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Cookies

The data we collect when a person visits the National Digital Platform (NDP) website.

Use of cookies

A cookie is a small data file that some websites send to your hard drive when you visit them.

All NHS Education for Scotland (NES) websites use various types of cookies that help run our sites more efficiently. This includes the NDP site. Cookies allow our web server to remember and store your preferences as you visit our pages.

Cookies that are strictly necessary enable core functionality allowing you to move around the website and use its features. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. You can disable them by changing your browser preferences.

The table below describes the use of cookies on the NDP website.

Cookie name

Purpose

Expiry

Category

.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.#

Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks.

Session

Necessary

AI_buffer

Used in context with the "AI_sentBuffer" to limit the number of data-server-updates (Azure). This synergy also allows the website to detect any duplicate data-server-updates.

Session

Necessary

AI_sentBuffer

Used in context with the "AI_buffer" to limit the number of data-server-updates (Azure). This synergy also allows the website to detect any duplicate data-server-updates.

Session

Necessary

ai_session

Preserves users states across page requests.

1 Day

Necessary

ARRAffinity

Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers to optimise response times.

Session

Necessary

ARRAffinitySameSite

Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers to optimise response times.

Session

Necessary

CookieControl

Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. This ensures that the cookie consent box will not be presented again upon re-entry.

3 months

Necessary

ai_user

Used by Microsoft Application Insights software to collect statistical usage and telemetry information. The cookie stores a unique identifier to recognize users on returning visits over time.

1 year

Statistics

_ga

Google Analytics - To store and count pageviews.

2 years

Statistics

_gid

Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users.

24 hours

Statistics

_ga_<container-id>

Google Analytics -   Used to persist session state.

2 years

Statistics

 

 

 

Collection and use of technical information

Technical details in connection with visits to this website are sometimes logged and collected in the Turas Hosting platform (Microsoft Azure).

We’ll never try to identify individual users. However, access to web pages will generally create log file entries in the systems of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or network services provider.

Log files of all requests for files on Microsoft Azure may be maintained and analysed. Aggregated analyses of these log files monitor website usage. These analyses allow us to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of our websites. All log file information collected by NES is kept secure and is not provided to any third parties.

If you are unsure about who to contact about your information rights, email the NES Data Protection Officer on foidp@nes.scot.nhs.uk.

For further high level information, visit the NES main privacy notice.

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