When you log onto or browse one of the GSF Car Parts (“our”) websites, we may collect data about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies help us to improve our website and to deliver a better and more personalised experience to you. This data is used to analyse trends, to administer the website you are visiting, track movement around the website and gather general demographic data about our visitor base. Cookies identify you as a number – no other personally identifiable data will be collected through them.
You can update your preferences at any time on our cookie preference page.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function. They enable core functionality such as security and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.
Functional Cookies
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our websites but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, some functionality may not work as expected.
Performance & Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form (to help us understand how our websites are being used), to understand how effective our marketing campaigns are, to help us customise our website for you or to enhance your experience.
First Party Cookies
| Category |
Provider |
Cookie |
What are they for? |
How long do they remain? |
Can they be disabled |
| Strictly Necessary Cookies |
Eploy |
ASP.NET_SessionId, ASP.NET_AuthId, Eploy.Session |
These are session cookies that helps the visitor use the website. It doesn’t capture any personal information. |
It is automatically deleted when you shut your browser. |
No – it’s essential to make the page work. |
| Strictly Necessary Cookies |
Eploy |
Eploy_CookieConsent |
This stores the type of cookies which the candidate has given their consent to store on their PC. e.g., Performance, Analytics etc. |
It will automatically expire after 12 months. |
No - this cookie is required if the visitor is using the new cookie consent module. If the customer is not using it then it will not be stored. |
| Strictly Necessary Cookies |
Eploy |
CookiesDirective |
This records that the visitor confirmed they have read the cookie banner so that it does not appear again. This doesn’t store any other information. This will be replaced by Eploy_CookieConsent. |
It will automatically expire after 12 months. |
No |
| Strictly Necessary Cookies |
Eploy |
CultureSystemCodeID |
This is only used for multilingual sites to store the visitor’s culture and set formatting of currency, dates etc. No personal information stored. |
It will automatically expire after 12 months. |
Yes |
| Strictly Necessary Cookies |
Eploy |
CultureSystemLanguageID |
This is only used for multilingual sites to store the visitor’s culture and set formatting of currency, dates etc. No personal information stored. |
It will automatically expire after 12 months. |
Yes |
| Strictly Necessary Cookies |
Eploy |
_cflb |
This cookie is used by Cloudflare for load balancing |
This cookie is a session cookie that lasts from several seconds up to 24 hours. |
No |
| Strictly Necessary Cookies |
Eploy |
LocalTimezoneVariable |
Used to store the visitor’s time zone so dates are formatted and time zones are set to their location. This doesn’t store any other information. |
It will automatically expire after 12 months. |
Yes |
| Strictly Necessary Cookies |
Eploy |
WebsiteModeID |
This is only used when the website has more than one mode (e.g., sites with Graduate Schemes). This doesn’t store any other information. |
It will automatically expire after 12 months. |
Yes |
| Functional Cookies |
Eploy |
SavedVacanciesCookie |
It stores the vacancy ID which is used for keeping a list of saved jobs. It will only store a vacancy ID if the visitor clicks on ‘save job’. |
It is automatically deleted when you shut your browser. |
Yes- although a visitor won’t be able to save a job without registering first. |
| Functional Cookies |
Eploy |
RememberMeCookie |
This stores whether or not the visitor has ticked the ‘Remember Me’ option when they log in or register. |
It will automatically expire after 12 months. |
Yes |
| Functional Cookies |
Eploy |
UsernameCookie |
This enables the site to remember the visitor’s login name if ‘Remember me’ is ticked. |
It will automatically expire after 12 months. |
Yes |
Third Party Cookies
| Category |
Provider |
Cookie |
What are they for? |
How long do they remain? |
Can they be disabled |
| Functional Cookies |
Facebook, X, Linkedin |
Various |
Some websites have the ability to share jobs to social networks. The browser will send information to the specific social site they wish to share content to. The social site will receive the visitor’s ID (on Facebook etc.), the website that they are visiting, the date and time and other browser related information. The names of these cookies changes from time to time. These cookies are only active if this feature is used. |
See the 3rd party pages for more information:
Facebook
X
LinkedIn |
Yes |
| Functional Cookies |
Google SSO |
Google SSO: SSID |
Some websites have the ability to apply for jobs using social profiles, the site will always ask for consent to do this. These will only ever be active if the visitor chooses to use this service and currently only Google applies a cookie. |
It will automatically expire after 6 months. |
Yes |
| Functional Cookies |
Dropbox, Google |
Dropbox when uploading from Dropbox
Google when uploading from Google
One Drive - no cookies |
When uploading a CV or other document the visitor has the option to upload directly from their device or a cloud service like Dropbox. Both Dropbox and Google use cookies for this service, One Drive does not. These cookies are only active if this feature is used. |
Dropbox
Google |
Yes |
| Functional Cookies |
Youtube |
YouTube, yt- |
Some websites embed videos from a YouTube channel, normally using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on a visitor’s computer once they click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos when using the privacy-enhanced mode. |
Read more at YouTube’s embedding videos information page. |
Yes |
| Performance & Analytics Cookies |
Indeed |
_indeed |
Indeed conversion tracker is used by some websites to track the success of advertising jobs with Indeed. When a job seeker navigates to Indeed.com and clicks on a job, a cookie from Indeed.com is placed on their device. |
30 days. |
Yes |
| Performance & Analytics Cookies |
Google |
__ga
_gali
_gat_UA-1036645-1
_gid |
This suite of cookies are managed by Google for analytics. They might be used to collect information about:
- how many site visitors
- how visitors use the site
- where visitors come from, both geographically and from which website
|
It will automatically expire after 2 years.
Google Analytics |
Yes |
| Performance & Analytics Cookies |
X |
_twitter_sess |
Some websites may have an X feed displayed, which if clicked allows a suite of X cookies to track where the visitor came from and provides X with details of their X user name (if logged in). |
It will automatically expire after 12 months. |
Yes |
Managing cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser and from version to version. You can, however, obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
- https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome);
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop (Firefox);
- https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/ (Opera);
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
- https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari); and
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy (Edge);
Contact Info
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected].
Changes to our Cookie Notice
We may make changes to this Cookie Notice from time to time. We will post any changes to our website. Any changes will come into effect the next time you engage with us after the changes have been notified. The current Cookie Notice was last modified in November 2024.