Cookie policy
Please read this policy ("Policy") carefully as it contains important information on how we, the Emma Caldwell Inquiry ("we/us/our" and the "Inquiry") use cookies on our website. This Policy should be read together with our Privacy Notice, and where it applies to you, our Core Participant Privacy Notice, which set out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal data generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal data and details of how to contact us and the Information Commissioner’s Office, if you have a complaint about the way in which your personal data is being or has been used by the Inquiry.
Policy details
This website is operated by the Inquiry. This Policy only relates to your use of our website. Throughout our website, we may link to other websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites may also use cookies or other similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. For privacy information relating to these third party websites, please consult their policies on their websites.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. Some of this information will be aggregated or statistical, which means you will not be identified individually.
Cookies used on our website
More information about cookies used
| Source | Cookie key | Domain | Description | Typical lifespan | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMS/server | PHPSESSID | emmacaldwellinquiry.scot | Used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server | Session - expires when browser closed | Necessary |
| Google analytics | ga (incl ga<containerid>) | emmacaldwellinquiry.scot | Primary user identifier used to distinguish unique visitors across sessions. Stores a client id | 2 years | Optional |
| Youtube | YSC | youtube.com | Identifies video sessions for YouTube embedded players | Session - expires when browser closed | Necessary |
| Youtube | VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, __Secure-YNID, __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | youtube.com | Google sets consent-related cookies across domains to record cookie consent choices or privacy metadata. | 6 months | Necessary |
How to refuse cookies
You may be able to change your internet browser settings so that cookies (including necessary cookies) are not accepted. If you do this, you may lose some of the functionality of our website. You can also reject non-necessary cookies using our consent mechanism option when visiting our website; this allows you to enable or disable all or some of the non-necessary cookies.
It’s usually possible to stop your browser accepting cookies altogether, or to stop it accepting cookies from a particular website. The links below show how to disable cookies in the most popular browsers:
- Cookie settings in Microsoft Edge
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Safari
To withdraw consent of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Policy or how we hold or use your personal data, please contact us.
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Updates to this Policy
We may update this Policy at any time, and you should check our website occasionally to ensure you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access our website.
Last updated: December 2025