Cookies and Website Privacy
Any website will use types of information gathering tools, for example cookies, to function. They are more used to make the website work for you and do not usually directly identify you, but they can give you a more personalised web experience.
We use cookies to help us improve our website and to help us to find out ways we could improve the services we offer to you. Cookies are used collect information on website visits. For example, they help us to find out how many people visited the website, which pages they use the most and how often, where they are visiting from and which devices they are using to view the site. This information helps us to understand our customers much better so that we can keep improving the website and the services we offer to customers like you.
Essential - needed to use our website
These are essential to enable you to move around the website and use its features. Without these cookies, we cannot provide some of the basic functionalities you would expect from a website.
Performance - to improve our services to you
These collect information about how customers use our website, to help us to provide you with a better user experience. Information supplied by cookies helps us to understand how our visitors use the website so that we can improve how we present our content to you.
Other Third Party - to enhance your experience
This is based on uniquely identifying your browser and device. It may be used to build a profile and collect information about your visits. If you do not allow this you will not be able to see some third party content and you will experience less targeted advertising. This category includes for example Google Analytics.
Cookies used on this website
| Category | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Privacy Settings |
This cookie stores your browser settings for this website. |
| ASPSESSIONID |
This cookie is used throughout our site to provide some of the basic functionalities. | |
| Test | Our Customer Services team members have a test facility to assist customers who have booking problems. This cookie is used to record information during this testing process. | |
| Performance | PPCID | If you arrive at our website through a sponsored link or a link in one of our marketing emails we record in this cookie which link you clicked. |
| Third Party | __ga __gid __gat |
Google Analytics uses cookies to define user sessions, as well as to provide a number of key features in the Google Analytics reports. Google Analytics sets or updates cookies only to collect data required for the reports. |
By using our sites, you agree to our use of cookies as explained above. If you wish to change your cookie settings, you can do so at any time by checking your browser settings and disabling the types of cookies you don't want. Please note that it is not a good idea to reject ALL cookies, as you may not be able to use all the basic services on the websites you use.
If you would like to know, more please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Requests for additional information on our privacy and data protection policies can be made to –
East Lothian Investments Limited
John Muir House,
Room 2.19, Brewery Park
Haddington, East Lothian,
EH41 3HA
Internet Log File Information
When you visit our websites we collect standard internet log information. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to various parts of our site. Information we gather in our standard internet log information does not identify anyone and is only used to statistical purposes including the establishment of visitor numbers, most popular pages and features, and most popular browser types.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites when you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as provide information to the owners of the site.
Several of the cookies we use are essential for parts of the site to operate. You may delete and block all cookies from our sites, but parts of the site will not function correctly.
All our cookies have a life that spans only the length of your session with our website, sometimes shorter, in particular if you are using one of our booking engines. The one exception is the cookie named “YourCookieSettings” which has a life span of 365 days and necessary to store your cookie settings for this site.
The cookies used on this website have been categorised using best practice. A list of all the cookies used on this website by category is set out in the table below.
Cookie Categories
Strictly Necessary
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 cannot be provided.
Strictly Necessary cookies are always enabled.
Functional
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Performance
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a 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. They are only used to improve how a website works.
Targeting
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.
Additional Cookie Categories
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Third Party
When you visit a site you may notice some cookies that aren't related to that site. If you go on to a web page that contains embedded content, for example from Google Maps, you may be sent cookies from these websites. The original site does not control the setting of these cookies, so it is suggested you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.
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Flash Cookies
Adobe Flash Player used for videos uses Flash cookies (also known as Local Shared Objects) to help improve your experience as a user. Flash cookies are stored on your device in much the same way as usual cookies, but they're managed differently by your browser.
If you wish to disable or delete a Flash cookie, see Adobe Flashplayer Security Settings (opens in a new window). Please note that if you disable Flash cookies for a site you will be unable to access certain types of content on the site, such as videos.
Cookies used on this website
| Category | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Cookies | This cookie stores your browser settings for this website. | |
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Lookup Log |
These cookies are used throughout our site and are essential to use our booking systems, Centre locator and other features. | |
| Test | Our Customer Services team members have a test facility to assist customers who have booking problems. This cookie is used to record information during this testing process. | |
| Performance | SEOID | If you arrive at our website through a sponsored link or a link in one of our marketing emails we record in this cookie which link you clicked. |
| Third Party |
__utma __utmb __utmc __utmz |
Google Analytics uses cookies to define user sessions, as well as to provide a number of key features in the Google Analytics reports. Google Analytics sets or updates cookies only to collect data required for the reports. |
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Requests for additional information on our privacy and data protection policies can be made to –
East Lothian Investments Limited
John Muir House,
Room 2.19, Brewery Park
Haddington, East Lothian,
EH41 3HA