Cookie Policy
About this cookie policy.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how these are used on the hawthornadvisors.com website (“Website”). You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how Hawthorn Advisors Limited (“Hawthorn”, “we” or “us”) or others (“third parties”) use them on the Website, the types of cookies we use, what these and are used for and how to set your cookie preferences.
The website contains links to third party websites and content that will be subject to their own usage and cookies policies, and for which Hawthorn is not responsible.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when the Website is loaded on your browser. They collect a combination of anonymous (i.e. statistical), pseudonymised (i.e. cookies IDs) and identifiable personal data (i.e. IP address). For further information on how we use your personal data, see our Privacy Policy.
How do we use cookies?
These cookies help us make the Website function properly, make the Website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the Website performs and to analyse what works and where it needs improvement.
What types of cookies do we use?
The cookies used on the Website are grouped into the following categories.
Strictly Necessary
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through the Website and to use some of its features, and for security.
| Cookie Name | Domain | Purpose | Duration | Provider |
| CRAFT_CSRF_TOKEN | hawthornadvisors.com | Security - protects form submissions from cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks | Session | Hawthorn Advisors (CraftCMS) |
| CraftSessionId | hawthornadvisors.com | Session management for the CraftCMS platform; maintains login state | Session | Hawthorn Advisors (CraftCMS) |
| mud-craft-core-cookies | hawthornadvisors.com | Stores the user's cookie consent preferences across all categories | Persistent (typically 1 year) | Hawthorn Advisors (CraftCMS) |
Functional / Performance
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like saving user preferences, and enabling other third-party features such as viewing video content. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for users.
| Cookie Name | Domain | Purpose | Duration | Provider |
| NID | .google.co.uk | Stores visitor preferences (language, safe search, results per page) for Google services including embedded Maps | 6 months | Google LLC |
| __Secure-ENID | .google.co.uk | Stores encrypted user preferences and personalisation data for Google services | 13 months | Google LLC |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie Name | Domain | Purpose | Duration | Provider |
| NID | .google.co.uk | Stores visitor preferences (language, safe search, results per page) for Google services including embedded Maps | 6 months | Google LLC |
| __Secure-ENID | .google.co.uk | Stores encrypted user preferences and personalisation data for Google services | 13 months | Google LLC |
Advertising & tracking
Ad tracking cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide targeted ads.
| Cookie Name | Domain | Purpose | Duration | Provider |
| __Secure-1PAPISID / SAPISID | .google.co.uk | Used to build a profile of visitor interests and display relevant, personalised Google ads; also enables YouTube embed authentication | 2 years | Google LLC |
| __Secure-1PSID | .google.co.uk | Google session targeting cookie - used to build interest profiles for personalised advertising and maintain signed-in state for ad delivery | 2 years | Google LLC |
| __Secure-3PSID | .google.co.uk | Cross-site targeting cookie - builds visitor interest profiles for personalised ad retargeting across Google services | 2 years | Google LLC |
| __Secure-3PAPISID | .google.co.uk | Cross-site Google API authentication for embedded services (Maps, YouTube); also used for personalised ad targeting and retargeting | 2 years | Google LLC |
How can I control the cookie preferences?
You can manage your cookies preferences via the cookie consent platform when you first visit our site or are asked to reconsent, and at any time by clicking on the “Cookie Settings” button and enabling or disabling the cookie categories on the popup according to your preferences.
In addition to this, different devices and browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, www.allaboutcookies.org.
How are policy updates notified?
This policy is regularly updated, so please check this page regularly for changes.
Questions about this policy?
If you have any questions about this policy, you can contact: info@hawthornadvisors.com. Please use “Cookie query” in the subject line to ensure your query is directed to the right team