Cookie Policy
Competency Gauge
Below is the Cookie Policy for our website. Please read it carefully.
Effective Date: March 13, 2026
Last Updated: October 23, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how Prepared for Duty Recruitment Service Inc. (“Prepared for Duty”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) uses them on the Competency Gauge platform, the types of cookies we use, and how you can manage your cookie settings. The platform includes our information website at testing.preparedforduty.ca and our online testing environment at testing.preparedforduty.ca/pfdgauge. For more information about how we handle personal information, see our Privacy Policy at https://testing.preparedforduty.ca/privacy-policy/.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when a website loads in your browser. Cookies help a website to function properly, keep it secure, remember your preferences, and help us understand how the website is used so we can improve it.
How do we use cookies?
Our platform uses both first-party cookies, which are set by our platform, and third-party cookies, which are set by services we use.
- On our information website, cookies keep the site secure, remember your cookie choices and simple preferences, and help us understand how visitors use the site.
- In our testing environment, cookies keep you logged in, keep the platform secure, and remember optional preferences. We do not use analytics cookies in the testing environment.
We also use Jetpack Stats (a service provided by Automattic) to understand aggregate traffic and usage patterns on our information website, such as which pages are visited and general trends. Jetpack does not set additional analytics cookies for regular visitors.
Our contact and inquiry forms are protected by hCaptcha, a service that helps distinguish people from automated programs. To do this, hCaptcha processes information about your browser, device, and interaction with the form. hCaptcha may use strictly necessary cookies on its own domain to provide this service. For details see the hCaptcha Privacy Policy: https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy
Our account sign-up form is protected by ALTCHA, which runs on our own server and does not use cookies.
Additional cookies are set for our own site administrators when they are logged in to manage the platform. These are not set for candidates or visitors.
Types of cookies we use
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required for the platform to work, such as keeping you logged in, keeping the platform secure, and remembering your consent choices. These cookies cannot be turned off.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| MoodleSession | Session | Keeps you logged in as you move between pages in the testing environment. It is deleted when you log out or close your browser. |
| EU_COOKIE_LAW_CONSENT | 30 days | Set when you acknowledge the cookie notice in the testing environment. |
| __cf_bm | 1 hour | Set by Cloudflare to support Bot Management and distinguish between people and bots. |
| cf_clearance | 1 year | Set by Cloudflare to remember that you passed a security check, so you are not asked to verify again. |
| cookieyes-consent | 1 year | Set by CookieYes to remember your cookie consent choices on our information website. It does not collect or store any personal information. |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | Session | Stored by WordPress in your browser’s session storage to check whether your browser can display emoji. It is not a cookie and contains no personal information. |
Functional
Functional cookies remember optional choices you make, to improve your experience.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| MOODLEID1_ | 60 days | Set only if you tick “Remember username” when logging into the testing environment. It stores your username in encoded form so it is filled in on your next visit. |
| pfd_newsletter_seen | 14 days | Set when you close our newsletter pop-up, so it is not shown to you again for 14 days. It does not contain any personal information. |
Analytics
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our information website, such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, and traffic sources. They are not used in the testing environment.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data and to track site usage for the site’s analytics report. It stores anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
Manage cookie preferences
You can change your cookie settings at any time by clicking “Consent Preferences” above. This reopens the cookie consent banner so you can update your preferences or withdraw your consent immediately. Necessary cookies cannot be turned off, because the platform cannot function properly without them.
You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking necessary cookies will prevent you from logging in to the testing environment. The following links explain how to manage cookies in common browsers:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/manage-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-view-allow-block-delete-and-use
If you are using a different web browser, please refer to its official support documentation.
You can also opt out of Google Analytics on all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Contact us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, contact us at hello@preparedforduty.ca or 780-266-8911, through our contact page at https://testing.preparedforduty.ca/contact-us/, or see the “Contact Us and Our Privacy Officer” section of our Privacy Policy.