Cookies Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to record some aspect of a website and to provide information to the owners of the website.
How and why we use cookies
We use cookies to give you the best experience when you visit our website. By using cookies, we can make it easier for you to do many things, such as managing your accounts, policies, or login details, and applying for products and services. Cookies can also allow us to tailor the content of our website so we can show you services or adverts we think you may be interested in.
The types of cookies we use on this website
Cookies are now grouped as essential or optional - we will not set optional cookies without your consent.
The table below explains the cookies we use and what each is for.
| Source | Cookie name | Purpose | Essential? | Cookie category | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | cfduid | This cookie is set by the CloudFlare service to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. | Yes | Strictly necessary | |
| CleanTalk | apbct_cookies_test apbct_* ct_* ct_sfw_* | These cookies are functional cookies set by CleanTalk to detect spam and improve our website’s security. | Yes | Strictly necessary | |
| Drupal | howden_country rebrandMessageSeen geoLocationActioned SESS* |
| Yes | Strictly necessary | |
| New Relic |
| These cookies are set by New Relic to enable us to monitor site performance. | Yes | Strictly necessary | |
Google Analytics | _ga | We use Google analytics on our site to monitor performance and analyse traffic. These cookies are used to distinguish unique users for website analytics reports. | No | Measurement | |
| Optimizely | optimizely_signed_in optimizelyRumLB optimizelyEndUserId optimizely-v804-FD | These types of cookies are set by Optimizely. We use Optimizely to A/B test our website. A/B testing allows us to show different versions of our website to our visitors and understand which performs best, to then optimise your experience. For more info on these cookies visit the Optimizely knowledge base | No | Measurement | |
Google Analytics and services | __Secure-3PAPISID | These cookies set by Google are advertising cookies used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes. | No | Targeting and Advertising | |
Doubleclick.net by Google | DSID | These cookies are used to register and report user's actions after viewing or clicking one of our Google ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | No | Targeting and Advertising | |
| TikTok | _tt_enable_cookie passport_csrf_token_default part | We use TikTok's pixel on our website to helps us tailor our marketing to what users are interested in, based on their online activity. This allows us to show them relevant information and improve our campaigns overall. | No | Targeting and Advertising | |
Howden Group | life-work | This cookie is used to record which site direction you have chosen (either Life or Work) from the homepage or via the navigation menu. | Yes | Strictly necessary | |
Vimeo | _fbp | These cookies allow Vimeo to collect usage information for Vimeo hosted videos, which we often embed on our site to enhance your experience | No | Experience enhancement | |
Iubenda | locale | These cookies are functional cookies that remember preferences set by users via the cookie banner on our site. | Yes | Strictly necessary | |
FullStory | fs_uid | These cookies are associated with the FullStory recording script when recording user activity on this site and contains a user's FullStory user identifier. | No | Measurement |
Manage cookie preferences
You can update your cookie preferences at any time - please update here
Keeping your personal information safe
Our cookies do not store personal information such as your name, address, phone number or email in a format that can be read by others. The cookies we use cannot read or search your computer, smartphone or web-enabled device to obtain information about you or your family, or read any material kept on your hard drive.
Our website(s) may share information with Google via internet cookies, where you have agreed to this. You can find out more information about how Google uses data collected through cookies on Google’s Privacy & Terms site.
Links to sites provided by others
If you follow a link from our website to another website, please be aware that the owner of the other website will have their own privacy and cookie policies for their site. We recommend you read their policies as we are not responsible or liable for what happens at their website.
Changing your browser settings for cookies
You can adjust the settings in your web browser to determine whether sites can set cookies on your computer. If you've visited this website before, there may be previously set cookies on your computer. You can find out how to delete them from the sites listed below.