Cookies notice
We use cookies – small data files saved on your phone, tablet or computer – to make our websites as simple, relevant and helpful for you as we can. They help to improve the experience you have and to help us identify areas we could develop further.
This notice explains:
- What a cookie is
- Why we use them
- How you can control them
Cookies are small text files that are stored in your computer (or mobile device) when you visit a website. They collect basic information that allows the website to remember who you are (during your visit if it is a 'session cookie' or between visits if it is a 'persistent cookie' – see jargon busting below for a full explanation).
The information collected allows the cookies to do lots of useful tasks - navigation between pages, remembering preferences, showing popular pages - that give you a better interaction with the website.
- First party cookies are created by the website you're visiting.
- Third party cookies are created by other websites which have content on the page of the website you're viewing.
- Session cookies are temporary and are used only during a web browser session (examples of web browsers are Internet Explorer and Google Chrome). A browser session starts when you open a browser window (which is when the session cookie starts) and ends when you close a browser window (which is when the session cookie is deleted).
- Persistent cookies stay on your computer (or mobile device) for a set amount of time (it varies depending on the cookie). They work every time you visit the website that created that cookie.
If you’d like to know more, visit allaboutcookies.org 
– it really does tell you all about cookies.
We use cookies to carry out three types of task.
- Essential - Some cookies are essential to making our site work properly. For example, we use them to make sure the information you enter in our contact form does not need to be re-entered if you enter it incorrectly. These are session cookies and are deleted at the end of the browser session. Deleting these cookies could seriously affect your use of the website.
- Functionality - These cookies allow us to remember your choices and preferences. For instance, if you use access keys (shortcut keyboard commands) the cookie will be used to remember your personal access keys between visits. Because of the tasks they need to be able to do, functionality cookies are persistent cookies. If you prevent these cookies, you will have to repeatedly choose your preferences on a visit by visit basis and some services may not be available to you.
- Performance - These cookies help us to continually improve our website.
The cookies collect information on how you use our site, but they do not identify who you are. The information shows us the most popular pages, how many visitors come to our site, where visitors exit the site and other data that we use to improve how our website works in the future.
We use a Google service – Google Analytics – to measure our site’s performance (which makes these third party cookies). Visit Google’s analytics privacy pages for more information.
We also use Microsoft Clarity to record interaction anonymously and help us make continuous improvements to this website. Find out more about Microsoft use data .
jobs.sovereign.org.uk uses a third-party cookie from Appcast which is designed to target job ads.
Our website does not have any advertising from any other organisations. However, we do include links to social media websites like Facebook and YouTube, which may use their own cookies. We do not control these third party cookies, so please visit their websites to check their privacy or cookie policies.
You can change your cookie preferences on this website at any time either by clicking the floating cookies icon or 'Cookies settings' link at the bottom of any page.
You can adjust the available sliders to the right (on) or to the left (off), then click on ‘Confirm my choices’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.
To see a list of the cookies we use on this website:
- Click on either the floating cookies icon or ‘Cookies settings’ link at the bottom of any page.
- Expand the collapsible panels accordingly.
- Click on ‘Cookies details’.
- Click on the plus sign next to each cookie type.
You can also control cookies by changing the settings in your browser.
You will usually have a number of options to choose from including: accepting, rejecting or asking to be told when you receive cookies.
If you choose to reject all cookies, you might find that you can’t use all the features of some websites and other websites may not work very well.
You can find detailed instructions on how to change your browser settings on allaboutcookies.org.
Adobe Flash Players (often used to watch videos and play games) serve their own type of cookie. You can’t control these cookies in your browser. Visit Adobe’s website for more information.
To control third party advertising cookies, visit the consumer advice website of the Internet Advertising Bureau .
What cookies do we use on our websites?
Strictly necessary - First party
| Host | Cookie name | Description | Expiry duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.sovereign.org.uk | OptanonConsent | Stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. | 1 year |
| www.sovereign.org.uk | OptanonAlertBoxClosed | Enables the website not to show the cookies message more than once to a user. | 1 year |
| www.sovereign.org.uk | ai_user | A unique user identifier cookie enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application over time. | 1 year |
Performance - First party
| Host | Cookie name | Description | Expiry duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.sovereign.org.uk | _hjSessionUser_xxxxxx | Hotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. | 1 year |
| www.sovereign.org.uk | _hjSession_xxxxxx | A cookie that holds the current session data. | 0 days |
| www.sovereign.org.uk | _ga_xxxxxxxxxx | Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device. | 1 year |
| www.sovereign.org.uk | ai_session | Collects statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. | 0 days |
| www.sovereign.org.uk | _clsk | Used by Microsoft Clarity to connect multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. | 0 days |
| www.sovereign.org.uk | _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. Used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. | 1 year |
| www.sovereign.org.uk | _hjTLDTest | Used by Hotjar to determine the most generic cookie path to use, instead of the page hostname. | 0 days |
| www.sovereign.org.uk | _clck | This cookie is related to Microsoft Clarity analytics service. It is used to collect information about how visitors interact with the website, which helps in creating reports and improving the site. | 1 year |
Performance - Third party
| Host | Cookie name | Description | Expiry duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| nr-data.net | JSESSIONID | This domain is controlled by New Relic, which provides a platform for monitoring the performance of web and mobile applications. | 0 days |
Functional - Third party
| Host | Cookie name | Description | Expiry duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| player.vimeo.com | player_clearance | Vimeo video hosting/sharing | 6 days |
