Digital ID Connect Website Cookie Notice

1. What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. You can choose not to allow certain types of cookies. See below to find out more information about the types of cookies Yoti use and why.

2. Use of cookies by Yoti

Strictly Necessary cookies

These are necessary for the website to function and you cannot switch them off. They are usually to enable login, for security and to remember your privacy preferences. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will then not work. These cookies do not contain any information that can directly identify you.

Cookie Name Duration Purpose
IAB consent cookie eupubconsent Expires after 365 days

*Optanon AlertBox Closed – Used to store the consent preferences users have given for cookie categories. This enables us to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the user’s browser when consent is not given. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.

**OptanonConsent – Used to store the consent preferences users have given for cookie categories. This enables is to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the user’s browser when consentis not given. It contains no information that can directly identify the site visitor.

Performance cookies

These allow us to count visits and actions so we can measure and improve the performance of our website. They help us to know which pages are the most popular and tell us which ad brought you here. These cookies don’t usually contain any information that could identify you but if you submit your details to us via a web form on yoti.com or info.yoti.com, your user behaviour gets attached to your contact record along with your personal data. If you turn these off, we will not have any information to understand how our website is being used.

Cookie Name Duration Purpose
Google Analytics _ga Expires after 729 days 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.
Google Analytics _ga_JYHN6S5PHS Expires after 729 days Used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It helps collect information such as the number of visitors, traffic sources, and user engagement metrics.

Functional cookies

These allow the website to provide more functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you turn them off, then some or all of these services may not work properly. There are currently no functional cookies used on this website.

Targeting/Advertising cookies

These are provided by our advertising partners. We use their cookies and site visit pixels for remarketing and to measure and improve the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. This means that those partners (Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram) can show our ads to people who have recently visited our websites. Our aim is to retarget businesses who are interested in Digital ID Connect, not individuals browsing the site, but we are not able to distinguish between them. There are currently no targeting/advertising cookies used on this site.

3. Google Analytics Cookies

Read Google’s overview of privacy and safeguarding data.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

4. How do I change my cookie settings?

You can change your cookie preferences on our website at any time by clicking on the ‘Cookie Settings’ link located in the website footer. You can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then clicking ‘Confirm my choices’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.

Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

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