Cookies on the CHS website
What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that the Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) website places on your device when you visit. They help our website work properly and make it easier for you to use. Some cookies are essential and are needed for the site to function. Others are optional and help us understand how the website is used, so we can improve it. We do not use cookies to identify you personally.
The cookies we use
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how people use the CHS website. The information collected is anonymous and does not identify you personally. It tells us things like how visitors find the site, which pages are visited most, and how long people spend on them. This helps us check that the website is meeting people’s needs, plan improvements, and show that we are using public money responsibly by understanding how the site is used.
Name: _fbp
Purpose: Set by Facebook for advertising purposes. Stores and tracks interactions.
Duration: 30 days
Name: _ga
Purpose: To store and count page views for statistical purposes.
Duration/expires: 2 years
Name: .AspNetCore.Antiforgery.*
Purpose: Stores an anti-forgery (CSRF) token to verify that form submissions and requests come from the legitimate user, protecting against cross-site request forgery attacks.
Duration: Session
Name: __cf_bm
Purpose: To read and filter requests from bots for functional purposes.
Duration/expires: 30 minutes
Name: anj
Purpose: Set by AppNexus for advertising purposes. Contains data denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with their partners.
Duration: 90 days
Name: CookieControl
Purpose: Set by the Civic UK Cookie Control and is used to remember a user’s choice of cookies on the website.
Duration: 90 days
Name: icu
Purpose: For advertising purposes. To select ads and limit the number of a times a user sees a particular ad.
Duration: 90 days
Name: uids
Purpose: Set by Prebid Server for advertising purposes. To distinguish between browsers and mobile devices
Duration: 30 days
Name: usersync
Purpose: Set by Xandr. Denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with their partners.
Duration: 90 days
Name: uuid2
Purpose: Set by AppNexus for advertising purposes. Records information that helps in differentiating between devices and browsers.
Duration: 90 days
Change your cookie settings
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the ‘C’ (cookies settings) icon, then select the button ‘I Do Not Accept Cookies’. You may need to refresh your page for your changes to take effect.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, visit All About Cookies. You may wish to explore the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on or web browsers that block cookies by default, such as Brave. CHS does not endorse or provide support for third-party tools or products; these are provided here for information only.
The law around cookies
The way CHS uses cookies must comply with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. If you have a concern how CHS uses cookies, you can report it to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
