Cookie Policy
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
What are cookies?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information that are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device. You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org, or visit the Information Commissioners Office website.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.
A list of all the cookies used on this website by category is set out below.
How we use Cookies
When you visit our website it is likely we will create cookies which are stored on your device. For the duration of your 'session' on our website these cookies help us to deliver the correct information and ensure you only have to enter required information once, thereby improving your browsing experience.
We also use web analytics to understand how many people have visited our website, what they have looked at and how they found us etc. This gives us a better understanding of how our website is working. The data collected cannot be used to identify personal information and merely gives us a general idea of how our website performs.
This overview of the type of cookies we use is based on categories outlined by the International Chamber of Commerce, in the ICC UK Cookie Guide. Some cookies may appear in multiple categories.
Managing cookies
Cookies are a widely used technology on the web and on the whole are used for reasons that benefit the user. However if you wanted to stop cookies being set on your computer this is entirely within your control. The browser you use will have settings that can be configured to refuse cookies. Instructions on how to do this will vary depending on the particular type and version of your browser but a good place to start is www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/. If you choose to block cookies through your browser, it may impact your ability to effectively use certain websites.
Cookies used on our website
Category 1: Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function. By disabling these cookies, some aspects of a website will either not work, or not work properly, such as secure logins, location services, and e-commerce functionality.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Expiry | Purpose Description |
| PHPSESSID | neostalent.com | Session | Preserves user session state across page requests. |
| rc::a | google.com | Persistent | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
| rc::b | google.com | Session | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
| rc::c | google.com | Session | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
Category 2: Performance Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function. By disabling these cookies, some aspects of a website will either not work, or not work properly, such as secure logins, location services, and e-commerce functionality.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Expiry | Purpose Description |
| _ga | neostalent.com | 2 Years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gat | neostalent.com | 1 Year | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
| _gid | neostalent.com | 1 Day | Registers unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | neostalent.com | 1 Day | This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors - this is done by assign in g the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice. |
| _hjid | neostalent.com | 1 Year | Sets a unique ID for the session . This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behavior or for statistical purposes. |
| _hjid | neostalent.com | Persistent | Sets a unique ID for the session . This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behavior or for statistical purposes. |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | neostalent.com | 1 Day | Determine if the user's navigation should be registered in a certain statistical place holder. |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | neostalent.com | Persistent | Determine if the user's navigation should be registered in a certain statistical place holder. |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | neostalent.com | 1 Day | Registers data on visitors' website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization. |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | neostalent.com | Persistent | Registers data on visitors' website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization. |
| _hjTLDTest | neostalent.com | Session | Detects the SEO-ranking for the current website. This service is part of a third-party statistics and analysis service. |
| hjViewportId | neostalent.com | Session | Sets a unique ID for the session . This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behavior or for statistical purposes. |
| p.gi | typekit.net | Session | Keeps track of special fonts used on the website for internal analysis. The cookie does not register any visitor data. |
| snapinsPage_# | neostalent.com | Persistent | Unclassified |
| snapinsPageTime_# | neostalent.com | Persistent | Unclassified |
| snapinsPc | neostalent.com | Persistent | Determines when the visitor last visited the different subpages on the website, as well as sets a timestamp for when the session started. |
| snapinsStart | neostalent.com | Persistent | Determines when the visitor last visited the different subpages on the website, as well as sets a timestamp for when the session started. |
Category 3: Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Expiry | Purpose Description |
| IDE | doubleclick.net | 2 Years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| lfuuid | neostalent.com | 3395 days | Tracks the individual sessions on the website, allow in g the website to compile statistical data from multiple visits. This data can also be used to create leads for marketing purposes. |
| NID | google.com | 6 months | Registers unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. |
| pagead/1p-user-list/# | google.com | Session | Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertising efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites. |
| test_cookie | doubleclick.net | 1 day | Used to check if the e u user's browser supports cookies. |
| visitor_id# | neostalent.com | 10 years | Unclassified |
| visitor_id#-hash | www2.neostalent.com | 10 years | Unclassified |
| visitor_id#-hash | neostalent.com | 10 years | Unclassified |
| visitor_id#-hash | www2.neostalent.com | 10 years | Unclassified |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | youtube.com | 179 days | Tries to estimate the e u users' bandwidth on pages with integrated Youtube videos. |
| YSC | youtube.com | Session | Registers unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from Youtube to the user has seen |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | youtube.com | Session | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded Youtube video |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | youtube.com | Persistent | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded Youtube video |
| yt-remote-device-id | youtube.com | Persistent | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded Youtube video |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | youtube.com | Session | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded Youtube video |
| yt-remote-session-app | youtube.com | Session | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded Youtube video |
| yt-remote-session-name | youtube.com | Session | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded Youtube video |