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What is a Cookie ?
A cookie is a small text file which some websites store on your computer. At RailwayPeople.com some of the ways we use cookies are to keep track of whether you are logged in or out of the site and to make sure you see the mobile site if you are browsing on your phone.
Do I need them to use the site ?
In order to use RailwayPeople.com fully, you need to have cookies enabled. If you do not wish to enable cookies, you can still browse the jobs but you will be unable to apply for any that you find. Most web browsers have cookies enabled, but see 'Managing Cookies' for help to turn them on should you need to.
Are they safe ?
Cookies can't harm your computer in any way. We only use encrypted information gathered from them to help improve your experience of the site.
Why are you telling me about cookies ?
We are giving you this information as part of our initiative to comply with recent legislation, and to make sure we're honest and clear about your privacy when using our website.
Our Cookie Policy
In order to fully utilise RailwayPeople.com on your computer, tablet or mobile device you will need to accept cookies. You can only acccess certain features by using them.
The cookies that we use do not store any identifiable or sensitive information such as names or addresses. Once you sign into the website your information is asscociated with a number. It is this number that is held in our cookies.
Here is a list of the Cookies that are used on RailwayPeople.com and what we use them for.
| Cookie Name | Why we use this Cookie |
| IsMob | This cookie allows us to detect the device you are using. Once detected this cookie allows us to ask you which site you would like to view. The mobile site or the main website. |
| MobileSwitch | If you access the site on a mobile device or tablet and choose to view the mobile site instead of the main website, this cookie makes sure that we don't need to ask you again in that session. |
| OGJSSearchTerm | Stores the last search term the user entered on the mobile site and is used to pre-populate the search results and search form automatically. |
| OGJSSearchLocation | Stores the last search location the user entered on the mobile site and is used to pre-populate the search results and search form automatically |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Identifies the browser session. This keeps you logged into the site. |
| OGJSSearchUrl | Improves navigation through the mobile site. Remembers searches. |
| OGJSLastJobDetailViewed | Improves navigation through the mobile site. |
| .ASPXAUTH | Identifies a logged on user so the site knows who they are after they log in. |
| 2012Salary | Remembers that a user has downloaded the Salary Guide so they are not asked again. |
| trackingGuid | Improves our understanding of how people are using the website allowing us to focus future development efforts on what our users are doing. |
| iplocation2 | This is to track where in the world individuals are accessing the site from. |
| tlswarningrequired | Used to check if a user needs to be warned about using a non-compliant browser. |
Third Party Cookies
Some of the cookies we use are not created by, or related to, RailwayPeople.com. These are 3rd party websites that we utilise the services of. We cannot control the settings of these cookies but you can check their websites for more information.
The 3rd party cookies we use are listed below.
| Cookie Name | Why we use this Cookie |
| _ga, _gat, _gid, __utmz, __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmmobile | Google analytics. These cookies allow us to measure site performance, see how many site visitors we have had and data on our most popular pages and URL's. |
| _Chartbeat2 | Is used to determine whether or not someone has been to a particular site before, and when. This lets Chartbeat put them in the correct visitor frequency bucket (New, Returning, Loyal). |
| _Chartbeat5 | Is used in the Heads Up Display, allowing Chartbeat to assign traffic to the right link on the page from which someone clicked over. |
| _cb | Is a cookie that stores a visitor's unique identifier for Chartbeat tracking on our site. |
| _cb_ls | This cookie is set on websites using real time analytics software by Chartbeat. |
| _cb_svref | Is a short-lived cookie, used by Chartbeat, that has an expiration of 30 minutes that stores the value for unique visitors. |
| _hjIncludedInSample | Hotjar Cookies expire automatically after 365 days This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate Heatmaps, Funnels, Recordings, etc. |
| s7.addthis.com | RailwayPeople.com use Addthis to put the social media share buttons across the bottom of the pages to allow users to share jobs. |
| www.facebook.com | Our Facebook page link in the site footer. |
| platform.twitter.com | Our Twitter link in the site footer. |
| plusone.google.com | Our Google+ link in the site footer. |
Managing Cookies
If cookies are not enabled on your computer, it will mean that your experience on RailwayPeople.com will be limited to browsing jobs. You will not be able to apply for jobs or stay logged in.
How to check cookies are enabled for PCs
Google Chrome
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
Mozilla Firefox
Safari
How to check cookies are enabled for Macs
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 on OSX
Safari on OSX
Mozilla and Netscape on OSX
Opera
- Click on 'Menu' at the top of your browser window and select 'Settings'- Then select 'Preferences', select the 'Advanced' tab - Then select 'Accept cookies' option
All other browsers
Please refer to the help files on your browser.