Last Revised: March 2018
This Cookie Notice describes the different types of cookies and similar technologies that may be applied on www.willistowerswatson.com and 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 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.
Essential Cookies. Essential cookies enable you to navigate the Sites and to use their services and features. Without these necessary cookies, the Sites will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like them to and we may not be able to provide the Sites or certain services or features.
| Cookie Name | Description of Purpose | Persistent or session cookie | 1st party or 3rd party cookie |
|---|---|---|---|
| .TWASPXAUTH | Authenticate user login | Session | 1st party |
| myTwInfoNotifyIcon | Display Notification Icon in header to update profile | Persistent (10 years) | 1st party |
| Session_id | Provide unique number to identify user for duration of user’s site visit | Session | 1st party |
| ASP.NET_SesssionID | Identify the user’s session on the server | Session | 1st party |
| sess | Contains a single non-unique value: “1”; used to test whether a browser is configured to accept cookies from AppNexus. | Persistent (2 days) | 3rd party; AppNexus; https://www.appnexus.com/en/company/cookie-policy |
| panelState | Provide pop-up panel state for cookie consent | Persistent (1 year) | 1st party |
Preference Cookies. Preference cookies collect information about your choices and preferences, and allow us to remember language or other local settings and customize the Sites accordingly.
| Cookie Name | Description of Purpose | Persistent or session cookie | 1st party or 3rd party cookie |
|---|---|---|---|
| CraftSessionId | Navigate and store user preferences set during site visit | Session | 1st party |
| website#lang | Deliver localized language version | Session | 1st party |
| NID | Contains a unique ID Google uses to remember user preferences and other information, such as user’s preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results user wishes to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not user wishes to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on | Session | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ |
| ulud2 | Enable platform to distinguish browsers and devices | Persistent (91 days) | 3rd party; AppNexus; https://www.appnexus.com/en/company/cookie-policy |
Social Media Cookies. Social media cookies collect information about social media usage.
| Cookie Name | Description of Purpose | Persistent or session cookie | 1st party or 3rd party cookie |
|---|---|---|---|
| pid | Indicate if user is logged into Twitter | Persistent (1.5 years) | 3rd party, Twitter https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170514# |
| metrics_token | Provide Twitter syndication | Persistent (2 years) | 3rd party, Twitter https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170514# |
| _twitter_sess | Provide micro-blogging feed | Session | 3rd party, Twitter https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170514# |
| auth_token | Enable user authentication | Session | 3rd party, Twitter https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170514# |
| guest_id | Provide guest ID | Persistent (2 years) | 3rd party, Twitter https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170514# |
| kdt | Store user login details | Persistent (1.5 years) | 3rd party, Twitter https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170514# |
| remember_checked_on | Determine if user logged in during browser session; allow tweets; record number of times a page is tweeted | Persistent (10 years) | 3rd party, Twitter https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170514# |
| twid | Determine if user logged in during browser session; allow tweets; record number of times a page is tweeted | Persistent (10 years) | 3rd party, Twitter https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170514# |
| _atuvc | Store updated page share count | Persistent (2 years) | 1st party |
| _atuvs | User Visit ID/session view count. | Persistent (730 days) | 1st party |
| bt2 | Keep a record of parts of the site that have been visited in order to recommend other parts of the site | Persistent (255 days) | 3rd party, Addthis, http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy |
| di2 | Keep track of which pages have been recorded in analytics. | Persistent (730 days) | 3rd party, Addthis, http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy |
| loc | Help determine how users who share information with each other are geographically located (state level) | Persistent (2 years) | 3rd party, Addthis, http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy |
| uid | Unique user ID that recognizes the user on returning visits | Persistent (2 years) | 3rd party, Addthis, http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy |
| uvc | Detect how often the social sharing service, AddThis, encounters the same user | Persistent (2 years) | 3rd party, Addthis, http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy |
| um | Register the user's sharing of content via social media | Persistent (2 years) | 3rd party, Addthis, http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy |
| vc | Number of views we've seen from user | Persistent (730 days) | 3rd party, Addthis, http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy |
Analytics Cookies. Analytics cookies collect information about your use of the Sites, and enable us to improve the way they work. For example, analytics cookies show us which are the most frequently visited pages on the Sites, help us record any difficulties you have with the Sites, and show us whether our promotional campaigns are effective. This allows us to see the overall patterns of usage on the Sites, rather than the usage of a single person. We use the information to analyse traffic on the Sites, but we do not examine this information to identify individual users.
