Cookie policy

This is the Cookie Policy for YTL Utilities (UK) Limited, accessible from https://careers.ytluk.co.uk/home.

What Are Cookies

As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The Cookies We Set

Account related cookies

If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.

Login related cookies

We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.  Please see the below section on Third Party Cookies to find out more information about the cookies that are used when accessing our careers website.

Surveys related cookies

From time to time we may offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.

Forms related cookies

When you submit data to through a form such as those found on the job alert page, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

Use of cookies on this site

The following cookies are used on our site:

Google analytics

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Third Party Cookies

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.

For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.

From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.

We use third party providers (Clinch and eArcu) for our careers website.  When you access the careers site, the following cookies will be used:

• A one-time (for each page view) session cookie to provide protection against a security attack called "Cross-site scripting (XSS)". This cookie is mandatory, short lived (one page interaction) and contains no candidate personally identifiable information. This cookie falls under GDPR regulations. Consent for this cookie is not required due to its exemption under GDPR’s Strictly Necessary category.
• A permanent long lived cookie that is associated with the candidate (known or unknown). This is used to associate individual candidate behaviour with their CRM record. This cookie falls under GDPR regulations and requires explicit consent.
• A temporary session cookie (lasts for 20 minutes after last interaction) that is associated with the candidate (known or unknown). This is used to associate candidate behaviours into "visits or sessions" and is recorded against their CRM record. This cookie falls under GDPR regulations and requires explicit consent.

When you access the candidate portal, the following session cookies are used:

Find out more about eArcu’s privacy and cookie policy.

How to control and delete cookies

We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies set by our websites or others, you can do this via your browser settings.

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 from your computer or device, visit www.allaboutcookies.org or www.aboutcookies.org.

Please note that restricting cookies may affect the functionality of our website.