Cookie Policy

Please read this policy carefully before using the Sites or interacting with us. It contains our privacy and cookie policy.

 

Legal Information

 

We are Alpha Capital Group Limited (company number 13719951), a limited company incorporated in England & Wales, whose registered office address is at 10 Lower Thames Street, Billingsgate, London, England, EC3R 6AF (‘Company,’ ‘we,’ ‘us,’ or ‘our’).

 

Website: https://alphacapitalgroup.uk/ (‘Website’)

 

Introduction

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. Please see our Privacy Policy (available here: https://alphacapitalgroup.uk/privacy-policy/) for more information about how we look after your personal data, your privacy rights and how the law protects you. Capitalised terms not defined in this policy have the meaning given to them in the Privacy Policy.

 

We use Sites to provide our products and services, including the following (collectively, the “Sites”): our Website and, if applicable, its subdomains and app, and third party Sites, for example platforms, websites, apps, including social media sites.

Important information and who we are

Controller

The Company described in the Legal Information is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as “Company”, “we“, “us” or “our” in this policy). We have appointed a data privacy manager who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this cookie policy. If you have any questions about this cookie policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the data privacy manager using the details set out below.

 

Contact Details

If you have any questions about this cookie policy or our privacy practices, please contact our data privacy manager using the Contact Details in the Legal Information.

 

Complaints

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.

 

Changes to the cookie policy and your duty to inform us of changes

We keep this policy under regular review. We reserve the right to change it at any time without notice and we encourage you to read it periodically to ensure that you are at all times fully aware of it. Any changes are effective immediately upon posting to our Website or written notice to you.

This version was last updated on Update Date first mentioned above. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

How your personal data is collected using cookies

Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our Website, or certain other Sites such as landing pages that are not on our Website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other Websites employing our cookies. Please see our cookie policy below for further details.

 

Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this Website.

 

Cookies

 

Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our Website. We use the cookies set out in the information at the end of this section. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

 

Our cookies

We may use the following cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Targeting cookies. 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 advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

 

Third party cookies

Please note that the third parties listed in the Legal Information or notified to you may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies, performance cookies or targeting cookies.

 

Cookie controls

To change your cookie settings, deactivate or block our cookies or the use of third party advertising cookies, please see below. You can choose which analytical, functionality and targeting cookies you accept by adjusting your settings via our cookie settings widget on your screen. You can do this by adjusting the sliders to opt in or out of the cookie categories. To save your changes, scroll to the bottom and click on the save button. If you cannot see the save button, you may be using a blocker to prevent the setting of cookies.

 

Browser cookie controls

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our Website.

 

Information about how to configure your browser to block cookies can be found at:

 

Google Chrome

Microsoft Edge

Internet Explorer

Firefox

Safari

Safari Mobile

Opera

 

If you prefer to not have data reported by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On by following the instructions here.

You can find out how to opt out of Google’s use of tracking technologies via the Google advertising opt-out page here.

 

Advertising

To learn more about adverts which are displayed to you whilst you are online, please consult the applicable site’s privacy and cookie policy on which you see our ads.

The advertising companies we work with generally use cookies and similar technologies as part of their services. To learn more about how advertisers generally use cookies and the choices they offer, you can review the following resources:

 

Digital Advertising Alliance

European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance

 

Expiry of cookies

 

The cookies will expire as set out below.

 

More information about cookies

 

You can find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them by visiting www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

 

If we use cookies, you will find details about them here:

 

 

Performance

 

Cookie Name: _ga

Domain: alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 1 year 1 month

Description: Associated with Google Universal Analytics. Distinguishes users by assigning a random ID. Helps in analytics reports.

 

Cookie Name: _ga_077MT27561

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 1 year 1 month

Description: Used by Google Analytics to maintain session state.

 

Cookie Name: _ga_NLS6ZRHJJL

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 1 year 1 month

Description: Used by Google Analytics to maintain session state.

 

 

Targeting

 

Cookie Name: MR

Domain: .c.bing.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 7 days

Description: Microsoft MSN cookie used for internal analytics.

 

Cookie Name: _gcl_au

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 3 months

Description: Used by Google AdSense to experiment with advertisement efficiency across websites.

