This Cookie Notice applies to the online learning portal at www.connect2hampshire.co.uk (our “Website”) which is operated by Connect2Hampshire, a trading style of Hampshire & Kent Commercial Services LLP (“we”, “us”, “our”) - A joint venture between Hampshire County Council and Commercial Services Kent Ltd (Reg No. 5858178), registered in England and Wales (Reg No. OC424699) and registered office at 1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4YT.

BY USING OUR WEBSITE YOU ARE CONSENTING TO OUR USE OF COOKIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS COOKIE NOTICE

When you visit our Website we may collect standard Internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of our Website. We will not associate any data gathered from our Website with any personally identifying information.

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 make websites work and improve the usability of those sites.

The cookies used on our Website are based on the International Chamber of Commerce guide for cookie categories:

  • Functionality;
  • Performance; and
  • Targeting.

Functionality

These cookies are used to provide services or to remember settings to improve your visit. We use these cookies to:

  • keep you logged into your Connect2Hampshire account so that you can apply for multiple jobs without re-entering your details;
  • remember your job search preferences for the next time you access our Website;
  • enable functionality such as the job basket; and
  • integrate with social networking sites such as Google and Twitter to allow you to share content from our Website on theirs.

 

In some cases, these cookies are managed by third parties but they do not use them for any other purposes than those listed above.

Accepting these cookies is a condition of using our Website. If you disable them we cannot guarantee you will be able to search and apply for jobs or use other parts of our Website, nor can we guarantee your security during your visit.

Performance

Cookie | Name
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Webtrends | Webtrends_ID

We use performance cookies to:

  • provide vital statistics on how our Website is used;
  • help us improve our Website by evaluating site performance;
  • test different designs and functional areas; and
  • evaluate how effective our advertising is (please note, we do not use this information to target adverts when you visit other sites).

 

Accepting these cookies is a condition of using our Website. If you decide to disable them we may not be able to offer you certain services and it may impact how our Website performs.

Targeting

Whilst we do not actively participate in the use of these cookies certain 'Functional' third-party cookies, such as Google and Twitter cookies, may also be used by third parties to target advertising.

Accepting these cookies is a condition of using our Website. If you disable these cookies we cannot guarantee how our Website will perform for you.

Turning off and deleting cookies

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. If you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you access our Website. If you use different devices to view and access our Website (for example, your computer, smartphone, tablet etc.) you will need to ensure that each browser on each device is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences.

If you disable the cookies that we use this may impact your experience while on our Website.

More information

For more information regarding third-party cookies from Google, LinkedIn, and Meta please refer to www.google.com/intl.en_uk/policies/privacy, https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy, and https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policies/cookies/ respectively.

For more detailed information about cookies generally please visit www.allaboutcookies.org which provides guidance on how to control cookies.

Changes to This Notice

We may revise this Cookie Notice from time to time. Any changes we may make to our Cookie Notice in the future will be posted on this page.

Contact Us

Questions, comments and requests regarding this Cookie Notice are welcomed. Please contact us at info@connect2hampshire.co.uk.

Thank you for visiting our Website.