Cookies Policy

At DevOps, a corporate entity part of the PeopleCert Group, we use this technology, in order to offer an improved user experience and better services.

General

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:

Select the categories below to learn more about the cookies we use.

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 may not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information. According to the applicable legislation, your action is not required for the acceptance of these cookies. Third party providers may have access to information in the cookies.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Name Purpose Description Retention Third-party access
OptanonConsent Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. This
ensures that the cookie consent box will not be presented again upon
re-entry
1 year One Trust LLC
ASP.NET¬_Sessionld Preserves the visitor’s session state across page requests Session No third party has access to information in the cookie
Incap_ses_# Preserves users states across page requests Session No third party has access to information in the cookie
nlbi_# Used to ensure website security and fraud detection Session No third party has access to information in the cookie
visid_incap_# Preserves users states across page requests 1 year No third party has access to information in the cookie
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to continuously improve the level of our services, by collecting and analyzing statistics regarding your landing to us from another website and overall website traffic (e.g., number of visitors, most common searches). Third party providers may have access to information in the cookies.

Performance Cookies
Name Use Duration Third-party access
_gid Statistics recording on website traffic. 2 days Google LLC
_ga Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website 2 years Google LLC
_gat Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate 1 day Google LLC
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress Used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors 1 day No third party has access to information in the cookie
_hjFirstSeen Used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before, or if it is a new visitor on the website 1 day No third party has access to information in the cookie
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample Used to detect whether the user navigation and interactions are included in the website’s data analytics 1 day No third party has access to information in the cookie
_hjIncludedInSessionSample Registers data on visitor’s website-behavior. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization 1 day No third party has access to information in the cookie
_hjSession_# Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read 1 day No third party has access to information in the cookie
_hjSessionUser_# Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read 1 year No third party has access to information in the cookie
_hjTLDTest Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics. Session No third party has access to information in the cookie
SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE Used by Sitecore Engagement Analytics to identify the visitor on repeat to the website 2 years No third party has access to information in the cookie
__utmz Enables website owners to track visitor behavior measure of site performance. 6 months Google LLC
Targeting Cookies
Your interaction with the PeopleCert website is used by us and third-party providers for analysis and commercial/advertising use, such as for analyzing your interaction with website content and show you relevant content. Third party providers may have access to information in the cookies.

Targeting Cookies
Name Use Duration Third-party access
_fbp Recording of user’s landing from another website, analysis of user interaction with the website content and recording of user’s conversion to another website, for advertising use by Facebook 3 months Facebook Inc.
bcookie Used by LinkedIn for tracking the use of embedded services 2 years LinkedIn
lang Set by LinkedIn when a web page contains embedded “Follow us” panel Session LinkedIn
lidc Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services 1 day LinkedIn
fr Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers Session Facebook Inc.
UserMatchHistory Used to track visitors on multiple websites to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences 29 days LinkedIn
_gat_gtag_ Google Analytics Persistent Google LLC
AnalyticsSyncHistory Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service 29 days LinkedIn
Functional Cookies
These cookies facilitate the personalization of website content. The language you choose, as well as the rest of your choices, allow us to offer you the optimum browsing experience, tailored to your preferences. Third party providers may have access to information in the cookies.

Functional Cookies
Cookie Subgroup Cookies Cookies used Lifespan
www.peoplecert.org ___utmvxxxxxxxxxxxxxx First Party A few seconds
What options do I have?

You have three options. You may either proceed with the acceptance of all cookies and other mechanisms (“Accept all”), which will enable you to access all our website functions, you may refuse any non-necessary cookies (“Accept only necessary”) or you may proceed with the customization of your cookie settings (“Confirm my choices”). The latter two choices may impair your website experience.

Necessary cookies are installed upon your website visit. As they are strictly necessary either from a technical perspective, or to offer you the website services or functionalities of your choice, applicable law allows us to install them without requiring any action or consent from you. By selecting the button “Accept only necessary”, which you will find next to the initial basic information that we provide, you continue your browsing only with the Necessary cookies. We will remember your choice for a year. When this period is over, or if you visit us from another device or a different browser, we will ask you again. Unfortunately, if you do not wish for Necessary cookies to be installed at all, you should not use our services and manually delete the cookies that have already been installed on your browser.

Performance, Targeting and Functional cookies are installed if you select the “Accept all” button, which you will find next to the initial basic information that we provide, as well as underneath the expanding full notification (banner). We will remember your choice for a year. When this period is over, or if you visit us from another device or a different browser, we will ask you again.

By selecting the button “Confirm my choices”, which you will find underneath the expanding full notification (banner), any of the Performance, Targeting and Functional cookies will be installed, if you have ticked the relevant box. If you have not ticked any of the boxes and select “Save settings”, then only Necessary cookies will be installed. We will remember your choices for a year. When this period is over, or if you visit us from another device or a different browser, we will ask you again.

Change of settings – Withdrawal of consent

At any time, you may change for future use, the choice you have made with respect to cookies and similar technologies on our website. At the bottom of this Policy, you will find the button: “Cookies settings”. Regardless of what was your selection the last time we asked you through a pop-up banner if you accept the installation of cookies and similar technologies, you can decide again easily, directly and free of charge, through the pop-up banner, which will emerge again after selecting the “Cookies settings” button.

For example, if you had selected “Accept” and you changed your mind, you may select at the new pop-up banner any (or none) of the cookie categories you want to and then select “Save settings”. This action would act as a withdrawal of the consent you had already given to us and it would apply for future use, namely from this change onwards, our website will not use (these particular) cookies and similar technologies on your device. In case you also wish to remove the cookies that had already been installed on your device before the withdrawal of your consent, then you may do so manually by following the instructions that you will find in the “Control via browser settings – Removal of cookies” section below.

Control via browser settings – Removal of cookies

You may also control and manage the cookies via the settings of the browser you use. Some of your options (depending on the browser) are, for example, acceptance of all cookies, notification before installation of cookies or the ban of their installation.

Through the settings of your browser, you may reverse any installation of cookies and similar mechanisms by our website, by deleting the files already stored.

In order to manage and deactivate cookies, you may follow the relevant instructions per browser: