Cookies
To enable this app to function, we sometimes place small data files on your computer. These are known as cookies.
To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit allaboutcookies.org. Or please read on to find out more about how and where we use cookies.
How we use cookies
This app uses essential cookies in some places - we've listed each of them explicitly in a table below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.
These essential cookies are used for site navigation and session management, and this app may not function correctly without them. These site navigation and session management cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information. They are used only to help you navigate through the site and to view and fill in consultations.
| Cookie name | Purpose | Host domain | Expiry | Personal data collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| consultation_id | Associates answers with a single response across multi-page consultations (online surveys). One cookie per consultation. Cleared when the user submits or logs out of the consultation | https://frm-scotland.org.uk | End of the session | None |
| tr_embed_auto_load | Stores the user's preference for automatically loading embedded content. | https://frm-scotland.org.uk | End of the session | None |
| server_id | Used for load balancing | https://frm-scotland.org.uk | End of the session | None |
| statusmessage | Used to store a status message for displaying on screen | https://frm-scotland.org.uk | As soon as it has been displayed | None |
This app may use non-essential cookies in some places. These non-essential cookies are not required to make the app function correctly. If any non-essential cookies are used in this app, you will find them listed below.
Google Analytics
This website also uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. 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 held by Google.
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.
Google Analytics sets cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage. This to ensure that the service is available when you want it and fast.
| Cookie name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to distinguish users | 2 Years |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate | 10 Minutes |
| __utma | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 2 years from set/update |
| __utmt | Used to throttle request rate. | 10 minutes |
| __utmb | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created,when the javascript library executes and no existing,__utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is,sent to Google Analytics. | 30 mins from set/update |
| __utmc | Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js.,Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction,with the __utmb cookie to determine whether,the user was in a new session/visit. | End of browser session |
| __utmz | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how,the user reached your site. The cookie is created,when the javascript library executes and is updated every,time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 6 months from set/update |
Changes to online privacy laws across the EU since May 2011 require consent for the use of cookies and other similar web technologies. You may therefore refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. We are committed to following the ICO privacy and electronic communication regulations