Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
Our website places cookies (text files) on your computer. The cookies contain an ID number which is used to uniquely identify your browser and track each site you visit that has Google Analytics enabled.
We use the information provided by cookies to determine the number of people visiting our site. It also helps us to better understand how people find and use our website. With this information we can continually improve our website and service.
Our cookies [are operated by Google Analytics] store the following data:
- time of visit, pages visited, and time spent on each page of the website
- interactions with site-specific widgets
- referring site details (such as the URL a user came through to arrive at the website)
- type of web browser
- type of operating system (OS)
- flash version, JavaScript support, screen resolution, and screen colour processing ability
- network location and IP address
- document downloads
- clicks on links leading to external websites
- errors when users fill out forms
- clicks on videos
- ‘scroll depth’ (how far you scroll up or down on a page).
If you already have Google Analytics cookies, they will be updated with the latest information about your visit to our website. We cannot access these cookies and are not the data controller for information held by Google Analytics.
Your consent is generally required for cookies to be placed on your computer and for the use and storage of personal information relating to you provided by the cookies. You may withdraw your consent at any time by updating your cookie settings. Where consent is not needed for cookies to be placed on your computer (for example, where a cookie is needed for the operation of our website or for the provision of a service to you), the use and storage of any personal information provided by the cookies will be based on legitimate interests. The legitimate interests we are pursuing are the operation of our website and promotion of our business.
We record data using a software application which stores data using Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the United States. Our software provider has agreed a Data Processing Addendum with AWS that commits them to the Model Contract Clauses, defined by the European Commission. This ensures safe transfer of data to AWS in accordance with EU data protection laws. (Further information on Model Contract Clauses can be found in the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guide.)
About this cookie policy.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Your consent applies to the following domains: www.publicservicetransformation.org
What are cookies ?
How do we use cookies ?
The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
What types of cookies do we use ?
The below list details the cookies used in our website.
| Cookie | Description |
|---|---|
| Necessary Cookies | |
| viewed_cookie_policy | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to store whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Necessary" category . |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to store the user consent for cookies in the category "Others". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category . |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Analytics" category . |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to store the user consent for cookies in the category "Performance". |
| _abck | This cookie is used to detect and defend when a client attempt to replay a cookie.This cookie manages the interaction with online bots and takes the appropriate actions. |
| ak_bmsc | This cookie is used by Akamai to optimize site security by distinguishing between humans and bots |
| bm_sz | This cookie is set by the provider Akamai Bot Manager. This cookie is used to manage the interaction with the online bots. It also helps in fraud preventions |
| Others | |
| asp_transient_id | No description available. |
| SPSE | No description available. |
| _zm_ctaid | No description available. |
| _zm_chtaid | No description available. |
| MBM-CUT | No description available. |
| Path | No description |
| muc_ads | No description |
| Advertisement | |
| yt.innertube::nextId | This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt.innertube::requests | This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| YSC | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| yt-remote-device-id | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
| personalization_id | Twitter sets this cookie to integrate and share features for social media and also store information about how the user uses the website, for tracking and targeting. |
| Analytics | |
| _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. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_3691670_40 | Set by Google to distinguish users. |
| CONSENT | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
| vuid | Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos to the website. |
| SPSI | This cookie is used for setting a unique ID for the session and it collects user behaviour on the website during the session. This collected information is used for statistical purposes. |
| _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. |
| Functional | |
| _mcid | This is a Mailchimp functionality cookie used to evaluate the UI/UX interaction with its platform |
| __cf_bm | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| Performance | |
| _gat | This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to restrain request rate and thus limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. |
How can I control the cookie preferences ?
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.