Cookies we use
Published 11 December 2020
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Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
We use cookies for online services such as our licensing site, our criminal record indicator or the search for a training provider tool.
We use 2 types of cookie on these services:
- first party cookies - these are our own cookies, controlled by us and used to support the functionality of our online services
- third party cookies - these are cookies found in other companies’ internet tools which we are using to enhance our site
The tables below explain the cookies we use and why.
1. First party (SIA) cookies
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session cookie | ASP.NET_SessionId | This cookie is used by our licensing portal to keep track of your session through use a GUID. This is needed to support some of the functionality preventing you from having to re-enter information as you navigate our portal. It is functional cookie and is not used for any statistical, social, targeting or commercial purposes. | When you close your browser |
| Session cookie | ASPXAUTH | This cookie is used by our licensing portal to keep you logged in until you sign out or are signed out automatically due to inactivity. It is functional cookie and is not used for any statistical, social, targeting or commercial purposes. | When you close your browser |
| Session cookie | __RequestVerificationToken | This cookie is used by our licensing portal and is known as an Anti-forgery token used to prevent CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) attacks from happening. It is functional cookie and is not used for any statistical, social, targeting or commercial purposes. | When you close your browser |
| Persistent cookie | anonprofile | This cookie is used by our licensing portal to track the number of unique visits to our portal. It is functional cookie and is not used for any statistical, social, targeting or commercial purposes. | 30 days |
| Session cookie | cookiesession1 | This cookie is used by our licensing portal to protect the security of the service and your data. It is used by our firewall to monitor your session looking for abnormalities that could indicate an attack. It is functional cookie and is not used for any statistical, social, targeting or commercial purposes. | When you close your browser |
2. Third party cookies
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz | These cookies are set for anyone using our interactive services. They are used to collect information about how visitors use our services, which we use to help improve them. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the services, where visitors have come to the site from and the and the services they have visited. | 2 years (_utma), 30 minutes (_utmb), When you close your browser (_utmc), 6 months (_utmz) |
| Cookie acceptance cookie | cc_cookie_accept | This cookie is used to record if a user has accepted the use of cookies on any of our interactive services. Setting this cookie means that we will not have to keep asking your permission to use cookies every time you visit one of our sites. No personal information is stored. | 1 year |