Cookie Policy
What are Cookies?
‘Cookies’ are small text files of numbers and letters that are stored by the browser on your computer or mobile phone and help websites work.
Websites are able to read and write these files, allowing them store things like personalization details or user preferences. You can think of cookies as providing a “memory” for the website, enabling it to recognize a user and respond appropriately.
Cookies can also be used to provide the owner of the website with information such as how many people are visiting the site every day.
If you would like to find out more about cookies and their use on the Internet, you may find the following links useful: Microsoft Cookies guide and All About Cookies.
How to control and delete cookies
The cookie pop-up on this web site will allow you to accept or decline any non-essential cookies that this website places in your browser. The pop-up does not block the cookies that are considered strictly necessary as if these cookies are blocked the website will not function.
If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by other websites you can do this through your browser settings: some guidance may be found at the links below.
You can use your browser settings to
- Delete all cookies.
- Block all cookies.
- Allow all cookies.
- Block third-party cookies.
- Clear all cookies when you close the browser.
- Open a ‘private browsing’ / ‘incognito’ session, which allows you to browse the internet without storing local data.
- Install add-ons and plug-ins to extend browser functionality.
Other technologies such as Mozilla’s Do Not Track allow you to tell websites not to track you.
Internet Explorer has a feature which allows you to import a list of websites you want to block called Tracking Protection Lists
Google Analytics
Google Analytics has been enabled for this web site and this anonymous service uses the cookies outlined in the table below.
You can find out more about Google Analytics from this website http://www.google.com/analytics/
To opt out of anonymous Google Analytics tracking please visit this link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Third party advertising cookies
The advertisements you see on this Paragon Customer Communications website are generated by third parties. Some of these third parties use their own anonymous cookies to track how many people have seen a particular ad, or to track how many people have seen it more than once. The companies that generate these cookies have their own privacy policies, and Paragon Customer Communications has no access to read or write these cookies.
These third party advertising cookies may be used by those third parties to anonymously target advertising to you on other websites, based on your visit to our Paragon Customer Communications site. Details of these cookies are given below.
Other Third Party Cookies
This Paragon Customer Communications web site may contain links to other web sites (e.g. partner web sites) that may place cookies into your browser. The companies that generate these cookies have their own privacy policies, and Paragon Customer Communications has no access to read or write these cookies.
How do we use Cookies?
We use cookies differently based on the type of Paragon Customer Communications site you visit. If you are not clear which type of site you are visiting, the cookie pop-up in the bottom left corner will show you.
- CMCS Public Sites/Authenticated Sites
We use cookies to measure and improve the performance of this site, to personalize content and adverts, to provide social media features and to analyze the web traffic to this site. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. If you do not consent to this, we will only use the cookies that are strictly necessary for this site to function. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking on the cookie pop-up in the bottom left corner.
Please review the list of cookies found on this website below.
STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES
| Description | First Party |
| These cookies are necessary for the web site to function | This means we placed them in your browser |
List of Strictly Necessary Cookies
| Cookie name | Part Type | Lifespan | Purpose |
| 1P_JAR | Third Party | 29 Days | These cookies are used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites |
| _gcl_au | Third Party | 29 Days | Website statisticsandoptimisingthefunctionality of the website. |
| __utmxx, __utmx | Third Party | 29 Days | This cookie is associated with Google Website Optimizer, a tool designed to help site owners improve their wbesites |
| AWSELB | First Party | Session | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimize response times. |
| AWSELB | Third Party | Session | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimize response times. |
| CookieConsent | First Party | 1 year | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain |
| cookiescriptaccept | First Party | 1 year | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain |
| csrftoken | Third Party | 1 year | Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. |
| incap_ses_# | First Party | Session | Preserves user’s states across page requests. |
| incap_ses_# | Third Party | Session | Preserves user’s states across page requests. |
| JSESSIONID | Third Party | Session | Preserves user’s states across page requests. |
| nlbi_# | First Party | Session | Load balancing cookie. To ensure requests by a client are sent to the same origin server |
| nlbi_# | Third Party | Session | Load balancing cookie. To ensure requests by a client are sent to the same origin server |
| rur | Third Party | Session | Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. |
| urlgen | Third Party | Session | Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. |
| visid_incap_# | First Party | 1 year | Preserves user’s states across page requests. |
| visid_incap_# | Third Party | 1 year | Preserves user’s states across page requests. |
FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES
| Description | First Party |
| These are cookies that are not essential, but they enhance your use of our website. | This means we placed them in your browser |
