Cookies

HMCTSJobs puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.

Cookies are used to:

• measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
• remember the notifications you’ve seen so that we don’t show them to you again

Find out more about how to manage cookies.

How cookies are used on HMCTSJobs

Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics software (Universal Analytics) to collect information about how you use HMCTSJobs. 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:

• the pages you visit on HMCTSJobs
• how long you spend on each HMCTSJobs page
• how you got to the site
• what you click on while you’re visiting the site

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

We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

Google Analytics sets the following cookies.

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

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