When you visit our website, we ask for your consent to use Cookies. The Varsity Hotel and its related facilities (The Glassworks Health Club, River Bar Steakhouse and Grill and Six Panoramic Bar and Brasserie) are continually evaluating and improving how we present our content to you, we use Cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. We aim to help you understand how we use the information from Cookies set by our website and what you can do to manage them.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files transferred and stored to your computer or device when you visit or interact with a website, only that website will be able to see what’s on that Cookie. Cookies contain information unique to your web browser which allow the website to remember your choices and preferences during your visit.
We use the following Cookies:
- Strictly necessary Cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, Cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. Analytical/performance Cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality Cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting Cookies. These Cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more appropriate.
- Third parties (such as online reservations systems, Google and social media websites) that feature on this website may also use cookies to ensure their features and processes work properly. Please note we are not responsible for cookie usage on these websites and features. Our website uses third party companies to deliver online services. Their websites may also use cookies to ensure their features and processes work properly. Please note we are not responsible for cookie usage on these websites and features.
Why do websites use Cookies?
Cookies are very important to websites, they help the website you are visiting recognise your device and remember little bits of information about your visit like your preferences, settings and how you use the website. This information is then used to personalise and improve the way you interact with the site. This includes how it displays content to you, enabling you to use and select online services and tools, and providing you with content that is relevant to you based on your previous visits and browsing habits.
How do I manage my Cookies?
You can control and remove Cookies via settings in your web browsers. However restricting Cookies may affect your use of our website and prevent some services and selection tools from working.
Safari – https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265
Google Chrome – https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Firefox – https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Microsoft Internet Explorer – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
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Facebook
Facebook Pixel
This Cookie is placed by Facebook. It enables us to measure, optimise and build audiences for advertising campaigns served on Facebook. In particular it enables us to see how our users move between devices when accessing our web site and Facebook, to ensure that our Facebook advertising is seen by our users most likely to be interested in such advertising by analysing which content a user has viewed and interacted with on our web site. For further information about the Facebook Pixel please see:
https://en-gb.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616
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Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor submits their information in the Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the same form does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. |
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This cookie is set when a visitor minimizes or completes Incoming Feedback. This is done so that the Incoming Feedback will load as minimized immediately if they navigate to another page where it is set to show. |
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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.
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