Like most websites, careersbridge.uk uses cookies and similar technologies. This page explains what they are, how we use them and how you can manage your preferences.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website saves on your computer, phone or tablet when you visit. They let the site recognise your device, remember your choices and understand how it is being used. Similar technologies, such as local storage and tracking pixels, work in a comparable way, and we refer to all of them as “cookies” on this page.
Some cookies are set by us (first-party cookies). Others are set by external services we use, such as analytics providers (third-party cookies). Cookies can last until you close your browser (session cookies) or stay on your device for a set period (persistent cookies).
How we use cookies
We use cookies to make our website work, keep it secure, remember your preferences and, where you allow it, understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it.
Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and UK data protection law, we can use strictly necessary cookies without asking. For other cookies, such as analytics or marketing cookies, we will ask for your consent where the law requires it, and you can change your mind at any time.
Types of cookies
Strictly necessary
These cookies are essential for the website to work and stay secure. For example, they may remember whether you have accepted or declined cookies, help protect our forms from spam or let site administrators log in. They cannot be switched off.
Preferences
These cookies remember choices you make, such as your cookie settings or details you have entered in a form, so you do not have to repeat them.
Analytics
We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors find and use our website, such as which pages are most popular and how long people stay. This information is generally collected in a way that does not directly identify you. Analytics cookies are only set once you have given your consent, where consent is required.
Marketing
We may use marketing tools, such as social media pixels, to measure how well our campaigns perform or to show relevant adverts on other platforms. If we do, these cookies will only be set with your consent.
Cookies our website may set
The exact cookies depend on how you use the site and which features are switched on. Typical examples are listed below.
WordPress cookies
Our website runs on WordPress, which may set the following cookies:
- wordpress_test_cookie: checks whether your browser accepts cookies. It is a session cookie.
- wordpress_logged_in_*: keeps logged-in users, such as site administrators, signed in. It is only set if you log in.
- wp-settings-* and wp-settings-time-*: remember a logged-in user’s dashboard and editor preferences. They are only set for logged-in users.
- comment_author_*, comment_author_email_* and comment_author_url_*: if comments are enabled and you choose to save your details when leaving one, these remember your name, email address and website for next time. They last for up to about a year.
Most visitors will never receive the logged-in cookies, because they are only used by people who sign in to manage the website.
Analytics cookies, if enabled
If we use Google Analytics, it may set cookies such as:
- _ga: distinguishes one visitor from another. It typically lasts for up to two years.
- _ga_*: used by Google Analytics 4 to keep track of your visit. It typically lasts for up to two years.
Google provides a browser add-on that lets you opt out of Google Analytics on all websites.
Third-party content
If a page includes content from another service, such as an embedded video, map or booking tool, that service may set its own cookies. We do not control these, so please check the provider’s own cookie information.
Managing and deleting cookies
Where our website shows a cookie banner or settings panel, you can use it to accept or reject non-essential cookies and to change your choice later.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you:
- See which cookies are stored and delete them individually or all at once
- Block third-party cookies
- Block cookies from particular websites
- Block all cookies
- Delete all cookies when you close your browser
You will usually find these options in your browser’s Settings, Preferences or Privacy menu, and its help pages explain how to use them. On mobile devices, you can also limit ad tracking in your device settings.
If you block all cookies, some parts of our website, such as forms, may not work as expected.
For independent guidance on cookies and your choices, you can visit the Information Commissioner’s Office website at ico.org.uk.
Changes to this page
We may update this page if we change the cookies we use or the law changes. Please check back from time to time.
Contact us
If you have any questions about how we use cookies, please contact us via info@careersbridge.uk. For more about how we handle personal information, see our Privacy Policy.