About This Cookie Policy
Hobart Executive Taxi Services uses cookies and related technologies to help our website function, remember visitor choices, understand website usage, protect forms, measure advertising performance, and improve our online services.
This policy applies when you visit our website, submit a booking or enquiry form, interact with an embedded map, or arrive through an online advertisement.
Cookies may be set directly by our website or by third-party services that provide analytics, advertising, mapping, security, payment, or other website functionality.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy , which explains how we handle personal information.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on computers, mobile phones, tablets, or other devices. They can store or retrieve information about your browser, device, website activity, and preferences.
Cookies may help a website recognise a returning browser, maintain a user session, remember choices, measure page performance, detect misuse, or understand how visitors interact with the website.
Session Cookies
Temporary cookies that usually expire when the browser is closed.
Persistent Cookies
Cookies that remain on the device for a set period or until they are manually deleted.
First-Party Cookies
Cookies placed by the website domain that you are currently visiting.
Third-Party Cookies
Cookies placed by external services included or integrated into the website.
How We Use Cookies
Depending on the technologies enabled on our website, cookies and similar tools may be used to:
- Operate booking, contact, and enquiry forms.
- Remember cookie-consent and website preferences.
- Maintain website security and prevent fraudulent or automated form submissions.
- Understand which pages visitors use and how they navigate the website.
- Identify technical problems and improve website speed, usability, and performance.
- Measure telephone calls, form submissions, bookings, or other advertising conversions.
- Measure the effectiveness of Google Ads or other advertising campaigns.
- Display embedded services such as Google Maps.
Categories of Cookies We May Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
RequiredThese cookies support core website functionality, security, form operation, session management, and storage of your cookie preferences.
Disabling these cookies may prevent parts of the website or booking process from operating correctly.
Functionality Cookies
OptionalFunctionality cookies help remember choices such as preferred settings, previously entered information, language, location, or display preferences.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
OptionalAnalytics cookies help us understand website traffic, page visits, referral sources, visitor interactions, and website performance.
Information collected through analytics services may be aggregated or associated with browser and device identifiers.
Advertising and Conversion Cookies
OptionalAdvertising cookies may help measure whether a visitor completed a booking, called the business, submitted an enquiry, or performed another action after clicking an advertisement.
They may also be used to limit repeated advertisements, measure campaign results, or deliver advertisements considered more relevant to visitors.
Third-Party Services
The following third-party technologies may be used on our website where they have been enabled.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics may be used to measure website visits, traffic sources, page interactions, device information, and general website performance.
Used only where analytics has been enabled.Google Ads
Google Ads cookies or identifiers may be used to measure advertising conversions, understand campaign performance, or support advertising features.
Used where Google advertising tags are active.Google Maps
Embedded Google Maps may receive device, browser, location, or interaction information when a map is displayed or used.
Applies to pages containing an embedded map.Security and Spam Prevention
Security tools may use cookies, tokens, device information, or similar technology to identify automated activity, spam, or malicious form submissions.
Used where website security tools are active.Third-party providers process information under their own terms and privacy policies. Their technologies and cookie names may change over time.
Cookie and Technology Information
The following table provides examples of cookies or similar identifiers that may appear where the relevant services have been enabled.
| Cookie or Service | Category | Purpose | Typical Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie preference record Website preference cookie | Strictly necessary | Remembers whether a visitor accepted, rejected, or selected specific cookie categories. | According to website configuration |
| Website session Session or security identifier | Strictly necessary | Supports forms, website security, session operation, or booking functionality. | Session or configured period |
| Google Analytics Examples may include _ga identifiers | Analytics | Distinguishes browser activity and measures visits, sessions, and website use. | Varies by configuration |
| Google Ads Advertising or conversion identifiers | Advertising | Measures advertisement interactions, calls, bookings, enquiries, or other conversion events. | Varies by service and configuration |
| Google Maps Google service identifiers | Functionality / third party | Supports map display, map security, location features, and map interaction. | Set by the external provider |
| Spam protection Security tokens or identifiers | Strictly necessary | Helps protect booking and contact forms against spam or automated misuse. | Varies by security provider |
Cookie names and storage periods depend on the tools currently installed and their configuration. This table should be updated whenever website tracking, advertising, mapping, payment, or analytics tools change.
Your Consent and Cookie Preferences
Where a cookie consent tool is provided, you may be able to accept all cookies, reject optional cookies, or select individual cookie categories.
Strictly necessary cookies may remain active because they support essential website operation, security, consent storage, or form functionality.
You can withdraw or change your choice later by reopening the cookie settings available on the website.
The Cookie Settings button must be connected to the consent-management platform or cookie banner installed on your website.
Browser and Device Controls
Most browsers allow visitors to view, block, or delete cookies through browser privacy settings. The exact steps depend on the browser and device.
You may generally be able to:
- Delete cookies already stored on your device.
- Block all cookies or selected third-party cookies.
- Receive a notification before a cookie is stored.
- Clear website data after closing the browser.
- Control location, advertising, and device permissions.
- Use private or incognito browsing modes.
Blocking cookies may affect booking forms, embedded maps, stored preferences, website security, or other website features.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when our website, cookie practices, advertising tools, analytics services, legal obligations, or third-party providers change.
The latest version will be published on this page. The “Last Updated” date near the top of the page will indicate when the policy was most recently revised.
Questions About Cookies
Contact Hobart Executive Taxi Services if you have a question about this Cookie Policy, the technologies used on our website, or your cookie preferences.
Include the words “Cookie Policy” in your email subject line to help us identify your enquiry.