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Table showing a list of non-essential cookies used on careerswales.gov.wales:
CookieNamePurposeExpires
Google Analytics cookie
(UA and GA4)
_gaUsed by Google Analytics
to identify the user
Expires after 2 years
Google Analytics cookie_gidUsed by Google Analytics
to identify the user
Expires after 1 day
Google Analytics cookie_gat_UA-*Used by Google analytics
to throttle the refresh rate
Expires after 1 minute
Google Analytics cookie
(GA4)
_ga_GTM-P67487FUsed by Google analytics
to persist session state
Expires after 2 years
Functionality cookiebw-cookieMessageUsed to show or hide
the cookie prompt
Expires after 10 hours
Twitter targeting /
advertising cookies
Guest-idUsed by twitter to
identify and track the
website visitor
Expires after 1 month
Livechat cookie
(customerID)
__lc_cid
(customerID)
Used to verify the identity
of a customer created
in Livechat
Expires after 2 years
Livechat cookie
(customerSecureToken)
__lc_cst
(customerSecureToken)
Used to verify the customer’s
token in Livechat
Expires after 2 years