Cookies policy
The cookies we set
To ensure you have a great website experience, we use cookies to enable you to set preferences for how it runs when you visit. When you fill in a web form, such as those found on our quick apply, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Third party cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. You might encounter some of the cookies on this site.
- This site uses Google Analytics to help us understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so that we can continue to produce engaging content. We don’t use Google Analytics to store personal information about visitors to the website
- In addition to Google Analytics we use other tools to track and measure how people use this site, with the aim of keeping the site relevant and engaging. These tools use cookies to measure how long visitors spend on the site and how they use it. We do not capture personal information about visitors to the website with these tools.
- Advertising partners work on our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites. This allows us to credit them appropriately and, where applicable, to allow them to provide any bonus that they may offer you for making a purchase.
- We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work, the social media sites – including Facebook and Twitter – will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site. They may also contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
Talking to us about cookies
You can ask us any questions regarding the way we use cookies by emailing us at mydata@medivet.co.uk, or alternatively via our postal address:
The Data Protection Officer
Medivet Support Centre
First Floor, Hyde
38 Clarendon Road
Watford
WD17 1HZ
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Performance cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| careers.medivet.co.uk | _gid | This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited. | 0 Days |
| co.uk | _ga | Used to distinguish unique users by assigning a client ID. Tracks sessions and campaign data in Google Analytics. | 1 Year |
| careers.medivet.co.uk | _ga | Used to distinguish unique users by assigning a client ID. Tracks sessions and campaign data in Google Analytics. | 1 Year |
| medivet.co.uk | _gid | This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited. | 0 Days |
| medivet.co.uk | _ga | Used to distinguish unique users by assigning a client ID. Tracks sessions and campaign data in Google Analytics. | 1 Year |
| co.uk | _ga_xxxxxxxxxx | Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device. | 0 Days |
| medivet.co.uk | _ga_xxxxxxxxxx | Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device. | 0 Days |
| <website> | shortlistvacs | Remembers a user’s shortlist of vacancies using ecommerce-style basket functionality. | 30 Days |
| <website> | COP-Personal | Remembers previously viewed content to tailor the user’s ongoing experience. | 1 Year |
| <website> | COP_Vacancies | Enhances functionality by remembering previously viewed vacancies during a session. | Session |
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry | Cookie Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| careers.medivet.co.uk | OptanonConsent | Set by OneTrust to store cookie preferences. Enables cookie blocking when consent is not given. Expires in 1 year. | 1 year | First Party |
| careers.medivet.co.uk | OptanonAlertBoxClosed | Set by OneTrust after a user closes the cookie notice. Prevents showing the notice again. Expires in 1 year. | 1 year | First Party |
| medivet.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com | _cfuvid | Used by Cloudflare to distinguish users sharing the same IP address for rate limiting. | 0 | First Party |
| medivet.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com | __cflb | Cloudflare cookie used for load balancing traffic to ensure consistent performance. | 0 | First Party |
| medivet.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com | PLAY_SESSION | Maintains an anonymous user session on the server side. | 0 | First Party |
| medivet.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com | __cf_bm | Cloudflare Bot Management cookie to manage bot traffic. Part of security infrastructure. CloudFoundry-based. | 0 | First Party |
| <website> | .AspNetCore.Antiforgery | Prevents cross-site request forgery (XSRF/CSRF). Generated by the application server for security. | Session | First Party |
| <website> | TiPMix | Used by load balancers to direct users to the correct application server. | Session | First Party |
| <website> | x-ms-routing-name | Identifies which server cluster is serving the visitor. Helps with load balancing and performance. | Session | First Party |
| <website> | Copernicus | Used for login authentication during the session. Expires when the session ends. | Session | First Party |
| <website> | _grecaptcha | Helps protect the site from spam and abuse. Uses date/time from the user's local machine. | 6 months | First Party |
Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry | Cookie Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <website> | _pk_id | Used by Matomo Analytics to track returning visitors and measure performance. | 13 months | First Party |
| <website> | _pk_ses | Session cookie from Matomo used to track visitor behaviour and performance. | 30 minutes | First Party |
| <website> | _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users via client ID and track session data. | 2 years | First Party |
| <website> | _gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users visiting the site. Works with gtag.js and analytics.js. | 1 day | First Party |
| <website> | _gat_UA | Google Analytics cookie to limit data collection on high-traffic sites. | 1 minute | First Party |
| <website> | souecetracking-utmcampaign | Tracks UTM campaign used in URL to measure performance of traffic-driving campaigns. | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| <website> | sourcetracking-isset | Marks the user's first visit and original traffic source. | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| <website> | sourcetracking-latest-campaign | Tracks the campaign from the user’s most recent visit using UTM parameters. | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| <website> | sourcetracking-latest-isset | Flags the user’s latest visit source (first or returning). | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| <website> | sourcetracking-latest-medium | Identifies the latest traffic medium used by the visitor. | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| <website> | sourcetracking-latest-referrer | Tracks the most recent referring website. | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| <website> | sourcetracking-latest-setms | Logs latest visit timestamps using the user’s local time. | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| <website> | sourcetracking-latest-utmsource | Tracks latest UTM source code from URL on subsequent visits. | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| <website> | sourcetracking-latest-visitdatetime | Logs date/time of most recent visit using user’s local time. | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| <website> | sourcetracking-referrer | Tracks referring source on the user's first visit. | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| <website> | sourcetracking-setms | Records timestamp of the user’s first visit using Unix/Epoch format. | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| <website> | sourcetracking-utmmedium | Tracks the initial medium via UTM string from first visit URL. | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| <website> | sourcetracking-utmsource | Tracks the original UTM source code from first visit. | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| <website> | sourcetracking-visitdatetime | Logs local date/time of first visit to the site. | 90 days (configurable) | First Party |
| youtube.com | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Used to uniquely identify and track viewing of YouTube videos. | 5 Months | Third Party |
| youtube.com | __Secure-xxxxxxx | YouTube cookie for user data collection, ad targeting, and video hosting via embedded content. | 5 Months | Third Party |
| youtube.com | VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Collects user privacy metadata from YouTube videos embedded on the site. | 5 Months | Third Party |
| youtube.com | YSC | YouTube session cookie used to track video interaction and ad targeting. | 0 Days | Third Party |
| <website> | Cloudflare | Used for load balancing, bot protection, and web security (e.g., __cf_bm, __cflb). | Varies | Third Party |
| <website> | Google Tag Manager | Loads and manages analytics/marketing tags like GA, conversion tracking, etc. | Varies | Third Party |
| <website> | gstatic.com | Hosts static content (e.g., fonts, scripts) for performance and delivery via CDN. | Varies | Third Party |
| <website> | JSDelivr | CDN that serves JavaScript libraries and assets for website performance. | Varies | Third Party |
Other cookies
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry | Cookie Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| medivet.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com | wday_vps_cookie | 0 Days | First Party | |
| medivet.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com | wd-browser-id | 0 Days | First Party | |
| medivet.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com | CALYPSO_CSRF_TOKEN | 0 Days | First Party | |
| medivet.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com | PLAY_LANG | This cookie name is used by LinkedIn services to remember a user's language preference. | 0 Days | First Party |
| wd3.myworkday.com | __cflb | 0 Days | Third Party | |
| wd3.myworkdaycdn.com | timezoneOffset | 0 Days | Third Party | |
| wd3.myworkday.com | _cfuvid | 0 Days | Third Party | |
| wd3.myworkday.com | WorkdayLB_SAS | 0 Days | Third Party | |
| wd3.myworkday.com | __cf_bm | This is a CloudFoundry cookie | 0 Days | Third Party |