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What is a Cookie?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by a web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer) that hold information about your previous visits to our site and may contain personal data relating to you. We use this information to offer you a more personal browsing experience and to enhance your use of our site. Cookies pose no risk to your computer, as they are simply files and not executable programs. By using our site you consent to cookies being used in accordance with our policy.

What cookies are used?

For a complete list of the Cookies currently used on this site, please see the up-to date List of Cookies below.

Can the Cookie settings be changed?

You decide yourself whether the site web server is allowed to save Cookies on your device or not. However, disabling cookies from our site will mean that we are unable to analyze the performance of our site. This is essential for us to continually improve our service. You can opt to change your browser settings so that Cookies are not allowed to be accepted or saved on your computer at any time. You can delete the files that are stored on your computer and that contain Cookies.

Please be aware that declining or denying Cookies may prevent you from being able to use the site to its highest capability and that some functions on the site may be limited or unavailable.

How long do Cookies persist?

Cookie duration depends on the cookie type:

• Strictly necessary cookies: All strictly necessary cookies expire with the end user’s session.
• Analytics cookies: see below, ‘Google Analytics’

List of Cookies

1, Session management cookies - 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.

2. Routing cookies - To forward requests for a single session to the same server for consistency of service. These cookies expire at the end of the session.

3. Application Security Management (ASM) cookies - To help protect web applications and infrastructure from security attacks. These cookies expire at the end of the session.

3. Google Analytics: Google sets in particular the following Cookies:

• __utma Cookie: A persistent cookie that remains on a computer, unless it expires or the cookie cache is cleared. It tracks visitors. Metrics associated with the Google __utma cookie include: first visit (unique visit), last visit (returning visit). The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
• __utmb Cookie: This cookie is used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
• __utmc Cookie: This cookie is used to determine the end of browser sessions. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit.
• __utmz Cookie: This cookie stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached the site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
• __utmv Cookie: This is a persistent cookie. It is used for segmentation, data experimentation and operates with the __utmz cookie to improve cookie targeting capabilities.

Please also see section Additional Information about Google Analytics

Additional Information about Google Analytics

Does Gategroup use Google Analytics?

This Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google") in the US.

What is Google Analytics?

Google Analytics Cookies allow monitoring the Website by means of the Google Analytics tool, which is a service provided by Google to obtain user access information on the Website. Some of the data saved are: number of times a user visits the Website, dates of the first and last visit, duration of the visits, the page from where the user accessed the Website, the search engine the user used to access the Website or the link they clicked on, the place in the world from where the user accesses, etc.

The configuration of these Cookies is predetermined by the service offered by Google and the information generated by the Cookie about the use of the Website will be transmitted and stored by Google, Inc. (a United States-based company). Therefore, please consult the privacy page of Google Analytics, https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage, to obtain further information on the Cookies it uses.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating the use of the Website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf.

Google does not associate IP addresses with any other data held by Google.

Can Google Analytics Cookies be refused?

The use of Google Analytics Cookies may be refused by changing the appropriate browser settings.

Furthermore, you can prevent Google's collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

LinkedIn cookies:

Lang: This cookie is used to remember a user's language setting and to display the AWLI Button in the appropriate language. The cookie expires at the end of the session.

Bcookie: This cookie to uniquely identify devices accessing LinkedIn to detect fraud and abuse on the platform. The cookie expires after two years. Lidc: This cookie is used to optimize data center selection and expires after 24 hours.