Cookies
Our websites run on platforms including Content Management Systems (CMS) which use cookies to function. Cookies are small parcels of information routinely used by websites, such as an option you’ve selected or a page you’ve visited. Most cookies expire as soon as your session expires, unless a user has self-selected options and bookmarked pages within our website.
Cookies do not collect any personal identifying information. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
We sometimes use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to user needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.
To minimise the intrusiveness of our website statistics, we use digital fingerprinting in preference to cookies.
We use session cookies on our e-recruitment site. These cookies are automatically set by the system solely for the purposes of enabling you to be able to page through search results and to log in and apply for jobs. Once the browser has been closed, they are destroyed.
Why we use cookies
We use cookies and other similar files on our website to:
- Give you a better experience.
- Remember some of your choices, such as your preferences.
- Embed third party tools such as forms, maps and videos.
- Personalise your experience on our websites by saving your login details.
- Understand if our emails have been read and if you find them useful.
- Show you reminder adverts on platforms such as Facebook when you leave our website and to help us understand how successful our adverts are, to keep costs down.
- Provide us with aggregate analytics about how people are using our website.
Types of cookies
Necessary cookies
Cookies essential to ensure our websites work for you.
Performance cookies
Cookies which help us optimise the performance of our websites. They tell us which pages are most popular, how people navigate our website and how many new users have viewed a page. We also sometimes use cookies to test different versions of a website page to see which work best. They don't identify you individually.
Functional cookies
Cookies which allow our websites to remember the choices you make in order to give you a more personal experience. This is anonymous and can't track your activity on other websites.
Advertising cookies
Used to deliver adverts relevant to you. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advert and help measure how effective an advert is. They can also be used to choose the advertisements that are displayed to you on other websites.
First party
Cookies are set by the website you're visiting and only Terrence Higgins Trust can read them.
Third party
Cookies are not set by us and can be read by the owner of those cookies. They may be used by tools that we have on our websites, such as when we include a form, map or video. Usually we can't control what information they collect but we can tell you the cookies we use.
Session cookies
Temporary cookies files that are removed when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies
Stay in one of your browser's folders until you or your browser deletes them. They are used so you can be recognised when you come back to our website, such as your log-in details.
Disabling cookies on your browser
If you don’t want to receive cookies, you can modify your browser so that it notifies you when cookies are sent to it or you can refuse cookies altogether. You can also delete cookies that have already been set.
If you wish to restrict or block web browser cookies that are set on your device, you can do this through your browser settings – the Help function within your browser should tell you how.
Alternatively, you may wish to visit KnowCookies.com, which contains information on how to do this on a variety of web browsers.