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A cookie is a small block of data created by a web server and placed on your device while browsing a website or mobile app. Cookies are used to recognise repeat users, facilitate ongoing access to the website or mobile app and track usage behaviour to provide data and insights. With most Internet browsers, users can erase cookies from their computer's hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Further information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.aboutcookies.org.

We use Google Analytics (GA4) and Google signals to collect data about the traffic that our website receives to better understand where our traffic is coming from and how the website is being used. This allows us to ensure that we are providing a positive browsing experience for all our users. The information gathered and available to us is anonymised and never shared with third-party vendors.

Information collected by Google may include end user location, search history, YouTube history and data from sites that partner with Google. The data that you choose to share with Google whilst logged in to your account can be accessed and/or deleted via this link: Manage My Activity.

Cookie Domain Description Duration Type
_ga_* .southamptontradingstandards.co.uk Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. 1 year 1 month 4 days Analytics
_ga .southamptontradingstandards.co.uk The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. 1 year 1 month 4 days Analytics
yt.innertube::nextId youtube-nocookie.com This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. never Advertisement
yt-remote-connected-devices youtube-nocookie.com YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. never Functional
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY youtube-nocookie.com The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. never Functional
yt.innertube::requests youtube-nocookie.com This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. never Advertisement
yt-remote-device-id youtube-nocookie.com YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. never Functional
yt-remote-session-name youtube-nocookie.com The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. session Functional
yt-remote-fast-check-period youtube-nocookie.com The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos. session Functional
iU5q-!O9@$ youtube-nocookie.com session Other
yt-remote-session-app youtube-nocookie.com The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player. session Functional
yt-remote-cast-available youtube-nocookie.com The yt-remote-cast-available cookie is used to store the user's preferences regarding whether casting is available on their YouTube video player. session Functional
28c98ed8-56f21757 youtube-nocookie.com session Other
yt-remote-cast-installed youtube-nocookie.com The yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. session Functional