Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
General
The HEINEKEN Company career website careers.theheinekencompany.com (the “Website”) is made available by Heineken International B.V., located at Tweede Weteringplantsoen 21, 1017 ZD Amsterdam, the Netherlands (hereafter "HEINEKEN"). This Cookie Policy together with our Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”) govern your use of the Website. The Website should not be accessed by minors.
Cookie policy
This Cookie Policy sets out:
what a cookie is (paragraph 2);an overview of the cookies we use (paragraph 3);what you can do if you do not agree to the cookie use (paragraph 4);further information about cookies in general (paragraph 5); anda detailed table setting out all of the cookies that we use (paragraph 6).By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our using cookies in the manner set out in this Cookie Policy so please read it carefully.
If you do not wish to accept cookies in connection with your use of this Website, you should stop using our site or turn off your cookies (see paragraph 4 below for how to do this) but this may affect the functionality of the Website.
2. What is a cookie?
After you submit the age-gate form and enter the Website, the Website will make use of so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded and may be stored on your user device e.g. your computer (or other internet enabled devices, such as a smartphone or tablet). This Cookie Policy provides you with information about the cookies we use and why. Our Privacy Policy sets out full details of the other information we may collect and how we may use your personal information.
3. Cookies used on the Website
We use several different types of cookies. Some of these are session cookies which are temporary and allow us to link your actions during a browser session. Others are persistent cookies which remain on your device for the period of time specified in the cookie. The Website uses cookies for the following purposes:
NECESSARY COOKIESNecessary cookies are essential and help you navigate the Website. These cookies make sure that you only have to pass the age-gate once and that your basket is saved during all the steps of your checkout process. This helps to support website security and basic functionality. These cookies are necessary for the proper operation of our Website, so if you block these cookies we can't guarantee your use or the security of our Website during your visit.
FUNCTIONALITY COOKIESFunctionality cookies are used to provide you the best user experience. These cookies are for instance used to save and remind you what products you have put in your shopping bag, so it will save you time if you would like to purchase these products at a later stage. Another example might be that our website recognize if the user has already signed up for our newsletter or if the user is seeing a certain page for the first time.
PERFORMANCE COOKIESPerformance cookies help us to understand the behaviour of our visitors and the usage of the Website. This allows us to continuously improve the Website to provide you the best shopping experience. These cookies are also used to help us understand what interests our users, and measure how effective our advertising is. Some of these cookies are managed by third parties, and you may refer to the third parties' own website privacy notifications for further information. In particular, we use Google Analytics cookies to obtain an overall view of visitor habits and visitor volumes, and to help improve the overall experience on our website.
We use Google Analytics, a third-party web analysis service provided by Google Inc., which uses "performance cookies" and "targeting cookies" to analyse how you use the Website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. However, this website uses Google Analytics with the expansion '_anonymizeIp()' which means that Google will truncate/anonymise the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union.
On behalf of us, Google will use the information collected for the purpose of evaluating your use of our Website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to us. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser as described above. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB#. You may disable the use of Google Analytics by using the link disable Google Analytics. This link creates an opt-out cookie which prevents the further processing of your data. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please see Google's help pages and privacy policy:
By using our Website, you agree that we may store and access these cookies on your device. Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the Website, so if you prevent them we cannot guarantee how our site will perform for you.
COMMUNICATION COOKIESThe Website allows cookies of third party social networks (e.g. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn). This enables a user to share content of the Website on social networks. These third parties may use cookies, but their use of cookies will not be governed by this Cookie Policy.
ADVERTISING COOKIESAdvertising cookies will remember your product and page preferences and in general that you visited the Website. We strive to provide you with advertisements relevant to you and your interests on other online platforms, where available. These cookies are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of advertisements.
4. Control your cookie settings
Once you have given us your agreement to the use of cookies, we shall store a cookie on your computer or device to remember this for next time. If you wish to withdraw your agreement at any time, you will need to delete our cookies using your internet browser settings. You should do this through the browser settings for each browser you use. Please be aware that some of our services will not function if your browser does not accept cookies. However, you can allow cookies from specific websites by making them “trusted websites” in your internet browser. The following links may assist you in managing your cookies settings, or you can use the 'Help' option in your internet browser for more details.
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies
Google Chrome: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
Opera: http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/
Adobe (flash cookies): https://www.adobe.com/support/flash/downloads.html
To block Google Analytics cookies specifically, you can install the “Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on” provided by Google.
