Hotspot Design uses cookies and similar technologies, such as HTML5 web storage and local shared objects (all referred to as 'cookies' below), to record the preferences of users and optimize the design of its websites. They make navigation easier and increase the user-friendliness of a website.

 

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your personal computer, mobile or other device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user's device. Only the cookie on your end device is identified. Personal data can only be saved in cookies if you have given your consent or if it is essential for technical reasons, e.g. to enable a secure login.

 

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu .

 

By using our website, you consent to the use and storage of cookies on your end device. However, you can also view our website without cookies. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. You can prevent cookies from being saved on your end device by setting your browser to not accept cookies. You can delete cookies stored on your end device at any time. The exact instructions for how to do this can be found in the manual for your browser or end device.

If you choose not to accept cookies it may result in a reduced availability of the services provided on our website.

We categorize cookies as follows:

 

• ESSENTIAL COOKIES (type 1)

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the Website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided. For those types of cookies that are strictly necessary, no consent is required.

 

• FUNCTIONAL COOKIES (type 2)

These cookies enable us to improve the usability and performance of websites and to provide various features. Functional cookies can store language settings, for example.

 

• PERFORMANCE COOKIES (type 3)

These cookies collect information about how you use websites. Performance cookies help us, for example, to identify especially popular areas of our website. In this way, we can adapt the content of our websites more specifically to your needs and thereby improve what we offer you. These cookies do not collect personal data. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how the Website works.

 

• THIRD-PARTY COOKIES (type 4)

These cookies are installed by third parties, e.g. social networks. Their main purpose is to integrate social media content on our site, such as social plugins. Information about how we use social plugins can be found in the 'Social Plugins' section of the privacy statement..