Perform Group: Cookie Policy
Information about our use of cookies
Our website use cookies and other technologies similar to cookies to ensure the website functions properly and to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to continually improve it. By continuing to browse our website or use our apps, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your device if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device’s hard drive and enable the website to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (session cookies) or for repeat visits (persistent cookies).
We use the following cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.
Analytical/performance cookies. These cookies collect anonymous information on how people use our website. For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how customers arrive at our site, browse or use our site and help us to improve the way our website and apps work, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. The data stored by these cookies never shows personal details from which your individual identity can be established.
For information on how Google Analytics collects and uses your information, please refer to their privacy policies . By using our services, you consent to the processing of data by these third parties in accordance with their privacy policies.
Third party cookies. These cookies are used by our business partners and service providers on our website for the same purposes identified above.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie | Name | Owner | Purpose | Duration |
| Google Analytics | _ga | This is used to identify unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier and to calculate visitors, session and campaign data. | Persistent | |
| Google Analytics | _gat | This is used to throttle the request rate. It monitors the performance of the site by limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. | Session | |
| Google Analytics | _gid | This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It is used to distinguish users. | Session | |
| ICEfaces / JSF | ice.sessions | ICEfaces | This is used to identify all HTTP session's used by the browser. This is needed for the Ajax / Push Server to correctly broadcast notification messages between different parts of the web application. | Session |
| ICEfaces / JSF | ice.lease | ICEfaces | This cookie stores the lease expiry time for the blocking connection owned by one of the windows or portlets. If it is not updated before it expires, the web application will assume that the blocking connection is not functioning anymore. | Session |
| ICEfaces / JSF | updates | ICEfaces | This is used for asynchronous updates in the web application. Updates initiated by the server component will be rendered in the browser. This cookie is needed to achieve this behaviour. | Session |
| ICEfaces / JSF | bconn | ICEfaces | This is used for asynchronous updates in the web application. Updates initiated by the server component will be rendered in the browser. This cookie is needed to achieve this behaviour. | Session |
Further information about cookies
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is an industry body that develops standards and guidelines to support online business processes. It has produced a website (www.allaboutcookies.org ) which explains how cookies work and how they can be managed.
Disabling and enabling cookies
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings on your Internet browser or device. The IAB website (www.allaboutcookies.org ) tells you how to remove cookies from your browser or device. However, if you use your browser or device settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) or disable future cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
We want you to be in control of your own data, so if you have any questions about how to manage cookies or how we use your data, please contact us at customerservices@performgroup.com .