Privacy and cookies

Last updated: 14 May 2026

Care Inspectorate cookie policy 

When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information in the form of cookies. The information stored in a cookie may relate to your browsing habits on the webpage, or a unique identification number so that the website can remember you on your return visit. Other cookies are deleted when you close your web browser and only relate to the working of the website. Generally speaking, cookies do not contain personal information from which you can be identified. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. 

Necessary - Always active 

Necessary cookies allow the basic functions of this website to work. They are limited to only those that are strictly necessary. For example, we use a cookie to remember your choices about cookies and one to enable the bilingual aspects of the website to work. 

Name Host Duration Description
XSRF-TOKEN careinspectorate.scot Session This cookie is written to help with site security in preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.
statamic-session careinspectorate.scot 120 minutes Maintains the visitor's session and underpins CSRF protection.
awsalb careinspectorate.scot (AWS) Session This is used to hold and manage session information and routing for the user.
awsalbcors careinspectorate.scot (AWS) 1 year This is used to hold and manage session information and routing for the user.
care_inspectorate_cookie_consent careinspectorate.scot 1 year Stores the user's acceptance of the cookie policy.
dashboard_prefs careinspectorate.scot 1 year Stores preferred area and service type for My Dashboard.
entry_viewed_* careinspectorate.scot 1 hour Prevents the same visitor's repeat views from inflating popular/trending counters within a short window (one cookie set per entry, suffixed with the entry ID hash).

Performance 

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. 

Microsoft Clarity 

Name Host Duration Description
_clck careinspectorate.scot 1 year Used by Microsoft Clarity to track user interactions.
_clckid careinspectorate.scot 1 year Used by Microsoft Clarity to track user interactions.
_clsk careinspectorate.scot Session Used by Microsoft Clarity to store session information.
clsks careinspectorate.scot Session Used by Microsoft Clarity to store session information.

Analytics 

These third-party cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and this data will never be used by us to identify you. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. 

Google 

Name Host Duration Description
_ga careinspectorate.scot 2 years Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users.
_gid careinspectorate.scot 24 hours Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users.
_gat careinspectorate.scot 1 minute Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
gac careinspectorate.scot 90 days Contains campaign-related information.