Cookie policy
Information about our use of 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 site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
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.
What are Cookies?
A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. Cookies will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.
Two types of cookies are used on this web site - session cookies, which are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site, and persistent cookies, which remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie).
Cookies allow us to obtain information regarding users of our site which essentially helps us to provide you with a better user experience and tailor our services to your individual needs. We may collect information such as your IP address, online activity, web browser details and online activity. We will not however collect or store any of your passwords or other highly sensitive data.
By using our website with your browser settings adjusted to accept all cookies, we will take this to mean that you want to use our products and services, and that you consent to our use of cookies and other technologies as described in this Policy.
The Cookies that we use
We use the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies 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/performance cookies 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 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 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.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them below:
Cookie Provider
Facebook Pixel
Name
fr, act, c_user, datr, c_user, datr, datr, dpr, js_ver, pl, presence, sb, spin, wd, xs
Purpose
This Cookie is placed by Facebook. It enables TAG to measure, optimize and build audiences for advertising campaigns served on Facebook. In particular it enables TAG to see how our users move between devices when accessing the TAG web site and Facebook, to ensure that TAG’s Facebook advertising is seen by our users most likely to be interested in such advertising by analysing which content a user has viewed and interacted with on the web site.
More information
For further information about the Facebook Pixel please see:
https://en-gb.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616
You can opt out of seeing online interest-based ads from Facebook, please see:
https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies
Contains Personal Data?
No
Expiry
3 months
Cookie Provider
LinkedIn Pixel
Name
_ga, _guid, _lipt, bcookie, lang, li_oatml, liap, lidc, org_tcphc
Purpose
The LinkedIn Insight Tag enables the collection of data regarding members’ visits to your website, including the URL, referrer, IP address, device and browser characteristics, timestamp, and page views. This data is encrypted, then de-identified within seven days, and the de-identified data is deleted within 90 days. LinkedIn does not share the personal data with the website owner, it only provides aggregated reports about the website audience and ad performance. LinkedIn also provides retargeting for website visitors, enabling the website owner to show personalized ads off its website by using this data, but without identifying the member.
More information
For further information about the LinkedIn Pixel please see:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-table
You can opt out of seeing online ads from LinkedIn. Please see:
https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls
Contains Personal Data?
No
Expiry
Up to 1 year
Cookie Provider
Google Analytics
Name
_ga, _gid, _gat, SSID, SID, CONSENT, HSID, NI, _utm.gif, _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmv, _utmzD
Purpose
Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), to help us see how our website is used. In doing so information about your use of our website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google and stored on servers in the United States. The data collected by Google Analytics is used to analyse how frequently the same people revisit the TAG website, how the website is found (from advertising or referring websites), and which pages are most frequently viewed.
More information
Implemented via Google Tag Manager. For further information about the Google Analytics tracking please see:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
Contains Personal Data?
No
Expiry
Up to 2 years
Cookie Provider
TAG Group
Name
cookieconsent_status
Purpose
To record user consent of the use of cookies.
More information
For further information about this cookie see this policy.
Contains Personal Data?
No
Expiry
365 days
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies
Objecting to Cookies
Most browsers have options that allow the visitor to control whether the browser will accept cookies, reject cookies, or notify the visitor each time a cookie is sent. You may elect to reject or 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 site.
Lifetime of Cookies
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire within the time periods set out in the table above.
Further information
To find out more information about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.