We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to track activity with our audio, video, graphic, text, and other data we provide on this website, on YouTube.com, or on other our websites (“Content”).

Cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Content. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our Content and also allows us to improve our site. Web beacons are sometimes called glear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs. These permit us to identify visitors who have accessed Content. This includes Google Adwords remarketing/retargeting,” which lets Google and its third-party vendors serve ads to a visitor based on prior sites visited. This software allows visitors of our site to subsequently see our advertisements on other sites across the internet that use Google Adwords. Visitors can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting the Google Ads Preferences Manager. Alternatively, visitors can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

Due to recent changes in law, all online content providers across certain parts of the European Union are required to obtain consent using or storing cookies (or similar technologies) on your computers or mobile device. This cookie policy provides you with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies we use and the purposes for using them. To review the privacy policies that apply to users of this site and affiliated sites controlled by us, please read our website terms of use.

For further information about this policy, please contact us.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our site.

Key concepts

First and third-party cookies: whether a cookie is ‘first’ or ‘third’ party refers to the domain placing the cookie. First-party cookies are those set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time (eg cookies placed by https://aaronhall.com/).

Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the website being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that website, this would be a third-party cookie.

Persistent cookies: these cookies remain on a user’s device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.

Session cookies: these cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.

How to delete and block our cookies

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our site.

Changing your cookie settings

Please note that internet browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the ‘Help’ option in your internet browser for more details.

Can I withdraw my consent?

If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you will need to delete your cookies using your internet browser settings.

For further information about deleting or blocking cookies, please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=2.

Your consent

By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our placing cookies on your computer in order to analyze the way you use our website. Please read this cookie policy carefully for more details about the information we collect when you use this site.

If you do not wish to accept cookies in connection with your use of this website, you must stop using our site.

What cookies do we use and why?

To find out about specific cookies we may use on this site, please see below.

The cookies used on our site may be categorised as follows:

  • Performance
  • Targeting

Performance

‘Performance’ cookies collect information about how you use our website – eg which pages you visit and if you experience any errors. These cookies do not collect any information that could identify you and may only be used to help us improve how our website works, understand what interests our users and measure how effective our content is.

We may use performance cookies to:

  • Web analytics: Provide anonymous statistics on how our website is used
  • Error management: Help us improve the website by measuring any errors that occur.

Some of our performance cookies may be managed for us by third parties. However, we won’t allow the third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed above.

By using our site, you accept the use of ‘Performance’ cookies. Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the website, so if you prevent them we cannot guarantee how our site will perform for you.

Targeting

We may give users the option to share our stories on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. To deliver this service we may link to a third party website. If you use our share buttons you may be directed to a third party website controlled by AddThis. We have no control over the cookies that site sets when you use its services.

More information about cookies

Information about cookies

Useful information about cookies can be found at:
http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

Internet Advertising Bureau

A guide to behavioural advertising and online privacy has been produced by the internet advertising industry which can be found at:
http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/

International Chamber of Commerce United Kingdom

Information on the ICC (UK) UK cookie guide can be found on the ICC website section:
http://www.international-chamber.co.uk/our-expertise/digitaleconomy

What specific cookies may we use on https://aaronhall.com/?

First party cookies

Cookie name Purpose  Duration  Strictly necessary
(Y/N)
 Domain source Category 
Preferred-view Used to track user’s view selection 1 year N Performance
Recommendeditems Used to track user’s searches to present recommended items Session N Performance
Hide-notice-cookie Used to track user’s acceptance of cookie policy Persistent N Performance


Third party cookies

Cookie name Purpose Duration Strictly necessary (Y/N) Domain source Category 
_utma Determines first visit to the site from a particular browser 2 years N Performance
_utmb Used to establish and continue a user session with the site 30 mins N Performance
_utmc Holds time stamp of the exact moment when a visitor leaves the site Session N Performance
_utmz Records type of referral used by visitor to reach the site (such as direct, referring link, website search, ad campaign, e-mail link) 6 months N Performance
uid Uniquely assigned machine-generated user ID 2 years N Performance
di/dt Maintenance cookies that help manage expiration for other cookies Session N Performance
bt User interest modeling 2 years N Performance
uvc Measures how often we see an AddThis user. It expires after 2 years. 2 years N Performance
ssc/psc/uvc Used in recording user sharing and social activity. These expire after 2 years. 2 years N Performance
loc Geo-location, used to help publishers know approximately where people sharing information are located. 2 years N Performance
ssh/sshs Used for optimizing sharing settings for the user 2 years N Performance

* Google Analytics

For more information about Google analytic cookies, please see Google’s help pages and privacy policy:

Google have developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on for the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js).

If you want to opt out of Google Analytics, you can download and install the add-on for your web browser here.

Additional third party cookies

We may occasionally link to interactive digital publications. If you click on one of these links, you will be directed to a website controlled by the digital publication. We have no control over the cookies that they will set when you use these services.

Third party application forms

When accessing our Web Site from and completing a job application form pertaining to the United States or Australia, the online job application forms linked to from this website may be operated by third party service providers who may use cookies to enable you to complete the registration process, to submit your application successfully and to log into and access your account.