COOKIES
What are cookies?
"Cookies" are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.
They allow the website to recognise your device and remember if you have been to the website before. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently, as well as providing information to the owners of websites on site usage and performance.
There are different types of cookies. Necessary cookies enable a site’s core functionality - a website cannot function properly without these cookies. You can disable necessary cookies by changing your browser preferences. Analytical cookies measure the pages a customer visits on a website - website owners collect this information to make site improvements and report on site usage. Third party cookies can be used for advertising purposes. You can read about the different types of cookies that we use on searchextraining.com on this page.
The Information Commissioner’s Office provide guidance on how to manage and delete cookies [2].
How are cookies used on searchextraining.com?
Some of the cookies we use are essential for site functionality.
Other cookies help us to improve your website experience, including the content and technical performance of searchextraining.com, by providing insights into how the site is used. For example, they allow us to count the number of visitors to specific pages, and to analyse website usage patterns and trends.
Some cookies help us to match relevant business support with your interests – this assistance may appear in the form of advertisements via websites you visit.
The information we collect does not enable us to identify any website visitor personally. No individual data or personal information is stored in our cookies.
Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use searchextraining.com. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements, for example improving site search.
Google Analytics stores information about:
the pages you visit on searchextraining.com
how long you spend on searchextraining.com
how you got to the site
what you click on while you’re visiting the site
We do not collect or store your personal information (eg your name or address). We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
Universal analytics
Cookie name Purpose of the cookie Expires _ga This helps us count how many people visit searchextraining.com by tracking if you've visited before 2 years _gid This helps us count how manay people visit searchextraining.com by tracking if you've visited before 24 hours _gat Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made 1 minute
JavaScript detection
We measure how manay people visiting searchextraining.com are using JavaScript.
Cookie name Purpose of the cookie Expires has_js This tells us if you are browsing searchextraining.comwhile running JavaScript Session cookie (when browser is closed)
Our introductory message
You may see a pop-up welcome message when you first visit searchextraining.com. We will store a cookie so that your computer knows you’ve seen it and knows not to show it again.
Cookie name Purpose of the cookie Expires cookie-agreed Saves a message to let us know that you've seen our cookie message 4 months
Advertising
We occasionally advertise searchextraining’s training through third party sites (eg Twitter and LinkedIn). These sites use cookies to identify and display content based on your interests. The cookies also enable us to evaluate the success of any advertisements.
Third party sites set the following cookies:
Cookie name Purpose of the cookie Expires
fr - Facebook uses this cookie to show you searchextraining.com support and guidance based on your interests and to report on and verify traffic from an online advert. expires is 90 days
BizoID, UserMatchHistory, lang, bcookie, lidc - LinkedIn uses this collection of cookies to show you searchextraining.com support and guidance based on your interests and to report on and verify traffic from an online advert. Expires 6 months except for bcookie 2 years and lidc 24 hours.
guest_id, personalization_id - Twitter uses this collection of cookies to show you searchextraining.com support and guidance based on your interests and to report on and verify traffic from an online advert. 2 years
IDE, test_cookie These cookies allow us to advertise on third party websites through the Google Advertising network. Google uses this cookie to tailor advertising to you, and help match activity across devices. IDE lasts13 months and test_cookie 1 minute.