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What cookies are and how we use them.

Cookies are small text files that are saved to your computer when you visit some websites.

They are widely used to:

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​​The cookies we use and their purpose

Strictly necessary cookies

Name of cookie Provider Why we use it How long it lasts for
cop college.police.uk Lets us know if you have agreed to accept cookies. One week.
cop_file_session college.police.uk Used to protect from cross-site request forgery and to serve files on the site. Two hours.
XSRF-TOKEN college.police.uk Used to protect from cross-site request forgery and to serve files on the site. Two hours.
researchMapView college.police.uk Allows toggling of map and list views in the research projects map. A session (your website visit).
crtView college.police.uk Allows toggling of table and data visualisation views in the crime reduction toolkit. A session (your website visit).
pinnedCRT college.police.uk Used for the pinning of interventions in the crime reduction toolkit. One week.
SSESS (plus several further characters) college.police.uk Helps to provide a responsive website (meaning it can be viewed on various different screen types). 23 days.

Cookies that measure website use

Name of cookie Provider Why we use it How long it lasts for
_ga_Z2RHWQ33HY Google via college.police.uk Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. One week.
_gid Google via college.police.uk Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. One day.
_ga Google via college.police.uk Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. One week.
_gat_UA-59235528-3 Google via college.police.uk

Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.

One minute.
_ALGOLIA college.police.uk Used by Algolia to measure use of Search on the site. One week.

Cookies that help with our marketing

Name of cookie Provider Why we use it How long it lasts for
__Secure-YEC youtube.com Stores and track interactions, preferences and device information. 166 days.
YSC youtube.com Stores and track interactions, preferences and device information. A session (your website visit).
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE youtube.com Tries to estimate the user's bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. 180 days.
yt-remote-device-id youtube.com Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. One year.
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY youtube.com Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. One month.
yt-remote-connected-devices youtube.com Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. One day.
yt-remote-session-app youtube.com Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Persistent.
yt-remote-cast-installed youtube.com Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Persistent.
yt-remote-session-name youtube.com Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Persistent.
yt-remote-cast-available youtube.com Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Persistent.
yt-remote-fast-check-period youtube.com Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Persistent.
AEC Google via youtube.com Used to provide functionality that is supplied by third parties. 153 days.
NID Google via youtube.com Used to provide functionality that is supplied by third parties. 140 days.
__Secure-ENID Google via youtube.com Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting. 153 days.
SOCS Google via youtube.com Stores and track interactions, preferences and device information. 138 days.
CONSENT Google via youtube.com Stores and track interactions, preferences and device information. 138 days.
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