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| Type | Cookie Key | Domain | Description | Typical lifespan | Type |
| CMS/server | SSESS<id> or PHPSESSID | .uniondigital.uk | Used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server | Varies – session per task eg user’s course progress | Necessary |
| Youtube | YSC | youtube.com | Identifies video sessions for YouTube embedded players | Session – expires when browser closed | Necessary |
| Youtube | VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, __Secure-YNID, __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | youtube.com | Google sets consent-related cookies across domains to record cookie consent choices or privacy metadata. | 6 months | Necessary |
| Microsoft Dynamics | msd365mkttr | .uniondigital.uk | Visitor identifier for Dynamics 365 Marketing | 2 years | Necessary |
| Microsoft Dynamics | msd365mkttrs | .uniondigital.uk | Session ID for visit grouping | Session – expires when browser closed | Necessary |
| Dotdigital | Survey-Started-<surveyid> | .r1.dotdigital-pages.com | Marks that a survey has been started | Session – expires when browser closed | Necessary |
| Dotdigital | respondentid<id> | .r1.dotdigital-pages.com | Unique respondent ID, links survey to a contact | 1 month | Necessary |
| Dotdigital | respondentid<>idcount | .r1.dotdigital-pages.com | Tracks number of survey attempts | Session – expires when browser closed | Necessary |
| Dotdigital | LP-<sessionid> | .r1.dotdigital-pages.com | Dotdigital landing page cookie, identifies session | 1 month | Necessary |
| Dotdigital | __cf_bm | .dotdigital-pages.com / .r1.dotdigital-pages.com | Cloudflare bot management (distinguishes bots vs humans) | 30 mins | Necessary |
| Dotdigital | cf_clearance | .dotdigital-pages.com / .r1.dotdigital-pages.com | Used by Cloudflare to identify trusted web traffic and allow access after passing security checks. | 1 year | Necessary |
| Google analytics | _ga (including _ga_<containerid>) | .uniondigital.uk | Primary user identifier used to distinguish unique visitors across sessions. Stores a client id. | 2 years | Optional |