Website cookie usage

_ga

This helps us count how many people visit GOV.WALES by tracking if you’ve visited before

_gat

Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made

_utma

Like _ga, this lets us know if you’ve visited before, so we can count how many of our visitors are new to GOV.WALES or to a certain page

_utmb

This works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time you spend on GOV.WALES

_utmc

This works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser

_utmz

This tells us how you reached GOV.WALES (for example, from another website or a search engine)

business-wales_cookiecontrol

Stores your cookie control preference. This is always set

__atuvc

Used by the AddThis social sharing buttons
 

__atuvs

Used by the AddThis social sharing buttons

has_js

Drupal uses this cookie to indicate whether or not the visitors browser has JavaScript enabled

SESS*

Session cookie to store the authenticated user session

drupal.tabledrag.showweight

Sets whether table items are draggable

drupal.visitor.s8080_localisation_unitary_authority

Stores the unitary authority set by the user in the 'My Business Wales' section

Drupal.toolbar.collapsed

Stores the preference to collapse the admin menu display

_fbp , fr and tr

We use Facebook Pixels to support conversion tracking, for optimisation and remarketing purposes. For information on how to opt out visit:

https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217

ads/ga-audiences

We use the Google Ads Pixel to support conversion tracking, for optimisation and remarketing purposes. You can opt out via https://adssettings.google.com

MUID/ MUID B

We use the (Microsoft Advertising) Bing Universal Event Tracking (UET) pixel to remarket website users and to support tracking and optimisation. To manage your Microsoft preferences, visit https://account.microsoft.com/privacy/ad-settings

bcookie/ BizoID/ bscookie/ lidc / UserMatchHistory

The LinkedIn Insight Tags – These are lightweight JavaScript tags that provide conversion tracking, retargeting, and web analytics for LinkedIn marketing campaigns. To manage your LinkedIn preferences, visit https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

BNIS_x-bni-jas and x-bni-ja

DDoS Prevention for the browser session.

MoodleSession

This is an essential session cookie. You must allow this cookie in your browser to provide continuity and to remain logged in when browsing the site

__adal_ca

Adalyzer cookie stores traffic source/campaign data, for the purposes of being able to see which advertising campaign drove a user to visit our site.

__adal_cw

Adalyzer cookie stores visit timestamp data, for the purpose of tying back conversion events to earlier visits.

__adal_id

Adalyzer cookie stores the device ID (generated), in order to uniquely identify a device.