Cookies on Digital Marketplace

Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.

Digital Marketplace uses cookies that are essential for the site to work.

How cookies are used on Digital Marketplace

Session cookie

We store a session cookie on your device to help keep your information secure while you use the service.

Name
dm_session
Purpose
Stores encrypted session data
Expires
1 hour

Testing if cookies are accepted

We test whether your browser is accepting cookies from Digital Marketplace, by setting a cookie. This cookie allows us to give useful error messages when things go wrong.

Name
dm_cookie_probe
Purpose
Tells us if your browser is accepting cookies
Expires
1 year

Measuring website usage

We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the Digital Marketplace so we can improve it based on user needs.

Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about:

  • how you got to Digital Marketplace
  • the pages you visit on Digital Marketplace and government digital services, and how long you spend on each page
  • what you click on while you’re using the service

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

Name
_ga
Purpose
Helps us count how many people visit Digital Marketplace by tracking if you’ve visited the service before
Expires
2 years
Name
_gid
Purpose
Helps us count how many people visit Digital Marketplace by tracking if you’ve visited the service before
Expires
24 hours
Name
_gat_govuk_shared
Purpose
Helps us count how many users visit GOV.UK after visiting Digital Marketplace
Expires
10 minutes

Analytics settings cookie

If you choose to accept or reject analytics cookies, we store this setting in a separate cookie.

Setting this cookie also stops the cookie banner appearing on later visits.

You can change your analytics settings at any time.

Name
dm_cookie_policy
Purpose
Tells us that you have seen our cookie message
Expires
1 year