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We use cookies and similar technologies. With your consent, we and our partners, including Google, use personal data such as cookies, device identifiers and browsing data for ads personalization, non-personalized advertising, analytics and conversion measurement.

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Cookie Notice
  1. About cookies
    1. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. We also use similar technologies, including local storage and session storage, to store information on your device. In this notice, references to cookies include local storage and session storage, unless the context requires otherwise. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
    2. Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
    3. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal data that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
  2. Cookies on our website
    1. We use cookies for the following purposes:
      1. authentication and status - we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website, and to help us determine if you are logged into our website;
      2. personalisation - we use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalise our website for you;
      3. security - we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally;
      4. analysis - we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services (these include Google Analytics cookies; Google Analytics gathers information about the use of our website by means of cookies and the information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our website; you can find out more about Google, Inc's use of information by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and you can review Google, Inc's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy);
      5. advertising and conversion measurement - with your consent, we and our partners, including Google, use personal data such as cookies, device identifiers and browsing data for ads personalization, non-personalized advertising, remarketing and conversion measurement. You can learn how Google uses your data by visiting https://business.safety.google/privacy/; and
      6. cookie consent - we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.
    2. Full details of the cookies that we and our service providers use are as follows:
    Cookie(s) Purpose Category
    Includes AWSALB, AWSALBCORS, .AspNetCore.Antiforgery..., cookie-consent, AssessmentAuth, and Google reCAPTCHA storage such as rc:a and rc:c. Needed to deliver the website securely, remember your cookie choice, protect forms, support load balancing, and allow you to continue an anonymous assessment you started. Strictly necessary (always on)
    Includes Google Analytics cookies such as _ga, _gid, _ga_*, and _gat_gtag_*. Helps us understand how visitors use the website and measure website performance. Analytics (non-essential)
    Includes Google Ads, LinkedIn and campaign attribution storage such as _gcl_au, _gcl_ls, utm_campaign, utm_medium, utm_source, and li_fat_id. Helps us measure advertising performance, attribute visits or sign-ups to campaigns, and measure conversions. Marketing and conversion measurement (non-essential)
    Includes video-subscribed, ir35ProcessAuditPopupDismissed, and Help Scout Beacon storage such as persists-beacon-*. Remembers useful site preferences such as video access and dismissed popups, and supports visitor contact options like Help Scout support messaging. Functional and support (non-essential)
  3. Managing cookies
    1. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
      1. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome);
      2. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
      3. https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/ (Opera);
      4. https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
      5. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari); and
      6. https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
    2. Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
    3. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.