Cookies

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Essential cookies

Essential cookies keep your information secure while you use this service. We do not need to ask permission to use them.

Name Purpose Expires
session Used to store page state When you close your browser
set_cookie_usage Remembers your cookie consent settings 30 days
seen_cookie_message Stops your browser showing the cookie banner after you’ve set your preferences 30 days

Analytics cookies (optional)

With your permission, we use Google Analytics to collect data about how you use the service. This information helps us to improve our service.

Google is not allowed to use or share our analytics data with anyone.

Google Analytics stores anonymised information about:

  • how you got to the service
  • the pages you visit on the service and how long you stay on them
  • what you click on while you're using the service
  • any errors you see while using the service

Google Analytics sets the following cookies.

Name Purpose Expires
_ga Checks if you've visited the service before. This helps us count how many people visit our site. 2 years
_gid Checks if you've visited the service before. This helps us count how many people visit our site. 24 hours
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