Cookie Policy
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
Why are we giving you this information?
This information is provided to demonstrate our compliance with the introduction of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) introduced in May 2018.
Use of Cookies on our website
Below is a list of Cookies and their purpose.
| Name | Expires | Purpose |
| _ga_gid_ gat | 2 years1 day10 minutes | These Cookies are used to distinguish users. The data stored by these cookies can only be seen by our organisation and Google and neither organisation shares any confidential information. |
| _wpjb_transient_id | 1 day | These cookies are used for functionality on our job board and to enable the job application process through our website. |
| __stid: | 1 year | These cookies are used to provide the service that allows you to share certain articles on the site with friends/colleagues via various social networks. |
| catAccCookies | This provides us information regarding a user’s consent to our Cookie Policy. | The data stored by these cookies can only be seen by our organisation and we do not share any confidential information. |
This site does not use third party advertisers, and as such, no advertising cookies are placed on this site, so you will never see re-marketing adverts on this site.
Our cookies don’t store sensitive information such as your name, address or payment details: they simply hold the ‘key’ that, once you’re signed in, is associated with this information. However, if you’d prefer to restrict, block or delete cookies from our website or any other website, you can use your browser to do this. Each browser is different, so check the ‘Help’ menu of your particular browser (or your mobile phone’s handset manual) to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
Sharing www.yesmanchester.co.uk on social networks
If you take the opportunity to ‘share’ yesmanchester.co.uk’s content with friends through social networks – such as Facebook and Twitter – you may be sent cookies from these websites. We don’t control the setting of these cookies, so we suggest you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.
Further information about cookies
If you’d like to learn more about cookies in general and how to manage them, visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/ (opens in a new window – please note that we can’t be responsible for the content of external websites).
How to check cookies are enabled for PCs
Google Chrome
- Click on ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window and select Options
- Click the ‘Under the Hood’ tab, locate the ‘Privacy’ section, and select the ‘Content settings’ button
- Now select ‘Allow local data to be set’
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
- Click on ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window and select ‘Internet options’ , then click on the ‘Privacy’ tab
- Ensure that your Privacy level is set to Medium or below, which will enable cookies in your browser
- Settings above Medium will disable cookies
Mozilla Firefox
- Click on ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window and select Options
- Then select the Privacy icon
- Click on Cookies, then select ‘allow sites to set cookies’
Safari
- Click on the Cog icon at the top of your browser window and select the ‘Preferences’ option
- Click on ‘Security’, check the option that says ‘Block third-party and advertising cookies’
- Click ‘Save’
All other browsers
Please consult your documentation or online help files.
