Cookie information
Last updated: May 2022
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Changing your cookie preferences
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Use of cookies on this site
We only use cookies that enable our website to function correctly and to provide us with information that allows us to improve its performance. Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact the functionality of some areas of the website, resulting in them not working properly.
The table below lists the cookies used on this site and why we use them.
| Cookie | Purpose | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure - cloud platform |
ARRAffinity, ApplicationGatewayAffinity, ARRAffinitySameSite and ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS These cookies are used for load balancing to make sure visitors page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. |
Duration of the session |
| Umbraco |
__RequestVerificationToken This is an anti-forgery token designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website. |
Duration of the session |
| ASP.NET |
ASP.NET_SessionId This cookie serves two functions on the site: (i) Remembers the selections and data you have entered into one of our online forms so when progressing through the form you won’t be required to re-enter information you have already given |
Duration of the session |
| Civic UK |
CookieControl This cookie is used to remember a user’s preferences in regards to cookies. |
90 days |
Google Analytics
We use the _ga, _gid, and _gat and cookies provided by Google as part of their analytics tool. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website, for example number of visitors to the site, which pages are most visited, how visitors move between pages etc. The information they collect is anonymous. We use this information to help improve visitors’ experience of the website.