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 | Provider, type, expiry period and cookie purpose description |
|---|---|
| CSRFTOKEN | Provider: westsuffolk.gov.uk Type: HTTP Expiry: Session Cookie purpose description: Helps prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. |
| JSESSIONID | Provider: westsuffolk.gov.uk Type: HTTP Expiry: Session Cookie purpose description: Used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. |
| RCTUSERCONSENT | Provider: westsuffolk.gov.uk Type: Expiry: Cookie purpose description: This has three states, waiting, accepted, and rejected:
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Category: Analytics
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
| Cookie name | Provider, type, expiry period and cookie purpose description |
|---|---|
| _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 | Domain | Expires | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| __utma | recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk | 2 years from set/update | 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 | recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk | 30 mins from set/update | Used to determine new sessions/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 | recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk | End of browser session | 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/visit. |
| __utmt | recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk | 10 minutes | Used to throttle request rate |
| __utmv | recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk | 2 years from set/update | 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 | recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk | 6 months from set/update | 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 | Expires | Domain |
|---|---|---|
| nmstat | Persistent – expires after 1,000 days | recruitment.westsuffolk.gov.uk |
| siteimproveses | end of session | siteimprove.com |
| szcookiechoice | end of session | siteimprove.com |
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 | Expires | Domain |
|---|---|---|
| HSID | 20 years | youtube.com |
| LOGIN_INFO | 20 years | youtube.com |
| PREF | 20 years | youtube.com |
| SID | 20 years | youtube.com |
| SSID | 20 years | youtube.com |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | youtube.com |
| use_hitbox | end of session | youtube.com |
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.