Cookie Policy
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality that our website relies on to work. These cookies can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| _hjSession_[id] | Careers website | This is used to provide functions across pages. | End of browser session |
| sessionid[id] | Careers website | This is used to store token which is used to identify a user that has logged into a website. | End of browser session |
| lastaccesstime[id] | Careers website | This is used to record the time when the website was last accessed. | End of browser session |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Careers website | This is used to store unique visits to the candidate portal. | End of browser session |
| _hjFirstSeen | Careers website | This is used to store first visit to the site. | End of browser session (Only first time) |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | Careers website | This is used to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by the website's daily session limit. | End of session |
| _hjSessionUser _[id] | Careers website | This is used to store a unique user ID. | 1 year |
| _gcl_au | Careers website | This is used to understand how the candidate interacts with the site. | 3 months |
| hs_lastaccesstime[id] | Careers website | This is used to record the time when a unique user last signed-in on the website. | End of browser session |
| hs_sessionid[id] | Careers website | This is used to store the session id whenever the user signs-in on the website. | End of browser session |
| hs_ccp_user[id] | Careers website | This is created when a user signs-in on the portal to track session (to log out user after the timeout period). | End of browser session |
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website. We do not use this for tracking purposes. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from, and the pages they visited. We also collect the following information: IP address, country, browser, operating system, and screen resolution.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | Expiration Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | This is used to distinguish unique users across a website and its domain, enabling tracking of user behavior and website analytics. | Two years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | This is used to track user sessions and engagement on a website for a 24-hour period, helping to understand how users interact with the site within a single day. | 24 hours |
| _ga_(container-id) | Google Analytics | This is used to persist session state. | Two years |
| _utma | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users and sessions. | Two years |
| _utmb | Google Analytics | This is used to determine new sessions/visits. | 30 minutes |
| _utmc | Google Analytics | This cookie operates in conjunction with the _utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. | End of browser session |
| _utmt | Google Analytics | This is used to throttle request rate. | 10 minutes |
| _utmz | Google Analytics | This cookie stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. | Six months |
| ar_debug | Google Analytics | This is used to enable debugging and testing features related to Google's ad products, allowing developers and testers to see detailed information about ad serving and attribution. | End of browser session |
Additional Website Cookies
The jobs.cranfield.ac.uk website has additional analytics cookies to understand more about the way website visitors interact with the system.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| ps_rvm_SsY7 | Careers website | This is used to assist with visitor monitoring on the ProvideSupport Live Chat tool running on the dashboard. | 1 year |
| ats_ga | Careers website | This is used to record the data which the Source Report Internet field uses. | 1 year |