Cookies
DBI.scot puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.
Cookies are used to:
- measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
- remember the notifications you’ve seen so that we don’t show them to you again
Find out more about how to manage cookies.
How cookies are used on DBI.scot
Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use DBI.scot. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements, for example improving site search.
Google Analytics stores information about:
- The pages you visit on DBI.scot
- How long you spend on each DBI.scot page
- How you got to the site
- What you click on while you’re visiting the site
- Make our website work as you’d expect
- Remember your settings during and between visits
- Improve the speed/security of the site
- Allow you to share pages with social networks like Facebook
- Continuously improve our website for you
We don’t collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are.
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Helps us count how many people visit DBI.scot by tracking if you’ve visited before | 2 Years |
| _gid | This helps us count how many people visit DBI.scot by tracking if you’ve visited before | 24 Hours |
| _gat | Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made | 10 minutes |
| __utma | 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. | 2 years from set/update |
| __utmt | Used to throttle request rate. | 10 minutes |
| __utmb | 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. | 30 mins from set/update |
| __utmc | 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. | End of browser session |
| __utmz | 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. | 6 months from set/update |
| __utmv | 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. | 2 years from set/update |
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies.
Vimeo
Vimeo set the following cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| vuid | Collect’s data on the users visits to the website, such as which pages have been read. | 2 Years |
Marketing
Google sets the following cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Session |