Privacy and Cookies
Like most websites we use 'cookies' to collect anonymous statistics about how people use the site, and to help us keep it relevant for the user. Cookies 'remember' bits of information from your visit to the site.
A cookie is a simple text file that's stored on your computer or mobile device by a website's server. Only that server can retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. So if we put a cookie on your computer, it can't be read by any other website.
We use two types of cookie:
- 'session cookies' last as long as your current visit to the site, or for up to a limited amount of time if you keep the site open without using it. They mean you don't have to keep re-submitting information as you move through the site or carry out transactions.
- 'persistent cookies' remember information from previous visits, for example names and details for online forms. They are used to collect anonymous statistics about how many people use the site, and to maintain any settings (such as accessibility) you have changed.
You can change your computer settings at any time to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies. How you do this depends on your web browser...
Find out more at www.aboutcookies.org
Microsoft Clarity
We use Microsoft Clarity to capture how you use and interact with our website through heatmaps and session replay. Masking is in place to protect personal information from being seen or stored. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and is used to improve our website. Additionally, we use this information for site optimisation. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
NamePurposeValue Passed
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_clck |
Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site is attributed to the same user ID. |
String |
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_clsk |
Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. |
String |
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CLID |
Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity. |
String |
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ANONCHK |
Indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. Clarity doesn't use ANID and so this is always set to 0. |
Flag |
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MR |
Indicates whether to refresh MUID. |
Flag |
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MUID |
Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. |
GUID |
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SM |
Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. |
Character Flags |
The cookies we use
__KBCookie__/...
Note that the name of this cookie contains the path to your presense (eg __KBCookie__/matt/bootstrap4/ This cookie lasts for the current session.It stores a shortlist ID, which is passed to the server to get the current session shortlist.
__KBLoggedIn__
This cookie lasts for the current session.It stores a simple true/false for whether or not you have successfully logged in.
kbroker_presence_controller
Max-Age : 1 yearThis cookie stores the user's response to the cookie consent message.This cookie is also used to store the Accessibility settings (contrast mode and / or text size) if they are set. NOTE: on the old wireframe, default Accessibility settings are written to this cookie on first page load.
JSESSIONID
This cookie lasts for the current session.It is generated by the Tomcat Servlet container, and used for session management for HTTP protocol. Since HTTP is a stateless protocol there is no way for a Web Server to relate two separate requests coming from the same client and Session management is the process to track user session using different session management techniques like Cookies and URL Rewriting.The cookie stores a generated ID that is read by the server in subsequent HTTP requests.
PHPSESSID
This cookie lasts for the current session.It is generated by the web server, and used for session management for HTTP protocol. Since HTTP is a stateless protocol there is no way for a Web Server to relate two separate requests coming from the same client and Session management is the process to track user session using different session management techniques like Cookies and URL Rewriting.The cookie stores a generated ID that is read by the server in subsequent HTTP requests.
Google Analytics Cookies
| __utmb | lasts 30 minutes | used to track how long you stay on a site – when a visit starts and approximately ends |
| __utmz | lasts 6 months | used to track where a visitor came from |
| __utmc | last for current session | used to track how long you stay on a site – when a visit starts and approximately ends |
| __utmt | lasts 10 minutes | Used to throttle request rate |
| __utma | lasts 2 years | tracks each user’s amount of visits, and the time of the first, the previous, and the current visit |
After first loading, several targeted advertising cookies are then written by Google
ShareThis Cookies
| __stid | lasts 1 year | monitors “user-activity”, e.g. Web pages viewed, navigation from page to page, time spent on each page etc.The ShareThis service only personally identifies you if you have separately signed up with ShareThis for a ShareThis account and given them your consent. |
| __stidv | lasts 1 year | monitors “user-activity”, e.g. Web pages viewed, navigation from page to page, time spent on each page etc.The ShareThis service only personally identifies you if you have separately signed up with ShareThis for a ShareThis account and given them your consent.
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