The National Library of Wales website does not capture or store any personal information about our visitors except where explicitly noted.
We are continually trying to develop and improve our website, and, in order to do this, we sometimes place small amounts of data on your computer. This data is called a ‘cookie’ and is standard practice on most organisations' websites.
Cookies are used for many reasons, for example:
To allow us to know when you have logged in to certain areas of our website (e.g. the Library catalogue)
To remember your language selection so that you see your language choice the next time you visit
When you fill in questionnaires, to allow you to move back through your choices without losing your selections
To learn how our website is used, in order for us to continually improve through statistical data
Cookies are used across most of our websites, but we do not use these to try and identify our users. You can manage or delete cookies as you wish. For further information visit AboutCookies.org.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | _ga, _ga*, _gid, _gat, __utma, __utmt, __utmb, __utmc, __utmz, __utmv | Analytics cookies help us to improve our websites. They collect information about how visitors use our websites. We use this information to monitor the effectiveness of the site and its popularity. We do this by analysing the data and compiling reports and recommendation based upon it. The information is collected in a way where we can’t identify any individuals. |
| Search History | History, history_consent | This cookie remembers your previous searches and allows you to select one to quickly undertake the same search again. |
| Pseudonymised cookies | _hjid, _hjRecordingLastActivity, _hjClosedSurveyInvites, _hjDonePolls, _hjMinimizedPolls, _hjDoneTestersWidgets, _hjIncludedInSample, _hjShownFeedbackMessage, hjTLDTest, _hjUserAttributesHash, _hjCachedUserAttributes, _hjLocalStorageTest, _hjptid | We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs, and improve the websites based on their interactions. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data about our users’ interaction on our websites and the devices they use. This includes a device's IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf. For further details, please see the ‘about Hotjar’ section of Hotjar’s support site. |
| Nonpersonally identifiable information | _clck, _clsk, CLID, ANONCHK, MR, MUID, SM | We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement. |
| Session cookie | PHPSESSID | This is necessary to maintain your session while you're on the website. |
From time to time the Library offers content from third party sites on its websites eg embedded videos/images. These could contain cookies of their own, and the Library is not responsible for the use of such cookies. For further information about these you should consult the third party's privacy policy.