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Cookies

Thank you for visiting https://www.digihealthcare.scot/ (“Website”).  This cookie notice applies to the Website.

By using https://www.digihealthcare.scot/, you are consenting to our use of cookies and other tracking technology in accordance with this notice. If you do not agree to our use of cookies and other tracking technology in this way, you should set your browser settings accordingly or not use the website. If you disable cookies that we use, this may impact your user experience while on the website.

When using a mobile device to connect to the internet, you should also refer to the privacy notice of the specific App you are using to understand its specific data collection practices.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

See below for details on what information is collected by cookies and how we use that information. For more information about the kind of data we collect, please read our privacy policy.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies to gain a better understanding how visitors use this website. Cookies help us tailor the website to your personal needs, to improve their user-friendliness and gain customer satisfaction feedback.

We also use Google Analytics, to help us understand how the website is used and any developments needed to improve our service.

All information we get through cookies and analytics will be treated in strict confidence and will never be used to identify an individual.

Find out more about security and privacy in Google Analytics.

What types of cookies do we use?

Necessary cookies

These are cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of a website. Without these cookies, this website won’t work properly. Accordingly, we are not asking you for your specific consent for those cookies. For all other cookies your informed consent is required.

Session cookies

Session cookies are temporary cookie files which are erased when you close your browser. When you restart your browser and go back to the site that created that cookie, the website will treat you as a new visitor.

Functional/Persistent Cookies

These are cookies which are set up to improve the functionality of the website. For example, cookies that remember the content you previously viewed on this website or the email address and password you provided when registering during an earlier visit to this website.

List of cookies we use

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Name Purpose Expiry
_ga This is used to understand and differentiate between different users. 38 Months
gid _gid has a different ID for each page set on, and a timestamp. This assists with plotting user journeys. 24 Hours
_gat We use Google Tag Manager to tailor our tracking in case we have different elements that are being tested. For example, setting a tag to track how far a user is having to scroll down a long page. The _gat tag pushes the request rate through quicker. 1 Minute
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress This cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. Session
_hjid This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. 12 months
_hjIncludedInSessionSample This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s daily session limit. 30 minutes
__hjRecordingLastActivity This should be found in Session storage (as opposed to cookies). This gets updated when a visitor recording starts and when data is sent through the WebSocket (the visitor performs an action that Hotjar records). Session
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos. 6 Months
YSC YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Session
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We embed videos from our official Vimeo channel. When you press play Vimeo will drop third party cookies to enable the the video to play and to collect analytics data such as how long a viewer has watched the video. These cookies do not track individuals.

Opt out: You can opt out of Google analytics cookies.

YouTube: Pages which contain YouTube videos will not set third-party cookies (we use YouTube-nocookie.com). More information is available here.

Vimeo: Pages which contain Vimeo videos will not set third-party cookies (we use the dnt (‘Do Not Track’ method). More information is available here.

How can I change my cookie settings?

Please ensure that your computer setting reflects whether you are happy to accept cookies or not. You can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, or you can simply set it to refuse them, although you may not have access to all the features of this website if you do so. See your browser ‘help’ button for how you can do this. You do not need to have cookies on to use or navigate through many parts of this website. Remember that if you use different computers in different locations, you will need to ensure that each browser is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences.

To delete the cookies and all information gathered, and otherwise change your cookie settings please click the following link.

Change Cookie Settings

The website allows you to choose NOT to allow the services which create and use these cookies to run, although you may not have access to all the features of the website if you do so.

For more information on the new legislation regarding cookies, see the Information Commissioners Office’s website – https://ico.org.uk/.

For useful information on cookies, see AboutCookies.org