Cookies

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Why we use cookies

We use cookie tracking data on our website www.socialsecurity.gov.scot to make informed decisions on whether the site is meeting visitors’ needs, which leads to us making improvements. For example, we monitor how much traffic each part of the site gets and work to improve areas which are not being found when they should be.

The cookies that we set on www.socialsecurity.gov.scot cannot be used to identify you personally. 

Strictly necessary cookies

These essential cookies do things that are required for the website to function, they always need to be on:

• CitrusAdmin
• CookieControl
• Craft_CSRF_Token
• PHPSESSID

Google Analytics

We have turned Google Analytics cookies off by default.

If you choose to switch these cookies on, we use Google Analytics to collect information about how you use www.socialsecurity.gov.scot.

We store information about:

• the pages you visit and how long you spend on each page
• how you got to www.socialsecurity.gov.scot
• what you click on while you're visiting www.socialsecurity.gov.scot

We do not:

• collect information that can be used to identify you; for example, we never receive your name or address
• make any attempt to find out the identities of people visiting www.socialsecurity.gov.scot
• allow the tools that we use to find out the identities of people visiting www.socialsecurity.gov.scot

Find out more about security and privacy in Google Analytics.

The Information Commissioner's Office provide more information on cookies and other tracking technology.