Cookie Policy
General visitor data is collected on the Heritage Auctions Europe website, including your computer's IP address, the time of access, and data sent by your browser. This data is used for analyses of visitor and click behavior on the website. Heritage Auctions Europe uses this information to improve the functioning of the website. This data is anonymized as much as possible and is not provided to third parties.
What are cookies, and how are they used?
The Internet browser you use to view our site allows a small file called a "cookie" to be saved on your device. This cookie enables our web server to recognize you as a first-time or repeat client, and may include information such as your Username, so you do not have to re-enter it every time you visit. We also use cookies to provide customized and personalized services to you, including:
- To remember information about you, so you don’t have to re-enter it;
- To keep you signed in;
- To help us understand how you are using our website so we can improve your experience;
- To help us personalize your experience on our website, such as remembering your preferences and settings;
- To determine if you have read communications from us.
Cookies do not allow us to know anything about your surfing habits on other websites. They simply tell us about your surfing habits on our website. Some of these cookies are erased when you close your internet browser, but some stay on your device so that they are in place when you come back to our website.
Some cookies are always on when you visit our website, and they cannot be turned off through our website. These are necessary cookies. Your browser does allow you to turn these cookies off, but it may affect how smoothly our website functions. Heritage Auctions Europe does not guarantee the functionality of any services offered through its website if you do not allow these necessary cookies to operate.
We also use function, performance, and advertising cookies. While these cookies make your experience more enjoyable, as explained above, you may at any time reject these cookies and they will not collect or report any of your personal information. If you’d like to change your consent to certain cookies, please email us at info@ha-europe.com.
Third party cookies may also be used on Heritage Auctions Europe’s website, if you select an option that connects to a third-party website. For example, if you select to share an auction lot on social media, the company operating the social media site may be activated. Heritage Auctions Europe has no control over these third-party cookies, and while they can be turned off, you cannot do so through us.
Heritage Auctions Europe may allow certain third parties contracted by Heritage Auctions Europe, such as analytics partners, advertising technology partners, and other partners, to use cookies and/or include web beacons on HA-europe.com web pages for purposes related to those specific partner services. These cookies and web beacons do not include any Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”), other than your IP address, which may qualify as PII in your country of residence.
Google Analytics
Heritage Auctions Europe uses Google Analytics to track how users use the website and how effective Heritage Auctions Europe's AdWords advertisements are on Google search results pages. The information thus obtained, including the address of your computer (IP address), is transferred to and stored by Google on servers. Please read Google's privacy policy for more information. You can also find the Google Analytics privacy policy here. Google uses this information to track how our website is used, to provide reports about the Website to Heritage Auctions Europe, and to provide its advertisers with information about the effectiveness of their campaigns. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally required to do so, or insofar as these third parties process the information on behalf of Google. Heritage Auctions Europe has no influence on this. Heritage Auctions Europe has not given Google permission to use Analytics information obtained through Heritage Auctions Europe for other Google services.