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For example, we monitor how much traffic each part of the site gets and work to improve areas which are not being found when they should be.</p> <div class="ds_inset-text"> <div class="ds_inset-text__text"> <p>The cookies that we set on mygov.scot cannot be used to identify you personally. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20220927014743/https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies/">Find out more about how to manage cookies for all websites</a></p> </div> </div> <h2>Turn cookies on or off</h2> <p>We use 3 main types of cookie on our website. You can choose which cookies you're happy for us to use. Any data collected is anonymous.</p> <div class="form-box" id="cookie-form-box"> <form id="cookie-preferences"> <fieldset> <legend class="fully-hidden">Turn cookies on or off</legend> <div class="ds_question ds_!_margin--0"> <h3 class="beta no-top-margin">Cookies needed for the website to work</h3> <p>These cookies do things like keep the website secure. 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We can only see a general overview of which regions and cities you may come from, not where individuals access from.</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20220927014743/https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=en-GB">Find out more about security and privacy in Google Analytics.</a></p> <p>You can opt <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20220927014743/https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout">out of Google Analytics</a> cookies.</p> <h3>Google Analytics' cookies</h3> <table class="ds_table"> <thead> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Information</th> <th>Expiry</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>_ga</td> <td>This is used to understand and differentiate between different users.</td> <td>38 Months</td> </tr> <tr> <td>_gid</td> <td>_gid has a different ID for each page set on, and a timestamp. This assists with plotting user journeys.</td> <td>24 Hours</td> </tr> <tr> <td>_gat</td> <td>We use Google Tag Manager to tailor our tracking in case we have different elements that are being tested. For example, setting a tag to track how far a user is having to scroll down a long page. The _gat tag pushes the request rate through quicker.</td> <td>1 Minute</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>YouTube</h2> <p>Pages on mygov.scot which contain YouTube videos will not set third-party cookies (we use YouTube-nocookie.com — <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20220927014743/https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780?hl=en-GB">you can read more here</a>).</p> <h2>Further information</h2> <p>You can email the performance team for further information. 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