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We use cookies to track how you use this website. This helps us to improve your site experience.

When you visit our website, you'll see a message before we place a cookie on your computer.

We do not use cookies to identify you individually. 

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Understanding how you use our site

We use Google Analytics, a third-party service, to monitor how people use our site. This gives us information on how to make the site better and to help users find what they need.

Information we capture about site use:

  • what pages you click and how long you spend on them
  • how you arrived at our site
  • what you click on

We treat this information with confidence and keep it for 38 months.

We share this information only with the Scottish Government as well as a digital agency that helps us manage our website.

Access is limited only to staff who use it for their work.


Opt out of Google Analytics

Google provides a browser add-on that allows you to opt out of Google Analytics.

Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on (Google)

What cookies does our site use?

Strictly Necessary cookies (1)

Cookie keyDomainPathCookie typeExpirationDescription
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA.youtube.com/Third-party5 months 4 weeksThis cookie is used to store the user's consent and privacy choices for their interaction with the site. It records data on the visitor's consent regarding various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are honored in future sessions.

Performance cookies (2)

Cookie keyDomainPathCookie typeExpirationDescription
_ga_8B7VK1HNLT.uniondigital.uk/Third-party1 year 1 monthThis cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
_ga.uniondigital.uk/Third-party1 year 1 monthThis cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.

Targeting cookies (2)

Cookie keyDomainPathCookie typeExpirationDescription
YSC.youtube.com/Third-partySessionThis cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE.youtube.com/Third-party5 months 4 weeksThis cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites. It can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface.

Unclassified cookies (1)

Cookie keyDomainPathCookie typeExpirationDescription
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN.youtube.com/Third-party5 months 4 weeks 

Storages (2)

Storage keyTypeCategory
_cohortIdsessionStrictly Necessary
snowplowOutQueue_snowplow_cflocalStrictly Necessary

Find out more about privacy

We gather and process data, including personal information, to carry out our legal and statutory obligations.

Read our privacy notice

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