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What cookies Scouts use

What cookies Scouts use

Last updated November 2021

Cookies help us and third parties to improve our services to you, and we use these for social media advertising, online marketing and analytical purposes. By clicking "Accept All" you agree to all of our cookies. You can choose the cookies you'd like to accept by clicking "Manage Settings".

For satellite sites please visit their individual URLs for their cookie policies.

We use a variety of cookies to:

  • make website features work
  • analyse how you're using the websites so we can make it even better and relevant to you
  • count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around the websites to improve the way the websites work

We use the following cookies: 

OptanonConsent - First party 

This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.

scouts-kc-refresh, prevPage2, prevPageReload, scouts-kc-access, __zlcstore, prevPage1, scouts-kc-id - First party 

Cookies needed for the functionality of the site (for example to log in to your Scouts account).

 

zte2095 - First party 

This cookie is generally set to enhance the performance and functionality of the website. However, it's non essential to its use.

_hjIncludedInSample - First party 

This cookie is associated with web analytics functionality and services from Hot Jar, a Malta based company. It uniquely identifies a visitor during a single browser session and indicates they are included in an audience sample.

_gid - First party

This cookie is used to identify unique users for website analytics purposes. Users are not personally identifiable from this cookie. This cookie expires after 24 hours.

_hjTLDTest - First party

When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed.

_gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nn - First party

This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.

_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress - First party

This cookie is used by HotJar to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie.

_hjid - First party

Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It's used to persist the random user ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behaviour in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID.

_gat_UA-1111111-1 - First party

This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.

_ga - First party

This cookie is used to identify unique users for website analytics purposes. Users are not personally identifiable from this cookie.

clck - First Party

This cookie is set by MS Clarity to create a unique User ID which persists on the site, on the browser. This ensures that behaviour in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID.

_clsk - First Party

This cookie is set by MS Clarity. It connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording.

CLID - First Party

This cookie is set by MS Clarity. It identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity.

MUID - First Party

This cookie is set by MS Clarity. It identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.

MR - First Party

This cookie is set by MS Clarity. Indicates whether to refresh MUID.

SM - First Party

This cookie is set by MS Clarity. Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains.

__zlcmid - First party

Live chat widget sets the cookies to store the Zopim Live Chat ID used to identify a device across visits.

vuid - First party

These cookies are used by Vimeo to collect analytics tracking information. Expires after two years. More information about Vimeo cookie policy.

__zlcid - First party

This Cookie is used by our live chat provider, Zendesk, to identify a device across visits, and also across a single chat session. For more information visit the Zendesk website.

widget-mediator.zopim.com (AWSALBCORS, AWSALB) - Third party

This cookie is installed by our live chat provider, Zendesk. The cookie is used to improve performance and stability of our live chat widget. For more information visit the Zendesk website.

Targeting cookies are set via our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by our partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. If you don't allow these cookies, you will not experience our targeted advertising across different websites. The following cookies may be set by our advertising partners: Google AdX, AppNexus, Bluekai, OpenX, Yahoo Ad Exchange (Right Media), DataLogix, Rubicon Project, Index Exchange, SpotX, AdobeDMP, Tapad, PubMatic, Smaato, BidSwitch, Liveramp, Nielsen, Eyeota, Xplusone, XplusOneAPX, XplusOneADX, XplusOne, Dataxu, XplusOneLiveramp, XoneTubemogul, Krux, AOL, TubeMogul, Audience Projects, Taboola, Acxiom, MerkleONE, Sizmek media.net, Roq.ad, AggregateKnowledge, Dataxtrade.

We use the following third party targeting cookies on scouts.org.uk – Visit the relevant third party websites to find out more about how they're used:

  • ANONCHK - First Party - This cookie is set by MS Clarity. It indicates whether MUID (see “Performance Cookies” tab) is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. Clarity doesn't use ANID and so this is always set to 0.