Cookie Notice
Last Revised: June 2020
This Cookie Notice describes the different types of cookies and similar technologies that may be applied on careers.willistowerswatson.com and, where relevant, on other Willis Towers Watson websites that link to this Cookie Notice (the “Sites”).
1. What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that a website transfers to your hard drive to store and sometimes collect information about your usage of websites, such as time spent on the Sites, pages visited, language preferences, and other traffic data. We use the information for security purposes, to facilitate navigation, to display information more effectively, to personalize your experience while using the Sites and to recognize your computer in order to assist your use of the Sites. We also gather statistical information about use of the Sites in order to improve their design and functionality, understand how they are used and assist us with resolving questions regarding them.
There are different types of cookies, for example:
- Cookies served directly by Willis Towers Watson (‘first party cookies’) and cookies served on our behalf, for example by advertisers and data analytics companies (‘third party cookies’)
- Cookies which endure for different periods of time, including those that only last only as long as your browser is open (referred to as ‘session cookies’) These are deleted automatically once you close your browser. Other cookies are ‘permanent cookies’, meaning that they survive after your browser is closed. For example, they recognize your device when you open your browser and browse the internet again.
2. What cookies do we use?
Below we list the different types of cookies and similar technologies that may be used on the Sites. Where we use third party cookies, we provide a link to the third party’s cookie policy.
To the extent any Personal Information (which is information that identifies you as an individual or relates to an identifiable individual) is collected through cookies, our Privacy Notice applies and supplements this Cookie Notice.
| Cookie Name | Description | Type (expiration) | GDPR Classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _clinch_session | This functionality is used by the Clinch platform to maintain a candidate’s session integrity, whilst they are accessing the system. It is not stored beyond the session’s duration and does not store personal data. | Session | Strictly Necessary | |
| aws-waf-token | This cookie is used by the AWS Web Application Firewall to ensure the security of the platform. |
Persistent (4 days) |
Strictly Necessary | |
|
chatbot_ welcome_ received |
A cookie that indicates whether the visitor has been presented with the welcome message for the chatbot functionality which appears on the website. |
Persistent (configurable) |
Strictly Necessary | |
|
clinch_implied_ consent_footer_ hidden |
Indicates whether the visitor has dismissed the “Implied Consent” banner. |
Persistent (configurable) |
Functionality / preference | |
| ctc_rejected | This cookie is used to record that Clinch performance cookies have not been accepted, and to stop the Cookie Consent box from appearing. It is local to a candidate device – there is no PII and there is no record on the back end to match this candidate. |
Persistent (configurable) |
Functionality / preference | |
| ctc | A cookie that identifies the candidate if they had agreed to the cookie policy. Each time a user takes an action on the career site, we examine the identifier in the cookie and look up the candidate. |
Persistent (configurable) |
Performance | |
| ctc_session | A cookie that ties together all the activity (page views, forms, etc) and interactions of a visitor (identified by the “ctc” cookie above) in one session or visit to the site. |
Persistent (15 minutes after the completion of the browsing session) |
Performance | |
| AEC | These cookies are used to detect spam, fraud, and abuse to help ensure advertisers are not incorrectly charged for fraudulent or otherwise invalid impressions or interactions with ads, and that YouTube creators in the YouTube Partner Program are remunerated fairly. |
6 months |
Advertising/Marketing/Tracking | |
| SOCS | Google these cookies to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices. |
13 months |
Advertising/Marketing/Tracking | |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | These cookies are used to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language for YouTube and are also used to detect and resolve problems with the service. These cookies may enable personalized recommendations on YouTube based on past views and searches. |
6 months |
Advertising/Marketing/Tracking | |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 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. |
90 days |
Advertising/Marketing/Tracking | |
| YSC | These cookies ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user’s knowledge. |
The duration of a user’s browsing session |
Advertising/Marketing/Tracking | |
| __Secure-ENID | These cookies are used to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language, how many results you prefer to have shown on a search results page (for example, 10 or 20), and whether you want to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. |
13 months |
Advertising/Marketing/Tracking | |
| _ga | The main cookie used by Google Analytics, enables the service to distinguish one visitor from another. |
2 years |
Advertising/Marketing/Tracking |
3. How do I manage cookies?
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can control the way in which cookies are used by altering your browser settings. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to reject cookies. Information about the procedure to follow in order to enable or disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website via your help screen. You can change your cookie settings here.
However, if you choose not to accept cookies, this may affect the functioning of our Sites.
If you are using a mobile device, you can limit interest-based advertising on your device by adjusting the settings provided by your device manufacturer, such as “Limit Ad Tracking” for iOS or “Opt-out of interest-based ads” for Android.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org, www.allaboutcookies.org, or www.youronlinechoices.eu.
4. Changes to our Cookie Notice
We may change this Cookie Notice from time to time. Please take a look at the “Last Revised” legend at the top of this page to see when this Cookie Notice was last revised. If we make significant changes to this Cookie Notice, we will notify you of changes when you next visit any of our Sites.
5. Contacts and comments
If you have any questions or comments regarding this Cookie Notice, please contact us by email at privacy@willistowerswatson.com, or write to the Global Privacy Office at: (i) The Willis Building, 51 Lime St, London EC3M 7DQ, United Kingdom; or (ii) 800 North Glebe Rd., Arlington, Virginia, 22203, United States.
