Website cookie usage
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
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 |
Description |
|---|---|
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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 |
DDoS Prevention for the browser session. |
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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 |
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__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. |
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__adal_cw |
Adalyzer cookie stores visit timestamp data, for the purpose of tying back conversion events to earlier visits. |
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__adal_id |
Adalyzer cookie stores the device ID (generated), in order to uniquely identify a device. |
| _fbp | 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 |
| _ga | This helps us count how many people visit BOSS by tracking if you’ve visited before |
Food and Drink Cookies
| Cookie name | Description |
|---|---|
| _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 |
Helo Blod Cookies
| Cookie name | Description |
|---|---|
| _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 |
Export Campaign Cookies
| Cookie name | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Doubleclick | DoubleClick is an online advertising service provided by Google. The service enables websites to display adverts on websites, and advertisers to control how often adverts are shown to users. You can opt out via: https://adssettings.google.com/ |
Superfast Business Wales
First-Party Cookies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| rl_cookie_test* | This is used to check if cookies are enabled on the browser. |
| rl_visitor_history | This is an ID used for attributing chat events. |
| sifi_user_id | This is an ID dropped by Simpli.fi. If this is not present, Capture JS will drop the cookie with an ID fetched from Simpli.fi (a.k.a. the vendor user ID). |
Third-Party Cookies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| RlocalOptOut | This cookie indicates that the user has opted out of being tracked, and its presence will stop the initialization of Capture JS globally. This cookie can be set by visiting our opt-out link. |
| sifi_user_id | This is an ID dropped by Simpli.fi. If this is not present, Capture JS will drop the cookie with an ID fetched from Simpli.fi (a.k.a. the vendor user ID). |
| test* | This is used to check if cookies are enabled for third-party domains on the browser. |
| visitor_id | This is an ID used to attribute a visit to an impression pixel. |
* These cookies will be present regardless of which privacy selection was made by the visitor.
Session Storage
First-Party Session Storage
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| capturePrivacyNotice* | This will stop Capture JS from displaying the privacy banner after the user clicks Decline. |
| RLEU* | This is a flag to indicate that the visitor is from the EU / UK. CaptureCode will not run when such a visitor is on a non-EU client's website. |
| RlocalSessionOptOut* | This is used to store the "RlocalOptOut" cookie's value for faster lookup on subsequent page navigation. |
| rl_capture_post_url* | This is used to prevent tracking duplicate CVTs/Web Event after a form submission. |
| rl_on_click_deferred_cvts* | This is used to temporarily hold CVT/Web Event data when it cannot be immediately sent up to the API. |
| rl_storage_test* | This is used to check if web storage is enabled on the browser. |
| THIRD_PARTY_COOKIE_ACCESS_DENIED* | This is used to prevent duplicated metrics when third-party cookies are disabled. |
| THIRD_PARTY_WEB_STORAGE_ACCESS_DENIED* | This is used to prevent duplicated metrics when third-party web storage is disabled. |
Third-Party Session Storage
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| test* | This is used to check if web storage is enabled for third-party domains on the browser. |
First-Party and Third-Party Session Storage
These items are duplicated across first-party and third-party session storage for browser compatibility reasons.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| rl_campaign* | This is used to maintain campaign data for the current session. |
* These items will be present regardless of which privacy selection was made by the visitor.
Local Storage
Note that the expiry of these items is dependent on the browser's privacy settings.
First-Party Local Storage
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| captureImpliedConsentNotice | This will stop Capture JS from displaying the implied consent banner after the user clicks the X button. This is a separate entity from the privacy banner. |
| capturePrivacyNotice | This will stop Capture JS from displaying the privacy banner after the user clicks Accept. Note the difference from the same key in session storage. |
| capture_base_site_id* | This is used to keep track of which site ID is running on the page, and it is mainly used for clients that run multiple site IDs on the same domain. |
| capture_override_site_id* | An override site ID will take precedence over the base site ID. This will mainly be used for clients that run multiple site IDs on the same domain. |
| rl_initial_page_uri* | This is the URL of the client's website that the visitor initially landed on. |
| rl_initial_referrer* | This is the referrer that initially landed the visitor onto the client's website. The "rl_initial_" values are used when Capture JS does not get a chance to initialize on the landing page (e.g. the privacy banner is ignored, user changes pages too quickly, etc). |
| rl_last_known_activity_at* | Certain items are relevant for a limited window of time. This is used to check if that window is open. |
| rl_os* | This is used to save the user's OS for metric purposes. |
Third-Party Local Storage
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| test* | This is used to check if web storage is enabled for third-party domains on the browser. |
First-Party and Third-Party Local Storage
These items are duplicated across first-party and third-party local storage for browser compatibility reasons.
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| bot_type | This legacy item is not in use today. |
| history_campaign | This is used to store the campaign data of the current visit. |
| history_referrer_type | This is used to store the referrer type by which the visitor landed on the client's site (e.g. DIRECT, SEARCH, etc). |
| last_activity_at | Certain items are relevant for a limited window of time. This is used to check if that window is open. |
| override_site_id* | An override site ID will take precedence over the base site ID. This will mainly be used for clients that run multiple site IDs on the same domain. |
| sifi_user_id | This is an ID dropped by Simpli.fi. If this is not present, Capture JS will drop the cookie with an ID fetched from Simpli.fi (a.k.a. the vendor user ID). |
| visitor_id | This is an ID unique to the visitor. Note that the same visitor will have a different ID per client's site. |
| visit_id | This is an ID for the current visit session, which can last anywhere between 30 minutes and indefinitely. |
* These items will be present regardless of which privacy selection was made by the visitor.
Skills Gateway Cookies
| Cookie Name | Description |
|---|---|
| user-id | This lets us know if you’re a first-time visitor to the web page and gives us a unique identifier that is an anonymous randomly generated user ID kept for up to one year. |
| user-id-v2 | This lets us know if you’ve returned to the same web page and gives us a unique identifier that is anonymous randomly generated user ID kept for up to one year. |
| sa-camp-* | This tracks a campaign and creative identifier that traces where a user has viewed or clicked on adverts. The ID can be saved for up to 90 days. |
| sa_aid_pv | This stores an advertising identifier within the recent ad click and the ID is saved for up to one hour. |