Overview
Bid Solutions Limited (“Bid Solutions”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) uses Cookies to store and retrieve information on and from your browser when you visit our websites at bidsolutions.com and marketplace.bidsolutions.com (the “Site”). The purpose of this document (“Cookies Policy”) is to help you understand how we use Cookies, which Cookies we set, and how you can control them.
Your choices. We set strictly necessary Cookies automatically, because the Site cannot work without them. We set every other Cookie only if you agree. When you first visit the Site you will see a banner allowing you to accept all Cookies, reject all non-essential Cookies, or choose for yourself. You can change your mind at any time using the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of every page. Rejecting non-essential Cookies will not stop you using the job board, the salary index or any other free part of the Site.
What are Cookies and why do we use Cookies?
Cookies are small data files which are placed on your computer or mobile phone “Device” when you visit our Site. Cookies collect information relating to your use of our Site, information about your Device, such as IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you reached the Site through a third-party Site, which third party Site directed you to the Site.
When you re-visit our Site, Cookies allow our Site to recognise you, remember your preferences, and tailor your use of the Site. Information provided by Cookies can help us to analyse your use of our Site and help us to provide you with a better user experience.
Cookies are referred to as either “session” or “persistent” Cookies, depending on how long they are used for:
- Session Cookies last only for the duration of your online session and disappear from your Device when you close your browser. Session Cookies are not stored on the hard drive of your Device.
- Persistent Cookies are stored on the hard drive of your Device after the browser has been closed and last until you delete them or they reach their expiration date. Persistent Cookies are activated each time you visit the site where the cookie was generated.
We also use similar technologies that are not strictly Cookies, such as local storage in your browser and small invisible images in emails. Where we do, we treat them in the same way as Cookies and they are covered by this policy.
For more information about Cookies, please see https://allaboutcookies.org.
What types of Cookies do we use?
The types of Cookies that may be used on our Site fall into one of four categories as follows:
(a) ‘Strictly Necessary’ Cookies. These Cookies are essential for the operation of our Site and enable you to access certain features. Without these Cookies, we would be unable to provide you with the online services you request. These Cookies do not track where you have been on the internet and do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing purposes. We set these without asking, because the law allows it.
(b) Functional Cookies. Functional Cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our Site. They also remember your preferences (such as your username, language and region) on our Site and enable us to personalise our content for you. The information collected by these Cookies is usually anonymised, so we cannot identify you personally. Functional Cookies do not track your internet usage or gather information which could be used for selling advertising, but they do help with serving advertising.
(c) Analytical Cookies. Analytical Cookies are used to monitor the performance of our Site. For example, they allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Site when they are using it. The information provided by these Cookies allows us to analyse patterns of user behaviour and we use that information to enhance user experience or identify areas of the Site which may require maintenance. All of the information collected by these Cookies is anonymous and is only used for statistical purposes.
(d) Targeting Cookies. These Cookies may be placed on your Device by us or by trusted third parties. They remember that you have visited our Site and use that information to provide you with advertising which is tailored to your interests. This is often called online behavioural advertising (OBA) and involves the monitoring of interests based upon web browsing history. Your web browsing history can be used to infer things about you (for example, your age, gender etc.), and this information may also be used to make advertising on Sites more relevant to you. Although behavioural advertising Cookies can track your activity around the internet, they cannot identify you personally, even if you are signed into our Site. Without these Cookies, online advertisements you encounter will be less relevant to you and your interests.
We set Cookies in categories (b), (c) and (d) only with your consent.
Our emails may contain a link to track whether you open an email and if you click on any of the links in the email. We may use this information to help us analyze the types of categories that you are interested in and to let our advertisers know how many of our anonymised, aggregated users click on their advertisements.
The Cookies we use
Essential
Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|
| wpconsent_preferences | This cookie is used to store the user's cookie consent preferences. | 180 days |
Google Tag Manager
Google Tag Manager simplifies the management of marketing tags on your website without code changes.
Learn more| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|
| cookiePreferences | Registers cookie preferences of a user | 2 years |
| td | Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | session |
Login
These cookies are used for managing login functionality on this website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|
| wordpress_test_cookie | Used to determine if cookies are enabled. | Session |
| wordpress_logged_in | Used to store logged-in users. | Persistent |
| wordpress_sec | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | 15 days |
Statistics
Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us understand how visitors use our website.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a powerful tool that tracks and analyzes website traffic for informed marketing decisions.
Learn more| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|
| _gid | ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager | 1 minute |
| _gac_ | Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together. | 90 days |
| __utma | ID used to identify users and sessions | 2 years after last activity |
| __utmt | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests | 10 minutes |
| __utmb | Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 30 minutes after last activity |
| __utmc | Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session. | End of session (browser) |
| __utmz | Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server | 6 months after last activity |
| __utmv | Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 2 years after last activity |
| __utmx | Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test. | 18 months |
| _ga | ID used to identify users | 2 years |
| _gali | Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked | 30 seconds |
| _ga_ | ID used to identify users | 2 years |
Recaptcha
Google reCAPTCHA helps protect websites from spam and abuse by verifying user interactions through challenges.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|
| _GRECAPTCHA | Google reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis. | 179 days |
Tawk.to Chat
Tawk.to Chat is a live chat support tool that enables real-time communication with website visitors.
