The cookies on this site, and your choice about them
A full list, not a general description. Only the cookies the site needs to work are set before you choose. Everything else waits for your permission, and you can change your mind whenever you like.
- Cookies the site cannot work without are set when you arrive. Nothing else is.
- Chat, analytics and advertising measurement wait until you allow them in the cookie banner.
- You can accept all, reject all, or choose by category, and change your mind at any time using the Cookie Settings link in the footer of every page.
1.What cookies are
Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser so that it can remember something between one page and the next, or between one visit and the next. Some are set by the website you are visiting, and some by the services it uses, such as a chat provider. Websites can also keep information in your browser’s local storage, which works in a similar way. This policy covers both, and uses “cookies” to mean either.
Where a cookie can identify you or your device, it is personal information, and our Privacy Policy applies to it as well.
2.How your choice works on this site
When you first visit, a banner asks for your choice. You can:
- Accept all, which allows every category below
- Reject all, which allows only the strictly necessary cookies
- Customise, which lets you allow or refuse each category separately
Until you choose, only strictly necessary cookies are set. Your choice is remembered for a year, after which we ask again. You can change it at any time using the Cookie Settings link in the footer of every page. Withdrawing consent stops those cookies being used from then on.
3.Strictly necessary cookies
These keep the site secure, remember your cookie choice, and make the basket, checkout and your account work. They cannot be switched off, because the site cannot function without them, and they are not used to track you.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
cookieyes-consent | CookieYes, for us | Remembers the cookie choice you made | 1 year |
cf_clearance | Cloudflare | Confirms your browser has passed a security check, so you are not challenged on every page | 1 year |
_lscache_vary | This site | Makes sure you are shown the correct version of a page from our cache | 2 days |
woocommerce_cart_hashwoocommerce_items_in_cart | This site | Remember what is in your basket. Set only when you add something | Session |
wp_woocommerce_session_* | This site | Keeps your basket and checkout together while you complete an order | 2 days |
wordpress_logged_in_*wordpress_sec_* | This site | Keep you signed in to your account. Set only when you sign in | Session, or 14 days if you ask to be remembered |
Forms on this site are protected by Cloudflare Turnstile, which checks that a visitor is a person rather than automated software. It is used only to protect the forms and not for advertising.
4.Functional cookies
These run the live chat and browser notifications. They are switched off until you allow them. Without them the chat window will not load, but every other way of reaching us still works, and all of them are on our contact page.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
twk_uuid_* | Tawk.to | Recognises your browser so a chat conversation can continue across pages and visits | 6 months |
TawkConnectionTimetwk_idm_key | Tawk.to | Keep the chat connected while you move around the site | Session |
twk_*, twk_token_* | Tawk.to | Browser storage holding your chat session | Until cleared |
__wpfvdk_wpinitialpermissionstate | WonderPush | Browser storage recording whether you have been asked about, or have subscribed to, browser notifications | Until cleared |
5.Analytics cookies
These tell us which pages people find useful and which they leave, so we can improve the site. They are set only if you allow them. The information is aggregated and we do not use it to identify you.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes one visitor from another | Up to 2 years |
_ga_* | Google Analytics | Keeps track of your session | Up to 2 years |
_gid | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors over a single day | 24 hours |
_gat_*_dc_gtm_* | Google Analytics | Limit how often data is sent to Google | 1 minute |
We also use Cloudflare’s visitor statistics, which count page views without setting any cookie and without identifying you.
6.Marketing cookies
These measure whether our advertising on Google and LinkedIn reaches the right people, and record how you arrived at the site, for example from a search, an advertisement or an email. They are set only if you allow them. Google and LinkedIn may combine what they collect with other information they hold about you, under their own privacy policies.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
_gcl_au, _gcl_ls | Google Ads | Record when a visit follows one of our advertisements, so we can measure what works | 90 days |
test_cookie | Google (doubleclick.net) | Checks whether your browser accepts advertising cookies | 15 minutes |
bcookie, bscookie | Identify your browser to LinkedIn for advertising measurement and security | 1 year | |
li_sugr | Helps LinkedIn match a visit to its advertising | 90 days | |
UserMatchHistory, AnalyticsSyncHistory | Record when LinkedIn’s advertising data was last synchronised | 30 days | |
lidc | Routes requests to the right LinkedIn data centre | 24 hours | |
__cf_bm | LinkedIn, via Cloudflare | Distinguishes people from automated software on LinkedIn’s services | 30 minutes |
li_adsId | Browser storage used for LinkedIn advertising measurement | Until cleared | |
sbjs_* | This site | Record how you arrived at the site, so an order can be attributed to the page or campaign that led to it | Session, or 30 minutes |
7.If a cookie is not listed here
Services change the cookies they use from time to time. We review this list whenever we add or remove a service, and at least once a year. If you find a cookie on this site that is not listed, please tell us at [email protected] and we will look into it.
8.Managing cookies in your browser
As well as using our cookie settings, you can block or delete cookies through your browser. Every major browser explains how in its help pages. Blocking strictly necessary cookies will stop parts of the site working, including the basket and checkout. Deleting cookies also deletes your saved cookie choice, so the banner will ask you again on your next visit.
Google offers a browser add-on that stops Google Analytics collecting information on any website, and both Google and LinkedIn let you manage advertising preferences in your account settings with them.
9.Changes to this policy
We will update this policy when the cookies on the site change. The date at the top of the page shows when it last changed. If we add a new category of cookie, we will ask for your choice again.
10.Contact us
New Elite Holdings (Pty) Ltd, trading as Elite Executive Career Solutions
Email [email protected], subject line “Cookies”
For everything else about your personal information, see our Privacy Policy.