Data Protection

IP ADDRESSES AND COOKIES

We may collect information about your computer, mobile phone and or tablet, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service.
They enable us:

  • To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
  • To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests.
  • To speed up your searches.
  • To recognise you when you return to our site.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, your use of our site confirms your acceptance of our use of cookies.

 

The two types of cookies you may encounter when using hatchster.com are the First Party Cookies which are controlled by us and are used to store signup application and transaction information. The site also uses the Third Party Cookies to enhance the performance, scalability and robustness of the website.

Cookies set up by our website are listed below along with their purpose:

Provider

Name

Purpose

Hatchster Ltd

ASP.NET_SessionId

These are .NET session state cookies which allow our web server to respond to actions such as “Select syndicate entry”. The website would not work for you without them.

Hatchster Ltd

wlc

These cookies are used to maintain the membership application details when in progress for smoother completion.

Hatchster Ltd

wlcURL

These cookies help us to identify who referred you to our site (e.g. if you clicked a link in an email you were sent), and which page you were sent to, so that we can monitor our sales campaigns and therefore continuously improve the design and usability of our pages.

Hatchster Ltd

PHP Session Cookies

These cookies are used to maintain user authentication while a member is logged into the secure back office pages.

Hatchster Ltd

SL_Audience

These cookies identify if you have previously visited our site, and help to improve performance and response times when loading the pages in your browser.

Google Analytics

_utma, _utmb, _utmc,
_utmx, _utmxx, _utmz

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.

Twitter

guest_id

Twitter social plugin – embedding twitter content.

Facebook

datr, lu, locales, x-src

Facebook social plugin – embedding Facebook content.

Google+

ref,SID,HSID, SAPISID,BEAT,ULS, NID

Google+ social plugin – embedding Google+ content.

Cookies and similar files do not capture unencrypted personal information.

Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

Cookies set up by our website are listed below along with their purpose:

Provider

Name

Purpose

Hatchster Ltd

ASP.NET_SessionId

These are .NET session state cookies which allow our web server to respond to actions such as “Select syndicate entry”. The website would not work for you without them.

Hatchster Ltd

wlc

These cookies are used to maintain the membership application details when in progress for smoother completion.

Hatchster Ltd

wlcURL

These cookies help us to identify who referred you to our site (e.g. if you clicked a link in an email you were sent), and which page you were sent to, so that we can monitor our sales campaigns and therefore continuously improve the design and usability of our pages.

Hatchster Ltd

PHP Session Cookies

These cookies are used to maintain user authentication while a member is logged into the secure back office pages.

Hatchster Ltd

SL_Audience

These cookies identify if you have previously visited our site, and help to improve performance and response times when loading the pages in your browser.

Google Analytics

_utma, _utmb, _utmc,
_utmx, _utmxx, _utmz

 

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.

Twitter

guest_id

Twitter social plugin – embedding twitter content.

Facebook

datr, lu, locales, x-src

Facebook social plugin – embedding Facebook content.

Google+

ref,SID,HSID, SAPISID,BEAT,ULS, NID

Google+ social plugin – embedding Google+ content.