Use of cookies by Brightspace Thinking
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| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
| Cookie preference | CookieControl | This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on brightspacethinking.co.uk Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie. |
| Universal Analytics (Google) | _ga _gali _gat _gid | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. Read Google’s overview of privacy and safeguarding data |