COOKIE POLICY

This website thefourmodels.com (our Website) is operated by The Four Model Management Limited. Our Websiteuses 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 to improve our Website and content.To find out more about how we use cookies, please take a few moments to read this Cookie Policy.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small data file which is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer (or other electronic device).More information about cookies can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org and www.cookiecentral.com

We use cookies for the reasons set out below. Some of the functions that cookies perform can also be achieved using similar technologies (for example, tracking pixels, tags and server logs). References to ‘cookies’ in this Policy, includes reference to these other technologies.

The types of cookies we use

We use the following cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential for the operation of ourWebsite. They are set, for example, to allow you to message us via our Website.
Analytical/performance cookies. These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of users and to see how usersinteract with our Website. This helps us to improve the way our Websiteworks, for example, by ensuring that users can easily find what they are looking for.
Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our site. This enables us to remember your cookies preferences, for example.

We do not require your consent to use strictly necessary cookies, but we do require your consent before using analytical or performance cookies,functionality cookies ormarketing cookies.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use, the purposes for which we use them and the time after which they will expire in the table below:

Type of cookie	Cookie name	Expiration time	Purpose
Strictly necessary	PHPSESSID	Duration of user’s session	Used to display certain properties on our Website.
Functional	cookieconsent_status	Duration of user’s session	Used to storea user’s cookies preferences
Analytical/performance	Google Analytics, including:_ga	24months	Used to calculate user, session and campaign data, and to keep track of Website usage. This cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify each user.
Analytical/performance	Google Analytics, including:_gid	1 day	Used to store information of how users use our Website. The data collected includes the number of users, the source of where they have come from and the pages they have visited.
Analytical/ performance	Google Website Optimizer, including:_utmx	18 months	Used to improve our Website by distinguishing between two variations of a webpage that might be shown to a user to determine which version performs better.
Analytical/ performance	Google Website Optimizer, including:_utmxx	18 months	Used to improve our Website by distinguishing between two variations of a webpage that might be shown to a user to determine which version performs better.

Third party cookies on our Website

We use cookies from Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. These cookies provide us with information about the usage of our Website by individual users, including the total number of visits, how long the users have stayed on our Website, what pages the usershave visited and any interactions the usershave had with our Website.Further information on the Google Analytics cookies can be found here.

Changing your cookie preferences

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. To find out how to do this visit www.allaboutcookies.org. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our Website and your experience of our Website may be impaired.

You can also use your social media accounts and/or device privacy settings to adjust your preferences on cookies and tracking.

Google Analytics: To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

You can also opt-out of interest-based advertising by visiting the following websites:
http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
http://www.youronlinechoices.com/

More about your privacy

Cookies that allow us to identify you will be considered to be personal data. We will only use these cookies which capture your personal data where we have a legal basis to do so. The information we obtain from the use of cookies will, to the extent that it is considered to be personal data, be used by us in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Third party websites

When we include links on our Website to other websites, please bear in mind that these third party websites will have their own privacy and cookie policies that will govern the use of any information you submit on those websites. These third party websites may set their own cookies that capture your personal data. We recommend you read their policies as we are not responsible or liable for the actions of any third parties.