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Essential cookies keep your information secure while you use Early years child development training. We do not need to ask permission to use them.

Name Purpose Expires
_early_years_foundation_recovery_session Stores your session information Expires when you log out
ahoy_visit Tracks where you are in the module and allows you to pause and restart modules 3 hours
ahoy_visitor Tracks your progress through the training modules 2 years
course_feedback Tracks your visit to the feedback form 48 hours
track_analytics Saves your cookie consent settings 6 months

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With your permission, we use Google Analytics and Hotjar software to collect anonymised data about how you use Early years child development training. This information helps us to improve our service.

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Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

Name Purpose Expires
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_ga Helps count how many people visit this site by tracking if you’ve visited before 2 years
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Hotjar sets the following cookies:

Relating to you

Name Purpose Expires
_hjSessionUser_3169682 Helps count how many people visit this site by tracking if you’ve visited before 365 days
_hjid Registers a unique ID to generate statistics about how you use the website 365 days
_hjFirstSeen Identifies your first session Per session
_hjUserAttributesHash Holds information about your visit so your information can be kept up to date Per session
_hjCachedUserAttributes Stores user attributes which are sent whenever your visit is not in the sample Per session
_hjViewportId Stores information about the screen you use to visit the website, such as size and dimensions Per session

Relating to your session

Name Purpose Expires
_hjSession_3169682 Holds information about your current session. Makes sure that subsequent requests inside the session window are attributed to your session 30 minutes
_hjSessionTooLarge Causes Hotjar to stop collecting data if a session becomes too large Per session
_hjSessionRejected Applied in extremely rare situations to prevent severe performance issues Per session
_hjSessionResumed Set when your session or recording is reconnected to Hotjar servers after a break in connection Per session
_hjLocalStorageTest Used to check if the Hotjar tracking script can use browser storage on your device Per session
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample Lets Hotjar know whether you are included in data sampling 30 minutes
_hjIncludedInSessionSample Lets Hotjar know whether you are included in data sampling 30 minutes
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress Used to detect the first page you look at during a session 30 minutes
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Relating to recordings

Name Purpose Expires
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_hjRecordingLastActivity Gets updated when a visitor recording starts and when you perform an action that Hotjar records Per session

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