Cookies for Bar Council learning website

The following information applies to learn.barcouncil.org.uk.

Cookies are small data files placed on your computer to help websites run more smoothly.

Our cookies are used to:

• understand how you use the website so we can make improvements to suit your needs.

Our cookies aren't used to identify you personally. They're just here to make the site work better for you.

Cookies we use

First Party and Session Cookies

First-party cookies are those set by the "learn.barcouncil.org.uk” domain (LMS).

Session Cookies are only stored temporarily in the browser's memory and are destroyed when it is closed down, although they will survive if navigating away from the website they came from. Websites use session cookies for essential site functions such as logins, remembering your selections or preferences that you’ve previously made when looking at information or using features and services of the website.

MoodleSession cookie - this cookie is generated once a user accesses a Moodle environment and the server starts a session. The session data allows the LMS to track users as they browse areas of the site even prior to login as they are considered as guest users. If users don’t access any pages within the expiration period (2 hours) their session is ended and Moodle will log them out.  

Find out more about how to manage your cookies.

Third Party Cookies

These cookies are typically used to track browsing behaviour.

Website usage cookies (Google Analytics 4)

We use Google Analytics 4 to collect information about how you use the site so we can make sure it meets your needs and understand how it can be improved.

Google Analytics 4 stores information about the pages you visit, how long you stay, how you get here and what you click on.

We don't use cookies to collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so we can't identify you and we don't allow Google to use or share our data.

If you wish to opt out of this tracking, Google has developed a tool to help you opt out of Google Analytics cookies.

Name	Description	Expires
_ga_#	Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	729 days
_ga	Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	729 days
MoodleSession	This cookie is generated once a user accesses a Moodle environment and the server starts a session. The session data allows the LMS to track users as they browse areas of the site even prior to login as they are considered as guest users. If users don’t access any pages within the expiration period (2 hours) their session is ended and Moodle will logged them out.	When the user logs out / after 2 hours – whichever is shorter.
CookieConsent	Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain	365 days
loglevel	Maintains settings and outputs when using the Developer Tools Console on current session.	Persistent