We use small files called ‘cookies’ on magistrates.judiciary.uk. Some are essential to make the site work, some help us to understand how we can improve your experience, and some are set by third parties. You can choose to turn off the non-essential cookies. Which cookies are you happy for us to use?
We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on user needs. We do not allow Google Analytics to use or share the data about how you use this site.
| 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 |
| _gid | These help us count how many people visit on magistrates.judiciary.uk by tracking if you’ve visited before | 24 hours |
| _gat | These help us to manage how we collect analytics when we have lots of visitors on the site at one time | 10 minutes |
These cookies allow us to track your browsing activity and serve you with relevant adverts based on your interests. These cookies are disabled by default, so if you want to experience targeted content that’s tailored to you, you’ll need to click ‘Accept Cookies’ in the website pop up. If you choose to leave these cookies disabled, you won’t receive personalised advertising, including on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| NID | 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 |
These cookies allow us to track your browsing activity and serve you with relevant adverts based on your interests. These cookies are disabled by default, so if you want to experience targeted content that’s tailored to you, you’ll need to click ‘Accept Cookies’ in the website pop up. If you choose to leave these cookies disabled, you won’t receive personalised advertising, including on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
| 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 |
| _gcl_dc | To store ad click information (only if remarketing cookies are enabled), generate unique IDs for visitors to remember preferences and track and gather statistics and conversion rates through the website. | 90 days |
| _gcl_aw | To store ad click information (only if remarketing cookies are enabled), generate unique IDs for visitors to remember preferences and track and gather statistics and conversion rates through the website. | 90 days |
These cookies allow us to track your browsing activity and serve you with relevant adverts based on your interests. These cookies are disabled by default, so if you want to experience targeted content that’s tailored to you, you’ll need to click ‘Accept Cookies’ in the website pop up. If you choose to leave these cookies disabled, you won’t receive personalised advertising, including on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| tr | 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 |
| _fbc | 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 |
| _fbp | 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 |
| PSUK_source | Custom cookie for measuring campaign performance. | 30 days |
Google Analytics 4 tracking
| 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 |
| _ga_S40VJGN295 | Used to persist session state | 2 years |
Not all of the cookies listed below will be used.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| bcookie | Browser Identifier cookie to uniquely indentify devices accessing LinkedIn to detect abuse on the platform and diagnostic purposes | 1 year |
| 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 |
| JSESSIONID | Used for Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection and URL signature validation | Session |
| lang | Used to remember a user\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s language setting to ensure LinkedIn.com displays in the language selected by the user in their settings | Session |
| sdsc | Signed data service context cookie used for database routing to ensure consistency across all databases when a change is made. Used to ensure that user-inputted content is immediately available to the submitting user upon submission | Session |
| li_mc | Used as a temporary cache to avoid database lookups for a member\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s consent for use of non-essential cookies and used for having consent information on the client side to enforce consent on the client side | 6 months |
| 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 user\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s identity | 90 days |
| _guid | Used to identify a LinkedIn Member for advertising through Google Ads | 90 days |
| 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 |
Used to accurately measure conversions that can be attributed to our ads on Nextdoor.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| WE3P | This cookie is for 3rd party cookie based attribution | 2 years |
| WE | This identifies browser | 2 years |
| WERC | Session cookie | session |
Used to accurately measure conversions that can be attributed to our ads on Reddit.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _rdt_uuid | 1st party cookie under advertiser\'s domain | 90 days |
We have no control over cookies set by third parties. You can turn them off, but not through us.
| 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 |
If you share a link to a page, the service you share it on (for example, Facebook) may set a cookie.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Always on
These cookies will always need to be on because they make our site work.
| 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 |
These cookies will always need to be on because they make our site work.
| 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 |
Lauren works for His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and became a magistrate in October 2023. She is a young magistrate sitting in the adult criminal court.