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We use cookies to store information about how you use the National Data Library service on the data.gov.uk website, such as the pages you visit.

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We use 4 types of cookie. You can choose which cookies you're happy for us to use.

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We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about:

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  • what you click on while you're visiting the site

We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use this site.

These are the Google Analytics cookies we’ll use:
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