COOKIES POLICY
SCOPE
The Beehive Platform ("Platform") is operated by Ernst & Young LLP ("EY", "our", "us" or "we"), a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales with registration number OC300001. Our registered office is at 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF.
The Platform is a web application aimed at assisting users with tax, finance, legal and other corporate processes. The functionality that may be accessible via Beehive is listed below:
- Digitization of reports
- Streamlining finance, tax and law/other compliance processes
- Streamlining the creation of documents/advice from templates
- Analysis and classification of data
- Other similar functionality, aimed at helping with tax, finance and legal/other corporate processes
POLICY RECOMMENDATION
Please read this Cookies Policy ("Policy") carefully before using this Platform as it explains how we collect information through the use of cookies (and similar technologies) when you use the Platform.
We may modify this Policy from time to time and will place any modified versions on the Platform. Regularly reviewing the Policy ensures that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we will share it with other parties.
COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your online preference. Cookies are small pieces of information sent by a web server to a web browser which allows the server to uniquely identify the browser on each page.
The types of cookies that we may use on the Platform, and the purposes for which they are used, are set out below:
- Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Platform and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the Platform. Without these cookies, the online courses and services on the Platform you wish to access cannot be provided.
- Analytical/performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use the Platform, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. All information these cookies collect is aggregated. It is only used to improve how a website works.
- Functionality cookies: These cookies allow the Platform to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting. Additionally, these cookies can be used to allow an optional service to function such as offering a live chat session. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
- Targeting cookies: These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator's permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.
- Social media cookies: These cookies allow you to share what you've been doing on the Platform on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. These cookies are not within our control. Please refer to the respective privacy policies for how their cookies work.
THE SOLUTION: COOKIES LIST
The list below detail the specific cookies currently used in the Platform. This list is reviewed and updated regularly. EY will not notify you directly of any updates but advise you to refer to this list on a regular basis to keep appraised of any additional cookies added or removed.
| Name of Provider | Name of Cookie | Purpose of Cookie | Type of Cookie | Duration of Cookie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beehive | BREFRESHID | Identifies the session for the visitor to Beehive. | First Party | Session (thirty minutes of inactivity end the session). |
| Beehive | BSESSIONID | Identifies the session for the visitor to Beehive. | First Party | Session (thirty minutes of inactivity end the session). |
| Beehive | SESSION | Identifies the session for the visitor to Beehive. | First Party | Session (thirty minutes of inactivity end the session). |
| Beehive | timezone | Stores the browser's time zone. | First Party | Session (thirty minutes of inactivity end the session). |
| Beehive | timezoneOffset | Stores the browser's time zone offset. | First Party | Session (thirty minutes of inactivity end the session). |
| Beehive | cookieAccepted | Records that cookies have been accepted | First Party | 365 days |
If you do not want to allow cookies at all, or only want to allow use of certain cookies, please refer to your browser settings.
You can also use your browser settings to withdraw your consent to our use of cookies at any time and delete cookies that have already been set.
Please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of the Platform.
To find out more about cookies please visit: www.allaboutcookies.org or see www.youronlinechoices.eu which contains further information about behavioural advertising and online privacy.
YOUR CHOICES
Review and edit your personal data: You may review and edit the personal data that is stored in your user account on your profile on the Platform, (e.g. your passwords and other contact information) by visiting the Platform.
You may ask us for a copy of your information, to correct it, erase it or to transfer it to other organisations at your request.
You also have rights to object to some processing and, where we have asked for your consent to process your data, to withdraw this consent.
Where we process your data because we have a legitimate interest in doing so (as explained above), you also have a right to object to this. You also have the right to restrict processing in certain circumstances.
These rights may be limited in some situations – for example, where we can demonstrate that we have a legal requirement or other legitimate grounds to process your data.
We may ask you to verify your identity and to provide other details to help us to respond to your request.
If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact us as per the Contact Details section below.
We hope that we can satisfy queries you may have about the way we process your data. However, if you have unresolved concerns you also have the right to complain to data protection authorities.
CONTACT
If you decide to object to some processing of your personal data or withdraw your consent to such processing please email beehive@ey.com.
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Policy should be addressed to dataprotectionenquiries@uk.ey.com.
In addition, you can contact our data protection officer at dataprotectionofficer@uk.ey.com.
If you have additional questions or concerns, contact your usual EY representative or email global.data.protection@ey.com.