Details about cookies on HWB.GOV.WALES
Lists the cookies on HWB.GOV.WALES and explains their purpose.
Use of cookies by HWB.GOV.WALES
Cookies are small text files sent to your computer or mobile device by the websites that you visit. They help make websites work better and provide information to the owners of the site. For instance, we use language cookies to know what language you would like the web site displayed to you in, we also use YouTube cookies to embed videos in pages and Google Analytics cookies to track users’ behaviour whilst on the site. By understanding how people use our site, we can improve the navigation and content to better meet people’s needs. The information collected by HWB.GOV.WALES includes IP address, pages visited, browser and operating system. The data will not be used to identify any user personally. The cookies we use on our site are:
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | Expires |
| Cookie Control | cookie-control | This cookie is to make users aware that the Hwb website uses cookies for Google Analytics and to give them the option to agree to them or to reject them. | 1 year |
| Hotjar Control | hotjar-control | This cookie is to make users aware that the Hwb website uses cookies for Hotjar and to give them the option to agree to them or to reject them. | 1 year |
| Hwb Community prompt cookie | CommunityCookie | This cookie is used to show an eligible user a prompt to join the Hwb community. | At end of session |
| Hwb Community optin cookie | opt-in | This cookie is used to dismiss the prompt to join the Hwb community. | Max duration |
| Hwb logged in cookie | _AspNetCore.ApplicationCookie | This cookie is used to cover logged in behaviour of the Hwb website and enables us to provide access to resources and tools that are only available to logged in users.
| Duration of the session |
GoogleAnalytics | _ga _gid _gat | This cookie is used to find out how visitors use our site. We use the information to help us improve the site. The cookie collects information in an anonymous form, including demographic information, the number of visitors to the site, whether they have visited before and the pages they visit. | _ga: 2 years _gid: 1 month _gat: 1 minute |
Web browsers allow some control of cookies through browser settings. To find out more about cookies and how to manage them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org
What information do we collect?
We use Google Analytics cookies to help monitor user activity, and to identify where improvements can be made to the site. We do not collect any personal information (e.g. your name or address) that would be able to identify you.
Google Analytics cookies are a web service provided by Google Inc. (‘Google’) and help to gather and analyse user activity. The information gathered about your use of the web site (including your anonymised IP address) will be transmitted to, and stored on Google servers in the United States. Please see the Google privacy policy, and Google's Terms of Service for detailed information.
Google will use this information to produce user activity reports for this website. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf.
Google will not associate your IP address with any other data previously held. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Please note that if cookies are disabled, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.