What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device
when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and
preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a
period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to
the site or browse from one page to another.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies to remember personal preferences such as language choice for
content. We also use cookies to anonymously gather analytics data that helps us to
understand how people use our websites so that we can improve them.
Which cookies do we use?
Cookies are set when you submit a form, login or interact with the site by doing
something that goes beyond clicking a link. We use the following types of cookies.
Some of these are third party cookies – see the section on third-party cookies below for more information.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
| _ga | This is a Google Analytics cookie. It helps us monitor the use and performance of our website. | 2 years |
| _gid | This is a Google Analytics cookie. It helps us monitor the use and performance of our website. | 24 hours |
| __qca, __ssid, _abexps, _ceg.s, _ceg.s, continuous_play_v3, player, vuid | Our website uses Vimeo to embed videos from our Vimeo channel as well as other channels. These cookies support video playback. | You can find out more about Vimeo cookies here. |
| cookieconsent_status | This tells us whether the visitor has accepted the cookie notice. | 2 years |
| __cfuid | We use Cloudflare for content delivery and internet security. This is a technical cookie and is excluded by the GDPR regulation. | 5 years, learn more here. |
Occasionally, we use feedback tools like HotJar:
| Name | Description | Duration |
| _hjClosedSurveyInvites | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor interacts with a Survey invitation modal popup. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not re-appear if it has already been shown. | 365 days |
| _hjDonePolls | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor completes a poll using the Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the same poll does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. | 365 days |
| _hjMinimizedPolls | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site. | 365 days |
| _hjDoneTestersWidgets | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor submits their information in the Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the same form does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. | 365 days |
| _hjMinimizedTestersWidgets | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site. | 365 days |
| _hjIncludedInSample | Hotjar cookie. This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels. | 365 days |
| _hjShownFeedbackMessage | This cookie is set when a visitor minimizes or completes Incoming Feedback. This is done so that the Incoming Feedback will load as minimized immediately if they navigate to another page where it is set to show. | 365 days |
How to control cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
