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Cookies Policy

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. This then helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

We use the following cookies on our website:

Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation and security of the website.

__cfduid (Cloudflare)
Identifies individual users behind a shared IP address and applies security settings.
Duration: 4 weeks

Functional Cookies

These cookies help the website remember user preferences and maintain session information.

lang
Stores a user's language preference for future visits.
Duration: Not specified

bcookie (LinkedIn)
Enables LinkedIn features and integrations on the website.
Duration: 2 years

lidc (LinkedIn)
Used for routing and performance optimisation of LinkedIn services.
Duration: 1 day

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website so we can improve its performance and usability.

_ga (Google Analytics)
Distinguishes individual visitors and collects anonymised usage statistics.
Duration: 2 years

_gid (Google Analytics)
Tracks how visitors use the website to generate usage reports.
Duration: 1 day

lissc (LinkedIn)
Used for analytics related to LinkedIn embedded services.
Duration: 1 year

Performance Cookies

These cookies help manage traffic and ensure website performance.

_gat (Google Analytics)
Limits the rate of data collection on high traffic websites.
Duration: 1 minute

Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver relevant advertising and measure advertising effectiveness.

test_cookie (DoubleClick)
Checks whether the user’s browser supports cookies.
Duration: 15 minutes

UserMatchHistory (LinkedIn)
Tracks visitors across websites to show more relevant advertisements.
Duration: 4 weeks

bscookie (LinkedIn)
Used by LinkedIn for advertising and browser identification.
Duration: 2 years

Other Cookies

These cookies may be used for debugging or operational purposes.

__cfruid
Used by Cloudflare for operational purposes.
Duration: Not specified

aka_debug
Debugging cookie used for troubleshooting services.
Duration: Not specified

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