Cookie Statement
This statement provides an explanation of what cookies are, how our site
uses them and what cookies we use. We try to do this in terms that can be
understood by all users and not just those with a technical background.
What are cookies and why are they needed?
Cookies are small files that are stored by websites on your computer. A
website may record in these files how you use its pages, as well as other
general data. This data can then be used by the website to identify you
and, in doing so, better tailor the experience provided to you.
What cookies do we use?
sgscol.ac.uk uses its own cookies, as well as those of third parties,
such as social media sites, which may have content embedded in certain
pages.
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Third Party Cookies
Google Analytics (gtag.js and analytics.js)
Opt out of Google Analytics
| Cookie/s |
Duration |
Purpose |
| _ga |
1 year |
Protection against cyber attacks. Read More |
| _gid |
1-2 years |
Used by Google Analytics if enabled on your landing pages or forms.
Read More
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| _gat |
90 days |
Facebook tracking cookie. Read More |
| AMP_TOKEN |
1 year |
Used by Google Tag Manager (GTM) if enabled on your landing pages or
forms.
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| _gac_<property-id> |
1 year |
Used by tinyurl URL shortener when a tinyurl is used to link to your
pages.
|
Google Analytics (ga.js)
| Cookie/s |
Duration |
Purpose |
| __utma |
2 years from set/update |
Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the
javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The
cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
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| __utmt |
10 minutes |
Used to throttle request rate. |
| __utmb |
30 minutes from set/update |
Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the
javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The
cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
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| __utmc |
End of browser session |
Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js.
Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb
cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit.
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| __utmz |
6 months from set/update |
Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user
reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library
executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
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| __utmv |
2 years from set/update |
Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is
created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a
visitor-level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the
deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is
sent to Google Analytics.
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Akero
| Cookie/s |
Duration |
Purpose |
| __ak |
10 years |
Set by our visitor tracking script. Used to help track a site
visitor's session and help determine uniqueness between different
visitors.
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| __ak_fp |
90 days |
Used to track a visitor's session across your web pages and help
de-duplicating contacts on form submission.
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| __ak_pp |
1 hour |
Tracks the previous page a visitor visited on your website. |
| __ak_ppid |
1 hour |
Contains an ID for the previous page (date * random number). |
| __ak_pe |
30 seconds |
Tracks page exit time (duration visitor was on a page). |
| __ak_dnt |
100 years |
Set when the visitor-tracking script is told by the browser to not
track a visitor. If present, then the visitor-tracking script will not
send any data to our servers.
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| __utm-*-camp |
1 year |
Tracks previous UTM params for pages on the same campaigns to help
determine conversion attribution.
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| __vuid-XXXX |
1 year |
MD5 hash of the page ID + the date. Helps determine if a view is
unique or not.
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| click_akro_io_cookie |
6 months |
Contains a unique ID to help track visits to different click-tracking
URLs. Contains what click-tracking URLs have been clicked, the date
the cookie was created and the date it will expire.
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| akro_experiments |
6 months |
Cookie set when an experiment (A/B test) is active. Contains the date
the cookie was created and the date it will expire, a flag to track if
the visitor is included in the experiment and the ID of the page
variant they should see on each return visit. A unique ID is also set
to store their session (experiment settings).
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Akero (Third Party)
| Cookie/s |
Duration |
Provider |
Purpose |
| __cfduid |
1 year |
Cloudflare |
Protection against cyber attacks. Read More |
| _ga, _gid, _gat, _gat_UA-XXXXX-XX |
1 - 2 years |
Google |
Used by Google Analytics if enabled on your landing pages or forms.
Read More
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| fr |
90 days |
Facebook |
Facebook tracking cookie. Read More |
| sf_uid |
1 year |
Google |
Used by Google Tag Manager (GTM) if enabled on your landing pages or
forms.
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| tinyUUID |
1 year |
tinyurl.com |
Used by tinyurl URL shortener when a tinyurl is used to link to your
pages.
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