Strictly necessary
These are essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously such as page navigation. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this website. For all other types of cookies, we require your permission.
The strictly necessary cookies in use on this website are detailed below:
Strictly necessary cookies
| Name |
Purpose |
Strictly necessary |
|---|
| CookieControl |
Enables use of the cookie acceptance pop up on the website and settings to be remembered. |
Yes |
| hide-alert-banner-token |
This cookie is necessary to allow users to hide site notifications and to remember which notifications the user has hidden previously. |
Yes |
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on user needs. We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use this site.
Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about:
- how you got to the site
- the pages you visit on new.dumgal.gov.uk and other digital services, and how long you spend on each page
- what you click on while you're visiting the site
Google Analytics
| Name |
Duration |
Purpose |
|---|
| _ga |
2 years |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gid |
1 day |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website |
| _gat |
1 minute |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
Hotjar
We use Hotjar to understand how you use our website so we can improve it. Hotjar stores information about:
- whether you have participated in a Hotjar survey
- the way in which you interact with a page
- what you click on while you are visiting the site
Hotjar sets the following cookies:
Relating to the user
| Name |
Data storage type |
Description |
|---|
| _hjSessionUser_{site_id} |
Cookie |
- set when a user first lands on a page
- persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site Hotjar does not track users across different sites
- ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID
- 365 days duration
- JSON data type
|
| _hjid |
Cookie |
- this is an old cookie that we do not set anymore, but if a user has it unexpired in their browser, we will reuse its value and migrate to _hjSessionUser_{site_id}
- set when a user first lands on a page
- persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site
- ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID
- 365 days duration
- UUID data type
|
| _hjFirstSeen |
Cookie |
- identifies a new user’s first session
- used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions
- 30 minutes duration, extended on user activity
- boolean true/false data type
|
| _hjHasCachedUserAttributes |
Cookie |
- enables us to know whether the data set in _hjUserAttributes Local Storage item is up to date or not.
- session duration
- boolean true/false data type
|
| _hjUserAttributesHash |
Cookie |
- enables us to know when any User Attribute has changed and needs to be updated
- 2 minutes duration, extended every 30 seconds
- content hash data type
|
| _hjUserAttributes |
Local storage item |
- stores user attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API
- no explicit expiration
- Base64 encoded JSON data type
|
| hjViewportId |
Session storage item |
- stores user viewport details such as size and dimensions
- session duration
- UUID data type
|
| hjActiveViewportIds |
Local storage item |
- stores user active viewports IDs
- stores an expirationTimestamp that is used to validate active viewports on script initialisation
- JSON data type
|
Relating to the user
| Name |
Data storage type |
Description |
|---|
| _hjSessionUser_{site_id} |
Cookie |
- set when a user first lands on a page
- persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site Hotjar does not track users across different sites
- ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID
- 365 days duration
- JSON data type
|
| _hjid |
Cookie |
- this is an old cookie that we do not set anymore, but if a user has it unexpired in their browser, we will reuse its value and migrate to _hjSessionUser_{site_id}
- set when a user first lands on a page
- persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site
- ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID
- 365 days duration
- UUID data type
|
| _hjFirstSeen |
Cookie |
- identifies a new user’s first session
- used by recording filters to identify new user sessions
- 30 minutes duration, extended on user activity
- boolean true/false data type
|
| _hjHasCachedUserAttributes |
Cookie |
- enables us to know whether the data set in _hjUserAttributes Local Storage item is up to date or not
- session duration
- boolean true/false data type
|
| _hjUserAttributesHash |
Cookie |
- enables us to know when any user attribute has changed and needs to be updated
- 2 minutes duration, extended every 30 seconds
- content hash data type
|
| _hjUserAttributes |
Local storage item |
- stores user attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API
- no explicit expiration
- Base64 encoded JSON data type
|
| hjViewportId |
Session storage item |
- stores user viewport details such as size and dimensions
- session duration
- UUID data type
|
| hjActiveViewportIds |
Local storage item |
- stores user active viewports IDs
- stores an expiration timestamp that is used to validate active viewports on script initialisation
- JSON data type
|
Relating to recordings
| Name |
Data storage type |
Description |
|---|
| _hjRecordingEnabled |
Session storage item |
- set when a recording starts
- read when the Recording module is initialised to see if the user is already in a recording in a particular session
- session duration
- boolean true/false data type
|
| _hjRecordingLastActivity |
Session storage item |
- updated when a user recording starts and when data is sent to the server (the user performs an action that Hotjar records)
- session duration
- numerical value (timestamp) data type
|
Relating to feedback and survey tools
| Name |
Data storage type |
Description |
|---|
| _hjClosedSurveyInvites |
Cookie |
- set when a user interacts with a Link Survey invitation modal
- ensures the same invite does not reappear if it has already been shown
- 365 days duration
- list of survey IDs, URL encoded
|
| _hjDonePolls |
Cookie |
- set when a user completes an on-site survey
- ensures the same Survey does not reappear if it has already been filled in
- 365 days duration
- list of survey IDs, URL encoded
|
| _hjMinimizedPolls |
Cookie |
- set when a user minimises an on-site survey
- ensures that the survey stays minimised when the user navigates through your site
- 365 days duration
- list of survey IDs, URL encoded
|
| _hjShownFeedbackMessage |
Cookie |
- set when a user minimises or completes a feedback widget
- ensures the Feedback widget will load as minimised if the user navigates to another page where it is set to show
- 1 day duration
- boolean true/false data type
|