Parties
- (“Halls Hosting”) The Halls Group trading as Halls Hosting located in the United Kingdom with a registered office at The Halls Group, Sunnyhill, Witley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5RN.
1. Background
- (A) Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you browse websites. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
- (B) Halls Hosting websites uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps Halls Hosting to provide you with a good experience when you browse the website and also allows Halls Hosting to improve the site. Without cookies, services you have asked for such as remembering your login details or locale preferences would not be possible.
- (C) This policy is intended to provide you with this information and show you how to manage cookies. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our website.
- (D) This policy only relates to cookies operated by Halls Hosting and does not cover any cookies from other websites that may link to or be accessed from our website.
2. Definitions
2.1. Cookie – a small file placed on your device that stores and sometimes tracks information about your use of the Website.
2.2. Essential Cookies – Cookies that are essential for the operation of the Website. These include cookies that allow you to log in to secure areas of the Website, use shopping baskets and make use of e-billing services.
2.3. Analytics Cookies – Cookies that monitor how users arrived at and interact with the Website. These cookies help to provide information on page views, traffic sources, and other information that helps us understand how Users use the Website.
2.4. Advertising Cookies – Cookies that are used to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
2.5. First Party Cookies – Cookies that are set by us.
2.6. Third Party Cookies – Cookies that are set by other parties outside of the Website.
2.7. Website – https://www.hallshosting.co.uk
2.8. User, You and Your – Any individual accessing or using the Website.
3. Who are we?
- 3.1. The Halls Group is the owner and operator of this website.
- 3.2. The Halls Group registered office at Sunnyhill, Witley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5RN.
- 3.3. The Halls Group is the controller of any personal data processed through cookies placed on users’ devices by Halls Hosting or by third parties on Halls Hosting’s behalf.
- 3.4. For any queries regarding this policy and the cookies used, please contact our cookies officer at [email protected].
4. What is a cookie?
- 4.1. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded on to your computer or device when you visit a website. Cookies are used by many websites and can do a number of things, like allowing a website to recognise your device.
4.2. There are different types of cookies which include:
- (a) Session cookies, which are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site; and
- (b) Persistent cookies, which remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer or until you manually delete the cookie. Persistent cookies are used to remember your preferences for the site.
4.3. Cookies can be used for different purposes including:
- (a) Authentication – cookies are used to identify the user and maintain secure logged in sessions;
- (b) Performance and usage – cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often; and
- (c) Targeting – cookies may be used to deliver content including ads relevant to a user’s interests.
4.4. The types of information that cookies collect and store vary depending on their purpose but generally do not collect information that directly identifies an individual user, such as names or email addresses.
5. Do we use cookies?
5.1. We use the following types of cookies on our website:
- (a) Essential/strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
- (b) Analytics cookies. These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
- (c) Advertising cookies. We use third party advertising companies who may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. They do this by using cookies to collect information about your browsing habits. This means that a cookie is added to your device when you visit this website (or others) and it allows an advertising company to see that you have visited this site and may visit again in the future. The data collected through the use of these cookies is not stored with us and is completely anonymous. It is only used to tailor advertising displays for groups of users rather than specific individuals.
5.2. We use cookies for the following purposes:
- (a) Essential/strictly necessary cookies – Cookies that are essential for the operation of the Website. These include cookies that allow you to log in to secure areas of the Website, use shopping baskets and make use of e-billing services.
- (b) Analytics cookies – Cookies that monitor how users arrived at and interact with the Website. These cookies help to provide information on page views, traffic sources, and other information that helps us understand how Users use the Website.
- (c) Advertising cookies – Cookies that are used to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
5.3. You can set your browser not to accept cookies, but certain features of our website may not function as a result.
5.4. Our website uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
5.5. Third party advertising companies who may supply services on our behalf after visiting our website, use industry standard technologies such as cookies, JavaScript or Web Beacons that allow them to manage the delivery of relevant adverts to you.
6. Who sets cookies when I use Halls Hosting?
6.1. Cookies set by Halls Hosting itself (first party cookies) are used to:
- (a) Recognise you when you return to the Halls Hosting website and allow us to tailor content and advertisements to suit your preferences.
- (b) Remember your previously selected preferences such as language or region.
- (c) Measure how users use the Halls Hosting website so we can improve your experience.
6.2. Cookies may also be set by third parties on our website. Third party cookies include:
- (a) Analytics cookies set by Google Analytics which help us understand how users arrive at and use our website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help analyse how users use the Halls Hosting website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website will be transmitted to and stored by Google.
- (b) Advertising cookies which are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
- (c) Social media cookies from social networks like Facebook and Twitter which enable users to share content from our website through the relevant social media platforms.
7. What cookies does Halls Hosting use?
7.1. Halls Hosting uses the following essential/strictly necessary cookies:
- (a) Elementor – This cookie is used by the website’s WordPress theme. It allows the website owner to implement or change the website’s content in real-time.
- (b) wpEmojiSettingsSupports – WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly.
- (c) WHMCS8bQ32se7YXDy – session
- (d) rc::a – This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
- (e) rc::c 0 This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
8. How can change my cookie settings, incl. opting out?
8.1. You can use your browser’s cookie settings to block some or all cookies.
- (a) For Internet Explorer, you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, and selecting the “Block all cookies” check box using the slider.
- (b) For Chrome, you can select “Settings”, then “Advanced”, and under “Privacy and security”, select “Content settings” and select “Block sites from setting any data” under “Cookies”.
- (c) For Safari, you can select “Preferences” and then “Privacy” and select “Never” under “Accept cookies”.
- (d) For Firefox, you can select “Options” and then “Privacy” and select “Use custom settings for history” and uncheck “Accept cookies from sites” to block all cookies.
8.2. You can opt out of receiving advertising cookies from some third-party advertisers and ad networks by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page and the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
8.3. You can change your cookie settings at any time by amending your browser settings. The changes will apply when you next visit this website.
8.4. If you have any other questions about cookies or changing your settings, please contact our data protection officer at [email protected]
9. How to contact us
9.1. The website owner’s contact details are:
- (a) Name: The Halls Group
- (b) Office Address – The Halls Group, Sunnyhill, Witley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5RN
- (c) Email: [email protected]
9.2. You can contact the website owner regarding this Cookies Policy or any other cookie-related query by email.
9.3. If you have any complaints about the use of cookies on the website, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office via their website at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ or by telephone on 0303 123 1113.
10. Changes to this policy
10.1. The Halls Group reserves the right to amend this Cookie Policy at any time.
10.2. If The Halls Group decides to change this Cookie Policy, it will post those changes on this page so that users are always aware of what information is collected, how it is used, and under what circumstances it is disclosed.
10.3. If at any point The Halls Group decides to use personal data collected via cookies in a manner materially different from that stated at the time it was collected, The Halls Group shall notify users by posting a notice on this website for 30 days.
10.4. This Cookie Policy was last updated on 09/09/2024
10.5. Users are encouraged to periodically check this page for any changes to stay informed about how The Halls Group is helping to protect the personal information collected via cookies. Users will be notified of any material changes to this Cookie Policy.