List of Functionality Cookies
| Cookie name | Part Type | Lifespan | Purpose |
| _careerarc_session | Third Party | Session | Anonymous token used to manage session state |
| ca_trk_request_id | Third Party | 20 years | Anonymous unique request identifier |
| ca_trk_uuid | Third Party | 20 years | Used to anonymously track activities on the platform |
| Lang | First Party | 1 year | Remembers the user’s selected language version of a website |
| liveagent_oref | First Party | 10 years | Salesforce Live agent Chat functionality |
| liveagent_ptid | First Party | 10 years | Salesforce Live agent Chat functionality |
| liveagent_sid | First Party | Session | Salesforce Live agent Chat functionality |
| liveagent_vc | First Party | 10 years | Salesforce Live agent Chat functionality |
| liveAgentPc | First Party | Persistent | Cookie required by SalesForce required for chat functionality cookie |
| liveAgentSid | First Party | Persistent | Cookie required by SalesForce required for chat functionality cookie |
| liveAgentStart | First Party | Persistent | Cookie required by SalesForce required for chat functionality cookie |
| visitor_type | Third Party | Session | This cookie has two possible values and is used to determine whether employer or job seeker content is shown |
| X-Salesforce-CHAT | Third Party | Session | Salesforce Live agent Chat functionality |
TARGETING / ADVERTISING COOKIES
| Description | Third Party |
| Consist of tracking pixels that set cookies to assist with delivering online advertising. | This means another organization placed them in your browser |
List of Targeting / Advertising Cookies
| Cookie name | Part Type | Lifespan | Purpose |
| _fbp | First Party | 3 months | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
| _gcl_au | First Party | 3 months | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. |
| ads/ga-audiences | Third Party | Session | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behavior across websites. |
| ads/user-lists/# | Third Party | Session | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behavior across websites. |
| bcookie | Third Party | 2 years | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| BizoID | Third Party | 29 days | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. |
| bscookie | Third Party | 2 years | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| c | Third Party | Session | Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimizing ad display based on the user’s movement on websites that use the same ad network. |
| collect | Third Party | Session | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| fr | Third Party | 3 months | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
| GPS | Third Party | Session | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. |
| id | Third Party | 1 year | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. |
| IDE | Third Party | 1 year | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
| khaos | Third Party | 1 year | Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimizing ad display based on the user’s movement on websites that use the same ad network. |
| lidc | Third Party | 1 day | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| lpv# | Third Party | Session | These cookies are placed in order to improve our website. It gives us insight in the surfing behavior of visitors. |
| pagead/1p-user-list/# | Third Party | Session | Pending |
| pardot | Third Party | Session | These cookies are placed in order to improve our website. It gives us insight in the surfing behavior of visitors. |
| PREF | Third Party | 8 months | Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. |
| put_# | Third Party | 29 days | Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimizing ad display based on the user’s movement on websites that use the same ad network. |
| r/collect | Third Party | Session | collects data to measure efficiency of viewed or clicked ads and shows targeted ads |
| rpb | Third Party | 29 days | Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimizing ad display based on the user’s movement on websites that use the same ad network. |
| rpx | Third Party | 29 days | Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimizing ad display based on the user’s movement on websites that use the same ad network. |
| test_cookie | Third Party | Session | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| tr | Third Party | Session | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
| UserMatchHistory | Third Party | 29 days | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. |
| visitor_id# | First Party | 629 days | These cookies are placed in order to improve our website. It gives us insight in the surfing behavior of visitors. |
| visitor_id# | Third Party | 630 days | These cookies are placed in order to improve our website. It gives us insight in the surfing behavior of visitors. |
| visitor_id#-hash | First Party | 629 days | These cookies are placed in order to improve our website. It gives us insight in the surfing behavior of visitors. |
| visitor_id#-hash | Third Party | 630 days | These cookies are placed in order to improve our website. It gives us insight in the surfing behavior of visitors. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Third Party | 179 days | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
| YSC | Third Party | Session | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt-player-headers-readable | Third Party | Persistent | Collects data on visitor interaction with the website’s video-content – This data is used to make the website’s video-content more relevant towards the visitor. |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | Third Party | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Third Party | Persistent | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| yt-remote-device-id | Third Party | Persistent | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | Third Party | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| yt-remote-session-app | Third Party | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| yt-remote-session-name | Third Party | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |