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Cookies in detail
The following information is provided to better inform you of the type of information we store in cookies when you visit this site, http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/.For an explanation of what cookies are and how we use them please see the privacy policy page.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | Type of Cookie | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benefits Calculator | AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport | This cookie identifies if the benefits calculator is able to rely on cookies to store temporary data. | Session (3rd party site) | Turn2us privacy policy |
| Benefits Calculator | countryid | Awaiting information from vendor. | Persistent (100 minutes - 3rd party site) | |
| Change contrast | themeName | This remembers the user's choice of contrast scheme setting (Default, Improved Contrast or High Contrast). This cookie is deleted after 1 year. | Persistent (+1 year) | |
| Essential site cookie | ASPSESSIONIDXXXXXXXX | This cookie is essential. The technology running most of the website (pages with filenames ending in .asp) sets a session marker to identify you whilst you are browsing our site. No personal information is stored. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. | Session | |
| Essential site cookie | ASP.NET_SessionId | This cookie is essential. The technology running most of the website (pages with filenames ending in .aspx) sets a session marker to identify you whilst you are browsing our site. No personal information is stored. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. | Session | Microsoft's explanation of the use of session IDs |
| Generic authorisation/roles cookie | .ASPXAUTH .ASPROLES |
It is set when you log into a secure area of the site i.e. Jobs Online, Ofsted secure area etc. It contains information about your login expiry and roles. The information is encrypted. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. | Session | |
| Google Analytics |
__utma |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | __utma - Persistent (+2 years) __utmb - Persistent (+1 hour) __utmc - Session __utmz - Persistent (+6 months) |
View an overview of privacy at Google |
| Gov Delivery email subscriptions | _trunk_session | This cookie is created when the user subscribes to the email and RSS updates service. The cookies are not shared with other websites and do not track or store personal information. | Persistent (+1 hour) | View the Gov Delivery privacy policy |
| Herefordshire Trader Register | FRAME_TRADER_REGISTER_CONSUMER | This cookie is created when the user uses the trader register search facility to store your location during a search session. Also the cookie is used when registering to enable access to your account. | Session (3rd party site) | |
| Online Forms | firmstep2server | This remembers the name of the server the user is connected to. As we have multiple servers the eForms software must know which is dealing with the request. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. | Session | |
| Online Forms | firmstep2session | The technology running our eForms solution sets a session marker to identify you whilst filling out a form. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. | Session | |
| Self Service for Council Tax and Benefits | ecitizenReqId | Cookie used by this system to enable it to work correctly. This cookie is deleted when you close your Internet browser. | Session | |
| Self Service for Council Tax and Benefits | JSESSIONID | This cookie is essential. The technology running our self service portal sets a session marker to identify you whilst you are browsing our site. No personal information is stored. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. | Session | |
| Socitm Insight Website Take Up Service | socitm_include_me7 socitm_exclude_me7 socitm_exclude_alt7 |
The Socitm Insight Website take-up service uses cookies to determine whether a customer has participated in the survey on a subscriber’s website or has rejected taking part. It uses this information to prevent the same customer using the same user account on the same computer from being asked to participate in the survey again during the current survey year. The cookies are deposited from the subscriber’s domain and are set to expire one year after placement. | Persistent (+1 year) | |
| Tribal/Synergy FIS online | PELanguageCookie | Awaiting information from vendor. | Persistent (+12 hours) | |
| Tribal/Synergy FIS online | PETestCookie | Awaiting information from vendor. | Persistent (+12 hours) |
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.