Cookies
This website remotesensingdata.gov.scot puts small files (known as 'cookies') on to your computer.
Some of these cookies are essential, and are needed for the website to work. Others help us to improve your experience, by providing insights into how the site is being used.
We use cookies to:
- remember the notifications you’ve seen, so that we don’t show them to you again
- measure how you use the website, so it can improved based on your needs
We do not use cookies to identify you personally.
Cookies we use on remotesensingdata.gov.scot
Below is a complete list of the cookies we might use.
Essential Remembering your cookie consent
We use a cookie to record your consent to us storing other cookies.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| CookieControl | Stores the user's cookie consent information | 90 days |
Non-essential Measuring website usage with Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect and store information about how you use remotesensingdata.gov.scot.
We do this to make sure that the site is meeting the needs of its users, and to help us make improvements.
Google Analytics records information about:
- the pages you visit on remotesensingdata.gov.scot
- how long you spend on each page
- how you got to the site
- what you click on while you're visiting the site
- the device you are using to visit the site
We don’t collect or store any personal information (for example, your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are. We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 24 hours |
Essential Remembering the contents of your "shopping basket"
We use your browser's session storage, which is similar to a cookie, to remember what you have added to your shopping basket.
The information in your session storage stays on your computer and we do not retrieve it.
How to manage your cookies
To find out how to manage what cookies you allow, see your browser's help section or your mobile phone manual. Or you can visit the non-government site below, which has detailed information on how to manage, control or delete cookies.
Find out more about how to manage cookies.