Details about cookies on StatsWales
Lists the cookies used by the StatsWales website and explains their purpose.
Use of cookies by the StatsWales website
Cookies are small text files sent to your computer or mobile device by the websites that you visit. They help make websites work better and provide information to the owners of the site. For instance, we use language cookies to know what language you would like the website displayed to you in, and Google Analytics cookies to track users’ behaviour whilst on the site. By understanding how people use our site, we can improve the navigation and content to better meet people’s needs. The information collected by the StatsWales website includes IP address, pages visited, browser and operating system. The data will not be used to identify any user personally. The cookies we use on our site are:
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | _ga | This cookie is used to find out how visitors use our site. We use the information to help us improve the site. The cookie collects information in an anonymous form, including demographic information, the number of visitors to the site, whether they have visited before and the pages they visit. | 2 years |
| Azure Front Door | ASLBSA | This cookie helps Microsoft Azure route your session to the correct backend server | Session |
| Language | lang | This cookie sets your language preferences for the site so you see the language of your choice when browsing the site | 2 years |
| Cookie preferences | cookiePref | This cookie stores your cookie consent choices (including whether measuring cookies are allowed) and whether to show the cookie banner | 1 year |
| Feature flags | features | This cookie stores enabled feature flags (staging/production only) so feature previews remain active without needing the query parameter on every request | 24 hours |
| Session Cookie | statswales.frontend | This cookie contains various session information to facilitate your use of the site | Configurable (default 24 hours) |
Web browsers allow some control of cookies through browser settings. To find out more about cookies and how to manage them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
What information do we collect?
We use Google Analytics cookies to help monitor user activity, and to identify where improvements can be made to the site. We do not collect any personal information (for example, your name or address) that would be able to identify you.
Google Analytics cookies are a web service provided by Google Inc. (‘Google’) and help to gather and analyse user activity. The information gathered about your use of the website (including your anonymised IP address) will be transmitted to, and stored on Google servers in the United States. Please see the Google privacy policy, and Google's Terms of Service for detailed information.
Google will use this information to produce user activity reports for this website. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf.
Google will not associate your IP address with any other data previously held. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Please note that if cookies are disabled, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.