Our use of cookies
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics software (Google Analytics 4) to collect anonymised information about how you use this site. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.
We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use this site.
Google Analytics stores information about:
- how you got to the site
- the pages you visit and how long you spend on each page
- what you click on while visiting the site.
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Microsoft Clarity
We partner with Microsoft Clarity to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioural metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to make improvements to the website.
Website usage data is captured using ‘first’ and ‘third-party’ cookies and other tracking technologies for site optimization, fraud, and security purposes.
For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement (opens in new tab).
YouTube videos
Some website pages may contain content from other sites, like YouTube, which may set their own cookies. These sites are sometimes called ‘third party’ services. This tells us how many people are seeing the content and whether it’s useful.
In addition, if you share a link to one of our website pages, the service you share it on (for example, Facebook) may set a cookie. We have no control over cookies set on other websites – you can turn them off, but not through us.
Cookies use
Find details about the cookies we use on the Gambling Commission website.
The following table details what cookies we use within our services.
| Service | Name | Purpose | Expires | If disabled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application online | .AppOnline | Anti-forgery token to prevent fraudulent use of form submissions | On browser close | Service will not be usable |
| Application online | ASP.NET_SessionId | Session ID | On browser close | Service will not be usable |
| Apply for a personal licence | .AspNetCore.Antiforgery.<UniqueId> | Anti-forgery token to prevent fraudulent use of form submissions | On browser close | Service will not be usable |
| Apply for a personal licence | GCAuth | Session ID | On browser close | Service will not be usable |
| Apply for a personal licence | GCSession | Session ID while in a specific application | On browser close | Service will not be usable |
| eServices | _RequestVerificationToken_<UniqueId> | Anti-forgery token to prevent fraudulent use of form submissions | On browser close | Enables fraudulent activity and rogue form submissions |
| eServices | Eservices | Session ID for the user | On browser close | Service will not usable |
| eServices | Eservices.AccountUser | Session ID for the account the user is logged in as | 1 hour | Service will not be usable |
| eServices | .OLEOnline | Randomly generated session ID | On browser close | Service will not be usable |
| LA returns | GCOR | Anti-forgery token to prevent fraudulent use of form submissions | On browser close | Service will not be usable |
| LA returns | ASP.NET_SessionId | Session ID | On browser close | Service will not be usable |
| Manage your personal licence | ai_session | This is a unique anonymous session identifier cookie. Cookies set by Microsoft Application Insights, which allow Insights to monitor the health and status of the server and website. |
On browser close | Performance information will not be collected |
| Manage your personal licence | ai_user | This is a unique user identifier cookie enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application over time. Cookies set by Microsoft Application Insights, which allow Insights to monitor the health and status of the server and website. |
1 year | Performance information will not be collected |
| Manage your personal licence | .AspNetCore.Antiforgery.<UniqueId> | Anti-forgery token to prevent fraudulent use of form submissions | On browser close | Service will not be usable |
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Last updated: 17 July 2023
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