Cookie Policy

Last Updated: May 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how RSSW Ltd uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.

Cookies help our website function correctly, improve user experience, analyse website traffic, support recruitment activity, and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.

This policy should be read alongside our GDPR Candidate Agreement and Privacy information available through www.rhinorecruitment.com .

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites recognise your device, remember preferences, improve functionality, and collect information about how visitors interact with online content.

Cookies may be set directly by our website or by third-party services we use to support recruitment, analytics, advertising, website functionality, and embedded content.

How We Use Cookies

Ensure the website functions properly and securely

Improve website performance and user experience

Remember user preferences and form information

Monitor website traffic and visitor behaviour

Measure recruitment campaign effectiveness

Support advertising and remarketing activities

Analyse engagement with vacancies, landing pages, and recruitment content

Help protect the website against spam, fraud, and malicious activity

Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation and security of our website. They enable core functions such as page navigation, form submissions, accessibility features, and secure access to website services.

Because these cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly, they do not require consent under UK GDPR and PECR regulations.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow our website to remember choices and preferences you make, such as previously entered information, language preferences, or form settings.

These cookies help provide a more personalised and efficient browsing experience.

Functional cookies are only used where appropriate consent has been provided.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

Performance and analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website. This includes information such as which pages are visited most frequently, how users move through the site, how long pages are viewed, and whether any technical issues occur.

This information helps us improve website performance, candidate experience, job application journeys, and overall website usability.

We may use analytics providers such as Google Analytics, SEMrush, and Hotjar to support this activity.

Analytics information is aggregated wherever possible and is not intended to directly identify individual users.

These cookies are only placed on your device where consent has been provided.

Advertising and Third-Party Cookies

We may use advertising, recruitment marketing, and social media technologies provided by trusted third parties to measure campaign effectiveness, improve recruitment advertising relevance, and better understand engagement with our vacancies and services.

These technologies may include services provided by Google Analytics and Google Ads, Hotjar, SEMrush, LinkedIn, Meta platforms including Facebook and Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

These third parties may collect information about your browsing activity across websites and devices in accordance with their own privacy policies.

Embedded content such as videos, maps, forms, and social media integrations may also place cookies on your device.

Advertising and third-party cookies are only used where consent has been provided.

Cookies We Use

Below are examples of cookies that may be placed on your device when using our website. The exact cookies used may vary depending on how you interact with the site, your consent preferences, and the services being used at the time.

Cookie Name	Purpose	Type	Duration
ASP.NET_SessionId	Maintains your session while browsing the website.	Strictly Necessary	Session
.ASPXAUTH	Authenticates users and maintains secure login sessions.	Strictly Necessary	Persistent
ffcookies-dismiss	Stores your cookie banner preferences.	Functional	Persistent
ff_secCheck	Helps monitor failed login attempts and website security activity.	Security / Functional	Session
ff_AdDist	Tracks how users arrive at vacancies or recruitment campaigns.	Functional / Analytics	Persistent
_ga	Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users and analyse website traffic and engagement.	Analytics	Up to 2 years
_gid	Used by Google Analytics to track visitor behaviour and website usage statistics.	Analytics	24 hours
_gat	Used by Google Analytics to manage request rates and improve performance.	Analytics	1 minute
_gcl_au	Used by Google Ads to measure advertising effectiveness and conversion tracking.	Advertising	Up to 3 months
_fbp	Used by Meta platforms to measure advertising performance and support remarketing activities.	Advertising	Up to 3 months
_hjSessionUser_*	Used by Hotjar to maintain a consistent user session and analyse website behaviour.	Analytics / Behaviour Tracking	Up to 1 year
_hjSession_*	Used by Hotjar to track user interactions and improve website usability.	Analytics / Behaviour Tracking	Session
_hjIncludedInSessionSample	Determines whether a visitor is included in Hotjar session recording samples.	Analytics	Session
SEMrush Tracking Cookies	Used to analyse website visibility, keyword performance, traffic insights, and marketing effectiveness.	Analytics	Varies

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can manage or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time through our cookie consent banner or through your browser settings.

View stored cookies

Delete cookies

Block certain cookies

Block all cookies from specific websites

Clear browsing data when closing your browser

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality, performance, and parts of the candidate application experience.

Browser guidance can be found here:

Third-Party Cookie Information

Some cookies used on our website are managed by third-party providers. We encourage users to review the privacy and cookie policies of these providers for further information about how their technologies operate.

General information about cookies can also be found at Cookiepedia .

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers include a “Do Not Track” setting that allows users to signal a preference not to be tracked online.

At present, there is no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. As a result, our website does not currently respond to browser-based DNT requests.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in legal requirements, technology, recruitment practices, or website functionality.

Any updates will be published on this page with the revised “Last Updated” date.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how cookies are used on our website, please contact us through www.rhinorecruitment.com .