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Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics and Custom Cookies to track usage and visit numbers. We do this to help make sure the site experience is improved.

Google Analytics stores information about:

  • the pages you visit
  • how long you spend on each page
  • how you got to the site
  • what you click on while you’re visiting the site
  • The number of times you visited the site

We don’t collect or store your personal information (for example your email, name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are.

We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

Universal Analytics

Name Purpose Expires
_ga This helps us count how many people visit  by tracking if you’ve visited before 2 years
_gid This helps us count how many people visit by tracking if you’ve visited before 24 hours
_gat Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made 10 minutes

Google Analytics

Name Purpose Expires
_utma Like _ga, this lets us know if you’ve visited before, so we can count how many of our visitors are new to the site or to a certain page 2 years
_utmb This works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time you spend on the site 30 minutes
_utmc This works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser when you close your browser
_utmz This tells us how you reached the site(for example from another website or a search engine) 6 months

WordPress

 

 

Name Purpose Expires
Various Cookie names Store your cart for checkout when you close your browser
Logged in status To ensure you stay logged in when you close your browser
Returning Session If first visit or returning when you close your browser
New Session If first visit or returning when you close your browser
Visit Number If first visit or returning 1 year
VisitID Random number set on first visit for usage tracking 2 years

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