5. Other Information
The following link contains further information about cookies: http://www.aboutcookies.org. In addition, a guide to online privacy has been produced by the internet advertising industry which can be found:
http://www.youronlinechoices.eu
http://www.aboutads.info
Cookie Use
Below is a full list of the cookies used for www.theheinekencompany.com:
| NAME | PERSISTENCY | DESCRIPTION |
| _ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users |
| _gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users |
| _gat_UA-7664014-13 | 10 minutes | Used to throttle request rate |
| __utma | 2 years from set/update | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics |
| __utmb | 30 mins from set/update | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics |
| __utmc | End of browser session | Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit |
| __utmt | 10 minutes | Used to throttle request rate |
| AgeGate wayAllowed | End of session | Saves the agegate input user birth year and checks if a website visitor is old enough to Access the website |
| AgeGate wayCod | End of session | This cookie stores the country code of the website visitor |
| AgeGate wayCoo | End of session | This cookie saves the country of origin till the end of the session |
| AgeGate wayDarkMarket | End of session | This cookie acknowledges if a website visitor origins from a darkmarket. A dark market has strict advertising policies and therefore some of the website functionalities won't show |
| AgeGate wayDob | End of session | This cookie saves the date of birth till the end of the session |
| AgeGate wayGreyMarket | End of session | This cookie acknowledges if a website visitor origins from a grey market. A grey market has stricter advertising policies and therefore some of the website functionalities won't show |
| sto-id-farm85.17.238.255 | End of session | Technical part of Agegateway cookie |
| SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE | 1 year | This cookie name is associated with the Sitecore Content Management System as is used for web analytics to identify repeat visits by unique users |
| ASP.NET_Sessionid | End of session | This is a cookie which is used to identify the users session on the server. The session being an area on the server which can be used to store data in between http requests |
| JSESSIONID | 30 minutes | This is an ID generated by Serviet container used for session management in J2EE web application for http protocol. The ID is sent to the client either within a cookie (default) or as part of the URL (called URL rewriting, used only if cookies are disabled on the browser) |
| _twitter_sess | End of session | Twitter set a series of cookies on any page that includes a Twitter feed |
| external_referer | End of session | Twitter set a series of cookies on any page that includes a Twitter feed |
| personalization_id | End of session | Twitter set a series of cookies on any page that includes a Twitter feed |
| ct0 | End of session | This is a cookie to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. |
| guest_id | End of session | If a visitor is logged into Twitter, Twitter can place cookies through the site |
| bcookie | End of session | Cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or for Linkedin follow feature |
| bscookie | End of session | Cookie used for Linkedin follow feature |
| __hssc | 30 minutes | Hubspot cookie for keeping track of sessions |
| __hssrc | End of session | Whenever Hubspot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set. It is used to determine if the user has restarted their browser or a new session |
| __hstc | 2 years | This is the main cookie from Hubspot for tracking visitors |
| _uetsid | End of session | http cookie to track session |
| hub spotutk | End of session | Cookie for Hubspot Analytics |
For the career section careers.theheinekencompany.com
| Name | Persistency | Description |
| rmk0 | Persistent, it doesn't expire. | The user's encrypted e-mail address, if known. Initially created whenever a new user visits an RMK site and a session is created. Updated when the user provides us with an e-mail address. If SSL mode is turned on for entire site, cookie is sent from the browser to the server using a secure protocol, e.g. SSL. |
| rmk1 | Persistent, it doesn't expire. | The encrypted ID of the user if one exists. Initially created whenever a new user visits a RMK site and a session is created. Updated when the user logs in or becomes a member and is assigned a user ID. IF SSL mode is turned on for the entire site, cookie is sent from the browser to the server using a secure protocol, e.g. SSL. |
| rmk4 | Persistent, it doesn't expire. | Whether or not to pre-fill the Subscribe box with the user's e-mail address, in order to avoid the user having to re-enter their e-mail address. Initially created whenever a new user visits a RMK site and a session is created. Updated when the user modifies their remember me preference. If SSL mode is turned on for entire site, cookie is sent from the browser to the server using a secure protocol, e.g. SSL. |
| mk12 | Persistent, it doesn't expire. | A number that indicates if the user has acknowledged the cookies policy banner. If the cookie is not set, then the banner may be presented. If they cookie is set and its value is 1, the banner may be suppressed. This cookie will persist across user sessions, no matter which type of cookies are enabled sitewide. Created as a persistent cookies when the user acknowledges the cookies policy banner by either viewing the cookies policy or choose to dismiss the banner. |
| JSESSIONID | When the browser session ends. | Single cookie placed on the users device during thier session so the server can identify the user. This replaces the RMK0, RMK1 and RMK4 cookies when the site is configured to use Server Session Cookies. Created as a session cookie whenever a new user visits a RMK site. The value is not updated unless the current session ends, in which case a completely new JSESSIONID cookie is set. |
| _ga | Persistent expires after 2 years | Cookie used by Google Universal Analytics to distinguish users. |
| _gat | Persistent expires after 10 minutes from set/update | Cookie used by Google Universal Analytics to distinguish users. |
| linkedin_oauth_[id] | Session. When the browser session ends. | LinkedIn OAuth token. Initially created whenever a new user visits an RMK site page that uses the LinkedIn JS API. Updated by LinkedIn throughout the user's session. |
| linkedin_oauth_[id]_crc | See LinkedIn documentation. | https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie_policy |
| lidc | ||
| RT | ||
| lang | ||
| bcookie | ||
| li_at | ||
| JSESSIONID | ||
| mst | ||
| bscookie | ||
| IN_HASH | ||
| visit |
Contact
Please send an email to https://www.theheinekencompany.com/data-privacy-request-form in case you have any questions concerning anything on the use of cookies on the Website.