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Necessary Cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as page navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.



Cookie Name

Description

Retention Period

Third Party

.ASPXANONYMOUS
Created by ASP.Net. This cookie configures anonymous identification for application authorization. This is required to identify entities that are not authenticated when authorization is required.
2 months
No
.ASPXAUTH
Created by ASP.Net. .ASPXAUTH is a cookie to identify if the user is authenticated( As user's identity has been verified)
session
No
ARRAffinity
When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster.
Session
No
ARRAffinitySameSite
When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster.
Session
No
ASLBSA
Microsoft App Service and Front Door Affinity Cookies. These cookies are used to direct your browser to use the appropriate backend server.
Session
No
ASLBSACORS
Microsoft App Service and Front Door Affinity Cookies. These cookies are used to direct your browser to use the appropriate backend server.
Session
No
ASP.NET_SessionId
ASP.Net_SessionId is a cookie which is used to identify the users session on the server. The session being an area on the server which can be used to store session state in between http requests.
Session
No
ASPSESSIO
Browsing session: the asterisks identify an alphanumerical code that varies from session to session in automatic mode.
Session
No
ApplicationGatewayAffinity
This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server.
Session
No
ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS
This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server.
Session
No
RpsContextCookie
This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your Sharepoint login information
session
Yes
VisitorStorageGuid
This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server.
Session
No
__AntiXsrfToken
This cookie is used to prevent Cross-site request forgery (often abbreviated as CSRF) attacks of the website. CSRF attacks exploit the trust that a site has in a user's browser.
session
No
buid
This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your login information
30 days
No
esctx
This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your login information
Session
No
fpc
This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your login information
30 days
No
nSGt-
This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your Sharepoint login information
session
Yes
stsservicecookie
Cookie for Azure Active Directory B2C-verification
Session
No


Analytical Cookies

Analytical cookies help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage. These cookies allow us to understand how visitors navigate the site and where we can make improvements. The data collected is aggregated and anonymized, ensuring that no PII is stored or shared.

 

Cookie Name

Description

Retention Period

Third Party

.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.
Anti-forgery cookie is a security mechanism to defend against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.
Session
No
AMP_TOKEN
Contains a token code that is used to read out a Client ID from the AMP Client ID Service. By matching this ID with that of Google Analytics, users can be matched when switching between AMP content and non-AMP content.
1 year
No
ASP.NET_Sessio
General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server.
Session
No
ASP.NET_Sessio_Fallback
Fallback session cookie to support older browsers that haven't implemented the Secure flag, in modern evergreen browsers this cookie is never set as it haven't got the Secure flag.
Session
No
CLID
The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft Clarity scripts. The purpose of this cookie is for heatmap and session recording.
1 years
No
FPAU
Assigns a specific ID to the visitor. This allows the website to determine the number of specific user-visits for analysis and statistics.
session
No
FPID
Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator.
1 years
No
FPLC
This FPLC cookie is the cross-domain linker cookie hashed from the FPID cookie. It’s not HttpOnly, which means it can be read with JavaScript. It has a relatively short lifetime, just 20 hours.
20 hours
No
MicrosoftApplicationsTelemetryDeviceId
Used to store a unique device ID for tracking behavior and usage of the website
1 year
No
SM
This is a Microsoft cookie used to measure the use of the website for internal analytics
Session
No
__RequestVerificationToken
This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery.
Session
No
__utma
ID used to identify users and sessions
2 years
No
__utmb
Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
30 minutes
No
__utmc
Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.
session
No
__utmt
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests
10 minutes
No
__utmv
Contains custom information set by the web developer through the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated each time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
2 years
Unknown
__utmx
Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.
18 months
No
__utmxx
Used to determine when the A / B or Multivariate test in which the user participates ends
18 months
No
__utmz
Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server
6 months
No
_clck
This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
1 years
No
_clsk
This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
24 hours
No
_dc_gtm_
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests
1 minute
No
_ga
ID used to identify users
1 years
No
_ga_*
Used to identify and track an individual user session.
2 years
No
_gac_
Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together.
90 days
No
_gat
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager
58 seconds
No
_gat_*
Used to set and get tracking data
1 hour
No
_gid
ID used to identify users for 24 hours
24 hours
No


Marketing Cookies

We use marketing cookies to help us improve the relevancy of advertising campaigns you receive. These cookies track help us to measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

Cookie Name

Description

Retention Period

Third Party

ACLK_DATA
This cookie is used to help improve advertising. This targets advertising based on what's relevant to a user, to improve reporting on campaign performance.
5 minutes
No
GED_PLAYLIST_ACTIVITY
Improves targeting/advertising within the website
session
No
__gpi
Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website.
1 years
No
__gpi_optout
Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website.
13 months
No
__gsas
Provides ad delivery or retargeting.
3 months
No
_gcl_au
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.
3 months
No
_gcl_dc
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.
3 months
No
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