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Table showing a list of non-essential cookies used on workingwales.gov.wales:
Cookie Name Purpose Expires
Google Analytics cookie

(UA and GA4)
-ga Used by Google Analytics

to identify the user
Expires after 2 years
Google Analytics cookie _gid Used by Google Analytics

to identify the user
Expires after 1 day
Google Analytics cookie _gat_UA-* Used by Google analytics

to throttle the refresh rate
Expires after 1 minute
Google Analytics cookie

(GA4)
_ga_GTM-P67487F Used by Google analytics

to persist session state
Expires after 2 years
Functionality cookie bw-cookieMessage Used to show or hide

the cookie prompt
Expires after 10 hours
Twitter targeting / 

advertising cookies
Guest-id Used by twitter to

identify and track the

website visitor
Expires after 1 month
LinkedIn usermatchhistory Used by LinkedIn to

track visitors so that

more relevant ads

can be presented

based on visitor

preferences
Expires after 1 month
Facebook Pixel

(also known as the

Facebook Retargeting Pixel)
_fbp The code identifies

anonymous visitors

on the site and

matches the data with

the data available on

each user on Facebook.

Facebook reveals no

personal information

about the individuals

that they collect

through the pixel.

Further information

can be found on

Facebook.
Persistent cookie
ICC category:

Targeting/Advertising
Adnxs - uuid2 / _mkto_trk Targeting/Advertising Cookies:

These cookies are used to

deliver adverts more

relevant to you and your

interests. They are also

used to limit the number

of times you see an

advertisement as well as

help measure the

effectiveness of the

advertising campaign.

They are usually placed

by advertising networks

with the website operator's

permission. They remember

that you have visited a

website and this information

is shared with other

organisations such as

advertisers. Quite often

targeting or advertising

cookies will be linked to

site functionality provided

by the other organisation.
Data obtained by AppNexus

are owned by their customers.

Any data in the platform is

retained in non-aggregated

form for up to 12 months.

Aggregated data, which

AppNexus uses to create

reports and analysis, may

be stored for up to

three years.
Ogury - ICC category: Targeting/Advertising ads-engagement.presage.io Used to track on site Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) of users including dwell time, page views, clicks, scroll, sessions and bounce rates. The cookie will stop tracking the individual user at the end of their session on the site.
Livechat cookie

(customerID)
__lc_cid

(customerID)
Used to verify the identity

of a customer created

in Livechat
Expires after 2 years
Livechat cookie

(customerSecureToken)
__lc_cst

(customerSecureToken)
Used to verify the customer’s

token in Livechat
Expires after 2 years