The HalcyonFT website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.

This Cookie Policy sets out details of the cookies that we use on this website and the purposes for which we use them. We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page.

Introduction to Cookies

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we may store on your device if you agree to their use. Cookies are commonly used to ensure that a website functions properly, help analyse web traffic, and to let you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies also allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Necessary cookies

We use necessary cookies to enable core functionality on our website such as page navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences (see ‘Controlling our use of cookies’ below for more information).

Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Consent

When you first visit our website, a banner will appear informing you of the use of cookies and other technologies on our website and containing a link to this policy. You can choose to accept or refuse the use of these optional cookies and technologies by adjusting the ‘On’ or ‘Off’ sliders in the pop-up as appropriate.

Google Analytics

Our website has Google Analytics installed which allows us to track and compile anonymous visitor statistics. The information collected ranges from simple traffic volume to the type of browser you are viewing our website with. This is an analytical cookie, and we will therefore only use this where you have provided your express consent through the banner that appears when you first visit our website.

Google offers a Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on that will allow you to automatically opt-out of all websites that track your activity via Google Analytics, using this will not impact the functionality of website.

Controlling use of cookies

Most browsers may automatically accept cookies unless you change your browser settings. If you wish to restrict, block or delete the cookies which are set by any websites as standard, you can generally do this through your browser settings found in the options or preferences menu of your browser/device settings of the browser’s app.

If you set your browser preference to block all cookies, this will likely include the necessary cookies of those websites meaning you may not be able to access parts of our website and other websites across the internet or impact their functionality. Alternatively, you can consent to what cookies are used on a website through their consent platform, as per the section above, which can avoid functionality issues.