Cookie policy

Use of cookies on aibel.com

1.1 Cookies on aibel.com
HTTP cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer or device while you browse a website, such as aibel.com (hereinafter the Website). Aibel uses cookies to generate visitor statistics, analyse user patterns, and determine needs analyses. This information is anonymised.

The table below provides an overview of the categories of cookies used on the Website, including the name and purpose of each cookie, whether the cookie is set by Aibel or a third party, and how long the cookie is stored. This overview will be kept updated to reflect the cookies actually in use on the Website.

Name of Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Category	Storage Period
aibelCookieConsent	Aibel.com	Stores whether the visitor accepted or declined cookies and controls whether analytics is enabled.	Necessary / consent preference	Persistent, but capped by browser
_ga	Google Analytics	Used to distinguish users.	Statistics	400 days
_ga_<container_id>	Google Analytics	Used to persist session state.	Statistics	2 years
_gat	Google Analytics	Limit requests sent to Google.	Statistics	1 minute
_gid	Google Analytics	Distinguishes users for session tracking.	Statistics	24 hours
__cf_bm	Vimeo	Cloudflare bot manager manages incoming traffic that matches the criteria associated with bots.	Marketing	30 minutes
_fbp	Meta (Facebook), implemented through Jobtip	Records visits to our recruitment pages and shares this information with Meta to help measure and improve recruitment advertising on Facebook and Instagram.	Marketing	90 days
_gat_gtag_UA_82776114_5	Google Analytics (implemented through Jobtip)	Limit requests sent to Google.	Marketing	1 minute
_ga_KL1ML3Y6N2	Google Analytics (implemented through Jobtip)	Used to distinguish users.	Marketing	400 days

1.2 Consent to the use of cookies
The only cookie that will be set without your consent is the consent preference cookie, which stores only your consent choice and is classified as strictly necessary. All other cookies and optional tracking technologies are activated only after you consent to the relevant purpose.

The cookie banner allows you to accept all optional cookies, reject them, or choose separately between Functional media, Statistics and Marketing. You can change your choices or withdraw your consent at any time by selecting Manage cookies in the footer of the Website and saving your updated preferences.

You can browse the Website and view available content without accepting optional cookies. If you do not enable Functional media, videos provided through external services will remain disabled and an image or placeholder will be displayed instead.

1.3 How to manage or disable cookies
In addition to using Manage cookies, you can manage, block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Your browser’s help pages explain how to do this.

Blocking cookies may affect certain features of the Website. If you delete the cookie that stores your consent preferences, you will be asked to choose your preferences again on your next visit.

When you disable a cookie category through Manage cookies, loading of the associated services are stopped and the related cookies that the Website can control are deleted. Cookies stored on third-party domains may need to be deleted through your browser settings.

1.4 Third-party cookies
The Website uses third-party services to provide video content, analyse Website usage and support recruitment advertising. These services may set cookies on our domain or their own domains and process information about your use of the Website for the purposes described in Section 1.1.

The services include:

Google Analytics: Used to understand visits to and use of the Website. See Google’s Privacy Policy.
Vimeo: Used to deliver video content. Vimeo also uses Cloudflare services to protect its video service against automated traffic and abuse. See Vimeo’s Privacy Policy, Vimeo’s information about player cookies and Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy.
Jobtip, including Meta Pixel and Google tracking: Used on vacancy and job pages for recruitment advertising and campaign measurement. See Jobtip’s Privacy Policy, Meta’s Privacy Policy and Google’s Privacy Policy.

You can control the optional purposes associated with these services through Manage cookies. Section 1.1 provides details of the individual cookies, their purposes and storage periods.