Workplace Cookies Policy
Cookies & Other Storage Technologies
Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information on web browsers. Cookies are used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, phones, and other devices. Other technologies, including data stored on your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device, and other software, are used for similar purposes. In this policy, we refer to all of these technologies as “cookies”.
We use cookies if you have a Workplace account. This policy explains how we use cookies and the choices you have.
Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, phones, and other devices. Cookies help us provide, protect, and improve the “Workplace Services” (which includes the Workplace websites, apps and related online services), such as by personalizing content and providing a safer experience. While the specific cookies that we use may change from time to time as we improve and update the Workplace Services, they generally fall into the below categories of use:
| Type of Cookie | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Authentication | We use cookies to verify your account and determine when you’re logged in so we can make it easier for you to access the Workplace Services and show you the appropriate experience and features. For example: We use cookies to keep you logged in as you navigate between Workplace pages. Cookies also help us remember your browser so you do not have to keep logging into Workplace. |
| Security, site and product integrity | We use cookies to help us keep your account, data and the Workplace Services safe and secure. For example: Cookies can help us identify and impose additional security measures when someone may be attempting to access a Workplace account without authorization, for instance, by rapidly guessing different passwords. We also use cookies to store information that allows us to recover your account in the event you’ve forgotten your password or to require additional authentication if you tell us your account has been hacked. We also use cookies to combat activity that violates our policies or otherwise degrades our ability to provide the Workplace Services. |
| Site features and services | We use cookies to provide functionality that helps us provide Workplace to you. For example: Cookies help us store preferences, know when you’ve seen or interacted with Workplace content, and provide you with customized content and experiences. We also use cookies to help provide you with content relevant to your locale. For example: We store information in a cookie that is placed on your browser or device so you will see the site in your preferred language. |
| Performance | We use cookies to provide you with the best experience possible. For example: Cookies help us route traffic between servers and understand how quickly the Workplace Services load for different people. Cookies also help us record the ratio and dimensions of your screen and windows and to know whether you’ve enabled high contrast mode, so that we can render our sites and apps correctly. |
| Analytics and research | We use cookies to better understand how people use the Workplace Services so that we can improve them. For example: Cookies can help us understand how people use the Workplace Service, analyze which parts of the Workplace Services people find most useful and engaging and identify features that could be improved. |
| Advertising and measurement | We use cookies, including the Facebook pixel and the third party cookies and tags described below, on Workplace’s public information site, Workplace.com, to help us market Workplace to people who may be interested in the Workplace Services. For example: Cookies allow us to help target ads to people who have previously visited Workplace’s public information site, Workplace.com. We also use cookies to help measure the performance of our ad campaigns. |
Third party cookies and tags
Other parties may use cookies on the Workplace Services to provide services to us.
We also set cookies that work with the Google Analytics service and other third party services named below on our Workplace Services to help us understand how users use Workplace and for serving ads and understanding the performance of our ads. We currently use the following third party cookies:
- Marketo – Marketo Solutions Limited, Contact Marketo
- DemandBase – DemandBase Inc, Contact DemandBase
- Tealium – Tealium Inc, Contact Tealium
- Google Analytics and the Google Pixels (including the Google Floodlight pixel, Google Analytics pixel and Google Conversion Pixel) – Google.com Contact Google (these cookies have names like __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmz, __qca, and _ga but these names may change according to Google’s terms and policies)
Browser cookie controls
Your browser or device may offer settings that allow you to choose whether browser cookies are set and to delete them. For more information about these controls, visit your browser or device's help material. Certain parts of the Workplace Services may not work properly if you have disabled browser cookie use.
Date of last revision: 2 September 2019