Cookie Policy
What are cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site (www.scottishwater.co.uk) uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience.This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site’s functionality.
Further Cookies Information
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Click hereHow we use cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case, they are used to provide a service that you use.| Category |
Name |
Purpose |
Duration | Consent required |
| Essential |
ASP.NET_SessionId |
Lets the server keep track of your session |
Session | No |
| Essential |
.ASPXAUTH |
This cookie enables Sitecore to authenticate and identify the user, enabling the sign in process. |
Session | No |
| Essential | __RequestVerificationToken | Anti-forgery cookie, to verify the connection is valid | Session | No |
| Essential |
ARRAffinitySameSite |
Used to control load balancing |
Session | No |
| Essential |
JSESSIONID |
Allows Sitecore and Sagepay to remember where you are in the e- payment process |
Session | No |
| Essential |
shell#lang |
Set to the language of the website (en)
|
Session | No |
| Essential |
CookieScriptConsent |
records your Cookie Consent choice |
30 days | No |
| Analytics |
SC_ANALYTICS_SESSION_COOKIE |
This cookie stores information about how a user uses the site during the time they have been on it. |
Session | Yes |
| Analytics |
SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE |
Collects information about you that we use to customise your use of the website and that helps us understand how you use the website. The cookie is valid for 4 years, the length of the Sitecore licence which will allow us to analyse how users use the website over the time that the digital marketing suite is live and make improvements to our online service. |
4 years | Yes |
| Analytics |
_ga* |
Google Analytics cookies tell us how users visit the site. They tell us how often our site is visited and which pages have received the most visits. We use this information to improve our website.Find out more about Google's privacy policy here.Read the information Google provides on Analytics cookies here. |
400 days | Yes |
| Analytics | _gid | Google Analytics cookies tell us how users visit the site. They tell us how often our site is visited and which pages have received the most visits. We use this information to improve our website.Find out more about Google's privacy policy here.Read the information Google provides on Analytics cookies here. | 1 day | Yes |
| Functional |
HTML5GeoLocation |
if you enter your postcode, this is used to personalise content across the site |
100 days | No |
| Functional |
Recite.Persist |
Recite.Persist is deployed when our accessibility toolbar is launched by a user. |
1 year | No |
| Functional | Recite.Preferences | Recite.Preferences is only deployed when a user makes a choice when using our accessibility toolbar, such as selecting a background colour or a text size. More information on the ReciteMe Cookie Policy here. | 1 year | No |
| Marketing |
_fbp |
User tracking for Facebook marketing, used to monitor how well campaigns are performing. | 93 days | Yes |
Contact Us
If you are still looking for more information, please contact us via email at webteam@scottishwater.co.uk.
