GOV.UK use Google Analytics to measure how the website is used. There are 4 types of cookies:
- Essential - these remember your progress though a form (always need to be on)
- Website usage via Google Analytics
- Communications and marketing - do things like measure how you view YouTube videos that are on GOV.UK
- Cookies that remember your settings to personalised your experience of using the website
In the light of updated guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) the Government Digital Service (GDS) reviewed the cookie policy for GOV.UK. The ICO have been taking a more robust interpretation of Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). These regulations say that "You must tell people if you set cookies, and clearly explain what the cookies do and why. You must also get the user’s consent. Consent must be actively and clearly given."
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