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We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. We collect information including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.</p> <p>The information is collected and processed in a way that does not directly identify anyone. Once the information is collected, the IP address and browser details of a visitor is used to create a 'magic number' that changes every 24 hours. The IP address and specific browser details are immediately forgotten and never stored.</p> </td> <td> <p>24 hours</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Video player cookies</h2> <h3>YouTube embedded player</h3> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong>Example cookies</strong></p> </td> <td> <p><strong>Purpose</strong></p> </td> <td> <p><strong>Expires</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>AEC</p> <p>APISID</p> <p>HSID</p> <p>NID</p> <p>SAPISID</p> <p>SID*</p> <p>SSID</p> <p>SOCS</p> <p>_Secure*</p> </td> <td> <p>We embed videos from our official YouTube channel, using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. You can read about YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode on<span> </span><span><a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Cturn-on-privacy-enhanced-mode" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780?hl%3Den-GB%23zippy%3D%252Cturn-on-privacy-enhanced-mode&source=gmail&ust=1716476992163000&usg=AOvVaw1M7GBIpCuQdiOS5Fokae5T">YouTube’s embedding videos information page.</a></span></p> <p>If you visit a page containing a YouTube video and are logged in to a YouTube or Google account, Google may use cookies for security purposes, remember your preferences, and receive information about the videos you watch for analytics and advertising purposes cookies and collect data linked to your Google account. For more information, see the <span><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=GB&hl=en-GB#intro" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl%3DGB%26hl%3Den-GB%23intro&source=gmail&ust=1716476992163000&usg=AOvVaw14SYUXLe-QkI1KfMPnCebP">Google Privacy Policy</a></span>.</p> </td> <td> <p>Between 180 and 400 days</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3>Vimeo embedded player</h3> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong>Example cookies</strong></p> </td> <td> <p><strong>Purpose</strong></p> </td> <td> <p><strong>Expires</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>_cf*</p> <p>_ga*</p> <p>_gid</p> <p>_uet*</p> <p>_builderSessionid</p> <p>language</p> <p>Optanon*</p> <p>sd_client_id</p> <p>vimeo*</p> <p>vuid</p> </td> <td> <p>We embed videos from our official Vimeo channel using Vimeo’s Do Not Track setting. You can read about this on<span> </span><span><a href="https://help.vimeo.com/hc/en-us/articles/12426260232977-Player-parameters-overview" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://help.vimeo.com/hc/en-us/articles/12426260232977-Player-parameters-overview&source=gmail&ust=1716476992163000&usg=AOvVaw0j9tsDYm9ubvRkN6jG9OP9">Vimeo’s embedding videos page</a></span>.</p> <p>Vimeo may use cookies to enable the video to play, remember your preferences and maintain the security of its service.</p> <p>If you visit a page containing a Vimeo video and you are logged in to your Vimeo account or if you’ve visited the Vimeo website before the ICO website, Vimeo may use cookies eg to keep you logged in, for analytics and advertising purposes, and collect data linked to your Vimeo account. For more information, see the <span><a href="https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy&source=gmail&ust=1716476992163000&usg=AOvVaw2GzpsROrq7oswoEDR0sE-X">Vimeo cookies policy</a></span>.</p> </td> <td> <p>Between 0 and 400 days</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>*indicates various cookies that contain additional letters, numbers or characters in their name.</p> <h2>Cookies on our careers site</h2> <p>We use these cookies on the external career site:</p> <ul> <li><span></span><strong>Session management cookies:</strong> User, device, and session ID cookies along with timestamp cookies for timing out sessions after inactivity. These cookies expire at the end of the session.</li> <li><span></span><strong>Routing cookies:</strong> To forward requests for a single session to the same server for consistency of service. These cookies expire at the end of the session.</li> <li><span></span><strong>Application:</strong> Security Management (ASM) cookies - To help protect web applications and infrastructure from security attacks. These cookies expire at the end of the session.</li> </ul> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong>Name</strong></p> </td> <td> <p><strong>Purpose</strong></p> </td> <td> <p><strong>Expires</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>PLAY_LANG,</p> <p>PLAY_SESSION,</p> <p>timezoneOffset,</p> <p>wd-browser-id</p> </td> <td> <p>User, device, and session ID cookies along with timestamp cookies for timing out sessions after inactivity.</p> </td> <td> <p>When you close your browser</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>TS*</p> <p> </p> </td> <td> <p>Helps prevent cyber attacks on the user’s interactions with the enterprise cloud applications. 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