How we use cookies

Our use of cookies

About cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by your web browser when you visit any website. They allow information gathered on one web page to be stored until it is needed for use on another. Cookies allow us to distinguish you from other visitors to the website, helping us to provide you with a good user experience and allowing us to improve the site.

Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date. A session cookie will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

You can choose to disallow cookies by changing your browser settings. However, by doing so, you may hinder your user experience on this and other websites. You can read more about cookies and how to disallow them at www.allaboutcookies.org.

Our website uses cookies. They are placed by software that operates on our servers, and by software operated by third parties whose services we use.

Cookies that we use

Necessary cookies
These cookies help make our website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to pages which require visitors to create an account and login. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

COOKIE NAME SET BY EXPIRY PURPOSE
phpsessid eslbase.com Session Preserves users states across page requests.
wordpress_test_cookie eslbase.com Session Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.
wordpress_sec eslbase.com 2 days Used to save login information if you have an Eslbase account
wordpress_logged_in eslbase.com 2 days Used to save login information if you have an Eslbase account
wpjb_transient_id eslbase.com Session Used for functionality of the jobs board.
cookieconsent_dismissed eslbase.com 1 year Used to help us remember that you have seen the cookie message

Analytics cookies
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how you interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. You can find more information about Google Analytics cookies and privacy here.

COOKIE NAME SET BY EXPIRY PURPOSE
_ga eslbase.com 2 years Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
_gid eslbase.com 24 hours Used to distinguish visitors.
_gat eslbase.com Session Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.

Social sharing cookies

We sometimes use sharing buttons and tools so you can easily like or share our content on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. Some of these social networks set their own cookies for statistical and/or marketing purposes.

Here’s a list of the social sharing cookies that we use:

COOKIE NAME SET BY EXPIRY PURPOSE
_pinterest_cm pinterest.com 1 year Ensures that you can share our website pages via Pinterest by means of the ‘share’ button.

Cookies used for processing payments
We may use these cookies when you make a payment on our website.

COOKIE NAME SET BY EXPIRY PURPOSE
pypf paypalobjects.com 27 days Used by Paypal for the checkout process when making a Paypal payment
simpay_wp_session eslbase.com Session Used for payment processing
cid checkout.stripe.com Session Used by Stripe for the checkout process when making a Stripe payment
__stripe_mid checkout.stripe.com Session Used by Stripe for the checkout process when making a Stripe payment
__stripe_sid checkout.stripe.com Session Used by Stripe for the checkout process when making a Stripe payment
checkout-live-session checkout.stripe.com Session Used by Stripe for the checkout process when making a Stripe payment
m m.stripe.com Persistent Used by Stripe for the checkout process when making a Stripe payment
nsr m.stripe.network Used by Stripe for the checkout process when making a Stripe payment

Unclassified cookies
Other cookies sometimes used on our site.

COOKIE NAME SET BY EXPIRY PURPOSE
comment_author and comment_author_email eslbase.com 1 year You can opt-in to these cookies when posting a comment on an article. They save you from having to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.

Encryption of data sent between us

We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates to verify our identity to your browser and to encrypt any data you give us. Whenever information is transferred between us, you can check that it is done so using SSL by looking for a closed padlock symbol or other trust mark in your browser’s URL bar or toolbar.

How you can complain

If you are not happy with our privacy policy or if have any complaint then you can tell us by sending an email to [email protected].

If you are in any way dissatisfied about how we process your personal information, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. This can be done at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/.

Retention period for personal data

Except as otherwise mentioned in this privacy policy, we keep your personal information only for as long as required by us:

  • to provide you with the services you have requested
  • to comply with other law, including for the period demanded by our tax authorities
  • to support a claim or defence in court

Third party websites

We may include links to third party websites that are controlled and maintained by others. It is your responsibility to review the privacy and cookie policies of these sites. We are not responsible for the policies and practices of third party sites.

More information and review of this privacy policy

You can find more information about UK data protection legislation at the Information Commissioner’s website.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time as necessary. The terms that apply to you are those posted here on our website on the day you use our website.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy please contact us by email at [email protected] or through our contact form.