How we use cookies

What is a cookie?

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The cookies we use

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to find out how many people are accessing our website. If you don't want to send data to Google Analytics you can download an opt out browser add-on.

Microsoft Clarity

We use Microsoft Clarity to capture how you use and interact with our website through heatmaps and session replay. Masking is in place to protect personal information from being seen or stored. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and is used to improve our website. Additionally, we use this information for site optimisation. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

We use the following cookies on the Safer Schools site:

Cookie	Identifer(s)	Purpose
Google Analytics	_ga _gat _gid	To find out how many people are accessing our website. If you don't want to send this data, you can install a browser add-on to opt-out off this information being collated by Google.
Windows Azure	ARRAffinity	This cookie is set by websites that run on Windows Azure cloud platform. The cookie is used to affinitize a client to an instance of an Azure Web App.
CloudFare	__cfduid	The cookie is set by CloudFare. The cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information.
Microsoft Clarity	_clck	Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site is attributed to the same user ID.
Microsoft Clarity	_clsk	Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording.
Microsoft Clarity	CLID	Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity.
Microsoft Clarity	ANONCHK	Indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. Clarity doesn't use ANID and so this is always set to 0.
Microsoft Clarity	MR	Indicates whether to refresh MUID.
Microsoft Clarity	MUID	Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.
Microsoft Clarity	SM	Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains.

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