| Cookie Name | Description of Purpose | Persistent or session cookie | 1st party or 3rd party cookie |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC_ANALYTICS_SESSION_COOKIE | Identify visits across a session on the site | Session | 1st party |
| SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE | Identify repeat site visits by unique users | Persistent (1 year) | 1st party |
| _utma | Distinguish users and sessions | Persistent (2 years) | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ |
| _utmb | Determine new sessions/visits | Session | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ |
| _utmc | Determine whether user is in a new session visit | Session | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ |
| _utmt | Ensure server requests are conducted in an orderly sequence. | Session | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ |
| _utmz | Store the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached the site; cookie created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics | Persistent (6 months) | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ |
| _utmli | Distinguish clicks on links to the same destination in the in-page analyses | Persistent (30 seconds) | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ |
| _ga | Distinguish users | Persistent (2 years) | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ |
| _gatUA-69683604-1 | Ensure server requests are conducted in an orderly sequence. | Persistent (10 minutes) | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ |
| _gali | Differentiate between multiple links to the same URL on a single page by using link element IDs | Persistent (30 seconds) | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ |
| _gat | Ensure server requests are conducted in an orderly sequence. | Persistent (10 minutes) | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ |
| com.silverpop.iMA.page_visit | Site visit session that logs a 'Site Visit' event | Session | 3rd party, Silverpop is managed by IBM: https://www.ibm.com/privacy/us/en/ and https://www.ibm.com/privacy/details/us/en/#section_6 |
| com.silverpop.iMA.session | Page view session that logs a 'Page View' event | Session | 3rd party, Silverpop is managed by IBM: https://www.ibm.com/privacy/us/en/ and https://www.ibm.com/privacy/details/us/en/#section_6 |
| cu | Determine new sessions/visits. | Persistent (365 days) | 3rd party, ipredictive.com, which is registered to Adelphic: http://www.adelphic.com/privacy-policy/ |
Advertising Cookies. Advertising cookies are set to display targeted promotions or advertisements based upon your interests on the Sites or to manage our advertising. These cookies collect information about your activities on these and other sites to provide you targeted advertising. You can find information about advertising cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them here.
| Cookie Name | Description of Purpose | Persistent or session cookie | 1st party or 3rd party cookie |
|---|---|---|---|
| test_cookie | Serve relevant ads to potential customers and gather information about how or if user interacts with these ads | Session | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ |
| DSID | Used primarily by tracking and advertising companies to determine users’ preferences and setup proper targeted advertisements. | Session | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ |
| IDE | Advertising cookie that Google serves across the web; the main advertising cookie on non-Google sites is named ‘id’ or ‘IDE‘ and is stored in browsers under the domain doubleclick.net | Session | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ |
| id | Advertising cookie that Google serves across the web; the main advertising cookie on non-Google sites is named ‘id’ or ‘IDE‘ and is stored in browsers under the domain doubleclick.net | Session | 3rd party, Google, https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ |
| icu | Select ads and limit the number of times a user sees a particular ad; contains information such as the number of times an ad has been shown, how recently an ad has been shown, or how many total ads have been shown | Persistent (60 days) | 3rd party; AppNexus; https://www.appnexus.com/en/company/cookie-policy |
| token | Helper cookie used as a security measure with industry opt-out pages; contains a unique value only to verify the origin of opt-out request | Persistent (1 day) | 3rd party; AppNexus; https://www.appnexus.com/en/company/cookie-policy |
| U | Targeting/advertising | Persistent (60 days) | 3rd party; AppNexus; https://www.appnexus.com/en/company/cookie-policy |
| ci_rtc | Used primarily by tracking and advertising companies to determine users’ preferences and setup proper targeted advertisements. It is both an analytics and advertising type of a cookie. | Persistent (60 days) | 3rd party, ipredictive.com, which is registered to Adelphic: http://www.adelphic.com/privacy-policy/ |
| com.silverpop.iMAWebCookie | Enable delivery of content specific to visitors’ interests and improves convenience and efficiency for Silverpop client. | Persistent (1,000 days) | 3rd party, Silverpop is managed by IBM: https://www.ibm.com/privacy/us/en/ and https://www.ibm.com/privacy/details/us/en/#section_6 |
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. Contact & Comments
If you have any questions or comments regarding this Cookie Notice, please contact us by email at privacy@willistowerswatson.com, or write to us at: Global Privacy Office, 800 North Glebe Rd., Arlington, Virginia, 22203, United States.