
Cookie Policy
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This Cookie Policy explains how the Hot Palette Group (“we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our website. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies (such as pixels, tags and local storage) work in a comparable way. They help a website function, remember your preferences, and understand how it is used.
2. Types of cookies we use
We use the following categories of cookies:
(a) Essential cookies – necessary for the website to work; these do not require consent.
(b) Functional cookies – remember your preferences and choices.
(c) Analytics cookies – help us understand how the website is used so we can improve it.
(d) Advertising cookies – used to deliver and measure relevant advertising.
A full list of the specific cookies we use, their purposes and how long they last, is set out below.
3. Cookies we use
(a) Essential
- AWSALBCORS (Necessary, 7 days): Maintains session affinity for the contact form and ensures requests are routed consistently while a visitor is using the form.
(b) Functional and similar technologies
- pl_market (Functional Cookie, 1 year): Remembers the market (country site) last viewed by the visitor.
- pl_locale (Functional Cookie, 1 year): Remembers the visitor's language preference.
- pl_country (Functional Cookie, Session): Stores the visitor's country selection and helps provide the appropriate market site.
- pl-recent-searches (Local Storage, until deleted by the user): Remembers the visitor's recent menu searches.
- pl_market_suggestion_dismissed (Session Storage, Session): Remembers that the visitor dismissed the market suggestion banner.
- pl-sizzle (Session Storage, Session): Ensures the opening animation is displayed only once per visit.
(c) Analytics
- _ga* (Analytics, up to 2 years): Distinguishes visitors and collects information about website usage and performance.
- _ga_* (Analytics, up to 2 years): Maintains session state and visitor statistics for analytics purposes.
(d) Advertising
Where activated, the following advertising cookies may be set.
- _gcl_au (Advertising, 90 days): Measures the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
- _gcl_aw (Advertising, 90 days): Stores information relating to advertising clicks.
- _gcl_gs (Advertising, 90 days): Stores information relating to advertising clicks.
- _gac_* (Advertising, 90 days): Associates website activity with advertising campaigns.
- IDE (Advertising, up to 13 months): Used by Google for advertising personalisation and campaign measurement.
- NID (Advertising, up to 13 months): Used by Google for advertising personalisation and campaign measurement.
Certain cookies are used only by authorised personnel when accessing administrative or content management functions of the website. These cookies are not ordinarily placed on the devices of website visitors and are therefore not listed above.
4. Your choices
Essential cookies are necessary for the operation and security of the website and cannot be disabled through our cookie preference centre. For non-essential cookies (such as analytics and advertising), where required by law we ask for your consent before they are set, and you can change or withdraw your choices at any time. You may withdraw or change your consent at any time through the Cookie Preferences Centre. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before withdrawal.
You can manage your preferences through our cookie banner or settings, and through your browser settings.
5. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The current version, with its “last updated” date, is published on our website.
6. Contact
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at DPO@hotpalette.co.jp.