Cookie Policy
Most websites use cookies and similar technologies. We do too and we want you to understand how and why we use them on our website.
Legislation
We abide by all legislation regarding cookies and data privacy. For information
What are Cookies?
We’ll call a cookie and similar technologies, cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your computer or device by a website that you visit and stored on your hard drive. They help you to navigate around the site and to give you a better experience. When you revisit a website your browser sends the cookie back to the website’s server allowing the site to recognise you and remember your preferences.
Why do we use Cookies?
Cookies help us by giving us information such as when you visit, how you use the site, which pages you visit and what device you’re using to access it, which helps us build a picture of our visitors and how we can improve user experience. We use cookies to personalise content and we share information about your usage with our marketing and social media agencies. We also use third parties such as Google Analytics to help us analyse visits to our website but no personal information about our visitors is given to them.
We abide by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). All Cookies used by and on our site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.
Your acceptance of Cookies
When you visit our site for the first time, you’ll see a pop up asking if you want to allow or deny cookies. By giving your consent, you’ll receive the best experience and more efficient service when you use the site and when you return as in some cases, the cookie will remember information about you.
You can also choose which cookies to accept or to deny all cookies but this may result in some parts of our site not working properly and you may not be able to use all of our services. You can choose to disable, block or remove cookies already on your device through your browser settings and instructions on how to do this can usually be found in the browser’s ‘help’ menu. You can choose to delete cookies on your computer or device at any time, however you may lose any information that enables you to access our website more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.
It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings
For more information about cookies, please contact us or alternatively, there’s a useful website www.aboutcookies.org.uk.
What types of Cookies do we use?
There are a number of cookies that we use. Some cookies are necessary for our site to function and don’t need user consent. These include
Session Cookies – These cookies remember your activities whilst on our website. They’re temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit our website until you close your browser at which point they’re deleted.
User-input Cookies – These cookies keep track of inputs that you make on our site. For example, it remembers the answers to an online form
Authentication Cookies – These are tracking cookies which work by identifying users through their login credentials
User-centric Security Cookies – These cookies detect authentication errors such as input of incorrect login details
Load-balancing Cookies – These cookies connect information between your web server and ours
The following cookies require your consent
Analytics and Customisation Cookies – these track user activity in your browser allowing us insight as to how you use our site, how efficiently you can 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 them.
Social Networking Tracking Cookies – These allow you to share content on social media and help to link the activity between our site and a third party sharing platform
Multimedia Content Player Session Cookies – These are used for the duration of a session to store technical data needed to play back video or audio content
We also use Third Party Cookies and Tracking Cookies which are generated by other websites. We use Google Analytics which helps us monitor usage and effectiveness of our site This also provides data about the visitor audience including age, gender and interests and this helps us to better understand the behaviour of our customers. Our marketing company may use this information to produce advertising material which is targeted at your interests and preferences and includes remarketing which means that you could see our adverts on other websites. You can find information about Google’s ad personalisation including how to turn this off at My Ad Help Centre. We’ll also use tools to test new pages on our website and this includes Google Optimize. You can find out how Google uses information from our website at Google’s Privacy & Terms page.
Tracking Cookies are used mainly for marketing activity that we undertake which includes those on social media platforms, Google ad-words and pay per click campaigns and other lead generation trackers. These companies also use automated technologies to collect information when you click on our adverts and we share this information with our marketing company which they use to help track and manage the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.
What Personal Information do we collect?
Personal Information means details which identify you or could be used to identify you, such as your name and contact details including your email address, your vehicle registration details, your date of birth, your marital and residential status, your employment details, your bank details and information about any agreement that you have contracted through us.
When you visit our website we’ll collect information including
It may also include information about how you use our website and mobile applications
- The IP address and location of the computer or device accessing our site
- The date and time of your visit
- Which pages you visited
- How long you stayed on the site and the pages that you accessed
- Identification data of the browser and operating system used
- The website from which the data was accessed
- The name of your internet provider
We use this information to review the effectiveness of our website and to see what improvements we can make to the user experience. We won’t try to identify you personally from your IP address unless we’re asked to do so as a matter of law or regulation or if we have reason to believe that there may be an act of fraud. The nature and content of the information collected via cookies differs, as does the period for which this information is retained. In line with our data protection obligations, we will ensure that this retention period is not excessive, and that the data is only retained for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Sharing of Information
In addition to sharing information with external organisations including our web developer and marketing agency, we’ll also share information with our partner Jurni Limited as we introduce business to them and use their systems.
For more details of the personal data that we collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Privacy Policy which is detailed on our website.
Controller of Personal Information
The protection of your personal information is really important to us and we adhere strictly to the General Data Protection Regulations and Data Protection legislation. We use Cookies on our website and abide by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We’re registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a ‘data controller’ and ‘data processor’. If you want information about this, please don’t hesitate to contact our Data Protection Officer by
Calling: 01298 383030
Emailing: hello@harmoto.co.uk
Or you can drop us a line at: Harmoto Vehicle Leasing Limited, Unit 20 Tongue Lane Industrial Estate, Dew Pond Lane, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 7LF
For more information about privacy, data protection and our terms and conditions, please visit our website and add /privacy-policy or /terms to the web address or contact us using one of the above methods.
How will we inform you of changes to this Cookie Policy?
We may make amendments to this Cookie Policy at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of our website 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.