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Necessary

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A list of necessary cookies
Name Provider Purpose Maximum Storage Duration Type
Name CookieConsent Provider www.cuh.nhs.uk Purpose Stores your cookie consent choices. Maximum Storage Duration 1 year Type HTTP Cookie
Name cf.turnstile.u Provider Cloudflare Purpose Checks that a visitor is a real person and helps protect forms from abuse. Maximum Storage Duration Persistent Type HTML Local Storage
Name rc::a, rc::c Provider Google reCAPTCHA / Jotform Purpose Used to distinguish between humans and bots when forms are displayed. Maximum Storage Duration Persistent / Session Type HTML Local Storage
Name __cf_bm Provider hCaptcha / Vimeo Purpose Bot protection cookie used to distinguish between humans and bots. Maximum Storage Duration 1 day Type HTTP Cookie
Name _cfuvid Provider Vimeo / Cloudflare Purpose Supports content delivery, load balancing and request management for embedded video. Maximum Storage Duration Session Type HTTP Cookie
Name datadome Provider SoundCloud Purpose Bot management cookie for embedded audio content. Maximum Storage Duration Session Type HTTP Cookie
Name sc_anonymous_id Provider SoundCloud Purpose Supports embedded SoundCloud player functionality. Maximum Storage Duration 10 years Type HTTP Cookie

Preferences

These cookies remember information that changes the way our website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.

A list of preference cookies
Name Provider Purpose Maximum Storage Duration Type
Name cookie_consent__user_identity Provider unpkg.com Purpose Set by a script loaded from unpkg.com through Google Tag Manager. This remembers a visitor’s cookie consent choice when certain external content is displayed. Maximum Storage Duration Persistent Type HTML Local Storage
Name Provider Purpose Maximum Storage Duration Type

Analytics

These cookies let us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

A list of analytics cookies
Name Provider Purpose Maximum Storage Duration Type
Name _ga Provider cuh.nhs.uk Purpose Distinguishes users to help us count visits and understand overall website use. Maximum Storage Duration 2 years Type HTTP Cookie
Name _gid Provider cuh.nhs.uk Purpose Distinguishes users to help us understand short-term website usage patterns. Maximum Storage Duration 1 day Type HTTP Cookie
Name _gat Provider cuh.nhs.uk Purpose Used to limit the rate of analytics requests. Maximum Storage Duration 1 day Type HTTP Cookie
Name hjSession* Provider cuh.nhs.uk (Hotjar) Purpose Stores data about a visitor’s current session, such as pages viewed and session length. Maximum Storage Duration 1 day Type HTTP Cookie
Name hjSessionUser* Provider cuh.nhs.uk (Hotjar) Purpose Stores a persistent Hotjar user ID so visits can be linked across sessions. Maximum Storage Duration 1 year Type HTTP Cookie
Name _hjCookieTest, _hjTLDTest Provider cuh.nhs.uk (Hotjar) Purpose Checks whether the browser supports Hotjar cookies and determines the most generic cookie path. Maximum Storage Duration Session Type HTTP Cookie
Name Jotform analytics cookies (_ga, _gid, ga#) Provider Jotform / jotfor.ms Purpose Collect analytics about how embedded forms are used. Maximum Storage Duration 1 day to 2 years Type HTTP Cookie
Name guest Provider Jotform / jotfor.ms Purpose Records form-related visit behaviour for analysis and optimisation. Maximum Storage Duration 1 month Type HTTP Cookie
Name vuid Provider Vimeo Purpose Collects information about use of embedded Vimeo videos. Maximum Storage Duration 2 years Type HTTP Cookie
Name number(#) Provider SoundCloud Purpose Tracks interaction with embedded SoundCloud content. Maximum Storage Duration Session Type HTML Local Storage

Social Media

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Marketing / embedded content cookies
Name Provider Purpose Maximum Storage Duration Type
Name userReferer Provider Jotform / jotfor.ms Purpose Records how a visitor reached an embedded form and helps measure channel effectiveness. Maximum Storage Duration 1 month Type HTTP Cookie
Name YouTube visitor cookies (VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC) Provider YouTube Purpose Measure video usage and estimate connection/bandwidth for embedded YouTube videos. Maximum Storage Duration Session to 180 days Type HTTP Cookie
Name YouTube secure identifier cookies (__Secure-YNID, __Secure-YEC, __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN) Provider YouTube Purpose Store identifiers and player preferences for embedded YouTube content. Maximum Storage Duration Session to 180 days Type HTTP Cookie
Name YouTube storage keys (LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY, YtIdbMeta#databases, yt-icons-last-purged, LogsDatabaseV2..., ServiceWorkerLogsDatabase#SWHealthLog, TESTCOOKIESENABLED) Provider YouTube Purpose Support embedded video playback and track interaction with YouTube content. Maximum Storage Duration Session / Persistent Type Cookie, Local Storage, IndexedDB
Name Vimeo storage keys (orionV3#identity, picox#events, LOCAL_STORAGE_ID_PICOX_ID, LOCAL_STORAGE_ID_VIMEO_PLAYER, PLAYER_PICOX_SAMPLING_SEED) Provider Vimeo / vimeocdn.com Purpose Track interaction with embedded Vimeo content and support player functionality. Maximum Storage Duration Persistent Type Local Storage / IndexedDB
Name SoundCloud embed cookies (dd_testcookie, ddSession_datadome) Provider SoundCloud Purpose Support embedded audio playback and related tracking / bot management. Maximum Storage Duration Session / Persistent Type Cookie / Local Storage

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