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.
- Definitions and InterpretationIn 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. Your agreement to comply with these Terms is indicated by your use of Our Site. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must stop using Our Site immediately. You will also be required to accept these Terms if you sign up for an Account.
- The following documents may also apply to your use of Our Site: Our Privacy Policy which can be found at the following URL: https://www.hol-group.com/privacy-policy.
- Our Website Terms of Use which can be found at the following URL: https://www.hol-group.com/website-terms.
- HOL TRADING HOLDINGS LTD is a limited liability company registered in England & Wales under company number 12321064.
- HANGERS OF LONDON LTD is a limited liability company registered in England & Wales under company number 03210572.
- HOL PROCUREMENT LIMITED is a limited liability company registered in England & Wales under company number 12311304.
- HOL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD is a limited liability company registered in England & Wales under company number 11719392.
- Registered Address: 27 Old Gloucester St | Holborn | London | WC1N 3AX
- We may use cookies on Our Site for a number of reasons, all of which are designed to improve your experience of using it. Cookies allow you to navigate around Our Site better and enable Us to tailor and improve Our Site by saving your preferences and understanding your use of it.
- We use the following types of cookie: Strictly Necessary CookiesA 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.
- Analytics CookiesIt 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 CookiesFunctionality cookies enable Us to provide additional functions to you on Our Site such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences.
- Targeting CookiesIt 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 CookiesThird 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).
- Persistent CookiesAny 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.
- Session CookiesAny 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
First
Persistent
Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the
YouTube
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 .
- Internet browsers normally accept cookies by default. You can change these settings if you wish, however please be aware that this is not generally a per-site setting and will prevent all websites from using cookies, not just Ours. Please also be aware that by disabling cookies in your browser, you may impair the functionality of Our Site.
- The links below provide instructions on how to control cookies in all mainstream browsers and are accurate as at the date this Policy has been published: Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB
- Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/278835
- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/microsoft-edge (Please note that there are no specific instructions at this time, but Microsoft support will be able to assist)
- Safari (OSX): https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_GB&locale=en_GB
- Safari (iOS): https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies- website-preferences
- Android: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroi d&hl=en (Please refer to your device’s documentation for manufacturers’ own browsers)
- In addition to using cookies on Our Site, we use cookies and similar technologies in some of the emails we send to you. Just like the cookies on Our Site, these are used to help Us understand your use of Our Site and to keep improving it.
- We use web beacons in some of Our emails. We use web beacons to detect when (or whether) you open an email and how you have interacted with it, and other information such as your email client, web browser, computer or device, and IP address. Web beacons may also be used to serve up emails in a particular format that is best suited to your computer or device.
- Emails from Us may contain links. Each one of those links will contain a unique tag which enables Us to track which links are being used and by whom. This information can then be used to improve and tailor our emails in the future.
Email address: privacy@hol-group.com. Telephone number: +44 (0)20 8885 3055.
Postal Address: 27 Old Gloucester St | Holborn | London | WC1N 3AX.
- We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of Our Site after the changes have been made. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.
- In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.
These Terms will be reviewed annually and updated as necessary. The management team endorses this policy and is fully committed to its implementation.