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Google analytics
Name	Purpose	Expires
_ga	These help us count how many people visit on magistrates.judiciary.uk by tracking if you’ve visited before.	2 years
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_gat	These help us to manage how we collect analytics when we have lots of visitors on the site at one time	10 minutes

Google Floodlight

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Google Floodlight
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IDE	One of the main advertising cookies on non-Google sites is named ‘IDE‘ and is stored in browsers under the domain doubleclick.net. Another is stored in google.com and is called ANID. We use other cookies with names such as DSID, FLC, AID, TAID, and exchange_uid. Other Google properties, like YouTube, may also use these cookies to show you more relevant ads	2 years
ANID	One of the main advertising cookies on non-Google sites is named ‘IDE‘ and is stored in browsers under the domain doubleclick.net. Another is stored in google.com and is called ANID. We use other cookies with names such as DSID, FLC, AID, TAID, and exchange_uid. Other Google properties, like YouTube, may also use these cookies to show you more relevant ads	2 years
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Google Conversion Linker
Name	Purpose	Expires
_gcl_au	Used by Google DoubleClick segment users into audience types and attribute campaign performance to your actions on this website, including conversions.	90 days
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Google Analytics 4

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Google Analytics 4
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ga	These help us count how many people visit on magistrates.judiciary.uk by tracking if you’ve visited before	2 years
_ga_S40VJGN295	Used to persist session state	2 years

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LinkedIn Insights
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lidc	To facilitate data center selection	24 hours
li_gc	Used to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes	6 months
bscookie	Used for remembering that a logged in user is verified by two factor authentication and has previously logged in	1 year
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UID	scorecardresearch.com - Cookie used for market and user research	720 days
UserMatchHistory	LinkedIn Ads ID syncing	30 days
AnalyticsSyncHistory	Used to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie	30 days
lms_ads	Used to identify LinkedIn Members off LinkedIn for advertising	30 days
lms_analytics	Used to identify LinkedIn Members off LinkedIn for analytics	30 days
li_fat_id	Various, first party domain - Member indirect identifier for Members for conversion tracking, retargeting, analytics	30 days
li_sugr	Used to make a probabilistic match of a users identity	90 days
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BizographicsOptOut	Used to determine opt-out status for non-members	10 years
li_giant	Various, first-party domain - Indirect indentifier for groups of LinkedIn Members used for conversion tracking	7 days
oribi_cookie_test	Various, first-party domain - To determine if tracking can be enabled on current domain	Session
oribili_user_guid	oribili_user_guid Various, first-party domain - Used to count unique visitors to a website	1 year
ln_or	Various, first-party domain - Used to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain	1 day
ar_debug	arious, first-party domain - Supports Google attribution reporting API integration to mitigate signal loss	Session

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Other marketing
Name	Purpose	Expires
WE3P	Next door. This cookie is for 3rd party cookie based attribution	2 years
WE	Nextdoor. This cookie identifies your browser	2 years
WERC	Nextdoor. Session cookie	session
_rdt_uuid	Reddit - 1st party cookie under advertisers domain	90 days
fr	Used by Facebook to deliver advertising. The cookie contains an encrypted Facebook user ID and browser ID. It will receive information from this website to better target and optimise advertising. Information collected includes IP addresses, information about the web browser, page location, document, referrer and device, button clicks, pages visited and page metadata.	3 months
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PSUK_source	Custom cookie for measuring campaign performance.	30 days

Video Streaming

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Video Streaming
Name	Purpose	Expires
YouTube	YouTube videos play in privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set third-party cookies on your computer when you click on the YouTube video player. These cookies will not be personally identifiable.	Read the YouTube policy
Vimeo	Vimeo videos set third-party cookies to enable the video to play and collect analytics data. These cookies do not track individuals.	Read the Vimeo policy

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Social Media
Name	Purpose	Expires
Twitter	Twitter widgets may add cookies to help analyse usage and remember your session if you are also logged in to your Twitter account.	Read the Twitter policy

All users

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All users
Name	Purpose	Expires
wordpress_test_cookie	This is used to test whether the browser accepts cookies	When you close your browser
PHPSESSID	This is used to link your device to the information sent to the server from your browser. It is typically used to avoid you having to retype information when moving from one page to another.	When you close your browser
ccfw-banner-hidden	Lets us know you have chosen which cookies are used so we can stop the cookie banner appearing when you return to the site.	1 year
ccfw-gtm-allowed	Lets us know you have accepted certain cookies so we can stop them loading when you return to the site.	1 year
ccfw-time	This is used to store the cookie expiry dates so we know when to ask you again for consent.	1 year
ccfw_gtm_id	GTM-MZQZDQS - is the ID for the Magistrates Recruitment website. This cookie is used to link the cookie consent banner to Google Tag Manager	1 year
info_banner_dismissed	This remembers if an information banner has been dismissed and prevents it from being displayed again.	When you close your browser

Logged in users

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Logged in users
Name	Purpose	Expires
wordpress_[hash]	This authenticates you when you log in to the admin area	When you close your browser
wordpress_logged_in	This shows the site that you’re logged in and who you are so you can access the functions you need	When you close your browser
wordpress_sec	If you are logged in as a site admin, this stores your authentication details.	When you close your browser
wp-settings-{time}-[UID]	The number on the end [UID] is your individual user ID from the users database.	1 year

Category: Faith groups

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Published: 10 April 2024

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Diwali celebrations from magistrates

Published: 10 November 2023

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