 

Cookie Name: CLID

Domain: www.clarity.ms

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: Set by Dstillery for sharing content to social media and gathering related visitor information.

 

Cookie Name: MUID

Domain: .clarity.ms

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: Microsoft’s unique user identifier, believed to sync across various Microsoft domains.

 

Cookie Name: MR

Domain: .c.clarity.ms

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 7 days

Description: Microsoft MSN cookie used for internal analytics.

 

Cookie Name: _fbp

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 3 months

Description: Used by Meta to deliver advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers.

 

Cookie Name: SRM_B

Domain: .c.bing.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: Microsoft MSN cookie ensuring the proper functioning of the website.

 

Cookie Name: test_cookie

Domain: .doubleclick.net

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 15 minutes

Description: Set by DoubleClick (owned by Google) to determine browser cookie support.

 

Cookie Name: ANONCHK

Domain: .c.clarity.ms

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 10 minutes

Description: Provides information about user website interactions and previous advertising exposure.

 

Cookie Name: IDE

Domain: .doubleclick.net

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: Set by DoubleClick, provides information about user website interactions and previous advertising exposure.

 

Cookie Name: SM

Domain: .c.clarity.ms

Type: Third-party

Expiration: Session

Description: Microsoft MSN cookie used for internal analytics.

 

Cookie Name: YSC

Domain: .youtube.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: Session

Description: Set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.

 

Cookie Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

Domain: .youtube.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 6 months

Description: Set by YouTube to track user preferences for embedded videos; identifies the YouTube interface version in use.

 

Cookie Name: MUID

Domain: .bing.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: Microsoft’s unique user identifier, believed to sync across various Microsoft domains.

 

 

Unclassified

 

Cookie Name: __mh_tt_s

Domain: 186072.t.hyros.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 1 year 1 month

Description: Hyros. We use this cookie to gather analytics on how you may use all of our social media platforms to return to our site.

 

Cookie Name: mp_*_mixpanel

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: Mixpanel. Used to identify individual users. This tool is used to measure site performance and usage patterns. Unique strings replace the * in the cookie name. For statistical purposes.

 

Cookie Name: _clck

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: to store a unique user ID. For marketing purposes.

 

Cookie Name: _clsk

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 1 day

Description: Microsoft Clarity. To store and combine pageviews by a user into a single session recording. For statistical purposes.

 

Cookie Name: _fontstore_key

Domain: api.fontshare.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: Session

Description: api.fontshare. com. For the website’s font.

 

Cookie Name: recent_write

Domain: help.alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: Session

Description: This cookie is used to alert users of help updates.

 

Important information and who we are

Controller

The Company described in the Legal Information is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as “Company”, “we“, “us” or “our” in this policy). We have appointed a data privacy manager who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this cookie policy. If you have any questions about this cookie policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the data privacy manager using the details set out below.

 

Contact Details

If you have any questions about this cookie policy or our privacy practices, please contact our data privacy manager using the Contact Details in the Legal Information.

 

Complaints

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.

 

Changes to the cookie policy and your duty to inform us of changes

We keep this policy under regular review. We reserve the right to change it at any time without notice and we encourage you to read it periodically to ensure that you are at all times fully aware of it. Any changes are effective immediately upon posting to our Website or written notice to you.

This version was last updated on Update Date first mentioned above. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

How your personal data is collected using cookies

Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our Website, or certain other Sites such as landing pages that are not on our Website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other Websites employing our cookies. Please see our cookie policy below for further details.

 

Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this Website.

 

Cookies

 

Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our Website. We use the cookies set out in the information at the end of this section. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

 

Our cookies

We may use the following cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Targeting cookies. 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 advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

 

Third party cookies

Please note that the third parties listed in the Legal Information or notified to you may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies, performance cookies or targeting cookies.

 

Cookie controls

To change your cookie settings, deactivate or block our cookies or the use of third party advertising cookies, please see below. You can choose which analytical, functionality and targeting cookies you accept by adjusting your settings via our cookie settings widget on your screen. You can do this by adjusting the sliders to opt in or out of the cookie categories. To save your changes, scroll to the bottom and click on the save button. If you cannot see the save button, you may be using a blocker to prevent the setting of cookies.

 

Browser cookie controls

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our Website.

