Office for National Statistics Privacy Statement
ONS has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy.
The following is a description of what data is collected when you use this website and what it is used for.
User information
This website uses cookies and JavaScript tracking code to gather anonymous information about visitors' usage patterns, in order to improve the navigation of the site, the presentation of its content, and the quality of its services.
The information collected does not include personal details such as your name, age, telephone number, postal address or email address, nor does it allow personal identification of a user.
Cookies
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable.
Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone.
These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:
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enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task
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recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested
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measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast
You can manage these small files yourself and learn more about them through Internet browser cookies - what they are and how to manage them
Our use of cookies
Important information about this list of cookies
This list may not always be complete. It will be regularly updated as further information is gathered from other companies and organisations that we work with.
Cookies for measuring use of services
By understanding how people use our website, we can improve the information provided. We gather this data using the following companies:
Webtrends Analytics
Name: BCSI-CS-5099528575ce4d5c
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: when user exits browser
Name: WT_FPC
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: 10 years
Name: notified-New_ONS_Notify_Page
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: 24 hours
Further information on Webtrends Analytics and its cookies can be found by using the search functions in their Webtrends support area.
External links
This site contains links to other sites.
ONS is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
Security
This website has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.
Contacting the website
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, you can contact us.
