Hawksford Cookie Policy 

This policy provides details about how we use website cookies. 

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website. 

 

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

 

We use the following cookies: 

 

  • Analytical/performance cookies.  They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it.  This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. 

 

  • Functionality cookies.  These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences and interests (for example, your choice of language or region). 

 

  • Targeting cookies.  These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed.  We will use this information to make our website and any marketing displayed on it more relevant to your interests.  We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose. 

 

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. 

 

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help website operators analyse how users use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluation your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services  

relating to website activity and internet usage. 

 

Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using our website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. To prevent Google Analytics cookies being set, you may install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On

 

Hotjar is one of our third-party partners, who gathers information from users through the use of cookies. We use the information gathered from these cookies to analyse and understand how people interact with our website. To opt-out to the creation of a user profile or Hotjar’s storing of data about your usage of our site and/or Hotjar’s use of tracking cookies on other websites then please visit https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out  

 

We use Hubspot, a web analytics service provided by Hubspot Ltd. Hubspot uses cookies to help website operators analyse how users use the website and to track lead generation. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Hubspot on servers in the United States. Hubspot will use this information for the purpose of evaluation your use of our website, compiling reports on website and social media activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. 

 

Hubspot may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Hawksford's behalf. Hubspot will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Hawksford. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Hubspot in the manner and for the purposes set out above. You may block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website. 

 

All cookies persist until deleted but session cookies expire when you close your browser.