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DOES EMPLOYERSRESOURCE.COM USE COOKIES?

Yes. As described in our Privacy Policy, we use cookies and other technologies to ensure everyone who uses EmployersResource.com has the best possible experience. Cookies also help us keep your browsing safe. By continuing to visit or use our services, you are agreeing to the use of cookies and similar technologies for the purposes we describe in this policy.

WHAT IS A COOKIE?

A “cookie” is a piece of data that our websites may provide to your browser while you are at our site. The use of cookies is intended to enhance the browsing experience of our visitors. The information stored in a cookie is used primarily for user convenience purposes.

WHEN DOES EMPLOYERSRESOURCE.COM PLACE COOKIES?

We use cookies on our site. Any browser visiting this site will receive cookies from us. We also place cookies in your browser when you visit.

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES DOES EMPLOYERSRESOURCE.COM USE?

We use two types: persistent cookies and session cookies. A persistent cookie helps us recognize you as an existing user, so it’s easier to return to EmployersResource.com or interact with our services without entering your information in again. After you enter your information, a persistent cookie stays in your browser and will be read by EmployersResource.com when you return to our site. Session cookies only last for as long as the session (usually the current visit to a website or a browser session).

WHAT ARE COOKIES USED FOR?

Cookies can be used to recognize you when you visit EmployerResource.com, remember your preferences, and give you a personalized experience that’s in line with your settings. Cookies also make your interactions with EmployerResource.com faster and more secure. Additionally, cookies allow us to bring you advertising both on and off the EmployerResource.com site and bring customized features to you through social plugins such as our “Share” buttons. We do not use cookies to store private personal information that could be used to compromise user identity. If a user rejects the cookie, they will be able to browse our site but will be unable to use our online forms. With or without cookies, our website tracks usage information, which is analyzed only on an aggregated basis.

Cookie Type Duration Description
Blog/Post Comments
Persistent
1 year
If you leave a comment on the website e.g., on a page, article or blog post, then a cookie may be stored to 'remember' your email address for the next time you post (should you choose the "remember me" option).
Cookie Footer
Persistent
1 year
In the footer of each web page on this site, you will see a message alerting you of our privacy and cookie policy. If you've seen this message once, you probably won't want to see it again. We use a cookie to remember this setting. User data is all anonymous.
Google Analytics
Persistent
2 years
To understand how people use our site, and to discover areas on our site with issues, we use Google Analytics. Most websites use some sort of analytics program like this. The data it collects helps us see things like how many people visit our site, which country they are from how many pages they visit, how fast our site loaded, and so on. All data collected is completely anonymous, it does not identify you as an individual in any way.
HubSpot
Persistent
2 years
The main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains: the domain, utk (see below), initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session)
HubSpot
Persistent
10 years
hubspotutk: This cookie is used for to keep track of a visitor's identity. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts
HubSpot
Persistent
30 min
__hssc: Cookie for keeping track of sessions. This is used to determine if we should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains: the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), session start timestamp.
HubSpot
Session
Time on Browser
__hssrc: Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set. We set it simply to the value "1", and use it to determine if the user has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when we manage cookies, we assume it is a new session
HubSpot
Persistent
2 years
__hs_opt_out: This cookie is used by the opt-in privacy policy to remember not to ask the user to accept cookies again. This cookie is set when you give users the choice to opt out of cookies.
HubSpot
Persistent
2 years
__hs_do_not_track: This cookie is set when you give users the choice to opt out of cookies and they choose to do so. It disables tracking and personalization
HubSpot
Session
Time on Browser
__hs_testcookie: This cookie used to test whether the visitor has support for cookies enabled.
HubSpot
Session
Time on Browser
hsPagesViewedThisSession: This cookie used to keep track of page views in a session.
HubSpot
Persistent
10 years
hsfirstvisit: This cookie used to keep track of a user's first visit.
Lucky Orange
Persistent
10 years
_global_lucky_opt_out: If set, will not run Lucky Orange. Set via their opt out links.
Lucky Orange
Persistent
30 days
_lo_np_: Set if a user should no longer receive a particular poll.
Lucky Orange
Session
Time on Browser
_lo_cid: ID of the visitor's current chat, if any.
Lucky Orange
Persistent
2 years
_lo_uid: Unique identifier for the visitor.
Lucky Orange
Persistent
30 min
_lo_rid: ID of the visitor's current recording.
Lucky Orange
Persistent
1 year
_lo_v: Total number of visitor's visits.
Lucky Orange
Persistent
180 days
__lotr: URL of the visitor's original referrer, if any.
Wordfence
Persistent
1 year

These cookies are used to identify users in Live Traffic and in Country Blocking features.

We use only three cookies in Wordfence plugin: – “Live Traffic” cookie: determine if someone is a human or bot, identify repeat visitors and display this in the Live Traffic Feed. – Country Blocking: you can choose to use a cookie to bypass Country Blocking. – Session cookie: remember if someone is a logged in user (confirming which user role they have) to prevent them from getting blocked by accident while working in WordPress admin.
Wordfence
Persistent
1 year
WordPress is the Content Management System (CMS) that runs this website. It uses a cookie when logging in and out and is essential for proper website operation. It is only set if you are a registered user, so for most website users, it is not set all. User data is all anonymous.