IP address and cookies

An IP address is a number that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet. We may collect information about your computer, including your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

We use Plausible Analytics software to collect anonymised information about how you use GOV.UK. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements to the site and to government digital services.

We do not allow Plausible to use or share the data about how you use this site.

Plausible Analytics stores information about:

• how you got to the site
• the pages you visit on safetytechnetwork.org.uk and how long you spend on them
• what you click on while you’re visiting the site

Cookie	Name	Purpose
Cookie preference	CookieControl	This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie.
YouTube cookies	PREF* VSC* VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE* remote_sid*	We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. Read more at YouTube’s embedding videos information page. PREF – * Expires after eight months VSC – * expires at the end of your session VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE – *expires after eight months remote_sid – * expires at the end of your session
Vimeo cookies	player vuid	We embed videos from our official Vimeo channel. When you press play Vimeo will drop third party cookies to enable the the video to play and to collect analytics data such as how long a viewer has watched the video. These cookies do not track individuals.

Third Party Cookies

If you click through to a website that we have provided a link to, safetytechnetwork.org.uk has no control over the cookies set on these websites. safetytechnetwork.org.uk advises you to read their cookies policies and privacy notices for more information.