1. Cookie choices

You can choose whether we may use optional cookies and similar technologies. Your choice can be changed at any time using the Cookie Settings control.

Your choice	What happens
Accept all	Allows strictly necessary technologies and all optional categories you are offered.
Disable all	Uses only strictly necessary technologies and any limited technologies lawfully operated under an applicable exemption, subject to the choices and information required in your location.
Customize your settings	Allows you to choose individual categories and review more information.
Change your mind	Open Cookie Settings at any time to withdraw or amend your choice.

2. Cookie notice summary

Category	Purpose	Typical choice model
Strictly necessary	Security, network management, authentication, consent records, forms and essential services	Usually no consent, where a valid exemption applies
Functional	Language, accessibility, display preferences, chat and enhanced features	Consent or an applicable local exemption/opt-out model
Performance	Audience measurement, website performance, errors and service improvement	Depends on jurisdiction, purpose and configuration
Targeting	Campaign measurement, profiling, retargeting and cross-site advertising	Consent normally required in UK/EEA use cases
Platform	Accounts, applications, candidate journeys, onboarding and platform sessions	Essential or optional depending on purpose
Third-party content	Video, maps, social media, chat and embedded services	Often consent where non-essential technologies are set

3. About this notice

This notice explains how Vertage and relevant companies in Vertage use cookies and similar technologies when you visit our websites, use our applications, access candidate or workforce platforms, complete forms or interact with digital content.

It should be read with our Global Privacy Notice at https://www.vertage.com/privacy-notice. That notice explains how we use personal data obtained through websites and other services, our legal bases, recipients, international transfers, retention and your rights.

4. Who is responsible?

The controller responsible for this website is the Vertage Group, First Floor, Mulberry House, Parkland Square, 750 Capability Green, Luton, England, LU1 3LU. Other Vertage companies may receive or use information as described in the Global Privacy Notice at https://www.vertage.com/privacy-notice.

5. What are cookies and similar technologies?

Cookies are small files or pieces of information stored on, or accessed from, a computer, phone, tablet or other device. We may also use pixels, local or session storage, tags, scripts, software development kits, device identifiers, link tracking and similar technologies. In this notice, “cookies” includes these technologies unless the context requires otherwise.

6. How to use this notice

Start with the summary above and open the dropdown that matches the category you want to understand. Each dropdown should identify the relevant technology or provider, purpose, data involved, duration and whether it is first party or third party. The live Cookie Settings panel should show the definitive inventory present on the relevant website.

7. Cookie categories

▼ Strictly necessary cookies

These technologies are required to transmit communications, provide a service you request, protect the website, authenticate users, manage sessions, prevent fraud, balance traffic, preserve consent choices or operate essential forms and accounts. They cannot normally be switched off through the preference centre, although browser settings may affect them. Disabling them may prevent the website or platform from working correctly.

▼ Functional cookies

These technologies remember choices and provide enhanced features, such as language, region, accessibility, display settings, chat, saved searches or embedded functionality. The applicable choice model depends on the purpose, deployment and jurisdiction.

▼ Performance cookies

These technologies help us understand visits, page use, navigation, errors, campaign performance and opportunities to improve our services. Some limited first-party statistical technologies may qualify for exemptions in certain jurisdictions if strict conditions are met. Analytics combined with advertising, profiling or cross-site tracking should not be treated as exempt.

▼ Targeting cookies

These technologies may recognise users across websites or devices, infer interests, select or personalise advertising, limit frequency, build audiences, retarget visitors or measure advertising and conversions. Where consent is required, they remain inactive until consent is given.

▼ Platform cookies

These technologies may support candidate accounts, job searches, saved roles, applications, authentication, onboarding, document workflows, workforce portals, timesheets, chats or other requested platform functions. Each technology must be classified according to its actual purpose rather than the platform name alone.

▼ Third-party and embedded content

Videos, maps, social media, chat, scheduling, forms and other embedded services may set or access cookies. Optional third-party content should be blocked or presented in a privacy-preserving way until the required choice has been made.

8. Detailed cookie inventory

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9. Your cookie choices

When required, we ask for your choice before using optional technologies. You may accept all, reject optional technologies or select categories. Withdrawing consent or changing a preference should be as easy as giving it.

• Use Cookie Settings to review or change your choices.

• Browser or device controls may delete or block cookies, but may not control every similar technology.

• Clearing cookies can remove stored preferences and cause the banner to reappear.

• Where an applicable exemption permits use without consent but requires a simple objection mechanism, the website must provide that mechanism.

• If a technology changes purpose, provider or data use, we will reassess classification and request a fresh choice where required.

10. Legal bases and jurisdictional differences

The rule governing storage of, or access to, information on a device is separate from the data-protection legal basis for any subsequent processing of personal data. Depending on the activity and jurisdiction, our data-protection legal basis may include consent, legitimate interests, contract, legal obligation or another basis permitted by law.

In the UK, PECR applies alongside the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, as amended. In the EEA and other countries, different ePrivacy, communications, tracking and privacy requirements may apply. Regional settings and supplements should be used where necessary.

11. Sharing and third parties

Information obtained through cookies may be shared with Vertage companies and approved providers supporting hosting, security, analytics, CRM, marketing, recruitment platforms, workforce systems, embedded content and professional services. Some providers act only on our instructions, while others may determine their own purposes. Where another controller is involved, its privacy information should be made available.

12. International transfers

Some providers or group companies may process information outside the country in which you use the website. Where transfer restrictions apply, we use an appropriate mechanism and supplementary measures as described in our Global Privacy Notice at https://www.vertage.com/privacy-notice.

13. Retention

Cookie duration varies by purpose. Session cookies normally expire when the browser closes. Persistent cookies remain until their stated expiry or deletion. Consent and preference records may be retained for up to 12 months to administer choices and demonstrate compliance. Information transferred into another system is retained under the relevant business-record period in our retention schedule.

14. Privacy rights

Where information collected through cookies is personal data, you may have rights under applicable privacy law. Further information appears in our Global Privacy Notice at https://www.vertage.com/privacy-notice.

15. Changes to this notice

We may update this notice when our websites, applications, providers, technologies, legal obligations or configurations change. We will update the date above and provide additional notice or seek a fresh choice where required.

16. Contact us

Global Data Protection Officer
Email: GDPR@vertage.com
Postal address: First Floor, Mulberry House, Parkland Square, 750 Capability Green, Luton, England, LU1 3LU