 

Information about how to configure your browser to block cookies can be found at:

 

Google Chrome

Microsoft Edge

Internet Explorer

Firefox

Safari

Safari Mobile

Opera

 

If you prefer to not have data reported by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On by following the instructions here.

You can find out how to opt out of Google’s use of tracking technologies via the Google advertising opt-out page here.

 

Advertising

To learn more about adverts which are displayed to you whilst you are online, please consult the applicable site’s privacy and cookie policy on which you see our ads.

The advertising companies we work with generally use cookies and similar technologies as part of their services. To learn more about how advertisers generally use cookies and the choices they offer, you can review the following resources:

 

Digital Advertising Alliance

European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance

 

Expiry of cookies

 

The cookies will expire as set out below.

 

More information about cookies

 

You can find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them by visiting www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

 

If we use cookies, you will find details about them here:

 

 

Performance

 

Cookie Name: _ga

Domain: alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 1 year 1 month

Description: Associated with Google Universal Analytics. Distinguishes users by assigning a random ID. Helps in analytics reports.

 

Cookie Name: _ga_077MT27561

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 1 year 1 month

Description: Used by Google Analytics to maintain session state.

 

Cookie Name: _ga_NLS6ZRHJJL

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 1 year 1 month

Description: Used by Google Analytics to maintain session state.

 

 

Targeting

 

Cookie Name: MR

Domain: .c.bing.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 7 days

Description: Microsoft MSN cookie used for internal analytics.

 

Cookie Name: _gcl_au

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 3 months

Description: Used by Google AdSense to experiment with advertisement efficiency across websites.

 

Cookie Name: CLID

Domain: www.clarity.ms

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: Set by Dstillery for sharing content to social media and gathering related visitor information.

 

Cookie Name: MUID

Domain: .clarity.ms

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: Microsoft’s unique user identifier, believed to sync across various Microsoft domains.

 

Cookie Name: MR

Domain: .c.clarity.ms

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 7 days

Description: Microsoft MSN cookie used for internal analytics.

 

Cookie Name: _fbp

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 3 months

Description: Used by Meta to deliver advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers.

 

Cookie Name: SRM_B

Domain: .c.bing.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: Microsoft MSN cookie ensuring the proper functioning of the website.

 

Cookie Name: test_cookie

Domain: .doubleclick.net

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 15 minutes

Description: Set by DoubleClick (owned by Google) to determine browser cookie support.

 

Cookie Name: ANONCHK

Domain: .c.clarity.ms

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 10 minutes

Description: Provides information about user website interactions and previous advertising exposure.

 

Cookie Name: IDE

Domain: .doubleclick.net

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: Set by DoubleClick, provides information about user website interactions and previous advertising exposure.

 

Cookie Name: SM

Domain: .c.clarity.ms

Type: Third-party

Expiration: Session

Description: Microsoft MSN cookie used for internal analytics.

 

Cookie Name: YSC

Domain: .youtube.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: Session

Description: Set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.

 

Cookie Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

Domain: .youtube.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 6 months

Description: Set by YouTube to track user preferences for embedded videos; identifies the YouTube interface version in use.

 

Cookie Name: MUID

Domain: .bing.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: Microsoft’s unique user identifier, believed to sync across various Microsoft domains.

 

 

Unclassified

 

Cookie Name: __mh_tt_s

Domain: 186072.t.hyros.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: 1 year 1 month

Description: Hyros. We use this cookie to gather analytics on how you may use all of our social media platforms to return to our site.

 

Cookie Name: mp_*_mixpanel

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: Mixpanel. Used to identify individual users. This tool is used to measure site performance and usage patterns. Unique strings replace the * in the cookie name. For statistical purposes.

 

Cookie Name: _clck

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 1 year

Description: to store a unique user ID. For marketing purposes.

 

Cookie Name: _clsk

Domain: .alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: 1 day

Description: Microsoft Clarity. To store and combine pageviews by a user into a single session recording. For statistical purposes.

 

Cookie Name: _fontstore_key

Domain: api.fontshare.com

Type: Third-party

Expiration: Session

Description: api.fontshare. com. For the website’s font.

 

Cookie Name: recent_write

Domain: help.alphacapitalgroup.uk

Type: First-party

Expiration: Session

Description: This cookie is used to alert users of help updates.