Purpose
At HORIBA MIRA, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection regulations, including the UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Data (Usage and Access) Act 2025.
The purpose of this policy is to explain to users of this website https://careers.horiba-mira.com/ how cookies are used on the site, the options for controlling the use of cookies and what cookies are used.
Definitions
Cookie – Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer by the websites that you visit. They are used in order to make websites work, to provide features, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owner of the site such as pages visited, number of visitors etc. Some cookies also enable the display of relevant advertising when you move from site to site.
Horiba Mira Limited, the owner of this website registered at Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, CV10 0TU with company registration number 09626352.
Personal data – any information which can directly or indirectly identify a living person.
First Party Cookie – a cookie that is controlled by us.
Third Party Cookie – a cookie provided by a third party (e.g. Google Analytics) for which we have no control.
Session – if a cookie does not contain an expiration date, it is considered a session cookie. Session cookies are stored in memory and never written to disk. When the browser closes, the cookie is permanently lost from this point on.
Persistent – these cookies stay in one of your browser’s subfolders until you delete them manually or your browser deletes them based on the duration period contained within the persistent cookie’s file.
Cookie types
Necessary Cookies – These cookies are necessary for the operation of our site. They don’t access or store any personal data. Our website cannot function without these cookies, so they are, by default, switched on.
You can manage cookies in your browser (see browser settings in section 7). Your choices will include the ability to switch off cookies completely and remove cookies by deleting them when you leave our site. If you do switch cookies off you may find problems with the operation of our website.
Analytics Cookies – These cookies allow us to analyse website use such as which pages are most popular and how visitors move around the site. The information collected does not directly identify any individuals.
You can control whether you want to accept the use of these cookies via the cookie consent options on the website.
Functionality Cookies – These cookies allow us to recognise you when you return to our website. They enable us to personalise content for you and remember preferences you may have set on your last visit.
You can control whether you want to accept the use of these cookies via the cookie consent options on the website.
Performance/statistics cookies – These cookies collect information about how you use our website (e.g. which Internet browser you use, how often you visit our website, which pages you open, or how long you stay on our website). These cookies do not store any information that enables visitors to be personally identified. The information collected with the help of these cookies is aggregated, and thus anonymous.
Marketing Cookies – these cookies allow us to provide personalised and relevant services or advertising to our visitors, and to assess the effectiveness of our digital marketing activities. We also use these cookies to enable third party plug-ins like social media sharing and like buttons. They also enable us to play video content.
You can control whether you want to accept the use of these cookies via the cookie consent options on the website.
Cookie details
Analytical cookies
| Cookie name |
1st or 3rd party |
Duration |
Purpose |
_gat_gtag_UA_* | 1st | 1 minute | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate and store unique user ID. |
_ga_# | 1st | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Used to distinguish individual users by means of a randomly generated client identifier, enabling calculation of visits and sessions. |
_gat# | 1st | Less than 1 minute | Enables Google Analytics to regulate the rate of requests. |
_ga | 1st | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Records a particular ID used to compile data about website usage by the user. |
_gid | 1st | 1 day | Keeps a unique ID which is then used to generate statistical data on website usage by visitors. |
s7 | 3rd | 1 day | Gathers data regarding site usage and user behaviour on the website. |
__hssc | 1st | 29 minutes | Keeps track of session. |
__hssrc | 1st | Session | Set when HubSpot changes the session cookie, used to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. |
__hstc | 1st | 5 months 27 days | Main cookie for tracking visitors. |
hubspotutk | 1st | 5 months 27 days | Keeps track of a visitor's identity; passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. |
s7 | 1st | Persistent | Gathers data regarding site usage and user behaviour on the website. |
__ptq.gif | 3rd | Session | Records anonymous page view data. |
Functional/Security cookies
| Cookie name |
1st or 3rd party |
Duration |
Purpose |
path | 1st | Session | Used to manage navigation and routing on the site. |
calibrae_lms_session | 1st | 1 day | Session cookie used by the learning management system to manage user login and activity. |
Necessary cookies
| Cookie name |
1st or 3rd party |
Duration |
Purpose |
csrf_token | 1st | 1 month | CSRF protection (Cross-Site Request Forgery protection). |
XSRF-TOKEN | 1st | 1 day | Security cookie that helps prevent cross-site request forgery attacks. |
TERMLY_API_CACHE | 1st | Never | Stores information about your cookie consent and policy settings so the cookie banner works correctly and loads faster. (Functional / strictly necessary.) |
Using your browser to control cookies
As well as setting cookie preferences using the cookie settings options when you visit the website, you can also control cookie settings in your browser. How to control cookies for some of the most common browsers are detailed below:
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Safari (Mac)
- Safari (iPhone/iPad)
- Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Edge
Managing analytics cookies
You can opt out of anonymous tracking from third party analytics cookies by clicking on the links of our service providers here:
Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Further information
If you would like any further information about the use of cookies on this website, please contact us at dave.rudge@horiba-mira.com. Please also see our privacy notice here.
Changes to this policy
We may make changes to this policy from time to time and the latest version of the policy will always be displayed on our website. You should check this policy from time to time to see any updates.
Last updated: 08/10/2025
Applies to: careers.horiba-mira.com
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