Cookies
This page outlines the cookie policy for the UKPRP website, managed by the MRC on behalf of the UKPRP (“we” or “us” or “our”). Your use of this website is subject to the following Terms and conditions of website use.
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. 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.
Cookies are used to improve services for you through, for example:
- enabling a service to recognise your device so you don’t have to give the same information during one task
- recognising that you have already given a username and password, so you don’t need to enter it for every web page requested
- measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and that there is enough capacity to ensure they are fast.
You can manage cookies yourself and learn more about them on the All About Cookies website.
Our use of cookies
The list below shows all the cookies that are set up by the UKPRP and the third-party services we use. If you have any queries about these cookies or would like more information about them, please get in touch.
Google Analytics cookies
Google Analytics set cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
| _ga | Used to count how many people visit UKPRP website by tracking if they have visited before | 2 years |
| _gat | Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made | 10 minutes |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day |
For further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Code website.
