At HintHunt, we’re working hard to serve our customers a little better every day. Looking after the personal data you share with us is a hugely important part of this. We want you to be confident that your data is safe and secure with us, and understand how we use it to offer you a better and more personalised browsing experience.
Overview
Cookies are small encrypted text files that are stored on your device by a website. HintHunt use cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
You can always change your preferences by changing your cookie usage settings.
Please also see our Privacy policy for details of how HintHunt uses your personal information.
What are cookies used for?
Cookies can be classified into the following categories:- First-party cookies - these are issued from the website you have accessed. These cookies often serve to give memory to the website about your data and preferences.
- Session cookies - these are used during a browser session. They may be used for a variety of purposes such as remembering what you have put in your shopping basket as you browse around our website. These session cookies will expire after a browser session.
- Third-party cookies - these are cookies that are set by a website other than the one you are on. If you visit a website and a separate company sets a cookie through that website this would be a third-party cookie.
- Persistent cookies - these are stored on a device in between browser sessions which allows your preferences or actions across our website (or in some cases across different websites) to be remembered. Persistent cookies may be used for a variety of purposes including remembering users' preferences and choices when using a site or to target advertising.
HintHunt cookies
We don't store personal information in the cookies we create, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
- Essential cookies - These cookies (first-party cookies) provide the functionality on our site to allow you to shop. This includes adding products to your bag and allowing us to remember what products you’ve added to your bag. Without these cookies, you will be unable to use our site.
- Performance cookies -These cookies (session cookies) allow us to review how you use the HintHunt website, so that we can measure and improve performance. It is in our legitimate business interests to use these types of cookies but you can restrict these at any time. Without these cookies the site may not perform or look as expected. HintHunt use Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages. Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.
- Advertising and targeting cookies - These cookies (third-party cookies) allow us to personalise advertising just for you, serve ads that are related to your interests and shopping history. Without these cookies the site may not perform or look as expected and you may not be targeted with ads that are relevant to your interests. We will ask for your consent to use these cookies.