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Name of Cookie | Essential or Non-essential? | Type of cookie | First or Third party? | Session or Persistent? | Expiry Time | Purpose |
_utm.gif | Non-essential (Google Analytics) | Pixel | First Party | Session | Session | Logs details about users browser and computer |
_utma | Non-essential (Google Analytics) | HTTP | First Party | Persistent | 2 years | Logs details on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit |
_utmb | Non-essential (Google Analytics) | HTTP | First Party | Session | Session | Registers a timestamp as to when a user has accessed the website. |
_utmc | Non-essential (Google Analytics) | HTTP | First Party | Session | Session | Registers a timestamp as to when a user has left the website. |
_utmt | Non-essential (Google Analytics) | HTTP | First Party | Session | Session | Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server |
_utmv | Non-essential (Google Analytics) | HTTP | First Party | Session | Session | Saves user defined tracking parameters for use in Google Analytics |
_utmz | Non-essential (Google Analytics) | HTTP | First Party | Persistent | 6 months | Collects data on where the user has come from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used |
_ga | Non-essential (Google Analytics) | HTTP | First Party | Persistent | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website |
_gat | Non-essential (Google Analytics) | HTTP | First Party | Session | Session | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rates |
_gid | Non-essential (Google Analytics) | HTTP | First Party | Session | Session | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website |
Collect | Non-essential (Google Analytics) | Pixel | Third Party | Session | Session | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitors device and behavious |
r/collect | Non-essential (doubleclick,net) | Pixel | Third Party | Session | Session | Unclassified |
Functional cookies
Analytical (or performance) cookies
Targeting (or advertising) cookies
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-browsing-search-download-history-firefox?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Clear+Recent+History
Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/278835/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer
Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042?locale=en_US
unticking the button entitled Also use Google Account activity and information to personalise ads on these websites and apps and store that data in your Google Account; and
switching the Ads Personalisation setting off (i.e. by ensuring the switch at the top of the page is set to the left/grey and not the right/blue).
