Cookie Policy

Introduction

This page, along with our Privacy Policy, outlines the use of cookies on the Harriet Travels website. By using this website, you indicate your acceptance of this Cookies Policy and our Privacy Policy, and you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these policies, please refrain from using this website. We may update this policy from time to time by posting revisions on this page. Therefore, we recommend checking this page periodically to ensure your satisfaction with any changes made.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We may link the information stored in cookies to any personal information you provide while using our website. Cookies collect data about individual visitors to the website, including the visitor’s IP address, name, password, username, screen preferences, pages viewed on the website, and advertisements viewed or clicked by the visitor.

What Do We Use Cookies For?

We utilize cookies for various purposes, including identifying a visitor’s browser, anonymously tracking visits, and enhancing the overall website experience. We employ both session ID cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which remain on your hard drive for an extended period. When a visitor revisits our website, we may recognize them through the use of cookies and customize their experience accordingly.

Web Beacons

We employ web beacons (also known as clear gifs, web bugs, pixels, or tags), a software technology that helps us manage content on our website by providing insights into the effectiveness of that content. Web beacons are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar to cookies, and they are used to track the online movements of web users. Data collected may include IP addresses. Unlike cookies, which are stored on a user’s computer hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on web pages and are approximately the size of the period at the end of this sentence. We link the information gathered through web beacons to our users’ or customers’ personal information to enable website tailoring, provide a better user experience, deliver more relevant communications, gain insights, and conduct internal reporting.

Third-Party Tracking

This Cookie Policy does not cover the use of cookies by our partners, affiliates, tracking utility companies, or service providers. We do not have access to or control over these cookies. Our third-party partners may utilize web beacons, images, and scripts to effectively manage content on our website. We link the information collected to our users’ or customers’ personal information to tailor the website experience, provide improved user experiences, deliver more relevant communications, gain insights, and conduct internal reporting.

Behavioural Targeting / Re-Targeting

We collaborate with third-party ad networks, such as Facebook and Google, to display advertisements on our websites or manage our advertising on other websites. Our ad network partners use cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to collect personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information about your activities on this and other websites. This information is then utilized to provide you with targeted advertising based on your interests. We may utilize your actions on our website to inform behavioural targeting or re-targeting marketing activities. Please note that you will not receive targeted marketing communications via mailouts or electronic marketing unless you have provided marketing consent.

Third-Party Cookies and Analyticst

When you visit specific sections of our website and/or use our mobile application (if applicable), third parties may place cookies on your computer’s browser and/or employ web beacons to collect information. This information may include your use of the website or mobile application, device and browser information, and ad data. The information generated by cookies and web beacons about your website usage is transmitted to these third parties. This data is then utilized to compile statistical reports, enabling us to measure and analyze the number of website visits, average time spent on the website, pages viewed, serve targeted advertising, provide services, and enhance/improve our website, mobile application(s), and the third party’s technology products and services.

How to Manage Cookies and Targeted Advertising

Visitors to our website can use various methods and tools to manage how cookies are stored on their devices and restrict targeted advertising based on their browsing activities.

Using your browser settings to manage cookies: You can use your internet browser’s settings to manage which cookies can be saved to your computer. You can remove existing cookies by following the directions provided in your internet browser’s “help” file. If you reject cookies, you may still have access to our website, but your ability to use certain areas, such as contests or surveys, may be limited. Instructions for amending cookie settings on popular browsers can be found:

  1. Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB
  2. Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265
  3. Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop?redirectslug=enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences&redirectlocale=en-US
  4. Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d#ie=ie-10

Opting-out of targeted advertising: If you do not wish to share information about your activities used for serving targeted ads, you may opt-out by clicking [Insert opt-out links here]. Please note that opting out does not remove all advertising. You will continue to receive generic or non-targeted ads where third parties do not honor opt-out capabilities.

Opting-out of Google Analytics: When you visit specific sections of our website, Google Analytics, a website analytics service provided by Google, Inc., may place cookies on your computer’s browser. The information generated by these cookies about your website usage is transmitted to Google. This data is then utilized to compile statistical reports on website visits, pages viewed, and average time spent on the website. We do not allow Google Analytics (or any third party) to track or collect any personal data of visitors to our website. We do not associate data gathered via cookies with any personal data from any source as part of our use of Google Analytics. For more information about Google Analytics, please visit www.google.com/analytics, and for details of Google Analytics’ Privacy Policy, please visit https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can choose to opt-out of Google Analytics by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, which you can access at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

We hope this clarifies our Cookie Policy. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact our customer support team for further assistance.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.