When you enter our websites, your computer will automatically be issued with a number of small text files known as “cookies”.
These cookies are used to make our websites run more efficiently, and allow our web server to remember and store your preferences as you travel throughout our sites.
We also use cookies to track visitor interaction with our websites.
Analytical information is collected anonymously and is used by Healthcare Improvement Scotland to make improvements to our websites and their usability.
A list of cookies used by our sites and their purpose can be found below:
| Cookie | Type | Website | Purpose |
| Style | Session cookie | All Healthcare Improvement Scotland websites | Remembers your low or high graphic preference and delivers the website in that format next time you visit. |
| _ga _gid _gat AMP_TOKEN _gac_<property-id> utma utmb utmc utmz | Google Analytics | All Healthcare Improvement Scotland websites | Set by Google Inc. (a third party cookie) it tracks your interaction with each website. Information is collected anonymously and is used by Healthcare Improvement Scotland to make improvements to our websites and their usability. Google provides more information on privacy and how this applies to Google Analytics. |
| uid uvc | Add This | Healthcare Improvement Scotland corporate website, SHC website | Set by Add This (a third party cookie) it allows you to share our web content with your social network via Facebook, Twitter, You Tube or Linked In. Add This provide more information on how they collect and use this data. |
| GAPS SNID khcookie NID PREF NID PP_TIS_ACK | Google Maps | Healthcare Improvement Scotland corporate website | Set by Google Inc. (a third party cookie) it allows Google to track the number of our visitors using their maps (via our contact us pages). These cookies will remain on your website up to 2 years after your visit. Google provides more information on privacy and how this applies to Google maps |
| ASP.NET_SessionID | Microsoft.NET | All Healthcare Improvement Scotland websites | Set by Microsoft ASP.NET (a third party cookie) it allows our websites to know when your visit (or session) has ended and when another one begins. These cookies are deleted immediately when you close your internet browser. For more information visit Microsoft Support. |
| ASPSESSIONID {randomstring} | Classic ASP session cookie | All Healthcare Improvement Scotland websites | Allows our websites to know when a session has ended. These cookies are deleted immediately when you close your internet browser. |
| vuid | Vimeo.com | All Healthcare Improvement Scotland websites | Cookies are used by Vimeo to collect analytics tracking information. More information |
| maxData | Fast.wistia.net | ihub.scot | Cookies are used by Wistia to collect analytics tracking information. More information |
| Visitor_Info_Live YSC | youtube.com | All Healthcare Improvement Scotland websites | Cookies are used by youtube to collect analytics tracking information. More information |
| cfduid uvc | addtoany.com | ihub.scot | Set by addtoany.com (a third party cookie) it allows you to share our web content with your social network via Facebook, Twitter, You Tube or Linked In. More information |
| _hjClosedSurveyInvites _hjDonePolls _hjMinimizedPolls _hjDoneTestersWidgets _hjIncludedInSample _hjShownFeedbackMessage _hjid _hjRecordingLastActivity hjTLDTest _hjUserAttributesHash _hjCachedUserAttributes _hjLocalStorageTest | HotJar | ihub.scot | Set by Hotjar to establish completions of surveys and polls run on the website. Hotjar provides more information on how they collect and use data. Opt out from Hotjar collecting your data. |
Most modern web browsers allow users to control cookies through the browser settings.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your browser and how to manage and delete them, visit http://www.aboutcookies.org/ or www.allaboutcookies.org/.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Hotjar
We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs in order to improve all NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland websites.
Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience such as:
- how much time they spend on which pages
- which links they choose to click
- what users do and don’t like
Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behaviour and their devices.
This includes:
- a device’s IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form)
- device screen size
- device type (unique device identifiers)
- browser information
- geographic location (country only)
- the preferred language used to display our website
Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf.
Visit the Hotjar website for more information.