Cookie Policy
Cookie policy April 2025
Cookie Description
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the Cookie settings section at the bottom of our website. You can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then clicking ‘Save and close’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.
Alternatively, 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, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Details and functions of the cookies currently used on our Website are set out in the following tables. Note that these tables are regularly updated to reflect current usage.
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Performance and Targeting cookies
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Cookie Name |
Description |
Expiry Duration |
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_ga |
This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
1 Year |
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_gid |
This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information on how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the source of their income, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. |
1 day |
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__Secure-3PSIDCC |
Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting |
2 years |
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__Secure-1PSIDCC |
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__Secure-3PAPISID |
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__Secure-1PSID |
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__Secure-1PAPISID |
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__Secure-3PSID |
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__Secure-3PSIDTS |
The cookie collects information about your interactions with Google services and ads. |
2 Years |
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_Secure-1PSIDTS |
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SIDCC |
This cookie is used by Google Maps. The purpose of this cookie is to provide the identification of secure traffic. |
1 Year |
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SID |
This cookie is placed by Google Ads Optimization. The cookie is used to provide ad delivery or targeting. |
2 years |
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APISID |
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SSID |
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SAPISID |
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HSID |
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OTZ |
Links activities of website visitors to other devices that are previously logged in via the Google account. In this way, advertisements are tailored to different devices. |
1 month |
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AEC |
This cookie ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user's knowledge. |
6 months |
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DV |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use the Site and use the information to compile reports and to help 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. |
1 day |
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NID |
The cookie is used to provide ad delivery or retargeting, store user preferences. |
6 months |
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__Secure-ENID |
Used by Google to prevent fraudulent login attempts. |
6 months |
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1P_JAR |
This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
1 month |
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
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Cookie Name |
Description |
Expiry Duration |
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_cf_bm |
Cloudflare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. |
30 minutes |
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OptanonAlertBoxClosed |
This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down |
1 year |
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OptanonConsent |
The functionality is to store cookie consent preferences. |
1 year |
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language |
This cookie is used to remember any selection a user has made about language on ico.org.uk, using the language selector, so that the site will be shown in their chosen language when returning to the site. |
7 months |
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
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Cookie Name |
Description |
Expiry Duration |
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CookieControl |
Set when the user accepts the cookie policy. |
3 months |
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UMB_UCONTEXT |
These cookies are essential for the site, but are only seen by site administrators whilst accessing the website content management system (CMS). They are used in maintaining the session state of the logged in user. |
Session |
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UMB_UCONTEXT_C |
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UMB-XSRF-V |
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UMB-XSRF-TOKEN |
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.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.9fXoN5jHCXs |
This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. |
Session |
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disclaimer-cookie |
Set when the user successfully opens a page that previously was protected by a Disclaimer popup/page. |
1 year |
Any queries regarding this policy can be directed to [email protected]
Revision History
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No. |
Detail |
Author/Reviewer |
Revisions made |
Date |
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V1.0 |
New document |
Michael Fraser |
New document |
April 2025 |
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V1.1 |
Review |
Nicola Palmer |
Removal from privacy notice into specific policy |
April 2025 |