TestProtect Protect-Scotland App: Your 01 Jan COVID-19 test result is positive. Please self-isolate. If using the ‘Protect Scotland’ app, add test code DBK9FX (expires in 24 hrs) 21m ago MESSAGES Close TEST CODE (AUTHORISATION CODE) SENT IN SECONDS IP ADDRESS (APP USER) ANONYMOUS The encrypted anonymous keys reach the app backend. IP addresses are deleted. The anonymous diagnosis keys are stored in the app backend. Open
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Measuring site usage

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how you use protect.scot. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting your needs and to help us make improvements.

We store information about:

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Name Purpose Expiry

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This is used to understand and differentiate between different users.

38 Months

_gid

_gid has a different ID for each page set on, and a timestamp. This assists with plotting user journeys.

24 Hours

_gat

We use Google Tag Manager to tailor our tracking in case we have different elements that are being tested. For example, setting a tag to track how far a user is having to scroll down a long page. The _gat tag pushes the request rate through quicker.

1 Minute

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Session

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12 months

_hjIncludedInSessionSample

This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit.

30 minutes

__hjRecordingLastActivity

This should be found in Session storage (as opposed to cookies). This gets updated when a visitor recording starts and when data is sent through the WebSocket (the visitor performs an action that Hotjar records).

Session

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos.

6 Months

YSC

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Session

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