necessary |
| elementor | Used in context with the web site’s WordPress theme. The cookie allows the web site owner to implemen or change the web site’s content in real-time. | Yes |
| [Randomly Assigned Name] | These cookies are used to maintain your browser session, and are deleted when you stop browsing our website. | Yes |
| PHPSESSID | These cookies are used to maintain your browser session, and are deleted when you stop browsing our website. | Yes |
| Name of Cookie / Provider | First / Third Party | Default Expiration Time | Purpose |
_ga Google Analytics | First | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
_gat Google Analytics | First | 10 years | Used to throttle request rate. |
_gid Google Analytics | First | 1 day | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
__utma Google Analytics | First | 2 years from set/update | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to google analytics. |
__utmt Google Analytics | First | 10 minutes | Used to throttle request rate. |
__utmb Google Analytics | First | 30 mins from set/update | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to google analytics. |
__utmc Google Analytics | First | End of browser session | Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. |
__utmz Google Analytics | First | 6 months from set/update | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
__utmv Google Analytics | First | 2 years from set/update | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
yt-player-headers-readable YouTube | First | Persistent | Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor’s device and network settings. |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE YouTube | First | 179 days | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
YSC YouTube | First | Session | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen . |
yt.innertube::nextId YouTube | First | Persistent | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen . |
yt.innertube::requests YouTube | First | Persistent | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen . |
To contact us about anything to do with our website, please either use any of our Contact Tools on Our Site, or please use the following details (for the attention of the Managing Director):
Email address: privacy@hol-group.com.
Telephone number: +44 (0)20 8885 3055.
Postal Address: 103 Kings Cross Road, London, WC1X 9LP.
These Terms will be reviewed annually and updated as necessary. The management team endorses this policy and is fully committed to its implementation.
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