Cookie policy
What are cookies?
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use (i.e., the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used), and how to manage your cookie settings.
Cookies are small text files used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when a website loads in your browser. These cookies help ensure that the website functions properly, enhance security, provide a better user experience, and analyse performance to identify what works and where improvements are needed.
How do we use cookies?
Like most online services, our website uses both first-party and third-party cookies for various purposes. First-party cookies are primarily necessary for the website to function properly and do not collect any personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website primarily help us understand how the website performs, track how you interact with it, keep our services secure, deliver relevant advertisements, and enhance your overall user experience while improving the speed of your future interactions with our website.
Types of cookies we use
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Cookie Name | Description | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| cookieconsent_status | Used to keep track of your cookie consent status | Never |
| 939e42e78cbad62c17f3113482ceacf9 | This is a strictly technical cookie generated randomly, used to track the current session and does not require consent | Session |
| _GRECAPTCHA | Used to provide spam protection | 6 Months |
| AEC | Set by Google and ensures requests within a browsing session are made by the user and not by other sites (CSRF protection) | 6 Months |
| x-bni-fpc x-bni-ja x-bni-rncf |
These are security and session-control cookies set by a website's Web Application Firewall (WAF). It is used for firewall protection and user session tracking. | 1 Year |
Functional cookies are small text files that websites use to remember user preferences and enhance personalisation.
| Cookie Name | Description | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | A persistent third-party cookie set by YouTube (Google) when you visit a webpage containing embedded YouTube videos. | 6 Months |
| __Secure-YEC | Detects spam, bot traffic, and fraudulent interactions on YouTube embedded videos and advertisements. | 13 Months |
| __Secure-YNID | Is a secure identifier set by YouTube (owned by Google) that serves as a modern replacement for the legacy VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE cookie. | 6 Months |
| SOCS | A first-party cookie set by Google that stores a user's state regarding their cookie consent choices | 13 Months |
Statistical cookies are there to help us monitor user behaviour so we can improve our website or online advertising, without collecting your personal or identifying information.
| Cookie Name | Description | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics identifier for tracking users | 2 Years |
| _clck | This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. | 1 Year |
| _clsk | This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. It is to used store and combine pageviews by a user into a single session recording. | 1 Year |
| _ga_ZVPNE8PZ9D | Google Analytics identifier for tracking users, specific to HRUC | 2 Years |
Marketing or Targeting Cookies (such as facebook pixel cookies, Google Ads cookies and cookies from other third-party sites we work with) are used to track visitor interaction with our site so we can measure the success of our advertising and target it more effectively. These cookies are created once you accept cookies on our site.
| Cookie Name | Description | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| __Secure-BUCKET | Set by Google and secures digitally signed and encrypted data, identifies visitors, and prevents fraudulent login use. | 6 Months |
| __Secure-STRP | This cookie is associated with Google and is a security-focused cookie primarily for security and fraud prevention. | |
| NID | This cookie is placed by Google Ads Optimization. The cookie is used to provide ad delivery or targeting, and to store user preferences. | 6 Months |
| MUID | Microsoft Clarity cookie used to store and track visits across websites | 1 Year |
| YSC | This cookie is set by YouTube video service on pages with YouTube embedded videos to track views. | Session |
| DV | Cookie is used by Google Ads Optimization to provide ad delivery or retargeting. | 1 Day |
| OGPC | Cookie is used by Google Ads Optimization with unknown functionality | Session |
| PREF | An HTTP tracking and preference file set by Google and YouTube on user browsers when visiting YouTube or loading pages with embedded YouTube video players. | 8 Months |
| UULE | A specialised identifier used by Google to send precise location data from your browser to its servers so it can display geographically relevant search results and ads. | 6 Hours |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | To provide ad delivery or retargeting, store and track a visitor's identity, Store and track interaction. | 6 Months |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Used by YouTube to store the user’s privacy and consent settings for embedded videos. It helps ensure that user privacy choices (like consent for personalized ads or tracking) are respected when watching embedded YouTube content. | 90 Days |
Manage cookie preferences
You can modify your cookie settings anytime by clicking the 'Cookie policy' tab at the bottom left of your screen. This will allow you to revisit the cookie consent pop-up and update your preferences or withdraw your consent immediately.
Additionally, different browsers offer various methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Below are links to support documents on how to manage and delete cookies in major web browsers.
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc
If you are using a different web browser, please refer to its official support documentation.