Cookies and Your Privacy

What is a cookie?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device. You can find more information about cookies at:www.allaboutcookies.org andwww.youronlinechoices.eu for a video about cookies visitwww.google.co.uk/goodtoknow/data-on-the-web/cookies

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

The cookies used on this website have been categorised based on the categories found in the ICC UK Cookie

guide. A list of all the cookies used on this website by category is set out below:

Category 1: strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like searching for people or jobs, subscribing for premium services or viewing and applying for jobs, cannot be provided.

Category 2: performance cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. Is is only used to improve how a website works.

Category 3: functionality cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name to facilitate logging in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with tailored job listings by storing in a cookie with your profile jobtypes. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of webpages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Category 4: targeting cookies or advertising cookies

These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.

*These cookies are provided by a third party who could change their cookies in future outside of our control. We will review this policy regularly for any such changes.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visitwww.allaboutcookies.org.

Cookies Used on Media Match

Item/System		Cookies	Purpose	More information
Media Match		icc_y	This cookie is used to record if you have accepted the use of cookies on the UK Music Jobs website (Media Match).
Media Match	1	PHPSESSID	Allows site to regconise when you are logged in, and keep you logged in. Without it you would not be able to log in to Media Match
Media Match	2	accookies, acceptCookies	Used to test whether your browser accepts cookies from us
Media Match	1	AWSELB	Allows the site to keep track of which specific web server your browsing session is connected to. This is a performance and efficiency requirement of our back-end architecture and essential to keep you logged in to the site
Media Match	3	mjlid	You opt-in to this cookie when ticking ‘remember me’ when you log in. Enables you to stay looed in to the site across browsing sessions. Used in conjunction with mjrmb
Media Match	3	mjrmb	You opt-in to this cookie when ticking ‘remember me’ when you log in. Enables you to stay looed in to the site across browsing sessions. Used in conjunction with mjlid
Media Match	3	mjalsh	Allows automatic (passwrod-free) login for 14 days after your password is typed in when following an autologin link you receive in an email from us. Used in conjunction with mjalid
Media Match	3	mjalid	Stores whether you select to require that your password is typed in when following an autologin link you receive in an email from us. Used in conjunction with mjalsh
Media Match		phpguestsession	This cookie is used on devices which have been found violating our terms and conditions
Media Match		personalLists_44
Media Match	3	crossPlatformSid_44	Enables automatic transfer to  your personalised-URL domain, if you have set it up.
Google Analytics	2	_utma _utmb _utmc _utmz	Collects information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.	Analytics Policy
Google Adsense	4	_drt_ id test_cookie	Allows Google to serve up advertising it deems of interest to you	Adwords Policy
Microsoft Advertising	4	atdmt.com AA002 MUID	Allows Microsoft to serve you advertising content it deems of interest to you.	Microsoft Policy
Facebook	3	datr locale lsd reg_fb_ref reg_fb_gate wd	Connects your account on our site to your Facebook account. You can disconnect at any time by revoking access to the Media Match app within Facebook	Facebook Policy
Twitter	3	guest_id pid k	Connects your account on our site to your Twitter account. You can disconnect at any time by revoking access to the Media Match app within Twitter	Twitter Policy
Google Plus	3	ULS BEAT	Connects your account on our site to your Google+ account. You can disconnect at any time by revoking access to the Media Match app within Google+	Google Privacy
YouTube	3	VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE PREF SID HSID SSID	Connects your account on our site to your YouTube account. You can disconnect at any time by revoking access to the Media Match app within YouTube	Google Privacy
Photobucket	3	PBLinkID	Connects your account on our site to your Photobucket account. You can disconnect at any time by revoking access to the Media Match app within Photobucket	Photobucket Policy
SoundCloud	3	_utma _utmb _utmc _utmz	Connects your account on our site to your Soundcloud account. You can disconnect at any time by revoking access to the Media Match app within Soundcloud	Soundcloud Policy
WordPress		comment_author_* [openID login] vote_* rate_* wp-settings-* wp-settings-time-*	Media Match uses Wordpress as its blog platform. Wordpress and its plugins use various cookies to streamline performance and enhance usability.

3rd Party Social Media cookies:

We use a number of social media tools to enhance visitor interaction on our site. If you already use these platforms their cookies may be set through our website. Data may then be collected by these companies that enables them to serve up adverts on other sites that they think are relevant to your interests.