Cookies

Judiciary.uk puts cookies onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.

A cookie is a small piece of text sent to your browser by a website that you visit. It helps the website to remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings. That can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. Cookies play an important role. Without them, using the web would be a much more frustrating experience.

Cookies are used to:

  • measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
  • remember the notifications you’ve seen so that we don’t show them to you again

Judiciary.uk cookies aren’t used to identify you personally.

How cookies are used on Judiciary.uk

Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use Judiciary.uk. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.

Google Analytics stores information about:

  • the pages you visit on Judiciary.uk
  • how long you spend on each Judiciary.uk page
  • how you got to the site
  • what you click on while you’re visiting the site

Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

Name

Purpose

Expires
_ga This helps us count how many people visit the site by tracking if you’ve visited before. 2 years
_ga_82JS8EH7X8 This works in conjunction with _ga, to help us count how many people visit the site by tracking if you’ve visited before. 2 years
_gid This helps us count how many people visit the site by tracking if you’ve visited before. 24 hours
_gat Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made. 10 minutes

We don’t collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are.  We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

YouTube videos

We use YouTube to provide videos on some pages of the site. YouTube sets cookies when you visit one of these pages.

Name

Purpose

Expires
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN Used by YouTube to manage the phased rollout of new features 6 months
PREF To store user preferences 2 years
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Lets YouTube count the views of embedded YouTube videos 9 months
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA Used to track and enrich the users privacy settings on the Youtube platform 6 months
YSC To tailor user options and preferences during a browsing session when you close your browser