A cookie is a small text file that may be stored on your computer or mobile device that contains data related to a website you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The following table provides information about the cookies used by Balfour Beatty on this website that are not essential or strictly necessary, along with an explanation of their purpose:
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Cookie type |
Cookie |
Name |
Third parties involved |
Purpose |
Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Platform | Namewordpress_test_cookie | Not applicable | Used on sites built with WordPress. Tests whether or not the browser has cookies enabled. On login, WordPress uses the wordpress_[hash] cookie to store your authentication details. Its use is limited to the Administration Screen area, /wp-admin/. | Session |
| Strictly necessary | Cookie preference | NameOptanonAlertBoxClosed | OneTrust | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information | 13 months |
| Strictly necessary | Cookie preference | NameOptanonConsent | OneTrust | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. | 13 months |
| Functional Cookie | Browser | __Host-PHPSESSID | Not applicable | This is a session ID cookie, created by the website needing to log a new session and recall any previous cookie date for login purposes. | Session |
| Functional Cookie | Session event | _cfuvid | Vimeo | This domain is owned by Vimeo. The main business activity is: Video Hosting/Sharing | Session |
| Functional Cookie | Session event | __cf_bm | Vimeo | This is a CloudFoundry cookie | A few seconds |
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We may update this Cookie Notice from time to time in response to legal, technical or business developments. If we make any material changes to how we process and use your personal data via cookies, we will notify you to inform you of the change.
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Last updated: 18/09/23
This Cookie Notice forms a part of our overall Privacy Notice found here: https://education.balfourbeattyacademy.com/privacy-notice/.