Learn more| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|
| TawkConnectionTime | This cookie is used to determine the connection duration of tawk sessions. | session |
| tawkUUID | This cookie is used to collect information about how the visitor handles the live chat function on the website. | 10 years |
| TawkCookie | Main Tawk.to cookie. | session |
| __tawkuuid | Tawk.to cookie used to distinguish users. | 10 years |
| twk_uuid_* | Stores the visitor identifier that Tawk.to uses to recognize a returning visitor and link them to their earlier chat history. The name ends with the site's own Tawk.to property ID. | 180 days |
| Tawk_* | Stores the visitor's chat session details so an ongoing conversation continues as the visitor moves between pages. The name ends with the site's own Tawk.to property ID. | 180 days |
| twk_idm_key | Holds a single use key that prevents the same chat session from being registered twice when the widget reconnects. | session |
Marketing
Marketing cookies are used to follow visitors to websites. The intention is to show ads that are relevant and engaging to the individual user.
Google Ads
Google Ads is an online advertising platform that enables businesses to create targeted ads displayed on Google search results and partner sites.
Learn more| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|
| __Secure-1PSIDTS | Targeting cookie. Used to create a user profile and display relevant and personalised Google Ads to the user. | 2 years |
| __Secure-1PAPISID | Targeting cookie. Used to create a user profile and display relevant and personalised Google Ads to the user. | 2 years |
| __Secure-3PSID | Targeting cookie. Used to profile the interests of website visitors and display relevant and personalised Google ads. | 2 years |
| Conversion | Google uses cookies for advertising, including serving and rendering ads, personalizing ads (depending on your ad settings at g.co/adsettings), limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a user, muting ads you have chosen to stop seeing, and measuring the effectiveness of ads. | 90 days |
| _gcl_aw | Google uses cookies for advertising, including serving and rendering ads, personalizing ads (depending on your ad settings at g.co/adsettings), limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a user, muting ads you have chosen to stop seeing, and measuring the effectiveness of ads. | 90 Days |
| _gcl_gs | Google uses cookies for advertising, including serving and rendering ads, personalizing ads (depending on your ad settings at g.co/adsettings), limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a user, muting ads you have chosen to stop seeing, and measuring the effectiveness of ads. | 90 Days |
| _gcl_gb | Google uses cookies for advertising, including serving and rendering ads, personalizing ads (depending on your ad settings at g.co/adsettings), limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a user, muting ads you have chosen to stop seeing, and measuring the effectiveness of ads. | 90 Days |
| _gac_gb_ | Google uses cookies for advertising, including serving and rendering ads, personalizing ads (depending on your ad settings at g.co/adsettings), limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a user, muting ads you have chosen to stop seeing, and measuring the effectiveness of ads. | 90 Days |
| FPGCLGB | Google uses cookies for advertising, including serving and rendering ads, personalizing ads (depending on your ad settings at g.co/adsettings), limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a user, muting ads you have chosen to stop seeing, and measuring the effectiveness of ads. | 90 Days |
| FPGCLAW | Google uses cookies for advertising, including serving and rendering ads, personalizing ads (depending on your ad settings at g.co/adsettings), limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a user, muting ads you have chosen to stop seeing, and measuring the effectiveness of ads. | 90 Days |
| __Secure-3PSIDTS | Targeting cookie. Used to create a user profile and display relevant and personalised Google Ads to the user. | 2 years |
| __Secure-1PSID | Targeting cookie. Used to create a user profile and display relevant and personalised Google Ads to the user. | 2 years |
| __Secure-1PSIDCC | Targeting cookie. Used to create a user profile and display relevant and personalised Google Ads to the user. | 2 years |
| __Secure-3PAPISID | Profiles the interests of website visitors to serve relevant and personalised ads through retargeting. | 2 years |
| AEC | AEC cookies ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user's knowledge. | 6 months |
| ADS_VISITOR_ID | Cookie required to use the options and on-site web services | 2 months |
| __Secure-3PSIDCC | Targeting cookie. Used to create a user profile and display relevant and personalised Google Ads to the user. | 2 years |
If you would like this list in another format, or have a question about any Cookie we set, email enquiry@bidsolutions.com.
Third party Cookies
When you browse our Site some Cookies may be set by third parties, over which we have no control. When you visit a page with embedded third-party content, the service provider may set its own Cookies on your Device. You may also encounter third party Cookies resulting from our use of third-party services, which help us monitor traffic on our Site. We do not control the use of these Cookies and you should refer to the relevant third-party websites for more information.
Following a link from a job listing takes you to another company’s website, which will set its own Cookies. This policy does not cover them.
How can I manage or disable Cookies?
Through our Site. The simplest way is the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of every page, which lets you change your choices at any time, including withdrawing consent you have previously given.
Through your browser. You can also manage Cookies through your browser settings, which should allow you to accept or reject Cookies and to be prompted before a Cookie is accepted.
You may also be able to disable placement of some (but not all) Cookies by setting your browser to decline Cookies, though this may degrade your user experience. Additionally, if you change computers or web browsers, you will need to opt out again. A useful resource for information about deleting and controlling Cookies can be found at AboutCookies.org. Although our Site does not currently respond to ‘do not track’ browser headers, you can limit tracking through these third-party programs and by taking the other steps discussed above.
Please be aware that if you set your browser to disable Cookies entirely it may affect the way our Site operates and you may not be able to use certain features of our Site.
How Cookies relate to your personal data
Where a Cookie collects information that identifies you, or could be combined with other information to identify you, we treat it as personal data and handle it in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which also explains your rights and how to exercise them.
Further information
If you have any questions relating to this Cookies Policy please send an email to enquiry@bidsolutions.com.