USE OF COOKIES
Cookies and Similar Technology
The Site uses cookies, web beacons and other similar technical technologies to collect information regarding your use of the Site and the services that we provide.
Cookies are small pieces of information containing a unique reference code that a website transfers to your device. They are used to store and, in some cases, track information relating to your activity.
Some of the cookies we use remain active only during your web session and expire once you close your browser. Other cookies remain on your device for a longer period and allow us to recognise you when you return to the Site.
A web beacon is a small graphic image embedded within a web page that enables us to monitor traffic on the Site or activity within electronic communications.
We use cookies to:
- •recognise that you have previously visited the Site. This allows us to determine the number of unique visitors accessing different sections of the Site, helping us ensure that sufficient capacity is available and that the Site operates efficiently;
- •retain your login session so that you can move between different pages of the Site without having to log in again;
- •save your preferences, username and password so that you do not need to enter them each time you visit the Site;
- •personalise certain aspects of the layout and/or content displayed on the Site according to your preferences;
- •collect statistical information about how you use the Site so that we can analyse and improve its performance; and
- •record information about the pages you visit on the Site, as well as certain information about other websites you may visit.
Some cookies on the Site are placed by us, while others are placed by third parties that provide services on our behalf.
These third parties may include advertising partners who display advertisements that they consider likely to be relevant to you. This may be based on information about your activity on the Site and other websites.
This information is anonymous and does not contain your name, postal address, email address or telephone number.
For further information about online behavioural advertising, you can visit:
Most internet browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can normally change your browser settings to delete cookies or prevent them from being accepted automatically if you prefer.
If you choose not to accept cookies from us, certain core functions of the Site may not be available to you.
Further information about cookies and how to reject them using different browsers is available at www.allaboutcookies.org.
We have enabled Google Analytics features for the Google Display Network. Using Ads Settings, visitors can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customise the advertisements shown through the Google Display Network.
We also encourage visitors to make use of the Google Analytics currently available opt-out options for the web.
Holiday Jug and third-party providers, including Google, may use first-party cookies, such as Google Analytics cookies, together with third-party cookies, such as the DoubleClick cookie.
These cookies may be used to report on how advertising impressions, other uses of advertising services and interactions with advertisements and those services relate to visits to the Site.
A) Our Cookies
A description of the principal cookies used by the Site and the general purposes for which they are used is provided below:
| Cookie name | Purpose | Type & duration |
|---|---|---|
| _anonymousUserDetails | Remembers your login session so that you can navigate between pages of the website. | Session – expires after 20 minutes of inactivity. |
| .ASPXAUTH | Determines whether a user has been authenticated. | At the end of the session. |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Stores and retrieves information as you move around and interact with the Site. | At the end of the session. |
| AWSELB | Helps ensure that visitors remain connected to the same server to which they initially connected, making caching more efficient. | Session – expires after 20 minutes of inactivity. |
| fbm_****************9 | Enables Facebook login functionality on the Site. | Persistent – 4 hours. |
| fbsr_****************9 | Enables Facebook login functionality on the Site. | Persistent – 4 hours. |
| P160777 | Establishes the logged-in status of the user. | Persistent – 1 day. |
| policyAgreement | Records consent for the use of cookies during the user’s journey through the Site. | Persistent – 6 months. |
| rsi_segs | Allows Audience Science to store information used to anonymously profile users and engage relevant audiences. | Session – expires after 20 minutes of inactivity. |
| SearchCookie | Retains the search information entered by the user on the Site. | At the end of the session. |
| Search_Overseas | Retains search information entered within the overseas section of the Site. | At the end of the session. |
| Search_AllInclusive | Retains search information entered within the All Inclusive Holidays section of the Site. | At the end of the session. |
| Search_Shorts | Retains search information entered within the City Breaks section of the Site. | At the end of the session. |
| showEmailPopup | Ensures that the newsletter registration pop-up displayed between the search and results pages is shown to the user only once every six months. | Persistent – 6 months. |
| Silverpop.com com.silverpop.iMA.page_visit | This cookie anonymously records when a page has been visited. | At the end of the session. |
| Silverpop.com com.silverpop.iMA.session | This cookie anonymously groups events and page visits together according to a user session. | Session – expires after 20 minutes of inactivity. |
| Silverpop.com com.silverpop.iMAWebCookie | This cookie records the user’s preference regarding acceptance of cookies. | Session – expires after 20 minutes of inactivity. |
| Holiday Jug Website Registration | This user-account cookie allows registered account holders to access their personalised account area. | Persistent – 2 years. |
B) Third-Party Cookies
Third parties may also place cookies on the Site. Further information about third-party cookies, including information about how you can restrict or block them, can be obtained by visiting the relevant third party’s website.
