About Top Employers Institute 

CRF International Holding B.V., with the trade name of Top Employers Institute (“we/our/us”), a company established in the Netherlands, is a dynamic and growing organisation committed to recognising and promoting HR excellence in workplaces worldwide. We assess the HR Practices of our clients based on clients’ input (“Top Employers Certification Programme“).

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Purpose of this policy 

The purpose of this policy is to help visitors to our website (“you/your“) understand how we collect your personal data via cookies. For more information on the protection of your privacy, please check the Privacy policy

What are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, tablet, or smartphone when you visit the website for the first time. They help websites remember your preferences and activities, making your browsing experience more personalised and efficient. Therefore, these cookies are essential for the website’s proper functioning and enhancing your user experience. Additionally, we use cookies to optimise the website and track your browsing behaviour, allowing us to offer customised content and advertisements.  

Cookies we use

Our website’s cookies consist of strictly necessary, functional, targeting, and performance cookies: 

1. “Strictly necessary cookies” are essential for the operation of our website. These cookies are always active and cannot be opted out, as they are used by the website to function correctly, without which the website would not function 

2. “Functional cookies” enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. These cookies may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we use on our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not function correctly. 
In doing so, our website uses Hotjar and Google Analytics tracking. These tracking services use cookies and other technologies to collect data about the behaviour of users (e.g. pages visited, time spent on a page, links clicked, mouse clicks, etc.) and their devices (IP address of the device which will be recorded and stored in anonymised form), size of the device’s screen, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographical location (country only, preference in terms of the language in which the website is displayed). They store this information in a pseudonymised user profile. Neither these tracking services nor we will ever use this information to identify individual users or to link it to other data about an individual user. For more information, please consult Hotjar’s Privacy Policy and Google Analytics’ Privacy Policy

3. “Targeting Cookies” may be set through our website. We use the information collected by these cookies to build a profile of your interests and provide you with relevant communications and advertisements. These cookies do not store directly personal information but use unique identifiers for your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. 

4. “Performance cookies” allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our website. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors of our website move around the website. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and, therefore, anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our website. 

Your consent  

During your first visit to the website, we inform you about these cookies and request your permission to place them. The message shown to you is “By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyse site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts.”  

As we respect your privacy, you will also encounter other options of “Reject all” and “Cookies Settings,” by which you can choose which cookie to consent to process your data. However, blocking some cookies may impact your experience of the website and the services we can offer. 

Consent withdrawal  

You can opt out of cookies by adjusting your browser settings to prevent them from being stored, and you can also delete any previously stored cookies through your browser’s settings. 

Know your data rights 

Under GDPR you have these rights; 

You can exercise these rights by contacting us via legal@top-employers.com. In doing so, we may request specific additional information to check your identity. If, despite this, you are unable to reach an agreement with us, you can submit a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens). 

Changes to this document 

We reserve the right to change this cookie policy from time to time. Make sure to review the cookie policy regularly on  www.top-employers.com

Any further questions? 

If you have any questions or requests concerning this cookie policy, please contact us at legal@top-employers.com

This policy was updated 14 Jan 2025