Cookie policy
How Precision uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on this website and in the payroll platform.
This Cookie Policy explains how Professional Passport Shield Ltd ("we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website, https://precision.professionalpassport.com (the "Website"). This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, provide reporting information, and help remember your preferences to improve your user experience.
We also use similar tracking technologies, such as web beacons, pixels and local storage, which function in a similar way to cookies. For simplicity we refer to all of these technologies as "cookies" in this policy.
2. How we use cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential / strictly necessary cookies: these are required for the technical operation of our Website and to provide you with the services you have requested, for example logging into your secure payroll account. They enable core functionality such as security, network management and load balancing. You cannot disable these cookies, as the Website cannot function without them.
- Analytical / performance cookies: these allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and see how they move around our Website. This helps us improve how our Website works, for example by ensuring users find what they are looking for easily. These cookies are anonymised and do not identify you personally.
- Functionality cookies: these are used to recognise you when you return to our Website and to remember choices you make, such as your username, language or region. This enables us to personalise our content for you.
- Targeting / advertising cookies: these cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed, and would be used to make our Website and any advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. As a business-to-business payroll service we do not use advertising cookies, so this category is not currently applicable.
3. Types of cookies we use
The public marketing pages of this Website are published as static files and set no cookies of their own. They do load web fonts from Google Fonts, which is a request to a third-party server rather than a cookie, but means Google receives your IP address as part of that request. The cookies below are set by the Precision application when you sign in to your payroll account.
| Category | Cookie name | Purpose and description | Duration | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | accessjwt | Necessary for the secure operation of the Website. Manages your signed-in session and holds no personal data itself. | Session | Precision |
| Essential | csrftoken | Helps prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks on authenticated requests. | Session | Precision |
| Essential | cookie_consent | Remembers your cookie preference choices so you are not asked to consent again on every page. | 1 year | Precision |
| Functionality | theme | Remembers whether you have chosen the light or dark appearance of the application. | 1 year | Precision |
4. How to manage your cookie preferences
Where non-essential cookies are used, you will see a cookie banner or cookie preference centre allowing you to consent to them before they are set.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by:
- Clicking the "Cookie settings" or "Manage consent" link, where one is shown in the website footer.
- Adjusting the settings in your browser to refuse all or some cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies.
Managing cookies in your browser
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Guidance is published by each browser developer for Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Opera. To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.
Please note that if you choose to disable or delete cookies, some features of our Website may not function correctly. Parts of the Website may not be secure, and you may not be able to use our payroll services, which rely on essential cookies to maintain security and your sign-in session.
5. Changes to this cookie policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation or our data practices. We will post the updated version on this page with a new "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed.
6. Contact us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this policy, please contact us at:
- Email: precision@professionalpassport.com
- Post: The Data Protection Officer, Professional Passport Shield Ltd, 8 The Manor, Shinfield, Reading, England, RG2 9DP