When you visit our website, we use cookies, which are small pieces of information that allow us to maintain your connection to our website. This website may use cookies for detecting what kind of device you have in order to present content in the best way, for a language switch and/or for other purposes. These cookies do not collect or store any personally identifiable information.
Essential cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are needed for essential functions such as share data and calendar features. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
How to refuse the use of cookies
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, if you do this you may lose some useful functionality such as personalisation and 'keep me signed in' and 'remember me' features.
Introduction
This Cookie Policy Statement explains how Compass Group Holdings Plc and its group companies (collectively “Compass”, "we", "us", and "ours") use cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our websites (www.compass-group.com) ("Websites"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them. Compass Group respects your data and your privacy is important to us. For more information on how we use and protect data please see our Privacy Notice.
If you have any queries in relation to data protection, please email us at data.privacy@compass-group.com.
Why do we use cookies and similar technologies?
To make our websites (including our mobile sites) work better and to distinguish you from other users, we use cookies and similar technologies, such as tagging to count how many visitors we receive to our website and help us remember your preferences. Cookies and similar technologies can perform functions and personalise content.
What is a cookie and what do they do?
A cookie is a small text file which sits on your device or browser and assists with information flow and functionality. We use cookies to support our websites (including our mobile sites). For instance, some cookies help with site security or provide information to help us improve the site. Information contained in certain cookies may be used to personalise content. Each cookie stores certain data that allows for specified purposes to be fulfilled.
A cookie may store information about how the site is used, which can be used for maintenance and improvement. They simply log numbers and provide grouped information about site navigation – this tells us if people can find what they want.
‘Session’ cookies, which are used for various reasons, and expire after your visit, remember for example, certain information as you navigate from one page to another so you don’t have to keep entering it.
Cookies which remember things for longer, from one session to the next, are called “persistent” cookies. Persistent cookies can do things like remember preferences and adjust content to suit you (personalisation).
The cookies used by this website and their purpose are identified and described in the table below. We will seek your consent to use cookies the first time you visit this website (or on subsequent occasions if the cookie that records such acceptance is deleted). Denial of the cookies used by this website may prevent parts of the website from working properly.
Your privacy is important to us and we want to be transparent about the types of cookies used by this website as set out below: