Cookie Policy

Lone Star Global Acquisitions, Ltd. and its global subsidiaries (collectively, “Lone Star“, “we“, “our” and “us“) respect the privacy of all visitors to our Website. This is our policy on the use of cookies on www.lonestarfunds.com (the “Website“).

I. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored in your web browser on your PC, telephone, tablet or other Internet-connected device (each a “Devicee“) that “remember” information about you and your visit(s) to a Website or connection to web application. Certain cookies may also collect personal data about you from your Device.

Cookies can be “first party” which are cookies set by us, or “third-party” which are cookies that are placed on your Device by a third party when you visit our Website. Third-party cookies may be placed on your Device by a third party providing a service to us.

II. Why Do We Use Them?

Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps us to provide you with a better experience when you visit our Website and assists us in making improvements. It enables the Website to remember your actions and preferences (such as language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them when you come back to the Website or browse from one page to another.

III. The Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly necessary cookies: These are cookies that are necessary for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that register the type and version of your browser. If you disable these cookies, then the Website will not function properly.

Functionality cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, including (where applicable) to remember choices you make (such as your language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.

Analytical/performance cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the visitors to our Website and to see how visitors use our Website. This information helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily.

This Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google“). Google Analytics cookies are set by us on the Website and will expire on your Device in accordance with the expiration periods set forth in Section IV of this policy. The information generated by the Google Analytics cookies about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google, which may include being stored on its servers in the United States. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, click here.

IV. First Party Cookies

You can find more information about the individual cookies that we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below.

Cookie

Cookie-notice-accepted

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Cookie Type

Necessary

Analytics/ Performance

Purpose

This cookie checks whether the user has accepted or declined the cookies on our Website.

These first party cookies are used to uniquely identify visitors to the Website.

These first party cookies are used to persist the session state.

These first party cookies are used to track user behaviors.

These first party cookies are used to throttle the request rate to Google Analytics to avoid unnecessary network traffic.

Expiry

6 months

24 hours

10 minutes

V. Third Party Cookies

Third-party cookies are cookies which have been set on our Website but are not directly related to, or overseen by, us. We set out more information about these cookies in the table below:

Cookie

ARRAffinity

Cookie Type

Necessary

Purpose

ARRAffinity is a cookie from Microsoft Azure used to affinitize a client to an instance of an Azure Web App. e.g. if an app is scaled out to 10 instances, and a user accesses it from their browser, the ARRAffinity helps keep the user going back to the same app instance, instead of getting a random instance each time.

Expiry

During session

VI. Controlling Cookies: Your Preferences and Consent

We only deploy strictly necessary cookies upon the initial loading of our Website. All other types of cookies are non-necessary, and so we need your prior consent to deploy them. Non-necessary cookies help to maximize your experience when using our Website.

We request your prior consent to use non-necessary cookies via our cookie banner:

by clicking “Accept”, you will consent to our use of all non-necessary cookies; and
by clicking “Decline”, you do not consent to the use of any cookies that are not strictly necessary.

Once you set your cookie preference, you can change your preferences by withdrawing your consent at any time via by contacting privacy@hudson-advisors.com.

VII. Disabling and Deleting Cookies

You may also set your browser to disable cookies, but this action may block our strictly necessary cookies and prevent our Website from functioning properly, and you may not be able to fully utilize all of the Website’s features and services.

Manufacturer’s instructions for managing your browser cookie preferences can be found via the following links:

For more information on how to manage cookies, please visit https://commission.europa.eu/resources-partners/europa-web-guide/design-content-and-development/privacy-security-and-legal-notices/cookies-and-similar-technologies_en.

VIII. Changes to Our Use of Cookies & Revisions

Any changes to our use of cookies for this Website and to this policy will be posted here, and if appropriate, we will highlight and signpost changes. You should check this page periodically to ensure you are happy with any changes.

IX. Contact Information

If you have any queries in relation to this notice, please contact us at privacy@hudson-advisors.com.

This notice is effective December 2020 and was last updated in November 2023.