Use of Cookies by Foster Care Associates Scotland
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| Cookie | Description |
| __lc_cst | This cookie is used for the website live chat box to function properly. |
| __oauth_redirect_detector | This cookie is used to recognize the visitors using live chat at different times in order to optimize the chat-box functionality. |
| _fbp | This cookie is set by Facebook to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website. |
| _ga | 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. |
| _ga_7PSBRLYWHV | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. |
| _gat_UA-70769040-1 | A variation of the _gat cookie set by Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to allow website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. The pattern element in the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. |
| _gcl_au | Provided by Google Tag Manager to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. |
| _gid | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| _GRECAPTCHA | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| _lc_cid | This is an essential cookie for the website live chat box to function properly. |
| _uetsid | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
| _uetvid | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
| ai_session | This is a unique anonymous session identifier cookie set by Microsoft Application Insights software to gather statistical usage and telemetry data for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. |
| ai_user | A unique user identifier cookie, set by Microsoft Application Insights software, that enables counting of the number of users accessing the application over time. |
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| ARRAffinitySameSite | This cookie is set by Windows Azure cloud, and is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Issued by Microsoft’s ASP.NET Application, this cookie stores session data during a user’s website visit. |
| cusid | ClickDimensions sets this cookie to establish and continue a user session with the site. |
| cusid | ClickDimensions sets this cookie to establish and continue a user session with the site. |
| cuvid | This cookie, set by ClickDimensions, is written to the browser upon the first visit to the site from that web browser. |
| cuvon | ClickDimensions sets this cookie to store the last time a visitor viewed a page. |
| MUID | Bing sets this cookie to recognize unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations. |
| test_cookie | The test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
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