_ga cookie
Set by Google Analytics.
What it does
Registers a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
- Cookie name
- _ga
- Category
- Analytics
- Provider
- Google Analytics
- Duration
- 2 years
- Data source
- Kukie.io
Consent
_ga is in the Analytics category. In the EU and the UK, analytics cookies need the visitor's consent before they are set. California's CCPA works differently: it lets residents opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal information.
- GDPR and ePrivacy (EU)
- Prior consent is needed before setting _ga. Analytics cookies are not covered by the strictly necessary exemption; only a few regulators (for example France's CNIL) allow a narrow exemption for first-party audience measurement under strict conditions.
- UK GDPR and PECR
- Consent is needed before setting _ga. The ICO treats analytics cookies as non-essential.
- CCPA and CPRA (California)
- Disclose _ga in your privacy policy and honour opt-out requests, including the Global Privacy Control signal, if the analytics data is shared or sold.
Managing _ga with a consent banner
A consent banner can keep the script that sets _ga waiting until the visitor accepts analytics cookies. Kukie.io's cookie scanner finds _ga and sorts it into a category. The banner holds back known trackers by default, and any other script you tag with its category waits too.
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Disclaimer
Kukie.io provides tools to collect and record consent. It is not legal advice, and using it does not by itself make a website compliant with any law.