| Name | Purpose / Typical Content | Type & Duration | How to Reject / Delete |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addthis | Addthis places cookies to provide advertisements that may be relevant to your interests or online behaviour, such as visits to particular advertisers’ websites and products. | Persistent – up to 3 years. | www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out |
| Admeld.com | This Google-owned company uses cookies to deliver advertising and provide reporting on advertisements displayed on the website. The cookie also records which advertisements a user has seen and how frequently. | Persistent – 1 year. | www.admeld.com/opt-out/ |
| Adnxs.com | This cookie identifies web browsers and stores information for advertising purposes, including interest-based advertising. It may also store advertising delivery and reporting information, track responses to advertisements, assist with server load balancing and perform similar technical functions. | Non-personally identifiable stored up to 12 months; aggregated stored up to 2 years. | appnexus.com/en/company/platform-privacy-policy#choices |
| Audience Science | This cookie collects, measures and segments information about users’ interests based on their online behaviour on this and other websites and provides interest-based advertising according to the relevant market segment. | Persistent – between 2 and 5 years. | www.audiencescience.com/privacy |
| Bluekai.com | Bluekai uses non-personally identifiable cookies and pixel tags to collect and store preference information. | Persistent – 6 months. Also uses a pixel GIF with a 6-month lifespan. | bluekai.com/consumers.php#optout |
| Clicktale | ClickTale uses cookies to anonymously track a user’s journey through the Site and understand behaviour on pages, including where users click. | Persistent – 365 days. | www.clicktale.net/disable.html |
| Doubleclick (Google) id | This cookie is used to deliver advertising and report on advertisements displayed on the website. It also records which advertisements users have seen and how frequently. | Persistent – 2 years. | www.doubleclickbygoogle.com/ |
| Facebook cookies allow Facebook to recognise that you are logged in, and help enable social plug-ins and sharing buttons. | Persistent – up to 2 years. | www.facebook.com/help/365596123604315 | |
| Flashtalking.com | This cookie is used to display advertisements that may be relevant to your interests or online behaviour, including visits to particular advertisers’ websites and products. | Persistent – 2 years. | www.flashtalking.com |
| Google Analytics | These cookies collect visitor statistics, including information about where visitors came from and which pages they viewed. This helps us understand how visitors use the Site and identify improvements. | Persistent – 2 years. | tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
| Invitemedia.com | Invitemedia uses cookies together with web beacons to help make online advertising more relevant to you. Cookies and web beacons are also used to measure the effectiveness of online advertising campaigns. | Persistent – up to 180 days. | assets.invitemedia.com/opt-out.html |
| Mathtag.com | MathTag.com is a domain used by MediaMath to place cookies on behalf of its customers on computers belonging to visitors to selected customer websites who may view display advertising. | Persistent – up to 3 years. | www.mediamath.com/privacy-policy/ |
| Sensic.com | Sensic is a Google AdSense third-party vendor and uses cookies to provide advertisements that may be relevant to users’ interests or online behaviour. | Persistent – 5 months. | www.sensic.net/index2.html |
| Smartadserver.com | This cookie is used to display advertising and provide reporting on advertisements served through the website. It also records which advertisements users have seen and how frequently. | Persistent – 2 years. Also uses a Pixel GIF with a lifespan of 9 years. | www.smartadserver.com/privacy-policy |
| Tubemogul.com | TubeMogul uses cookies to collect, measure and segment information about users’ interests based on behaviour across this and other websites. | Persistent – 10 years. | www.tubemogul.com/compliance/privacy-policy/ |
| Twitter.com | Twitter uses cookies to better understand how users interact with its services. | At the end of the session. | twitter.com/privacy |
| Webtrends | Webtrends uses cookies for various purposes, including remembering preferences and measuring activity on Webtrends websites. | Persistent – 10 years. | webtrends.com/terms-policies/cookie-policy |
| Yieldmanager.com | Ad.yieldmanager.com uses a tracking cookie to follow activity across websites and record user behaviour. | 19/01/2038. | ad.yieldmanager.com/opt-out |
The DoubleClick DART cookie is used by Google when serving advertisements on publisher websites that display AdSense content ads. When users visit an AdSense publisher’s website and view or click an advertisement, a cookie may be placed on the user’s browser.
Information collected through these cookies is used to help AdSense publishers manage and serve advertising more effectively on their websites and across the internet.
- Google, acting as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve advertisements on websites.
- Google’s use of the DART cookie allows advertisements to be shown to users based on their visits to the publisher’s website and other websites across the Internet.
- Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting Google’s advertising and content network privacy policy.
The following provides a list of third-party sources for AdSense advertisements. This list reflects the sources identified at the time of viewing and may change, as Google may add additional vendors in the future. For the most current list supplied by Google, please refer to the Google AdSense Third Party Vendors information.
Similar Technologies
In addition to cookies, we may use the following technologies in connection with your use of the Site:
Pixel GIFs
These are small image files placed within our newsletters. They allow us to determine whether a newsletter has been opened and whether particular content within the newsletter is of interest to recipients. This information helps us improve the relevance of the content included in our communications.
Flash Cookies
We may use Adobe Flash Player to display video or image content. Depending on your browser and settings, it may not be possible to block or restrict Flash cookies through the normal browser controls. Information about managing Flash privacy and security settings is available through the Adobe website.