| vimeo.com | _cfuvid | Vimeo video hosting/sharing | 0 days |
| vimeo.com | vuid | Vimeo video hosting/sharing | 1 year |
| vimeo.com | __cf_bm | Helps to manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. | 0 days |
Targeting - First party
| Host | Cookie name | Description | Expiry duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.sovereign.org.uk | _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services | 2 months |
Targeting - Third party
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft.com | MS0 | Used for advertising / tracking | 0 Days |
| www.clarity.ms | CLID | Microsoft Clarity provides insights on user behaviour and website performance. | 1 Years |
| c.clarity.ms | SM | Microsoft Clarity provides insights on user behaviour and website performance. | 0 Days |
| microsoft.com | MC1 | Used for advertising / tracking | 1 Years |
| c.bing.com | SRM_B | This domain is owned by Microsoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing. | 1 Years |
| youtube.com | VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites. | 5 Months |
| c.clarity.ms | MR | Microsoft Clarity provides insights on user behaviour and website performance. | 6 Days |
| c.bing.com | MR | This domain is owned by Microsoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing. | 6 Days |
| youtube.com | YSC | YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites. | 0 Days |
| bing.com | MUID | This domain is owned by Microsoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing. | 1 Years |
| google.com | NID | Google uses data to profile the interests of web users. | 6 Months |
| www.youtube.com | TESTCOOKIESENABLED | YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites. | 0 Days |
| clarity.ms | MUID | Microsoft Clarity provides insights on user behaviour and website performance. | 1 Years |
| youtube.com | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos | 5 Months |
| c.clarity.ms | ANONCHK | Microsoft Clarity provides insights on user behaviour and website performance. | 0 Days |
Strictly necessary - First party
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| my.sovereign.org.uk | OptanonAlertBoxClosed | Enables the website not to show the cookie message more than once to a user. | 1 year |
| my.sovereign.org.uk | ai_user | Collects statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. | 1 year |
| my.sovereign.org.uk | OptanonConsent | Enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. | 1 year |
Performance - First party
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| sovereign.org.uk | _hjSessionUser_xxxxxx | Hotjar cookie used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. | 1 year |
| sovereign.org.uk | _hjSession_xxxxxx | A cookie that holds the current session data. This ensues that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session. | 0 days |
| sovereign.org.uk | _ga_xxxxxxxxxx | Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device. | 1 year |
| my.sovereign.org.uk | ai_session | Collects statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. | 0 days |
| sovereign.org.uk | _ga | Used by Google analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. | 1 year |
| sovereign.org.uk | _hjTLDTest | Used by Hotjar to determine the most generic cookie path to use, instead of the page hostname. | 0 days |
Targeting - First party
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| sovereign.org.uk | _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | 2 months |
Strictly necessary - First party
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| jobs.sovereign.org.uk | OptanonConsent | Enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. | 1 year |
| jobs.sovereign.org.uk | earcusession | - | 6 months |
| jobs.sovereign.org.uk | OptanonAlertBoxClosed | Enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. | 1 year |
Performance - First party
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| sovereign.org.uk | _ga_xxxxxxxxxx | Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device. | 1 year |
| sovereign.org.uk | _clsk | Used by Microsoft Clarity to connect multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. | 0 days |
| sovereign.org.uk | _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. | 1 year |
| sovereign.org.uk | _clck | This cookie is related to Microsoft Clarity analytics service. It is used to collect information about how visitors interact with the website, which helps in creating reports and improving the site. | 1 year |
Performance - Third party
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.clarity.ms | CLID | Microsoft Clarity - a web analytics product that provides insights on user behaviour and website performance. | 1 year |
| c.clarity.ms | SM | Microsoft Clarity - a web analytics product that provides insights on user behaviour and website performance. | 0 days |
| c.bing.com | SRM_B | This domain is owned by Microsoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing. | 1 year |
| c.clarity.ms | MR | Microsoft Clarity - a web analytics product that provides insights on user behaviour and website performance. | 6 days |
| c.bing.com | MR | This domain is owned by Microsoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing. | 6 days |
| bing.com | MUID | This domain is owned by Microsoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing. | 1 year |
| clarity.ms | MUID | Microsoft Clarity - a web analytics product that provides insights on user behaviour and website performance. | 1 year |
| c.clarity.ms | ANONCHK | Microsoft Clarity - a web analytics product that provides insights on user behaviour and website performance. | 0 days |
Targeting - First party
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| sovereign.org.uk | _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services | 2 months |
Targeting - Third party
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| appcast.io | cc_ut | Appcast is a developer of programmatic job advertising technology for the global recruitment industry used to created targeted job advertisements. | 1 year |
Strictly necessary - First party
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.sovereignliving.org.uk | OptanonAlertBoxClosed | Enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. | 1 year |
| www.sovereignliving.org.uk | OptanonConsent | Enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. | 1 year |
| www.sovereignliving.org.uk | .AspNetCore. | - | 0 days |
| www.sovereignliving.org.uk | .AspNetCore.Antiforgery | - | 0 days |
Performance - Third party
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| nr-data.net | JSESSIONID | This domain is controlled by New Relic, which provides a platform for monitoring the performance of web and mobile applications. | 0 days |
Functional - Third party
| Host | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| player.vimeo.com | player_clearance | Vimeo video hosting/sharing | 6 days |
| vimeo.com | _cfuvid | Vimeo video hosting/sharing | 0 days |
| vimeo.com | vuid | Vimeo video hosting/sharing | 1 year |
| vimeo.com | __cf_bm | Helps to manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. | 0 days |