Business Wales uses small data files stored on your computer called 'cookies'. Most big websites do this. They help us improve the website experience for you. Find out what we use them for, and how to control their use on our cookies page
Any information we collect is used to:
- improve the content and design of the website
- contact you (with your permission) to respond to feedback
- contact you through our newsletters to send you information about possible support for your business, and associated news
We will not share your information with other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes, and we don’t pass on your personal information to any other website.
Index of cookies used on this site
Business Online Support Service (BOSS) Cookies
Sell2wales
Universal Analytics
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Cookie name |
Description |
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_ga |
This helps us count how many people visit GOV.WALES by tracking if you’ve visited before |
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_gat |
Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made |
Google Analytics
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Cookie name |
Description |
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_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 |
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_utmb |
This works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time you spend on GOV.WALES |
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_utmc |
This works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser |
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_utmz |
This tells us how you reached GOV.WALES (for example, from another website or a search engine) |
Cookie control widget
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Cookie name |
Description |
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business-wales_cookiecontrol |
Stores your cookie control preference. This is always set. |
AddThis
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Cookie name |
Description |
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__atuvc |
Used by the AddThis social sharing buttons |
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__atuvs |
Used by the AddThis social sharing buttons |
Drupal cookies
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Cookie name |
Description |
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has_js |
Drupal uses this cookie to indicate whether or not the visitors browser has JavaScript enabled. |
Drupal authenticated users
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Cookie name |
Desciption |
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SESS* |
Session cookie to store the authenticated user session |
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drupal.tabledrag.showweight |
Sets whether table items are draggable |
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drupal.visitor.s8080_localisation_unitary_authority |
Stores the unitary authority set by the user in the 'My Business Wales' section |
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Drupal.toolbar.collapsed |
Stores the preference to collapse the admin menu display |
Start Up Campaign Cookies
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Cookie name |
Description |
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_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: |
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ads/ga-audiences
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We use the Google Ads Pixel to support conversion tracking, for optimisation and remarketing purposes. You can opt out via https://adssettings.google.com
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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
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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
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Business Online Support Service (BOSS) Cookies
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Cookie name |
Description |
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BNIS_x-bni-jas and x-bni-ja |
to do with DDOS prevention etc. These are limited to the boss application subdomain and last only for the browser session. |
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MoodleSession |
This is limited to the boss application subdomain and lasts only for the browser session to assist in security.. |
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__adal_ca, __adal_cw and __adal_id |
from Azure AD, applying to the .gov.wales domain and with 6 month, 5 days and 2 year durations |
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_fbp |
Facebook tracking cookie (!) which is not something that we know anything about, so where this is coming from is anyone’s guess. It’s valid across the whole .gov.wales domain for 3 months. This might have been set by Facebook integration on the wider Business Wales or Welsh Government websites. |
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_ga |
Google Analytics tracking cookie – there are two set, one for the .gov.wales domain and one for businesswales.gov.wales domain, and these both have a duration of 2 years. |