This Cookies Policy (the "Cookies Policy") is intended to inform you of The Health Employers Association of British-Columbia ("HEABC)”, "we”, "us” or "our”) and associated Programs use cookies and related technologies (pixel, tags or beacons) (together "cookies" or "cookie"), on the following websites and any subdomains of these websites (e.g., www.nursingjobsbc.ca; applicants.healthmatchbc.org; etc.):
- healthmatchbc.org
- alliedhealthjobsbc.ca
- nursingjobsbc.ca
- physicianjobsbc.ca
Please take a minute to read and understand this Cookies Policy. This Cookies Policy should also be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy.
1. What are cookies?
A cookie is a very small text document stored on your computer, and often includes a randomized unique identifier so that our Websites can 'recognize' this cookie again. They are used to provide functionality such as remembering preferences, logging a user in, or providing information to the owners of websites, such as audience measurement. Such data allows the improvement of ergonomics and services according to your interests.
2. What kind of cookies do we use and how do we use them?
Information collected through cookies help us to analyze the use of the Websites and to enables us to offer users a better experience when visiting the Websites. We will only keep cookies for as long as necessary to achieve the relevant purposes set out in this Cookies Policy, notably for marketing and analytical purposes.
Generally-speaking, we use 1st and 3rd-party session and persistent cookies. The cookies set by us are called "1st-party cookies" and the cookies set by our third-party partners and service providers are called "3rd-party cookies" . For example, the Websites can contain third party social media cookies that may track your activities on the Websites to show you personalized ads on their platforms subsequently.
Session cookies are temporary cookies that typically remain on your device until you close your web browser. However, their behaviour can vary depending on browser and system settings. For example, some browsers may restore session cookies if configured to reopen previous sessions, and certain systems settings or extensions might alter how cookies are handled. Therefore, we recommend that you review you browser and system settings. Many session cookies are essential to make our Websites work correctly, such as by allowing you to access members-only content.
Persistent cookies remain on your device after you close your browser or until you manually delete it (for the former, how long the cookie remains on your device will depend on the duration or "lifetime" of the specific cookie and your browser settings). Persistent cookies help us recognize you as an existing user of our Websites, so it is easier and convenient to return to our Websites or interact with our Services without signing in again. In addition, persistent cookies also help us recognize you when you view a resource belonging to our Websites from another website or app (such as an advertisement) and help us record information about your web browsing habits during the lifetime of the persistent cookie.
3. Cookies used
Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for our Websites to function properly and ensure our Services are accessible to you (e.g., log-in functionality, load balancing, navigation, filling in forms). The Websites cannot function properly without these cookies.
Preference cookies: Preference cookies enable us to remember information that changes the way the Websites behave or look, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
Analytic Cookies: Analytic cookies allow us to collect heatmap, scroll map, and web traffic data, so that we can better understand how visitors engage with our Websites. Such tracking tools collect information regarding usage of our Websites (e.g., time of access, pages and content viewed, links clicked, referral sites, information regarding prior visits to the Websites), as well as tracking host and top level domain information. In general, the use of cookies or other similar technologies by such third parties is governed by their privacy policies. For clarity, tracking by the GDX Analytics Service, including cookies used, does not include any personally identifiable information.
Marketing Cookies: Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across our Websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
Social media cookies: Our Websites incorporate functionalities from third-party sites, including certain social networks. These features may sometimes be accompanied by scripts or other features that read and sometimes place cookies from these social networks on your device. These cookies can be used to personalize advertising messages. Although we have no access to these cookies, nor any control over these social networks which are responsible for their own processing, nor to the data they collect including in the context of a data transfer outside the European Union when some of them are located in the United States, we have deemed it essential to mention them so that you have clear and complete information that their use may, if necessary, require that you give your consent. For additional information, please refer to the list of potential social network cookies below:
4. Can I manage my preferences on cookies?
If you have any concerns about our use of cookies, you can refuse them on the cookies banner, or take action to prevent them from being set, such as by changing your browser settings to block certain types of cookies. You may also delete cookies held on your device at any time by going to the appropriate settings within your web browser.
You have the option to configure your devices to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is issued or to never accept cookies. However, the latter option may result in some personalized services not being provided and, as a result, you may not be able to take full advantage of all the features offered by the Site. If you do not wish to receive cookies in general or only to refuse certain cookies, you can change your browser settings accordingly.
Instructions to this effect are provided each browser's Website:
For any other browser not mentioned above, the user should not hesitate to consult the cookie management help information available on the Websites.
You can also visit the below link for an overview of how to block or delete cookies on the most common browsers: http://www.allaboutcookies.org
5. Contact us
Please see below for a list of the cookies used on the Websites.
For any further queries or information related to this Cookies Policy, please write to privacy@heabc.bc.ca with the subject line "Cookies Policy".