Cookies are small text files which are saved to your computer or mobile when you visit a website or app.
To do a few different things:
Some Cookies are always on when you visit us, and you can’t turn them off. We call these “strictly necessary Cookies”. We use them to make sure our digital services are secure and work correctly. We also use tracking Cookies to help us understand our visitors better. You can switch these on or off at any time and you can always change your mind. We’ll only use them if you’ve given us your consent.
Also, you should be aware there may be some Cookies from other companies. These "third-party Cookies" might track how you use different websites, including ours. For example, you might get a social media company’s Cookie when you see the option to share something. You can turn them off, but not through us.
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| First-party Cookies | These Cookies are set by the website you’re visiting. And only that website can read them. |
| Third-party Cookies | These Cookies are set by someone other than the owner of the website you’re visiting. Some Link Group web pages may also contain content from other sites such as LinkedIn, YouTube or Vimeo, which may set their own cookies. Also, if you share a link to a Link Group page, the service you share it on (for example, Linked-In) may set a cookie on your browser. We have no control over third-party Cookies - you can turn them off, but not through us. |
| Session Cookies | These Cookies only last as long as your online session, and disappear from your computer or device when you close your browser (e.g. Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.). On this website we use session Cookies to secure the connection to your machine (https). |
| Persistent Cookies | These Cookies stay on your computer or device after your browser has been closed and last for a time specified in the Cookie. On this website, we use persistent cookies for tracking and analytics, but only if you allow us to. |
| Strictly necessary Cookies | These Cookies remember your Cookie preferences. Without them, we would ask for your Cookie preference on every page of this website. Secure session Cookies are also strictly necessary. |
| Advertising Cookies | We do not use these, however, some websites use advertising networks to show you specially targeted adverts when you visit. These networks may also be able to track your browsing across different sites. |
| Other tracking technologies | Some websites use things like web beacons, clear GIFs, page tags and web bugs to understand how people are using them and to target advertising to them. They usually take the form of a small, transparent image that is embedded in a web page or email. They work with Cookies and capture data like your IP address, when you viewed the page or email, what device you were using and where you were. |
Some are erased when you close the browser on your website or app. Others stay longer, sometimes forever, and are saved onto your device so that they’re there when you come back. See below for a list of the cookies we use on this website.
Strictly necessary Cookies are always on when you visit us. On your first visit to us, we’ll tell
you about the types of Cookies we use and ask for your consent.
You can also control tracking in
the settings on your device.
| Name | About this Cookie |
|---|---|
| cookieconsent_status |
This is general purpose
Cookie set by our web application to acknowledge your Cookie consent status. It is designed
to hold
temporary information that is passed between pages on our website. It holds no information
about
the user and is destroyed on closing the browser. This Cookie is: First Party, Strictly Necessary, Session (Expires in accordance with your browser settings), or Persistent for 1 year (if allowed by your browser settings). |
| JSESSIONID |
This cookie is used to store a session identifier so that we can monitor session counts for an application. It holds no information
about
the user and is destroyed on closing the browser. This Cookie is: Third Party, Other Tracking Technologies, Session, Expires with browser session. |
| NSC_ |
This Cookie is
associated with Netscalar and load balancer. This cookie track user session and keep the user connected to the same back end server for the duration of their visit. This cookie is destroyed on closing the browser.
This Cookie is: Third Party, Other Tracking Technologies, Session, Expires with browser session. |
| _ga |
This Cookie name is
associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more
commonly used analytics service. This Cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning
a
randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a
site and
used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. It is
set to
expire after 2 years.
This Cookie is only ever
set
if you give us your consent to tracking.
This Cookie is: Third Party, Other Tracking Technologies, Persistent for 2 years, (if allowed by your browser settings). |
| _gid |
This Cookie name is
associated with Google Universal Analytics. It is used to store and update a unique value for
each page visited within a 24 hour period.
This cookie is
only ever set if you give us your consent to tracking.
This Cookie is: Third Party, Other Tracking Technologies, Persistent for 24 hours, (if allowed by your browser settings). |
| _gat | This Cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes. This cookie is only ever set if you give us your consent to tracking.Third Party, Other Tracking Technologies, Persistent for 10 minutes, (if allowed by your browser settings). |
| ssm_au_c |
This Cookie name is
associated with Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.
This cookie is only ever set if you give us your consent to tracking.
This Cookie is: Third Party, Other Tracking Technologies, Session, Expires with browser session. |
