How cookies are used on DSIT Cyber Exchange
In this cookie policy you can read about:
- how we use cookies,
- the types of cookies we use, and
- for how long they work and for what purposes they are used.
Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website. The DSIT Cyber Exchange website uses essential and analytical cookies. Essential cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like storing your cookie preference. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like storing your cookie preference. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| cookies-accepted | Stores your cookie preferences | 1 Year |
| newsletter-dismissed | Remembers that you closed the newsletter signup bar, so it stays closed | 90 Days |
Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies help the DSIT Cyber Exchange owners to understand how visitors interact with the site by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
We use Google Analytics to collect anonymised information about how you use the site. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements to this site.
We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use this site.
Google Analytics stores information about:
- how you got to the site
- how long you spend on the site
- what you click on while you’re visiting the site
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Distinguishes users | 2 Years |
| _ga_ZN2HEPJSK0 | Maintains the session state for our Google Analytics property | 2 Years |
Newsletter signup cookies
Our newsletter signup form is hosted by ClickDimensions, the email marketing platform connected to our customer relationship management system. The form is not loaded when you simply visit the site: it is only loaded, and can only set cookies, once you choose to open the newsletter signup bar.
Once loaded, the form sets the following cookies on the clickdimensions.com domain rather than on this website:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| cuvid | Distinguishes visitors to the signup form | 2 Years |
| cusid | Identifies your current visit to the signup form | 30 Minutes |
| cuvon | Records that a visit is in progress, so repeat views are counted as one visit | 30 Minutes |
| cd_optout_… | Set only if you opt out of ClickDimensions tracking, to record that choice | 90 Days |
Third party websites
Please note that if you click through to a website that we have provided a link to, the Cyber Exchange has no control over the cookies set on these websites, so please see that organisation's cookie policy and setting pages for details on how to manage their cookies.