Cookie Policy
We, Lanson Place Hospitality Management Limited and its affiliates (“Lanson Place”), use cookies and other similar technologies on our website (Website). This Cookie Policy explains the types of Cookies we use and why. It also explains how you can change your Cookie preferences.
You should read this Cookie Policy alongside our Website Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.
1. What are cookies and other tracking technologies?
Cookies are small piece of data (alphanumeric files) that are placed on your device when you visit websites. They are commonly used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information about your use of the website and display content and advertising that is relevant to you. Other, similar, technologies can also be used to achieve these outcomes. This could include, for example, SDK tools (which are used on mobile apps), tracking pixels, advertising IDs, social media plug-ins, HTML local storage, Local Shared Objects and device fingerprinting techniques. In this Cookie Policy, we will use the term “Cookies” to refer to both cookies and similar technologies.
2. Why do we use Cookies?
We use Cookies for a variety of purposes. For example, to enable you navigate between webpages efficiently and to allow our Website to remember your preferences. Cookies can track browsing behaviour to help us to understand how our Website is used so that we can improve it and generate more revenue. Cookies can also help ensure that any adverts that you see on our Website and other websites are more relevant to you and your interests.
3. What Cookies do we use and how long will they stay on my device?
Where we, place Cookies on your device, these are called first party Cookies.
We also use third party Cookies. These Cookies are set by third party domains and are set for cross-site or app tracking, retargeting, analytics and ad-serving.
Some Cookies will stay on your device only for as long as you are accessing our Website during a single browsing session and so are temporary. These are known as session cookies. Other Cookies are stored on your device for longer periods to enable our Website to “remember” you and your preferences or to track your actions across different websites in order to target advertising. These are known as persistent cookies.
See below the types of cookies we use and their purposes in the table below.
Strictly necessary Cookies
These are Cookies which are essential for a Website to operate. For example, Cookies that are used to remember the goods you put in your shopping cart or to help a webpage load quickly. We do not currently place any strictly necessary cookies.
Performance Cookies
These Cookies help us to improve the way our website works. For example, they gather information that allows us to count the number of visitors to our Website and to see how visitors move around our Website.
Here are the performance Cookies we use and why:
| Cookie name | Purpose | Expiry period | Who places the Cookie? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | Web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic | 2 years | Lanson Place marketing team or appointed advertising/SEO agency |
| alert-* | Helps us remember what alert message to show when browsing our website | 30 days | Lanson Place marketing team |
| langPref | Helps us remember your preferred language when browsing our website | 30 days | Lanson Place marketing team |
Functionality Cookies / Social media
These Cookies allow the Website to remember choices you have made such as your user name, language, the region you are in. They therefore provide a more enhanced and personalised experience.
They also include social media plug-ins which enable you to share our Website content via your social media account(s) or easily share information with others. We have a presence on [insert social media channels]. If you click on any of the [insert social media channels] icons on our website, you will be taken to our pages or profiles on those platforms. The platforms may then start tracking your behaviour using Cookies for their own purposes; for example, to better understand your interests so that they can present relevant content or advertising to you. Data about you may also be transmitted to the social media channel even if you don’t click on the plug-in. The social media platforms will provide us with statistical information, which we use to help understand how you and our other users interact with our social medial presence. All these platforms provide you with some control over their use of non-essential tracking technology and you can find details of how to exercise this control by reviewing their privacy and cookie policies. We have contractual arrangements in place with the social media channels we use. Please contact us for more information.
Here are the functionality Cookies we use and why:
| Cookie name | Purpose | Expiry period |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook / Instagram | An analytics tool that allows advertisers to measure the effectiveness of advertising by understanding the actions people take on the website | 180 days |
| An analytics tool that allows advertisers to measure the effectiveness of advertising by understanding the actions people take on the website | 2 years |
Targeting and advertising cookies
| Cookie name | Purpose | Expiry period |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook / Instagram / LinkedIn | Gather information from users on their device to display advertisements based on relevant topics that interest users. Advertisers will place these cookies on a website with the website operator’s permission. | 180 days |
4. How to change your Cookie preferences
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
If you use a smart phone, you can usually prevent cross-site tracking and block Cookies in the settings section on your device. You may also be able to visit websites without leaving a history by turning private browsing on. You should visit the support section of the website of your device for more information on how to do this.
5. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We will inform you of any changes to this Cookie Policy by posting them on this page and updating the Cookie Table above.
This version of our Cookie Policy was uploaded on 1 January 2021.
6. Contact Us
If you have any further questions in relation to this Cookie Policy, please contact us at enquiry.lphm@lansonplace.com