COOKIES

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile phone browsers by websites you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, in order to improve the user experience. They also provide certain information to the owners of a site.

The John W Hancock and Associates (JWHA) website currently uses a category 2 performance cookie (used for Google Analytics). This information does not identify visitors or collect any personal details. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how the website works.

Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies, if you prefer you can set your browser to refuse cookies. However, if you choose to do so it might affect certain site functionality. We may in the future, without notice, determine to change our use of cookies. By continuing to use the JWHA site and by using any video and social media functionality, you consent to the relevant cookies being set on your device.

For general information about cookies and how to disable them, please visit allaboutcookies.org. To prevent Google Analytics cookies being set, you may install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On.

HOW WE USE COOKIES

JWHA uses cookies to gain a better understanding of our customers and their needs so we can improve their online experience with us. This applies to all visitors to our website, regardless of where in the world they live.

In order to comply with EU regulations, users now have the option of accepting our cookies. Although you will still be able to access most of our content without cookies, your visit to our site would benefit from the additional functionality that cookies will provide as applicable.

Whenever a person visits johnhancockassoc.com, we collect basic information about their behaviour on our site. This includes things such as pages visited and how they found our website. The information we gather for these purposes does not identify anyone and we make no attempt to find out who has been to our site.

What we do gain from this information is a better understanding of what people are interested in on our website and how we can improve their experience on it.

To access this information, we use the following cookies:

Google Analytics: This cookie allows us to gain a better understanding of how visitors use our site, what content they are interested in, and how they found us. The information we get from Google Analytics is anonymous and for the most part comes in the form of statistics.

To manage your Google Analytics cookies, you can visit the Google Analytics help page, however please keep in mind that information we obtain from Google Analytics goes towards improving the user experience on our site.

COOKIE ACCEPTANCE

This cookie monitors whether or not you have accepted cookies on our site.

For convenience, we do have an online contact form that allows people to enquire about our services. This information is sent to us via email and is not stored on our site through cookies. We will not give your contact information to any other organisation unless legally obliged to do so.

COPYRIGHT

This web site and its contents are copyright “© 2017 John W Hancock and Associates Limited. All Rights Reserved” and are subject to the following terms.

Any person is authorised to view, reproduce, print and distribute the web site pages (the “Pages”) either electronically or otherwise, subject to the conditions that the Pages or any portion of them:

may be used only for personal informational, non-commercial purposes; must include the copyright notice above; and must not be used in a derogatory manner.

Save for the above, you may not copy, modify, upload, download, post, transmit, republish or distribute any of the content, including without limitation the code, contained in this website without our prior written permission. Except as provided above, nothing contained in this website shall be construed as granting a licence or other rights under any patent, trademark, copyright or other intellectual property of JWHA or any third party.

Shutterstock photos used on this site are used under its standard licence.

DISCLAIMER

The contents of this web site are provided for informational purposes only. There is nothing in this web site that constitutes legal advice. Whilst all reasonable efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of the web site, information can quickly become out of date due to changing circumstances. The contents are therefore provided “AS IS” and on an “AS AVAILABLE” basis without any representation and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied. Merlinus so far as legally permissible disclaim all liability in respect of the information contained in this website.

You are advised to consult a suitably qualified lawyer on any specific legal problem or matter that you might have.

Links to other web sites are provided for your convenience. JWHA is not responsible for the content of these web sites and so far as legally permissible disclaims all liability in respect of such content or any links that they may contain.

TRADEMARK AND LOGOS

The names, images and logos identifying JWHA or third parties and their products and services are proprietary marks of JWHA and/or those third parties. No authority is granted to any third party for the use of those names, images and logos.