Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website server. It can only be read by that server and can be used to measure how people use the website. It cannot be used to identify you personally.

We use cookies to collect anonymous statistics about how people use our website to help us maintain and improve the website.

Opting out of using cookies

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. You can set your browser to notify you before receiving a cookie so that you can decide whether to accept it or you can refuse all cookies although this can stop some websites from working properly. For more information about cookies visit the All About Cookies website.

Cookies we use

We use Google Analytics and Siteimprove to collect information about how people use the website. These statistics are used to understand how people use our website and how we can make improvements so it continues to meet our users needs. the analytics tools record information about which pages you visit, how long you are on the website, and how you got there. We do not store any personal information and cannot be used to identify who you are.

Category: Necessary

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website and its subdomains cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookie name Details
CSRFTOKEN Provider: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session
Cookie purpose description: Helps prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.
JSESSIONID Provider: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session
Cookie purpose description: Used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server.
RCTUSERCONSENT Provider: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Type:
Expiry:
Cookie purpose description: This has three states, waiting, accepted, and rejected:
  • Waiting: Waiting for the user to accept or reject cookies being set. While this cookie is ‘Waiting’ the notification banner will appear on every page until a choice has been made.
  • Accepted: The user has allowed cookies to be set. The notification banner will also be removed.
  • Rejected: The user disallowed cookies being set. The notification banner will also be removed.
RCT_ad_personalization Provider: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Type:
Expiry: 1 year
Cookie purpose description: Sets consent for personalized advertising.
RCT_ad_storage Provider: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Type:
Expiry: 1 year
Cookie purpose description: Enables storage (such as cookies) related to advertising
RCT_ad_user_data Provider: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Type:
Expiry: 1 year
Cookie purpose description: Sets consent for sending user data related to advertising to Google. The ad_user_data consent type is required for measurement use cases, such as enhanced conversions and tag-based conversion tracking.
RCT_analytics_storage Provider: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Type:
Expiry: 1 year
Cookie purpose description: Enables storage (such as cookies) related to advertising.

Category: Analytics

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Cookie name Details
_ga
_ga_
Provider: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 2 years
Cookie purpose description: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
_gat_gtag_ Provider: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 day
Cookie purpose description: Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
_gid Provider: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 day
Cookie purpose description: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a simple, easy-to-use tool that helps website owners measure how users interact with website content. As a user navigates between web pages, Google Analytics provides website owners JavaScript tags (libraries) to record information about the page a user has seen, for example the URL of the page. The Google Analytics JavaScript libraries use HTTP cookies to 'remember' what a user has done on previous pages and interactions with the website.

Google analytics cookies Details
__utma Domain: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Expires: 2 years from set or update
Description: Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmb Domain: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Expires: 30 mins from set or update
Description: Used to determine new sessions and visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics
__utmc Domain: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Expires: End of browser session
Description: Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session or visit.
__utmt Domain: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Expires: 10 minutes
Description: Used to throttle request rate.
__utmv Domain: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Expires: 2 years from set or update
Description: Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmz Domain: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Expires: 6 months from set or update
Description: Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.

Read the Google Analytics privacy document for more details about the data collected by Google Analytics.

Siteimprove

We use Siteimprove to monitor accessibility and quality of content on our websites, so we can deal with any issues as quickly as possible.

Siteimprove - analytics cookies Details
nmstat Domain: recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Expires: Persistent – expires after 1,000 days
siteimproveses Domain: siteimprove.com
Expires: end of session
szcookiechoice Domain: siteimprove.com
Expires: end of session

YouTube

We use YouTube to embed video on our website. YouTube inserts these cookies for keeping track of visitors, user preferences and collecting statistics about views. They can't be used to identify you. See Google privacy policy for information.

YouTube cookies Details
HSID Domain: youtube.com
Expires: 20 years
LOGIN_INFO Domain: youtube.com
Expires: 20 years
PREF Domain: youtube.com
Expires: 20 years
SID Domain: youtube.com
Expires: 20 years
SSID Domain: youtube.com
Expires: 20 years
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Domain: youtube.com
Expires: 6 months
use_hitbox Domain: youtube.com
Expires: end of session

For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit the All About Cookies website.