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Why we use cookies
We use traumatransformation.scot cookie tracking data to make informed decisions on whether the site is meeting your needs, which leads to us making improvements. 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.
Google Analytics
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You will normally see a message on the site before we store a cookie on your computer.
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List of cookies we use
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| _ga | This is used to understand and differentiate between different users. | 38 months |
| _gid | _gid has a different ID for each page set on, and a timestamp. This assists with plotting user journeys. | 24 hours |
| _gat | 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. | 1 minute |
| Vimeo cookies | Player vuid | We embed videos from our official Vimeo channel. When you press play Vimeo will drop third party cookies to enable the the video to play and to collect analytics data such as how long a viewer has watched the video. These cookies do not track individuals. |
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Vimeo: Pages which contain Vimeo videos will not set third-party cookies (we use the dnt (‘Do Not Track’ method). More information is available here. This link will open in a new window..
Measuring site usage
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how you use traumatransformation.scot. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting your needs and to help us make improvements.
We store information about:
- The pages you visit and how long you spend on each page
- How you got to traumatransformation.scot
- What you click on while you’re visiting traumatransformation.scot
We do not:
- Collect information that can be used to identify you; for example, we never receive your name or address
- Make any attempt to find out the identities of people visiting traumatransformation.scot
- Allow the tools that we use to find out the identities of people visiting traumatransformation.scot
- Sell, trade or give your details to third parties, unless we are required to do it by law
- All information we get through cookies and analytics will be treated in confidence
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