In short: we use a small number of cookies to keep the site working and secure, to remember your choices, and — where enabled — to measure traffic and campaigns. You can control non-essential cookies in your browser at any time.
01What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site work, remember your choices, and understand how it is used. Similar technologies — pixels, local storage, and tags — do comparable jobs, and we use "cookies" here to cover all of them.
02Cookies we use
- Essential cookies — required for the Site to function: session management, security (including CSRF protection), and remembering your cookie choice. These can't be switched off.
- Preference cookies — remember choices like popup dismissals so we don't show you the same message repeatedly.
- Analytics cookies — for example Google Analytics, which helps us understand which pages are useful and how visitors move through the Site.
- Advertising cookies — for example the Meta Pixel and Google Ads tags, which help us measure campaigns and show more relevant ads.
03Cookies in detail
- Session cookie (essential) — keeps you signed in to the right session while you browse. Expires when you close your browser.
- Cookie consent (essential) — records that you've seen our cookie notice. Expires after 12 months.
- Popup frequency (preference) — remembers which promotional messages you've dismissed. Stored locally on your device.
- _ga / _gid (analytics) — Google Analytics identifiers used to distinguish visitors. Expire after up to 24 months.
- _fbp (advertising) — Meta Pixel identifier used for ad measurement. Expires after 3 months.
The exact cookies set can vary depending on which tracking tools are enabled on the Site at any time.
04Why we use them
We use cookies to keep the Site secure and working, to remember your preferences, to measure what content is useful, and — where enabled — to run and measure advertising campaigns. We do not use cookies to collect sensitive personal information.
05How to control cookies
- Browser settings — every major browser lets you block or delete cookies. Blocking essential cookies may stop parts of the Site from working.
- Analytics opt-out — Google offers a browser add-on to opt out of Google Analytics at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- Ad preferences — you can manage ad personalisation with Google and Meta from your account settings on those platforms.
06Third-party cookies
Some cookies are set by third parties whose tools we embed — for example analytics and advertising platforms. Those parties act under their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them: Google, Meta, and LinkedIn each publish detailed cookie information.
07Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the cookies we use change. The "Last updated" date above shows when it was last revised.