Cookie policy

A cookie is a small data file (such as scripts, pixels and tags) that we store on the hard drive of your device, with the help of your web browser, if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device to help us remember information about your visit, making the site more useful and relevant to you the next time you visit.

Our websites use cookies to provide complete functionality, to provide you with a tailored experience when you browse and to enable us to optimise the performance of the site.

We use the following cookies:
 

• Strictly necessary cookies.
  These cookies help you to use our website, for example by enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website, or saving the status of your cookie settings. Our website cannot function properly without these cookies
• Functional cookies.
  These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make or information you enter (such as the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. They are also used to enable requested functions such as playing films or using maps
• Analytical and performance cookies.
  We use these cookies and tracking technologies on our website to understand how you interact with it and what content interests you most. This means we can constantly improve the performance of our website and adapt the content to your interests. To do this, we use the services of third-party providers that receive information about your use of our website and may, for their own purposes, also combine this with other data that they have received from you and possibly elsewhere.
• Marketing cookies
  We use these cookies and tracking technologies to display advertising tailored to your interests on our and other websites. These cookies can be set by our advertising partners, via our website, and may be used to create a user profile based on your behaviour on our website in order to show you relevant advertisements on other websites. They work by clearly identifying your browser or your end device. Please note, if you disable these cookies you will still see our advertisements, they just won’t be tailored to your interests.

The cookie type can be identified by how long it persists.

Session cookies – these cookies are required only for the duration of your session and are deleted or become invalid as soon as you close our website.

Persistent cookies – these cookies remain on your device for a pre-defined longer period of time. They enable you to access our websites more quickly without having to re-configure certain settings, such as your chosen language.

Our websites may contain links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for the content of, security or cookie policy of such sites. We recommend that you check the privacy, cookie and security policies of each website or social media service that you visit and/or sign up to.
 

Please note that during your visits to our websites you may notice some cookies that are not related to Bentley or its suppliers. When you visit a page with content embedded from YouTube, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. Bentley does not control these cookies. If you wish to amend the third party cookies on your device, please visit the relevant third party website.
 

If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our websites you can do this at any time with future effect by updating your through your browser settings.
 

Please be aware that restricting cookies may negatively impact your experience on our websites.

In the event that you would like to amend the cookie consent setting that you initially applied, we recommend the following steps;

(i) Go to ‘manage cookie settings’, accessible on the footer of our webpage
(ii) Select / deselect your preferences
(iii) Save your settings by clicking ‘Save’
(iv) Refresh your browser page. Please note, without refreshing your page, your changes may not take effect
(i)(v) Once this has been done, it is recommend to delete the cookies in your browser. This function can be found in your browser integrated help function