Cookie

Name

What they are used for

How they can be managed

Google Analytics

_gid
_ga
_gid
_gat

· Collect information in an anonymous form, e.g. site visitor numbers, which pages they’ve viewed and which country they are visiting from.

· If the cookies are event tracking - we can see how many people clicked on a specific button.

· We use the information to compile reports, see how well the website is doing and to help us improve the site.

· All cookies are stored, until the user clears their browser history/data.

· Check your browser’s “Help” files to learn more about handling cookies on your browser.

· To manage your Google Analytics tracking settings, visit the Google website.

1P_JAR

· Used to gather website statistics, and track conversion rates.

CONSENT

· Stores the users cookie consent state for the current domain.

HSID

· A security cookie to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials and protect user data from unauthorised parties.

NID

· Contains a unique ID that Google uses to remember your preferences (e.g. preferred language, how many search results you wish to have shown per page and if you wish to have Google's Safe Search filter turned on).

SIDCC

· Security cookie to protect users data from unauthorised access.

APISID

· These cookies allow Google to collect usage information for Google Maps.

SSID

· SSID cookies are stored on the computer in order to remain connected to your Google account when you visit its service again.

SID

· Contains encrypted records of a user’s account ID and most recent sign-in time as well as their country and language preferences.

· Which videos have been viewed for adverts/related videos.

You Tube

LOGIN_INFO
PREF
SAPISID
SID
YSC

· Enables users to view embedded you tube videos and remembers their settings.

· To learn more about cookies used by YouTube, visit their website.

· All cookies are stored, until the user clears their browser history/data.

· Check your browser’s “Help” files to learn more about handling cookies on your browser.

SSID

· SSID cookies are stored on the computer in order to remain connected to your Google account when you visit its service again.

· Enables Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube.

DSID
IDE

· This cookie is used for re-targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online adverts.

· The information collected is anonymous.

ShareThis

_stid

· This cookie enables users to share our website content using email, Twitter and Facebook.

· Part of the ShareThis sharing button functionality. Unique identifiers given to each computer to allow traffic analysis to ShareThis.

· It may store the end users device ID and IP address.

· ShareThis includes a link in their pop-up box which allows users to specify "Do not track" which deletes cookies as required.

· All cookies are stored, until the user clears their browser history/data.

· To find out more visit the ShareThis privacy notice.

Drupal

has_js

· Used to check if your browser has JavaScript enabled and expires when you exit your browser.

· All cookies are stored, until the user clears their browser history/data.

DrupalModuleFilter
hide_swipe_message

· Used to store user interface preferences

Drupal.tableDrag.showWeight

· Used to determine whether a numeric weight is shown when a table is dragged