The GCS website (gcs.civilservice.gov.uk) puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.
Cookies are used to:
You can find out more about how to manage cookies, including how to delete and block them, on the Information Commission Officer’s (ICO) website.
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use this site. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.
Google Analytics stores information about:
It doesn’t collect or store your personal information (e.g. your 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:
Name | Expires |
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_ga | 2 years |
_gat | 10 minutes |
_gid | 24 hours |
You may opt out of Google Analytics cookies.
When you first visit this website you should see a pop-up warning message that the site uses cookies. We’ll store a cookie so that your computer knows you’ve seen it and knows not to show it again.
Name | Expires |
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cookies_accepted | 2 months |
When you register as a member or an affiliate on the GCS website we set the following cookies to recognise you when you’re logged in and to protect against third party websites making requests to modify data on our site.
Name | Expires |
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laravel_session | 2 hours |
XSRF-TOKEN | 2 hours |
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.
Name | Expires |
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GPS | 30 minutes |
PREF | 2 years |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 9 months |
YSC | When you close your browser |
remote_sid | When you close your browser |
Read YouTube’s Privacy Policy.
Date last modified: 23rd May 2018
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