Session cookies
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Persistent cookies
These either stay on your computer until you choose to remove them, or until they expire on a pre-set date.
First party cookies
These are created by and placed on your computer by the owner of the website. They’re usually essential for the website to function properly.
Third party cookies
These are placed on your computer by the owner of the website but they’re managed by another company, for example: Google or YouTube. This type of cookie is often used to help monitor visitors. For example: which pages people visit, for how long, which country they’re from, which search terms they used to find the page, and so on.
Categories of cookies
There are 3 categories of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies - these are essential if you want to move around our careers site and use its features.
- Performance (analytics) cookies - these are third party cookies which are used to collect anonymous information about which pages you visited.
- Advertising cookies - these are third party cookies which help to show you adverts that are more relevant to you.