Cookie Policy
Effective date: July 03, 2026
Last updated: July 03, 2026
This cookie policy explains what cookies are, the types of cookies that may be stored on your device and how we use them. Cookies will be placed on your device only where you have provided consent, unless they are strictly necessary for the operation of the website.
This cookie policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information. It outlines your rights and how to contact us or the relevant supervisory authorities.
- Who are we?
1.1 We are the Hill Robinson group of companies, of which Hill Robinson Group Ltd is the parent company.
1.2.We provide professional services within the superyacht industry, including: yacht management; charter management; project management; sales brokerage; charter brokerage; aircraft management; and personnel recruitment/placement, management and training. We also provide other specialist services, including private estate management; employment services; maritime communications; and procurement.
- Which website does this policy apply to?
2.1 This cookie policy relates to your use of our website, hillrobinson.com.
2.1. On our website, we may link to other websites owned and operated by third parties. These other third-party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. For privacy information relating to these other third-party websites, please consult their policies as appropriate.
- What are cookies?
3.1 Cookies are small text files which are placed and stored on the browser or hard drive of your computer or device when you visit our website.
3.2 We use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website and to provide a browsing experience that is unique to you. Cookies are used by us so that our website can remember what you have done whilst browsing, which helps us to provide you with a positive browsing experience and to improve our website.
3.3 For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.
- What type of cookies do we use?
Cookies can be in the form of session cookies or persistent cookies.
Session cookies are deleted from your computer or device when you close your web-browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer or device until deleted or until they reach their expiry date.
We use the following cookies:
4.1 Analytical/performance cookies (consent required)
These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website and to see how visitors move around when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily.
4.2 Targeting cookies (consent required)
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 content displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose. These cookies allow you to share and send information to other websites.
4.3 Essential/functionality cookies (consent not required)
Essential cookies are required for the operation of our website. They include cookies that enable security, page navigation, form submission and access to any secure areas of our website. Our website cannot function without these strictly necessary cookies.
- What kind of information do we collect by using cookies?
5.1 When you visit our website, we may automatically collect the following types of information from you: your internet protocol (IP) address, your login information, time zone setting, operating system and platform, information about your visits including the URL you came from, your country, the search terms you used in our website, products you viewed or searched, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs) and the methods used to browse away from the page.
- Consent to use cookies and changing settings
We will ask for your consent to place cookies or equivalent technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested. Active consent will be obtained before non-essential cookies are set.
You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or consent to the use of cookies by changing your preferences here. After making a change, it may be necessary to refresh the page for all the updated settings to take effect.
- Third-party access to cookies
We use a number of trusted third-party services that may set and access cookies on your device through our website. These cookies are used strictly for the purposes described in this policy, such as analytics, marketing, security, and improving user experience.
7.1 Analytical/performance cookies (consent required)
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| _hjSessionUser_* | 1 year | Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site. |
| _hjSession_* | 1 hour | Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site. |
| __hstc | 6 months | Hubspot set this main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session). |
| hubspotutk | 6 months | HubSpot sets this cookie to keep track of the visitors to the website. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. |
| __hssrc | session | HubSpot cookie sets this cookie to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session. |
| __hssc | 1 hour | HubSpot sets this cookie to keep track of sessions. This is used to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (which increments with each pageview in a session), and session start timestamp. |
| YSC | session | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| AWSALB | 7 days | AWSALB is an application load balancer cookie set by Amazon Web Services to map the session to the target. |
7.2 Targeting cookies (consent required)
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| _fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to store and track interactions. |
| iutk | 6 months | Issuu sets this cookie to recognise the user’s device and what Issuu documents have been read. |
| __Secure-YNID | 6 months | YouTube cookie used to protect user security and prevent fraud, especially during the login process. |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to manage feature rollout and experimentation. It helps Google control which new features or interface changes are shown to users as part of testing and staged rollouts, ensuring consistent experience for a given user during an experiment. |
| __Secure-YEC | past | Description is currently not available. |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Google Tag Manager sets this cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| IDE | 1 year 24 days | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads according to the user profile. |
| bcookie | 1 year | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs. |
7.3 Essential cookies (consent not required)
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| __cf_bm | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| rc::a | Never Expires | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::c | session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| cookietest | session | The cookietest cookie is typically used to determine whether the user’s browser accepts cookies, essential for website functionality and user experience. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. |
| cookieyes-* | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie for consent solution management. |
| AWSALBCORS | 7 days | Amazon Web Services set this cookie for load balancing. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | Never Expires | The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. |
| li_gc | 6 months | Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor’s consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. |
| lidc | 1 day | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | Never Expires | The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. |
| li_gc | 6 months | Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor’s consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. |
| lidc | 1 day | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. |
These third parties have access only to their own cookies and are not permitted to use the data for any other purpose. No other third party has access to the cookies set by our website.
More information regarding third-party privacy and cookie policies:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc
If you are using a different web browser, please refer to its official support documentation.
- How do you block cookies?
Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies. You may block our cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. You can find out more about cookies and how to delete and control them in your browser menu.
If you block our use of cookies, you may be unable to access certain areas of our website, and certain functions and pages will not work in the usual way.
- How can we change the Cookie Policy?
We may update this policy from time to time. Changes in technology, legislation and authorities’ guidance may require us to inform you of the activities we undertake where it affects your privacy rights. You should check this page occasionally to stay up to date with any changes.
10.. Review of this Cookie Policy
We keep this cookie policy under regular review. This policy was last updated in June 2026. Hill Robinson’s Privacy Policy can be found here
11.. How to contact us
Any questions about this cookie policy or the information we hold about you should be sent by email to privacypolicy@hillrobinson.com or by writing to Hill Robinson Group Ltd, 2nd Floor, West Wing, Dorey Court, Admiral Park, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 2HT.
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