forestresearch.gov.uk puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site. Find out more about the cookies we use, what they’re for and when they expire.
Strictly necessary cookies
These essential cookies do things like remember your progress through a form.
They always need to be on.
For this, the following cookies are set:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|
| CookieLawInfoConsent | This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. It is set if consent is given by the user for the use of additional cookies. | 6 Months |
| cli_user_preference | This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. It is set if additional cookies consent is given. | 6 Months |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-cookies-that-help-with-our-communications-and-marketing | This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to remember the user consent for the cookies under the category "Cookies that help with our communications and marketing". | 1 year |
| PHPSESSID | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a user's unique session ID for the purpose of managing that user's session on the website. PHPSESSID is a session cookie and is deleted when all browser windows are closed. | session |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. This cookie is used to store the user's consent for the cookies in the category "Strictly Necessary". | 1 year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. This cookie is used to store the user's consent for the cookies in the category "Cookies that measure website use". | 1 year |
| viewed_cookie_policy | This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. | 1 year |
Cookies that measure website use
We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on user needs.
Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about:
how you got to the site
the pages you visit on forestresearch.gov.uk and how long you spend on each page
what you click on while you're visiting the site
For this, the following cookies are set:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|
| _ga_* | Cookies with the prefix _ga_ are created and used by Google Analytics to generate anonymous statistical data which is collated in order to report how visitors use our website. These cookies, which expire after two years, store information anonymously by using randomly-generated numbers to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _gid | These cookies are created and used by Google Analytics to generate anonymous statistical data which is collated in order to report how visitors use our website. The _gid cookies, which expire after 24 hours, store information anonymously by using randomly-generated numbers to identify unique visitors. | 1 day |
| _gat_gtag_UA-* | Cookies with the prefix _gat_gtag_UA are created and used by Google Analytics to generate anonymous statistical data which is collated in order to report how visitors use our website. These cookies, which expire after 1 minute, store information anonymously by using randomly-generated numbers to identify unique visitors. | 1 minute |
| _ga | These cookies are created and used by Google Analytics to generate anonymous statistical data which is collated in order to report how visitors use our website. The _ga cookies, which expire after two years, store information anonymously by using randomly-generated numbers to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
Cookies that help with our communications and marketing
Some forestresearch.gov.uk pages may contain content from other sites, like YouTube or Flickr, which may set their own cookies. These sites are sometimes called ‘third party’ services. This tells us how many people are seeing the content and whether it’s useful.
For this, the following cookies are set:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|
| yt-remote-device-id | These cookies are set via embedded YouTube videos. | never |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | These cookies are set via embedded YouTube videos. | never |
| vuid | Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos to the website. | 2 years |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is set by YouTube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. | 5 months 27 days |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick via YouTube and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. | 1 year 24 days |
| test_cookie | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. | 15 minutes |
| YSC | This cookie is set by YouTube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. | session |
Third Party Cookies
We occasionally provide links to third party websites which may set their own cookies. We have no control over what cookies are set, although you’ll usually be asked which cookies you accept on each of these websites.
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